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Pages:15 This Flash Fun Freebie from my Face Book page will only be available here through August 16th 2022 This is a "Slider" craftivity that will help your students successfully practice the "sequence & retell a story standards" in a super-fun way. This Flash Fun FREEBIE is now over. Thanks for participating. (Almost 3,000 downloads!)

1-2-3 Come Make A Halloween Ghost Craft With Me

  “Spooky Spirals” is a quick, easy & super-fun little craft that’s perfect for Halloween week or Halloween party day.

This (print & go) craft can be done as is, for the fun of just making a Halloween decoration, while practicing scissor skills. 

Cutting definitely helps strengthen finger muscles & staying on a line increases dexterity. 

So you can easily diversify your lesson, there are a variety of patterns to choose from.

The patterns to the right are the easiest to cut out. This pattern  comes with & without a face, as well as a smaller, "just the right size" pattern for younger kiddos. 

The patterns to the left are a bit more challenging because they have arms with hands, which is no problem for older students. 

Pick the pattern that best suits your needs, or for a nice variety, give students a choice.

It's hard enough learning how to hold a scissors & cut when you are a leftie, without being given a right-handed spiral pattern to frustrate you further! With that in mind, I designed patterns specifically for the left-handed kiddos in your class.

Variety is indeed "the spice of life"...

You can add additional variety to your display, by running off the pattern to the right, which comes in a small, medium & large size. 

Using different lengths of yarn to suspend the ghosts will enhance your display as well. 

Note in the photo, that I have not only punched the hole at the top of the ghost's head, but in the left & right "hands" as well, which will cause the ghosts to hang differently as well.

If you aren't allowed to simply do a craft, I've made it easy for you to turn this into a writing extension, by having students write on the spiral before they cut it out.

Students can jot down one thing that frightens them, or something they think is spooky, or whatever else you deem appropriate.

Besides writing on the spiral, I've also included several options of cool paper to jot down final drafts on.

There's a ghostly haunted house pattern, which also has a  writing page to glue to the back.

A separate spiral is cut out & attached to the bottom.

Another worksheet features a cute ghost topping the page, with the word "Spooky" running down the side. 

These patterns come in black & white for students, as well as full color, so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share.

As an additional time saver, I've included my completed samples.

Besides the “spooky spiral” craftivity, the packet also includes:

* A poster, to introduce this term & the activity; and…

* Since completed projects look awesome suspended from the ceiling, I’ve also included 2 additional posters to enhance your display.

I've put this at a 1st-4th grade level, but I have done the easier spiral pattern with my young fives & kindergartners, and have friends who have done this activity with their 5th graders as well. 

Again, the variety of options make it easy to up or down scale the activities to suit your grade level. 

Today's featured FREEBIE is another fun activity for October.

These Pumpkin Alphabet cards are great for a center activity; or print, laminate & trim several sets to use for partner games.

Click on the LINK for a nice list of all the ways you can use the cards.

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It's super chilly out today, but the sun is shining & the lovely colored leaves are valiently clinging to their branches despite a nippy wind.  Perfect day for making some more fall activities.

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"A mask tells us more than a face." -Oscar Wilde

1-2-3 Come Retell & Sequence a Story With Me

Do you read Lucille Colandro's "Old Lady Who Swallowed...." stories? I pretty much have her entire collection, as my students really enjoy them.  They are also perfect for practicing the "sequencing & retelling a story" standards.

Last week I featured "The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat".   Today's blog, talks about my newest autumn addition “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!” 

As with the former, this packet also features a variety of quick, easy & super-fun (print & go) activities.

The packet includes:

1. * A whole group sequencing activity with a large, colorful old lady’s head.

For extra durability, print on card stock, then laminate & trim the pieces. 

I purposely used ordinal numbers for the tongue, so that you can practice another standard. 

Pass out the mini cards (of what the old lady swallowed) to your students. 

As you come to that item in the story, the child holding that card attaches it to the old lady's tongue. You can use a magnet, Velcro or glue dot to attach the pictures. 

After the "swallowed items" have been placed on the tongue, there are still the larger pieces left.

