Christmas Bulletin Board and Clipart Bundle Pack Now Available

Our Christmas bulletin board and clipart set is now up and available!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Bulletin-Board-and-Clipart-Bundle-Pack

There are 21 separate images to download, in 3 formats (pdf, png, and png with outlines for easy cutting). Use them for your December/holiday bulletin boards, door or wall decorations, clipart for papers and all Christmas projects; enjoy!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Bulletin-Board-and-Clipart-Bundle-Pack

The Gingerbread Man - A Template or Shapebook

The Gingerbread Man is up and running (hopefully as fast as he can!) on our brand new TPT site!  **IT'S FREE!**

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Gingerbread-Man-Shape-Book-and-Template

We've tweaked our old Gingerbread Man Shapebook to add a little bit of finesse to the poor little guy, as well as a primary line page, and a blank page.

What could be better? We've also added a whole list of activities - all worth the time - and all creative - from math, to reading and writing, to art. Check it out.

(Did we mention it's absolutely free??)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Gingerbread-Man-Shape-Book-and-Template

PUMPKIN SHAPE BOOKS

PUMPKIN SHAPE BOOKS

The annual pumpkin harvest that we love to celebrate is just around the corner! Get kids started with these printable pumpkin shapebooks. One page is for the cover (decorate any way you wish, but a little bit of orange glitter on the edges can go a long way toward glam!), and the last link below is for the lined pages. Use them for spelling (harvest vocabulary: pumpkin, October, fall, autumn, orange, pie, Halloween etc.), or a little poem about pumpkins, recording pumpkin math stats and estimates (measure height and diameter, estimate seeds, weight etc.), or a fall observation journal etc.

NOTE: Our Pumpkin Shape Books are now included in the Fall-Themed Shape Books Package (where you'll also find a FREE downloadable turkey template, 

under "Preview!")

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Themed-Shape-Books-Pumpkin-Leaves-Apple-Acorn-Turkey-Template-916608

5 Things: Back to School Writing

Teachers, you can use these little writing exercises to see how well your elementary school students can write. They include mini worksheets on 5 Things I Like about School, 5 Things I Like to Do with Friends, etc. They also help introduce your students - to you, and to each other. (Please click on link -not image - for full page printable.)
http://everydayteaching.com/b2s/EarlyElem09/FIVETHINGS.pdf

Is Algebra Necessary?

From the NYT Opinions column: Is Algebra Necessary?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html
What do you think?

Loads of C*U*T*E back to school projects posted at new site

We're opening a new family /PreK projects site - we've just posted loads of adorable back to school projects. Check it out!
http://www.chiliwalla.com

Summer Word Search & Activities Worksheet

http://everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/ET_work/SummerActivity2Gr2-4.pdf

**Click on the link for a printable and colorful summer word search, along with a summer activities worksheet. An answer key is provided.

Printable Summer Journal Pages!

Print out some of these colorful journal pages to encourage a travel journal for the summer - or simply use them for letter stationery.
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Summer/SummerJournalPages.pdf

Color Travel Bingo for Kids

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/TravelBingo.color.pdf

Keep your kids busy while traveling - & help them practice their colors - with this printable activity sheet. Click on the link for full-size printable.

Printable 4th of July stationery

For all of your 4th of July writing projects, lists &/or notes:
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Forms/Stationery/patriotic_stationery2.php
*click on link above for full-size printable - not on image itself.

Easy Patriotic Pick-Up Sticks Game

Easy to make, and lots of fun to play on the 4th of July, while waiting for the parade!
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Independence/PickUpSticks.pdf

SUMMER BOOKMARKS

Encourage reading over the summer months; hand out these colorful bookmarks:
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Summer/SummerBookmarks2011.pdf
*Please click on link for full-size printables.

NEW! Kindergarten Graduation Certificate

Kindergarten Graduation Certificate:
Now available over at TPT: our wonderful Preschool and Kindergarten Graduation Certificate Packets. Try them out!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Brenda-Barron

Beginner Flash Cards for Cinco de Mayo!

Print out two sets of beginner flash cards for learning Spanish terms, all decorated with red and yellow borders.

