I'm not a fan of worksheets, so when it comes to understanding and using prefixes and suffixes, a foldable came to mind.  Grab your free...

Need a letter template for writing to Santa?? Come on over and snag this freebie!

Did you realize this Wednesday is 12-12-12?  Did you realize this won't happen again until December 12, 2112?  We won't have tripl...

We had an earthquake here in New Hampshire last week!  I know we've had plenty of tremors in this part of the world, but this was a 4.5!...

Happy Fall, Y'all!  Come on over to I Love 2 Teach for some reader response freebies like this one...

A freebie station designed to identify complete and incomplete sentences as well as practice writing complete ones using correct conventions...

I am not an artist. We are just beginning our year, so I wanted to get my students thinking about what they can write about. S...

Here's an activity that's fun for everyone, and makes a great addition to that emergency "Sub Tub"!  Come over to   Eleme...

Last week, we started writing to the 1st graders, letting them know what to expect in 2nd grade. Come on over to check it out! ...

Happy Saturday! My students just finished our 9 week unit on nonfiction text and the kids had the best time with this genre! They had th...

 Head on over to see how my kids did with their expanded sentences! Rockin'! You can also grab the next set of progress charts. These ...

Hi everyone! This is Lynda from Curls and a Smile ! We have been taking a close look at nonfiction text and all the wonderful ways to take ...

I'm updating my St. Patty centers and adding more to my files. Come on over to see these centers... You can even come grab...

HI all! My kids are working on following directions as a reading skill. I decided to incorporate it into writing as well. Last week, we wo...

Please re-read that title in your best Leprechaun voice!  :) I have posted some free St. Patrick's Day themed fillable writing paper f...

Hey, hey, hey!  Did you see my "About the Author" free writing paper? I've shared it at my Teacher's Notebook shop and y...

This week we began biographies in readers workshop and reports in writers workshop.  I began the week teaching the kids about a biography. ...

I was struggling with my young writers.  They have great ideas, but for some reason, the writing just wasn't flowin.  I decided it was t...

I'm a big fan of Writer's Workshop in the classroom.  Come on over to Elementary Matters to see some of the materials I've put ...