Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop Students will enjoy recognizing rhyming words with these fun activities.		Be a Peacemaker Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about...
Birthday Buddies Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.		"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Where Students Can Publish If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the...		Crayon Crackle Students make a great new piece of art using crayons.
Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.		Addition and Subtraction at Home: For Spanish Speakers These math games, written in Spanish, are perfect for students to play at home so they can...
Squiggle Drawing Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.		Adding and Subtracting up to 12 At Home: For Spanish Speakers This handout for Spanish speaking families helps them encourage their child's math skills in...
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Use this graphic organizer to help students write in a journalistic fashion. This printable is...		Graphing: For Spanish Speakers This handout for Spanish speaking families helps them encourage their child's graphing skills...
Appreciation Cards Students make "Appreciation Cards" for people who have jobs that impact their lives.		Adding to 18: For Spanish Speakers This handout for Spanish speaking parents helps them support their child's skills in addition...
I Can Print My Name This chart records a student's manuscript printing progress through the year.		Patterns, Adding, and Subtracting: For Spanish Speakers This handout for Spanish speaking parents helps them support their child's skills in addition...
Gun Safety—What Would You Do? Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a...		Title and Story Pictures Children produce a picture to summarize a problem in a story.