Fun Winter Writing Prompts: Winter Writing Story Starters By Robin Sellers

Bring the fun of winter into the classroom with these fun and creative winter writing prompts. It's the time of the year when students can write about polar bears, penguins, snow, snowballs, sledding, ice skating and more. These winter story starters encourage students to be creative and come up with creative stories with their winter story starters. Plus, they are perfect for your winter writing centers.

A story starter is a great tool to get students writing using creative ideas. A story starter provides a prompt that creates a scenario that, well, starts the story. Then students have a free license to finish the story any way they wish. Plus, they help you meet your Common Core narrative writing goals.

I took my story starters, added great graphics, put them on pencils, and added them to a canister that I got from the dollar store. I also found the cute snowman holder at Dollar General. They can choose their own story starter and even use their new winter pencil and write away through the holiday season.

You can purchase my Winter Story Starters {HERE}.

3-D Science Life Cycle Craft Bundle -- 3-D Craftivities by Robin Sellers

Science crafts for life cycle fun-- My 3-D Life Cycle craftivity BUNDLE collection includes the following 11 life cycle crafts from my store and is available:

3-D Pumpkin Life Cycle Craftivity

3-D Christmas Tree - conifer- life cycle Craftivity

3-D Water Cycle Craftivity

3-D Apple Life Craftivity

3-D Frog Life Cycle Craftivity

3-D Watermelon Life Cycle Craftivity

3-D Chicken Life Cycle Craftivity

3-D Sea Turtle Life Cycle Craftivity

3-D Four Seasons of a Tree Cycle

3-D Sunflower Craftivity

3-D Butterfly Craftivity

Click {HERE} to view this product at my teaching resource store. Thanks, Robin Sellers

Christmas Writing Prompts: Christmas Story Starters By Robin Sellers

I love Christmas writing prompts, don't you? It's the most wonderful time of the year to add a bit of creative writing to the curriculum at Christmas. It's this time of the year when students can write about Santa, reindeer, presents, Christmas trees, elves, and gingerbread men. In fact, they get encouraged to be creative and come up with creative stories with Christmas story starters.

A story starter is a great tool to get students writing using creative ideas. A story starter provides a prompt that creates a scenario that, well, starts the story. Then students have a free license to finish the story any way they wish.

I got a bit crafty with my story starters this year and decided that they would also make perfect pencil toppers or candy cane toppers or even ornaments if you have a tree in your classroom.

I took my story starters, added great graphics, put them on pencils, and added them to a canister that I got from the dollar store. Then I added a string of white lights. It's like my own Christmas light display for students. They can choose their own story starter and even use their new Christmas pencil and write away through the holiday season.

You can purchase my Christmas Story Starters {HERE}.


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Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

How will you celebrate Thanksgiving in the classroom this year? How about using some fun Thanksgiving writing prompts instead of those old boring ones that we've been using forever.

For the older children, I've created this fun Thanksgiving writing prompt set. It can also be used as a classroom decoration too and they even make great cupcake toppers. These Thanksgiving story starters are not your typical Thanksgiving writing prompts. They are fun and original. Here's one of my favorite Thanksgiving writing prompts for kids:

                      You just saw a turkey wearing a pilgrim hat running from the police.

I promise, your kids will have a lot more fun with this prompt than the typical "what will you do for Thanksgiving" prompt. These prompts will help you meet Common Core writing standards for writing imaginative narratives.  W.2.3, W.3.3, W.4.3, W.5.3

The set includes 24 Thanksgiving and Harvest Day themed story starters in color, six themed images for classroom decoration, three pages of graphic organizers, and eleven themed writing pages. Add in the two pages of instructional material and writing tips for teachers, and you're ready to go. You can start using these the first day of November and use a prompt each day or use them during the week of Thanksgiving. They will work well during the Thanksgiving short week of school. These are perfect for classrooms and for homeschool writing.


