Breathe Some New Life Into Ancient Egypt!

Hi, Friends!

Do you want to breathe some new life into your study of the ancient past? If your unit is on Ancient Egypt, this resource will provide you with a way to ENGAGE STUDENTS and INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY!

My "Less Mess" Ancient Egypt Interactive Notebook helps you tackle this challenge in a ready-to-use, creative format. Just like all of my other "Less Mess" Interactive Notebooks prove, less mess equals LESS STRESS for you as a teacher. Don't use all your time cutting, pasting, and gluing. Do it in one quick step and get RIGHT TO THE CONTENT!

There is just SO MUCH included!

 Check it out by clicking HERE.

If you'd like to view my entire line 

of "Less Mess" Interactive Notebooks, click HERE.

Archaeology and Stone Age FUN!

Hi, Friends!

Are you struggling to make your study of archaeology and the Stone Age fun and exciting for your students? Why not add some creativity so that your class can be engaged and motivated when studying the ancient past?

My "Less Mess" Archaeology and the Stone Age Interactive Notebook helps you tackle this challenge in a ready-to-use, creative format. Just like all of my other "Less Mess" Interactive Notebooks prove, less mess equals LESS STRESS for you as a teacher. Don't use all your time cutting, pasting, and gluing. Do it in one quick step and get RIGHT TO THE CONTENT!

There is just SO MUCH included!

 Check it out by clicking HERE.

If you'd like to view my entire line 

of "Less Mess" Interactive Notebooks, click HERE.

The Magic of Dada Poetry

Teaching poetry is my passion and my love. Watching what students can do with words is amazing. Even those students who are struggling with how to write a complete sentence can somehow magically string together words to create the most beautiful poems.

 

One of my favorites is dada poetry. Here's how I do it:

 

1. Give students a stack of magazines.

2. Give them a time limit to cut out words that appeal to their senses. Be sure to require that they find different parts of speech.

3. Have the class compile a box of "found words." You could categorize them by parts of speech if you want to.

4. Give each student a chance to take a handful (or a specific number) of words without looking.

5. Have each student construct a poem with the found words. I also allow my students to write in articles, prepositions, and conjunctions as well as punctuation as needed.

Behold the magic that is created!

Stop by to see my poetry resources and ideas at TpT by clicking HERE.

Easy New Year Planning- Part Two



I hope your students will enjoy learning about New Year's customs and traditions with this ready to use "web search" resource! After your students have completed the web search (featuring twenty questions), they could then complete the graphic organizers to show facts they have learned in a decorative way.

On these organizers (both boy and girl version provided), students could:
a. record facts they learned in their web search
b. record facts NOT on the question sheet (other facts)
c. record facts they found most interesting
d. record facts from a different website provided by you

The graphic organizers can be colored and make a great holiday bulletin board display when done!

Easy New Year Planning- Part One

The first days back from winter break can be rough on kids. Getting back into a routine is not easy…especially when all the students want to do is talk about their break!

Why not give them an opportunity to do just that while using reading skills, writing, and art? This activity is a great way to ease back into school after a long vacation.

★ Special Note: The pages in the student packet are not holiday-themed. Students may opt to write about Christmas if they celebrated it over break, but none of the pages have a holiday theme. The samples provided are Christmas-themed, but the actual student pages are not.

Each page features reading/writing skill practice using the student's own winter break as the topic. You can use just a few sheets or all of them according to your preference.

When the packets are finished, they would be great for sharing with partners, small groups, or as a whole class.

These pages could be easily adapted for various grade levels depending upon your requirements. For upper grades, you might require students to include additional information. These organizers are a perfect starting point for some great personal narratives!

Pages included are:
• Setting
• Characters, Character Traits & Evidence
• Plot- important events
• Visualization/ Illustration
• Conflict
• Compare/Contrast- Venn Diagram
• Setting Goals

 

 

Leafy Zoo Animals



 

We created a whole zoo of animals made from leaves! We used a combination of leaves traced on construction paper and silk leaves. We tried some with real leaves, but they didn't hold up for display very long!

 

Offer students a variety of shapes and sizes of patterns (or silk leaves) and watch their imagination take over! It would be great to accompany your creations with writing pieces as well.

 

Happy teaching, friends!

Research a City or Country



 

If you're looking for a fun and ready to use template to use with your students in social studies, then give this a try! Students can research a city or country and incorporate some creative writing as well!

 





Click HERE to check it out in my TpT store.

 

Happy teaching, friends!