The old lady sneezes (Ahchoo!), a pumpkin-head scarecrow results, and finally, the last item to be placed on your whiteboard or flannel board is the "Happy Fall!" speech bubble.  See photo for how I placed the additional, story telling pieces.

When everything is in place, point to each item and have children retell the story. 

They will be excited to transition to making a little old lady of their own.  Thus, the packet also includes...

2. * An independent activity with a smaller, black & white old lady, where students color & cut the items that the old lady swallows.

This is a 2-on-a-one-page pattern, to conserve paper & be just the right size for students.

Children sequence, then glue the “picture tiles” to her tongue in chronological order.

So that you can easily diversify your lessons to suit the various abilities & skill levels of your students, I've included a variety of options. 

For example, after they have added some color, little ones can simply glue the entire picture strip on the tongue, without cutting and gluing the graphics individually. 

There's also a "mixed up" strip for older students to color, cut, sort & sequence, then glue on. 

To expedite this, the "boxes" on the tongue, are the same size as their matching picture, plus there are 3 tongue patterns to choose from.

As always, all patterns come in full-color so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share, as well as black & white for students to color.

3. * Since completed projects make a terrific bulletin board or hallway display, I’ve included a “Having Fun With the Little Old Lady” poster for some extra pizzazz. 

Curling the tip of the old lady's tongue also gives your display some 3D pop.

The packet also includes:

A variety of versatile worksheets, which can be done as a whole group activity, used in a small reading group, or done individually.

The various options help you easily diversify your lessons.

4. * I’ve also included colorful answer keys.

Worksheets:

5. * A “Checking for Comprehension” worksheet, where students fill in the blanks using words from a word bank.

6. An “Ask Me a Question” worksheet.

7.  * An “Ordinal Number Fun” worksheet, where students label the pumpkin-head scarecrows “parts” with ordinal numbers.

Besides the full-page patterns, there are also 2-on-a-one page pattern options as well.

8. * A “Let’s Sequence The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves” worksheet. 

     Four different options allow you to easily diversify this activity.

9. * A “Here’s What Happened” writing extension.

10. * For added value, there’s a BONUS activity: “Show Me A Pattern” game/center, which uses the picture tiles.

Print the colorful patterns on card stock, laminate & trim & use in your math/reading center. 

The black & white template can be used as an assessment tool, early finishers, or fun homework assignment.

As always, all patterns come in full-color so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share, as well as black & white for students to color.

Today's featured FREEBIE is also perfect for fall, and even includes some leaf-themed activities.

These worksheets will help students practice: writing and sequencing numbers, as well as skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's. 

I've also included worksheets for counting from 1-120 as well as What's Missing? activities.

Well that's it for today.  I hope you found something here you can use.

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1 2 3 Come Do Some Sequencing Activities With Me

Do you read “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!”  by Lucille Colandro? 

It's a favorite October story of my Young Fives, and perfect of practicing the "sequencing & retelling a story" standards. 

With that in mind, I designed these quick, easy & super-fun (Print & Go) activties, that I think your students will really enjoy transitioning to, after you read the story. 

Since the old lady yells "Trick or Treat!" at the end of the story, any of these activities, particularly the "tongue" craft, would be great for a little something different, for Halloween week or Halloween party day too.

The packet includes:

1. A whole group sequencing & retelling craftivity: “Bat Got Your Tongue?” 

For extra durability, print on card stock, then laminate & trim.  This is a picture of the old lady before I attached her tongue.

I purposely used ordinal numbers for the tongue, so that you can practice another standard. 

Pass out the mini cards (of what the old lady swallowed) to your students. 

As you come to that item in the story, the child holding that card attaches it to the old lady's tongue. You can use a magnet, Velcro or glue dot to attach the pictures. 

The last item to be placed on your whiteboard or flannel board is the "Trick or Treat!" speech bubble, which will go above the little old lady. 

Afterwards point to each item and have children retell the story.  They will be excited to transition to making a little old lady of their own.

2. Students have a smaller, black & white old lady craft, where students color & cut the items that the old lady swallows.

Children sequence, then glue the “picture tiles” to her tongue in chronological order.

So that you can easily diversify your lessons to suit the various abilities & skill levels of your students, I've included a variety of options. 

For example, after they have added some color, little ones can simply glue the entire picture strip on the tongue, without cutting and gluing the graphics individually. 

There's also a "mixed up" strip for older students to color, cut, sort & sequence, then glue on.  To expedite this, the "boxes" on the tongue, are the same size as their matching picture.

As always, all patterns come in full-color so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share, as well as black & white for students to color.

3. Since completed projects make a terrific bulletin board or hallway display, (Be sure and curl the end of the tongue for some extra 3D pop), I've included a “Having Fun With the Little Old Lady” poster for some extra pizzazz.

The packet also includes These "Print & Go" activities:

4. A “Checking for Comprehension” worksheet, where students fill in the blanks using words from a word bank.

5. An “Ask Me a Question” worksheet.

6. A “Let’s Sequence The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat” worksheet.

7. A “Here’s What Happened” writing extension.

All of the worksheets can be done as a whole group activity, used in a small reading group, or done individually.

So that you can easily diversify your lessons, I’ve included a variety of options for the worksheets as well.

8. I’ve also included colorful answer keys.

9. For added value, there’s a BONUS activity: “Show Me A Pattern” game/center, which uses the picture tiles. 

Since the old lady is yelling "Trick or Treat!" at the end of the story, I thought it would be appropriate for the Featured FREEBIE to be a "color me" safety rules for trick or treating. 

At the end of the day (perhaps Halloween party day?) have students quietly color their worksheet, then send home for parents.

Besides the "color me" page, I've also included one in full-color that you can read with your students, then post on a wall if you want.

I know that much of this is common sense, but "...better safe than sorry" and "forewarned is prepared."

Well that's it for today.  I hope you found something here you can use.

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"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." -Unknown

1-2-3 Come Do Some Stellaluna Activities With Me

Stellaluna, by Jannell Cannon, is a great story to jump start a discussion about diversity.

One discovers that although there are many differences, there are also many similarities between Stellaluna and Flip, Flitter & Flap.

In the end, despite the differences, the most important thing Stellaluna realizes is that,

                    "…We are friends and that’s a fact!”

     With these things in mind, I thought it would be fun for students to visually “see” the similarities and differences between Stellaluna and the baby birds, through the use of  Venn diagrams, so I designed this "print & go", quick, easy & fun "Compare & Contrast With Stellaluna" packet.

Based on the story, I’ve included 7 different Venn diagrams that students can choose from, including a comparison & contrast of Stellaluna with Flip, Flitter & Flap.

As a time saver, I've included my completed sample, so you have an example to share.

There's also another Venn diagram to compare the Stellaluna story with the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling.

So that you can practice a little research and fact finding, there's also an interesting Venn diagram, comparing fruit bats like Stellaluna, with another kind of bat. I've included graphics of a variety of other bats for children to choose from.

Each Venn diagram comes with a "brainstorm worksheet" which students use to jot down similarities & differences that they think of, then edit that "rough draft" for their final writing on the diagram.

Since there is plenty of variety, you can extend the lesson & do one as a whole group activity, then another in small groups, and finally as an individual assignment, perfect for writing journals, a language arts center, or fun homework assignment.

As always, all patterns come in both black & white, as well as full-color, so that teachers can quickly & easily make an example to share.

Since the characters in the story become friends, I also designed a bat craft, which is an artistic representation of a Venn diagram.

Students pick a partner & fill out the "brainstorm worksheet" together. 

To help in finding out about each other, I've included a checklist of things to aid students in getting started.

Children simply choose which information that they want to include on their Venn Friend Bat.

From there, they each list their differences on the bat’s wings, while their similarities go in the middle, which is the bat’s body.

This is a super-fun way to learn about their classmates, which will help build camaraderie as well.

The packet also includes several posters to help introduce your lesson.

Completed projects make an awesome bulletin board or hallway display.

I bent each wing over a bit, so that when the bats are stapled to the bulletin board, they will look like they are flying, which gives your display wonderful, 3D pop. 

I’ve included a “We are alike. We are different. We are friends!” poster to add some extra pizzazz. 

Completed projects make an awesome bulletin board or hallway display.

Since Stellaluna is a fruit bat, there's also a photo poster of real fruit bats, I think your students will find quite interesting.

I hope your students enjoy these bat-themed activities, as they come to the conclusion that, we are really not all that different from each other. Thanks Stellaluna!

Today's featured FREEBIE is "The Hocus Pocus Hokey Pokey".

My Young 5s absolutely LOVE doing the Hokey Pokey, and it's a wonderful way to "get the wiggles out" and get kiddos movin'.

I thought it would be fun to make up a Halloween version, which you could do for the month of October, especially on party day when everyone, except adults, has an abundance of energy. 

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Here's a super-fun "Get the wiggles out and get movin'!" activity for Halloween Week or party day.

My students absolutely LOVE doing the Hokey Pokey so I made this Halloween version.

I hope you have a ton of fun because "That's what it's all about!"

1-2-3 Come Do Some Bat Activities With Me

The writing prompt, “Driving My 5 Senses Batty” is an interesting way to reinforce the 5 senses, which in turn helps students be more descriptive in their writing.

Because this is a topic students easily identify with, they will be excited to get down to the business of writing!

You’ll love the versatility of this bat packet; as a variety of options make it easy to diversify your lessons for various abilities, grades & skill levels.

As always, patterns come in black & white for students, as well as full-color, so that teachers can quickly & easily make an example to share. I’ve also included my completed worksheets as a real time saver.

Samples not only help explain things, but act as a catalyst for excitement.

Anytime I add a bit of craftiness into our writing block, my students are engaged and focused from the get go, which is why I designed a “cave topper” as well as a “bat dangler” to add extra fun & pizzazz to their writing worksheet.

Younger kiddos can simply write or dictate a one-word answer to a classroom helper, or assign this as homework to be done with parental help. 

If you have older "reading-helper buddies" you can also do this activity with their assistance. 

My kiddos absolutely love working with our 5th grade friends, and the feeling is mutual.

Encourage older students to write in complete sentences, giving several examples. 

Completed projects make a striking bulletin board or hallway display, so I’ve also included 2 posters to enhance things.

Use the "definition poster" to introduce your lesson,

The Packet Includes:

• A bat cave with & without text, with 2 patterns to choose from for different cutting abilities. This graphic is glued to the top of their writing prompt paper.

• A bat “dangler” which will be glued to the bottom of their worksheet.

• A “Five Senses” writing prompt worksheet, which come with & without lines, as well as with and without labels ( hear, smell, see, touch & taste ).

• A “definition poster” to introduce your lesson.

• A “Going ‘Batty’ Over Great Writing!” poster.

• For additional writing, I’ve also included 3 different “bat papers” to choose from, which you can use to assign other writing prompts for, or perhaps use for an acrostic poem, bat facts, bat vocabulary or whatever else you think of.

• A bonus extension about the positive & negative connotations for the word “batty”, with an extra writing prompt, which can be done as a whole group, with a partner or as an individual assignment. Great for early finishers or homework too.
• These activities would be fun for the week of Halloween or that "something different" on party day too.

Today's featured FREEBIE also helps practice descriptive writing, as students describe fall.

Including adjectives, enhances students' writing, so I designed 10 fall-themed describing worksheets that will help your students practice this skill. 

Students write  a "describing" word in each of the boxes on the themed worksheet, which include bats, school, apples, pumpkins,spiders, leaves, sunflowers, scarecrows, turkeys, and pilgrims. 

These worksheets make a nice Daily 5 fall writing activity, and can also be inserted into a writing folder or journal. 

I've also included an adjective definition anchor chart.

Well that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.

I’m Diane from Teach With Me, hoping you & your students will go batty over learning.

Wishing you a fun-filled time of it.

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"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." -Thomas H. Huxley

1-2-3 Come Do Some Bat Activities With Me

Are you familiar with the story Stellaluna, by Jannell Cannon?  It's a personal favorite. 

