Valentine's Day Creative Writing Template

Red and Pink is the color of the month,

Love and Friendship is the theme of the month.

February is here and the valentine's day is just a week away, teachers are busy in decorating the classroom, kids are geared up for the party. Have some heart inspired craft to keep up the valentine mood.

Here are three adorable crafts to celebrate the day of love and friendship! Use these for creative writing prompts and decorate your bulletin boards. You may also send these home to give it to a friend or family.

3 Valentine's Day Projects: Owl, Butterfly and Chicken

This Valentine's Day creative writing template pack includes:

1. Template for printing onto colored paper or use it as traceable templates for construction paper. 
2. Printing instructions.
3. Pictures to help in assembly.
4. Prompt template with wide rule lines to go with the craft.

You can give the appropriate prompts based on student’s level. I have included 10 sample prompt ideas. You can grab this pack from HERE.

Happy Craftivity!

Shimps
This post was originally published on February 6, 2017

Counting Coins – Money Games

I love incorporating games into my math units. It makes learning more fun and engaging.
Here is the newest addition to my Money unit: Counting Coins – Money Games.

These Money games will make  students identify, compare and add the value of coins. Include them in your math center and give your students a variety of options to practice their money skills.

There are 3 different sets of cards bundled in this packet.

Coins War Game: 

This is same as traditional card game “War”. Instead of comparing numbers, players count the value of coins on their cards and the player with the largest amount of money wins the hand.

This set has 52 cards showing the Penny,  Nickel, Dime and Quarter with values upto $1.
Playing instructions are included.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Activities

Celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. with activities and craft. These Martin Luther King, Jr. themed worksheets will keep your students engaged while learning about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

These activities are designed for a challenging, fun and meaningful introduction to this great American hero. You can purchase this pack from HERE.

Included in this pack are:

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Poster
2. Martin Luther King word search
3. I have a dream worksheet
4. Complete the passage
5. Facts about Martin Luther King, Jr.
6. Cut and paste activity
7. Martin Luther King Coloring sheet
8. Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeline cut and paste activity

Here is an interesting book for elementary age readers with great age appropriate facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. This book is a part of National Geographic Readers series and is written by Kitson Jazynka.

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This is my favorite read on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but the activities and crafts can be done without the book also.

Bulletin Board Idea

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
This post was originally published on 4th January 2017
Shimps

Long Division

Long Division is a step by step method for dividing the multi-digit numbers. It involves 4 basic steps: Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down, and then repeating the process.

Students often have difficulty in following the long division steps. A funny Acronym to remember these steps is:

Dirty Monkeys Smell Bad!

Long Division Steps Poster

Here is my Long Division pack to learn and practice long division with easy to follow grid assisted worksheets.

 


This pack includes worksheets for 2, 3, and 4 digit dividends with single digit divisors. A total of 30 worksheets covering different types of problems with remainders and no remainders kind.

Acronym poster and answer key is included.

Happy Teaching!

Shimps

Bob Books Sets for $5.56 and up at Amazon

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Hello Readers,

Thought of sharing some nice deals on Bob Books sets for early readers. These are currently on sale at $5.56 and up (Regularly $16.99 and up).





My First BOB Books: Pre-Reading Skills:  $5.72

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Bob Books: First Stories: $5.56

My First BOB Books: Alphabet: $5.56

Bob Books: Rhyming Words: $5.72

Grab these highly recommend books, now at a great value!

Thanks

Shimps