Try a week of morning meetings for free! Do you use morning meetings in your classroom? Are you constantly rushing around in the morning to write a message, choose a greeting, and find an activity before your students walk in the...

A handful of people have asked me to create a shopping guide for my TpT store. This store guide is the result of that request! I hope you find it helpful!   ~Deb

This game contains 51 cards naming the state capitals. This is a great activity if you are looking for an opportunity to engage your entire class! Give each student 1 (or more) card(s). Have the student with the first card...

This product contains 26 cards (13 pairs). Students read the sentence and try to find the matching contraction. This is a more advanced contraction concentration because it contains contraction pairs that are the same, but with different meanings. (example: "He's...

Review the five most common reference materials with this craftivity! The encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and almanac are featured in this craftivity.   Students choose a topic. They list at least one way they could use each type of reference...

This resource contains a 20-slide PowerPoint and a matching PowerPoint companion handout. The focus of this PowerPoint is the grammar rule that even confuses many adults- when to use "(Name) and I" and when to use "(Name) and me" when...

After reading the book Fireflies, by Julie Brinckloe, feel free to use these followup writing activities! This file contains three different worksheets.   The first worksheet is designed to be used as a whole group activity. As you read aloud...

I created these cards to be used with students who recently arrived in an English-speaking classroom. Two sets are included:COLORSSCHOOL SUPPLY OBJECTSInstructions for how to introduce the words to your students is included as well!

Are you teaching your students about the three types of elapsed time word problems? If you are, you may want to download this FREE printable that students can glue in their interactive notebooks. The printable includes three flaps:   Top...

Do your students love to read scripts? Most kids do! Partner play scripts are written for just two readers, so students can find a classmate and begin reading! With just two readers, students do not have to wait forever to read...

Student-friendly directions are included so that you can place the directions under your document camera, and students can refer to them as they complete the project. (An answer key is also included.)   TPT DIGITAL EASEL VERSION- This is a paperless...

This is a hands-on game your students can play to practice how to correctly use the apostrophe when forming singular possessives and plural possessives.   It includes 36 game pieces (18 matches) and directions!   It comes in two formats:...

This product contains posters related to reading fluently. They address rate, punctuation, accuracy, expression, phrasing, intonation, or stress. Read my September 17th blog post to read how I would introduce them in the classroom. Here is the link that will...

Do your students love to read scripts? Most kids do! Partner play scripts are written for just two readers, so students can find a classmate and begin reading! With just two readers, students do not have to wait forever to read...

Teaching students to find text evidence to support their answers is an important reading strategy and test taking strategy. This packet contains a FREE text evidence lesson! All of the materials are included so that you can easily replicate the...

This file contains two posters. I use this when I teach students how to identify themes in fiction. The posters contain about twenty possible themes that might be found in passages and books.   I use a cupcake analogy to...

Are you looking for an engaging way for your upper elementary students to practice using context clues? This cooperative reading activity focuses on using context clues with the added bonus of allowing students to practice reading fluency!   Students begin...

This activity allows your students to practice differentiating between adjectives and adverbs in sentences. Choose between the print version and the TpT Digital Easel version.   PRINT CRAFTIVITY VERSION- Students are given two worksheets filled with apples. Each apple contains a...

Do your students love to read scripts? Most kids do! Partner play scripts are written for just two readers, so students can find a classmate and begin reading! With just two readers, students do not have to wait forever to read...

This resource contains a practice worksheet related to determining whether a multiple meaning word is a noun or a verb. Six sentences pairs are featured (twelve sentences in all). Students must use the context of the sentence to determine whether...

Are you teaching character traits in your upper elementary classroom? You'll definitely want to download these free printables!   It contains three activities: 1. An Anchor Chart Activity (The four passages are provided for you to print!) 2. A Sorting Activity (24...

This product contains a practice worksheet related to writing sentences with quotation marks. Students are given the opportunity to focus on the punctuation rules required to form written dialogue correctly.       We are a small group of teachers,We...

I created this FREE set of Author's Purpose test prep passages for teachers who want to teach their students the more advanced version of Author's Purpose: PIE'ED! It includes five passages about penguins. After reading the passages, students choose the...

This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements...