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How to Brush Your Teeth – Sequencing & Writing

How to Brush Your Teeth – Sequencing & Writing
, Not Grade Specific,

Introductory pages explain how-to writing as clear, ordered explanation and provide transition words for beginnings, middle steps, and endings. Separate editing checklists address early and more experienced writers. The activity then offers modelled procedure text, short step cards, sequencing options, and writing pages that let learners reconstruct and explain the process at different levels of independence. New

Author Simply Schoolgirl

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Tags Writing Center, Editing Checklist, Informational, Expository, How-to, Personal Hygeine, Sequencing, Editing, Emerging Writer, New Writer

I Can Write and Read Sentences Packet

I Can Write and Read Sentences Packet
, Not Grade Specific,

Read, trace, write and draw: short sentences such as “Look at my big cat.” and “The bug has six legs.” give early writers a line to trace, a line to copy and space to illustrate.

Author Katie Maurice

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Tags Writing, Cross Curricular, Reading, Handwriting, Sentence Writing, Capital Letters, Mini Booklet, Grammar, Literacy Station

Ice Skating Fun Writing Prompt - Winter Writing Activity

Ice Skating Fun Writing Prompt - Winter Writing Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

One page prompts students to write about the joy of ice skating on a frozen pond or rink, and a matching page asks them to draw children gliding and laughing on the ice.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Winter Writing Activity, Winter Writing Prompts, Winter Activities, Writing Prompts, Christmas Writing Activity, Christmas Writing Prompts, Christmas Activities

If I Were a Doctor - Writing Prompt

If I Were a Doctor - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

Career-themed writing prompt: how would you help people feel better as a doctor, what tools would you use and where would you work? A second page asks for a drawing of the student in a doctor's coat with a stethoscope.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Writing, Writing Centers, Writing Prompts, Writing Prompt, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts, Literacy, Career, Careers, Careers Writing

If I Were a Firefighter - Writing Prompt

If I Were a Firefighter - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

Students imagine a day as a firefighter in a short written response, then draw themselves in uniform helping at a fire scene.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Career, Careers, Firefighter, Writing Prompts, Careers Writing Prompts, Spring, Writing Centers, Literacy

If I Were a Nurse - Writing Prompt

If I Were a Nurse - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

Nurse writing prompt asking how students would take care of people and help them feel better, paired with a page to draw themselves in uniform with their patients and tools.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Writing, Writing Centers, Writing Prompts, Spring Writing, Career, Careers, Labor Day, Labor Day Writing, Labor Day Activities, Labor

If I Were a Teacher - Writing Prompt

If I Were a Teacher - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

Role-reversal prompt in two pages: students write about what they would teach and which activities they would run as a teacher, then draw themselves teaching, with their students and the board in the picture.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Writing Prompts, Writing Centers, Spring, Literacy, Career, Careers, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts

If I Were a Tree - Writing Prompt

If I Were a Tree - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

An Earth Day prompt in two matched halves: one page asks students to write about their life as a tree, and the other asks them to draw themselves as one, showing what surrounds them in their tree home.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Earth Day, Earth Day Drawing, Earth Day Writing, Earth Day Writing Prompts, Writing Prompts, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts, No Prep

If I Were a Veterinarian - Writing Prompt

If I Were a Veterinarian - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

Two prompts ask students to write about which animals they would help as a veterinarian and how, then draw themselves in the role with the animals and tools they would use.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Writing Prompts, Spring, Writing Centers, Spring Writing Prompts, Career, Careers, Labor Day, Labor Day Writing

If I Were An Elf Writing Template

If I Were An Elf Writing Template
, Not Grade Specific,

Elf-themed sentence starters guide young writers through a five-sentence Christmas paragraph — naming their elf self, describing it, giving it a job, and explaining why they would be the best elf.

Author Rathgeber Resources

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Tags December, Elf Writing, Writing Template, Winter, Christmas Literacy

Learn to Write Letters

Learn to Write Letters
, Not Grade Specific,

Letter formation tied to beginning sounds: each alphabet page pairs a picture with its starting sound, then has children practice the letter in lower case, upper case and alternating cases.

Author Lilibette's Resources

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Tags Learn To Write Letters, Handwriting, Letter Formation, Phonics, K - 2, Handwriting Book, Home-education, Kindergarten, Pre-writing

Let's Talk About Health – Class Board Game

Let's Talk About Health – Class Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Twenty-six spoken health questions — from "What helps against a sore throat?" to "Do you know any diseases that are very contagious?" — fill the spaces of a Start-to-Finish board students answer as they move along it.

Author Better Teaching Resources

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Tags Board Game, Dice Game, Partner Activities, Health, Nutrition, Writing Prompts, ESL Activities, Small Group, Speaking Skills, Literacy

Let's Talk About Music – ESL Board Game

Let's Talk About Music – ESL Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Music talk fuels an ESL conversation board game whose path from Start to Finish is paved with around thirty discussion squares - favourite bands, instruments, concerts, genres, and challenges like humming a song for others to guess.

Author Better Teaching Resources

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Tags Board Game, Speaking Games, Speaking Skills, Writing Prompts, ESL Activity, Partner Activity, Literacy Center, Dice Game, Small Group

Let's Talk About Personal Care Board Game

Let's Talk About Personal Care Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Board game for English conversation about personal care: students move along the board and answer the question on each space, on topics such as showering, flossing and treating a sunburn.

Author Better Teaching Resources

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Tags Personal Care, Hygiene, Healthy Habits, Board Game, Speaking Game, Communication, Dialogue, Conversation Starters, Writing Prompts

Let's Talk About Spring Board Game

Let's Talk About Spring Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,

About two dozen spring-themed conversation prompts line a winding path from START to FINISH, giving ESL and ELA students a speaking game about weather, food, and seasonal traditions.

Author Better Teaching Resources

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Tags Board Game, Dice Small, Partner Work, Small Group, Literacy Center, Assessing Mastery, Writing Prompts, Spring, April, May

Let's Talk About the Weather – ESL Board Game

Let's Talk About the Weather – ESL Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Over twenty weather-themed conversation questions line a path from Start to Finish, turning small talk about rain, snow, and storms into a speaking-practice board game for English learners.

Author Better Teaching Resources

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Tags Weather, Board Game, Literacy Center, Game Board, Dice Game, Writing Skills, Writing Prompts, Environment, ESL Activity, Partner Work, Weather Games For Middle School

Letter A Handwriting Pages

Letter A Handwriting Pages
, Not Grade Specific,

Handwriting practice for capital A and lowercase a: students trace dotted rows first, then write each letter on their own in blank rows.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Letter A Handwriting, Writing The Letter A, Letter A Writing, Writing Center, Handwriting Practice, Letter A Activities, Writing Practice, Fine Motor Skills, Tracing Letters, Letter Formation

Letter B Handwriting Worksheets

Letter B Handwriting Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

Letter B handwriting practice: rows of capital B and lowercase b to trace, pages with numbered stroke arrows and rows to copy, and tracing cards for a write-and-wipe centre.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Letter B, Letter B Worksheets, Handwriting Practice, Writing Letters, Penmanship, Writing Center, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Worksheets, Handwriting Worksheets, Writing The Letter B

Letter B Trains Worksheets and Centres

Letter B Trains Worksheets and Centres
, Not Grade Specific,

Letter B sorting centres built on a train theme, with engine cards, cargo picture cars and Bb train mat cards, plus trace-and-write pages for capital and lowercase B.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Letter Recognition, Handwriting, Phonics, Fine Motor Skills, Beginning Sounds

Letter C Handwriting Worksheets

Letter C Handwriting Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

Letter C handwriting practice in three steps: full pages of dotted capital and lowercase Cs to trace, pages that model each stroke with an arrow before children write the letter alone, and 12 tracing cards.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Letter C, Letter C Worksheets, Alphabet Worksheets, Handwriting Worksheets, Letter Recognition, Letter Formation, Penmanship, Letter C Activities, Writing Center

Letter D Handwriting Worksheets

Letter D Handwriting Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

Handwriting practice for capital D and lowercase d, with tracing rows in solid, dashed and dotted formats and a line for each student's name.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Letter D, Letter Worksheets, Letter D Worksheets, Handwriting Practice, Penmanship, Alphabet Worksheets, Handwriting Worksheets, Letter Of The Week, Letter Formation

Letter E Handwriting Worksheets

Letter E Handwriting Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

Solid-line and dashed-line tracing pages give capital E and lowercase e their own practice, joined by small EE, ee and Ee tracing cards.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Letter E, Letter E Worksheets, Letter Formation, Handwriting Practice, Letter E Activities, Letter Of The Week, Alphabet Worksheets, Alphabet Activities, Handwriting Worksheets, Letter Recognition

Letter Formation and Handwriting Practice | Alphabet Activities

Letter Formation and Handwriting Practice | Alphabet Activities
, Not Grade Specific,

Each alphabet letter gets its own repeating set of pages: tracing rows, a circle-the-letter row with a themed word list, a letter maze, and full rows of uppercase and lowercase writing.

Author Simply Schoolgirl

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Tags Handwriting Practice, Letter Worksheets, Alphabet Worksheets, Pre-reading, Language Arts, Handwriting Worksheets, Letter Writing, Writing Letters, Letter Formation

Letter G Activities

Letter G Activities
, Not Grade Specific,

Letter hunt for G on two grids, one with capital G only and one mixing capital G and lowercase g: children colour or dot each letter to uncover a hidden letter shape, then trace over the dots. Coloured answer keys are included.

Author CraftEdPrints

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Tags Letterhunt, Alphabet , Letterg, Preschool, Homeschool, Elementary, Letteroftheweek, #LetterGActivities