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Cinco_de_Mayo/flashcards1.php

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Cinco_de_Mayo/flashcards2.php

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION POEM & CERTIFICATE

Our Kindergarten & Preschool Memory Books and Grad Certificates are up soon, at:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-School-Year-Preschool-Memory-and-Activity-Book

SUMMER CLIPART

This weekend we are already getting a glorious preview of sunny summer days. It's right around the corner.... Get into the spirit by adding these clipart images to your bulletin boards or student handouts, including a Big Top Circus tent, a camping tent, sunglasses, beach buckets, popsicles, a Schwinn-style bicycle, fish, hot dogs, surf boards and more: http://everydayteaching.com/Gallery/summer.php?we_lv_start_ImageGallery=6

Letter to Teacher

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Holiday/End_Year/LettertoTeacher.pdf

Give students plenty of time to plan their letters to you, and allow them to take them home and return them in a sealed envelope so that they can speak freely, bringing them back to school by the last day of classes. In this manner, you should receive some valuable feedback on what students liked best, and least. 

NOTE: Please click on LINK to download full printable page.
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Holiday/End_Year/LettertoTeacher.pdf

SPONGE ACTIVITIES

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Helpers/SpongeActivitiesElem.pdf

It's been a little while - since Valentine's Day, in fact - since I've posted anything on our blog; it's just been soooo busy! As standardized tests loom straight ahead, however, I thought you might find some of our sponge activities useful in your classroom right now, both to challenge your students' brains and get them thinking, and to fill in those extra spare minutes or blocks of time. Enjoy!

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Helpers/SpongeActivitiesElem.pdf

Last Minute Print-and-Go CUTE Valentine Cards

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! I hope you all get spoiled. Just in case you need a last minute card to print out, try these ones - cute! Print onto card stock, cut, fill out and give to a delighted recipient.

http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Valentines/ValentineCards.pdf

Valentine Birdies

These little heart birds are absolutely adorable; we think your youngsters are going to love them! Scroll down a bit to see a similar Valentine bird, made from food - very creative! (Picture from Meet the Dubiens:  http://www.meetthedubiens.com - lots more creative ideas here as well.)

http://www.meetthedubiens.com/

CUTE! Valentine Tic-tac-toe

We love this tactile version of tic-tac-toe for youngsters, and it looks easy to make in the short amount of time left until Valentine's Day - take a look! (picture from http://alphamom.com)

http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/valentine-craft-tic-tac-toe-hearts/

Merry Christmas!

Mr. & Mrs. Snowman Coloring Page

http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Winter/SnowPeopleColoringPage.pdf
Mr. & Mrs. Snowman are all decked out for the holidays - or the cold!

Mrs. Snowman Stationery

Download and print out our Mrs. Snowman stationery! (Click on link for full size.)
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Christmas/ChristmasMrsSnowmanStationery.pdf

Winter Snowman Stationery

We have some different varieties of snowman stationery to print out (including Mrs. Snowman!). Take a look at the links below to download the pages:
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Christmas/ChristmasSnowman2Stationery10.pdf
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Christmas/ChristmasMrsSnowmanStationery.pdf
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Christmas/ChristmasSnowmaninMittensStationery.pdf
http://everydayteaching.com/Forms/Stationery/SnowmanStationery.pdf

Mrs. Snowman Template

Everyone knows how to make a snowman, but we don't want Mrs. Snowman to feel neglected! Here's a template to color, make shapebooks, paint, decorate, write on or...?
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Winter/SnowpeopleTemplates.pdf

READERS' THEATER - GOLDILOCKS & THE CHRISTMAS ELVES

READERS' THEATER - GOLDILOCKS & THE CHRISTMAS ELVES:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Goldilocks-and-the-Christmas-Elves-A-Christmas-Readers-Theater-Script-443096

Goldilocks visits the North Pole and has some adventures with the elves from Santa's Workshop in this Christmas Readers' Theater program. Sleeping Beauty also has a dramatic performance, and all of these tales and characters get lovingly mixed up into a hilarious and charming Christmas tale with 15 parts; a perfect holiday Readers' Theater script.

Triple Hanging Stars

BURNISHED TRIPLE STAR ORNAMENTS:
http://everydayteaching.com/Calendar/2009/Dec/dec17.php

Templates:

http://everydayteaching.com/Calendar/2007/12/BurnishedHangingStarTemplates.pdf

These stars are truly elegant and make lasting treasures to hang up for the holidays. We started with the largest star at the top, but you could form the hanging star ornament or mobile by beginning with the smallest and working down to the largest star as well. Find a template for all three star sizes at the 2nd link above.

Make Some Wonderful Tin Ornaments!

I absolutely love making these ornaments each year, and best of all, they're pretty easy to make! Try bright colors in permanent markers to paint the ornaments with; I found they work much better than paint.You can use knitting needles, old pens or even chopsticks to emboss lines on your ornaments, and recently I found copper flashing for roofs at hardware stores that cuts like a charm, and etches so easily - I'll never go back to aluminum after trying this stuff! Click on the links below to find all of the pages for instructions, templates and pictures of these wonderful holiday ornaments.

Web site with pictures, instructions and templates:
http://everydayteaching.com/Calendar/2007/12/dec1.php

Handmade Advent Calendars

Stonewall Kitchens have some pretty great treats, but these ones you get to make for yourself. Find out how to use matchboxes, spice jars, and paper cone trees to mark your own advent countdown, whether in class or at home. Find the link below.

http://www.stonewallkitchen.com/tipadventcalendar.html

Indian Corn Template

Use our corn templates for Indian Corn art projects. Glue on rolled up or scrunched up pieces of colored tissue paper, or use popcorn kernels (try to find the red ones). Print onto card stock, and then you can paint on a layer of white glue. Use either tissue paper strips, layered over each other for the husks, or cut strips from real husks. Then layer on corn kernels or tissue paper balls, or even use a variety of dried beans & lentils to still get the same look of Indian Corn. Make sure to let dry thoroughly before moving. And while it's tempting to click on the image itself, if you click on the link, you will be taken to the full size corn template for printing out. Enjoy! - & let us know how you make yours (we'd love to post a picture...)

http://everydayteaching.com/Printables/Thanksgiving/CornTemplate2.pdf

Thanksgiving Writing Prompt Worksheet

Print out our Thanksgiving-themed worksheet for a seasonal writing exercise for your students: "Imagine that you are a time traveler. You have journeyed back in time to the year 1621, and you arrive in the middle of a Thanksgiving feast. Both Pilgrims and Wampanoag peoples are enjoying themselves, but they are very perplexed by your presence. How are you dressed? What have you brought with you? What will you tell everyone present? Will

you be able to go back? Write a short story for this scenario.

http://everydayteaching.com/Printables/Thanksgiving/Back2Pilgrims.Nov.8.pdf

Let's talk turkey!

It's time to talk turkey! Have fun with our turkey templates - shape books, art, word walls, bulletin boards, felt stories or ... ? Check out the Fall Shape Books and Turkey Template (with a FREE downloadable Turkey Template under "Preview!"): 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Themed-Shape-Books-Pumpkin-Leaves-Apple-Acorn-Turkey-Template-916608

Halloween Alphabetical Order & Dictionary Guidewords

Up for a little Halloween-themed language arts fun in your classroom? With this printable worksheet, students have to first decide which words belong in the Halloween dictionary, by using the guide words at the top of the page. They will then put all of the Halloween terms in alphabetical order.

http://everydayteaching.com/Printables/Halloween/HalloweenDictionaryGuideWords.pdf

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A PUMPKIN? (worksheet)

What can you do with a pumpkin? You'd be surprised! Take a look at our printable student worksheet for a Harvest, Halloween or Thanksgiving exercise for your students, in math, writing and critical thinking skills.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Math-Explorations-Worksheet-916600

Pattern & Patterning Shapes

Here's an easy way to use pattern blocks in your classroom: simply print out a set for each student onto card stock, cut out the patterns or tangrams and presto! You're ready for some patterning exercises. Need some ideas for patterning activities? Try the 2nd and 3rd links below; the last one also includes some tangram pattern sheets for your students to model.
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Printables/PreK/TangramShapes.pdf
http://www.kindergarten-lessons.com/kindergarten-pattern-activities.html
http://www.deltasee.org/CTC/Activity%2026%20Tangrams.pdf
Oh - and don't forget! You get the full-size tangrams or pattern blocks if you click on the link, and not the picture.

Apple Template

Use our apple template for lots of fall projects - catch them with the Fall Shape Books here:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Themed-Shape-Books-Pumpkin-Leaves-Apple-Acorn-Turkey-Template-916608

Fall Leaf Templates

Click on the link below for a selection of fall leaf templates to use for all of
your autumn projects.

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Printables/Fall/LeafTemplates.pdf

Pebbles on the beach

For me, fall brings with it not only a new crispness in the air, but a rush and whirl of busy-ness. I don't enjoy the heat we get here in August and early September, but we always have the beach nearby for a bit of respite from climbing thermometers. So as summer exits, those beach visits send echoes of the summers I love: the colors, sights and sounds of sand, pebbles and sea.

"I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful."  - John Constable
(English landscape painter b. June 11th, 1776)

PUMPKIN SHAPE BOOKS

The annual pumpkin harvest that we love to celebrate is just around the corner! Get kids started with these printable pumpkin shapebooks. One page is for the cover (decorate any way you wish, but a little bit of orange glitter can go a long way toward glam!), and another has lined pages. Use them for spelling (harvest vocabulary: pumpkin, October, fall, autumn, orange, pie, Halloween etc.), or a little poem about pumpkins, recording pumpkin math stats and estimates (measure height and diameter, estimate seeds, weight etc.), or a fall observation journal etc. *Note that the Turkey Template downloads FREE as a preview on the page below; enjoy, and have fun with your fall projects!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Themed-Shape-Books-Pumpkin-Leaves-Apple-Acorn-Turkey-Template-916608

Homework Bookmarks

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Printables/Bookmarks/HomeworkBookmarks.pdf
Help students keep on top of their homework - no excuses required! Pass out these useful bookmarks at the beginning of the school year.

Our Everyday Teaching Digests have started!

Our Everyday Teaching Digests have started for the 2011/12 school year! You won't want to miss a single issue of these treasure chests for teachers, delivering themed materials, tips, lesson plans, math, language arts, science and teaching tools all year long.
Find out more:
http://www.everydayteaching.com/


Everyday Teaching Digests deliver carefully selected resources which are grade-appropriate, timely, and grouped by theme to match your everyday teaching needs. For a limited time, sign up for a subscription and get a free teaching resources book.

Printable Behavior Records

Make behavior recording easy, with graphics that students can immediately relate to. Print out these cards to use throughout your school year. Choose from faces in stoplight colors of green, yellow and red. *Click on link, not image, for full-size printable.
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Books/2011_Teach/BehaviorRecordsColor.pdf

Our Everyday Teaching Digests have started again for the new school year! Don't miss out on a single great resource - make sure you get your subscription now, to have carefully selected, grade appropriate and themed teaching materials sent to you. Find out more at:

http://www.everydayteaching.com

Summer Vacation Memory Jars

Uh-oh, is that our good ol' summer, waving goodbye around the corner? No problem; preserve your summer memories! I just found this terrific summer vacation memory project on Martha Stewart's website (http://www.marthastewart.com/266957/vacation-memory-jars)  where paraphernalia from summer holidays are artfully arranged and displayed in glass jars. Use recycled jars with lids, or try the always adaptable mason jars for this purpose.

Build a Robot - with Syllables!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/game.shtml
Learning how to break up a word into syllables helps kids with spelling. In this interactive game, they get to help build a robot for each selection they divide correctly into syllables.

Teachers Mount Their Own Campaign - no unions required!

Go, teachers, go!
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/10/139392900/teachers-feeling-beat-down-as-school-year-starts

Happy Face Door Sign

Children entering a classroom for the first time are always a bit nervous. It's understandable; they are not entirely sure what to expect, they must adapt to a new environment, new friends, and a new teacher. Set the tone right away with our printable Happy Face to post on your door, greeting your students with that familiar smiley face even before they set foot in the classroom. (Note: please click on link, rather than image, for a full-size printable.)

http://everydayteaching.com/b2s/EarlyElem09/HappyFace1.pdf

A to Z Summer Journaling

http://www.everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Summer/summer_alpha.php

These printable A to Z summer-themed writing pages can be used for all kinds of summer projects, from collecting vocabulary words over the summer months for younger grades, to creating memory logs for upper elementary, or acrostic poems. They can also be used during summer camps for autograph pages, where fellow campers leave their autograph according to the letters of their names. Try them out today! (Please click on the link above, rather than the image, for full size printable.)

Watermelon Math

Keep the math practice happening this summer with the occasional, summer-themed worksheet. Try our printable watermelon math worksheet to maintain and reinforce skills.
http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Summer/Watermelon_Math.pdf

Printable Summer Stationery

http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Summer/summer_stationery.php

Sunny summer days! It's a great time to find the shade of a tree, write a letter from camp, journal what's been happening each day, or jot down some great story ideas! Use our brightly adorned and lined stationery to help you out. (Please click on the link, rather than the image, for full-size printable. Enjoy!)