Don't have the book? Click this LINK for an awesome read aloud on YouTube.  This actress does a wonderful job bringing the story to life.

It's one of our favoirte fall stories, and perfect for practicing the "sequencing & retelling a story" standards.  

It's extremely current for today, especially in our very diverse classrooms.

Children easily identify with Stellaluna as she struggles with trying to fit in, and empathize with the conflicts that happen when people are asked to pretend to be someone that they are not.

While the premise of a bat trying to live with birds is a bit humorous, there is an underlying realization that Stellaluna is happiest when she discovers the joys of simply being herself, a bat.

With that in mind, I created these quick, easy & fun activities that will help your students sequence & retell the story.

You will love the versatility; as you can easily diversify your lessons with the variety of options.

As always, all patterns come in color, so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share, as well as black & white for students.

The packet includes:

          A bat craft perfect for teachers & librarians to make & use for a whole group activity, then later put up as an interesting bulletin board.

This is a nice big bat, and is created with two wing patterns, plus a body.

Simply run off the 3, full-page patterns on construction paper, trim & glue together.

Underneath Stellaluns, place the sequencing mat, using the "picture ovals" to sequence & retell the story.

I like to pass out these picture cards before I read the story, then when I get to that part of the story depicted by the picture, the child holding that card comes up to our Stellaluna board and attaches the picture. 

This really helps involve my students, and they absolutely love participating. 

You can attach the pieces with a magnet, Velcro, or a glue dot, or simply a piece of Scotch tape.

I laminate my pieces, so that I can use them each year. 

To solidify the sequence of the story, we retell it using the pictures on the poster. I ask questions like, "What's happening in this picture?"

For further reinforcement, and to give more children a chance, I again pass out the cards and see if they can sequence it.

You can also use the bat as  a whole group sorting activity, where the “picture ovals” are put on “Beginning, Middle & End” of the story mats.

I’ve included  “word labels” for your bat, as well as blank mats to position under the bat.

There is also a colorful pattern with the answers already inside the ovals.

I’ve done this for this activity, as well as the sequencing one. This way you have an answer key if you want to use these as independent center activities after doing them as a whole group.  

For writing practice, I've also included a "Branching Out" worksheet, where students write a few sentences about the beginning, middle & end of the story. 

Besides the large, teachers' bat, I designed a smaller bat craftivity, which is perfect for students.

There are 4 activity options to choose from:

1. Students sequence the picture tiles.

They color, cut & glue them to the ordinal numbered worksheet.

 After students have sequenced the pictures, they add a bat "topper" as well as a bottom bat "hanger".

2. Students can also do the same thing, only with the Beginning, Middle & End worksheet.

As you can see by the photo to your right, there are completed answer keys in both color & black & white.

I did this for the sequencing activity as well.

3. & 4. There’s also a “tracing” option for little ones, as well as several writing prompt activities for older students, such as:

"Did you like the story? What was your favorite part?" or " Would you like to be a bat? Why or why not?"

You could also list interesting bat facts, or write an autumn acrostic poem.

All of these options use the “bat topper” and the bottom “hanger” bat patterns.

To make things easier for younger kiddos, simply have them color, cut & glue on just the "topper" bat.

Completed projects make a cute bulletin board or hallway display.

I’ve included several posters to add extra pizzazz to your decorating.

To check & assess comprehension, there are 3 worksheet options, with answer keys.

All activities can be used individually, as a whole group, or in a language arts center.

Today's featured FREEBIE also has some bats, as well as spiders, leaves, an owl & turkeys.

It's a super-fun, fall matching game.

Students match the 2D shape to its counterpart on the bat, and other cards.

It's a wonderful activity for your math center, or something for early finishers to do.

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We are having beautiful "Indian summer" weather in the 70s, so it's time to go play outside.

Wishing you non batty & stress free days.

"What we learn to do, we learn by doing." -Aristotle

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Everyone Everywhere Has Feelings is a multi-cultural poster, which you can use to introduce your feelings lessons.