These materials are just right for 2nd through 5th grade students and are perfect for narrative paragraphs, event paragraphs, narrative essays, and event essays. Plus, you'll get your students excited to use their creative writing skills.

We've already had a great time with my Halloween Story Starters {Here}.

Thanks for taking a peek. You can find it at my teaching resource store {Here}

You may also be interested in creating this life cycle of a pumpkin craft and using it as a Thanksgiving table decoration. {Click HERE}

Free Pumpkin Ten Frame Posters

Free Pumpkin Ten Frame Posters by Robin Sellers.

 Use these cute jack-o-lantern ten frame posters to help reinforce ten frames in your classroom. Click {HERE} to download your copy!!

The numbers go up to ten and show the ten frame and the written number on each poster.

I hope you enjoy them!

Halloween Teaching Activities: Lots of Fun Halloween Activities for Kids

Boo! It's that time of year when we can get by calling our kiddos little goblins. Welcome to the Halloween season. I don't know about you, but for me Halloween is a season that lasts for the entire month of October. I think it adds a little bit of magic and fun into the classroom. I wanted to share with you some of my latest Halloween teaching resources that are sure to be a Halloween hit in the classroom and homeschool classroom.

 First up is my Halloween fraction game. I wanted to create a fun way to learn about comparing fractions (and meet Common Core standards) so this fraction game board was the answer. This fraction board game has all you need to let your students learn about fractions and have fun.

First, get your students to create their candy bag fraction books. These books represent fractions and the students cut around the lines for each fraction. I added a candy bag to the book to tie into the theme for the game. For each of the fraction task cards, the children must decide which candy bag has the most candy. They can use their fraction book as a manipulative to help them with an answer.

This game includes 90 fraction game cards, costumed kids game pawns, directions, the fraction book, and an answer sheet. This works well as a Halloween math center .

Click {Here} for more about my fraction game for children.

 Of course you always need to add in a bit of science during Halloween. What about a craft too? I'm so excited about my life cycle of a pumpkin craftivity. It lets students learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin while they create a pumpkin craft. This craft is super any time of they year that you're studying plants.

Let's add in a bit of Halloween writing. These Halloween writing prompts are also a Halloween classroom decoration and they meet the Common Core writing a narrative standard. Each of the 40 prompts create a scenario where the students will write an imaginative narrative. Plus, use them as pencil toppers and you've got a nice little inexpensive Halloween present for your students. Yeah!

I also love my Clip It games. They are so great for recognizing numbers and counting. Plus they are super for fine motor skills. With my Halloween games, students use clothespins and clip the correct answer on each card. Just cut the cards apart and follow the rules for the game in the set. I have two Halloween themed sets.

 If you know anything about the Common Core standards and math, you know about ten frames. I thought I'd make learning about ten frames a little more fun and I added Jack-o-lanterns to the frame. These are my Halloween ten frames. Fun!

Who doesn't love candy corn. Here's my numbers 1-20 candy corn math clip it game too.

Thanks for taking a peek at my Halloween teaching resource round up. Please visit my TeacherPayTeachers teaching shop {Here} to learn more or visit my TeachersNotebook Shop {Here}.

I have to share one more Halloween goodie! Look what I got to eat after school today! {Aren't you Jealous.} Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!!!

And I almost forgot.... check out my classroom Halloween decor. This candy corn bunting is just too cute.

Thanks a bunch,
Robin

It's The Great Pumpkin Classroom Projects Linky

It's here! It's time to share those great pumpkin projects that your kiddos have been working on. Share your projects from home, the classroom, and your homeschool projects too.

You can share your favorite pumpkin project on the It's The Great Pumpkin Classroom Projects Linky. All that I ask is that you link back to this post and that you are Pin friendly.

Check back soon because I'm going to feature some of my favorite classroom projects on my blog very soon.

Are you ready. Here's the list. Add your classroom pumpkin project today.

Back to School Writing Prompts by Robin Sellers

I love writing prompts, don't you? The beginning of the year is a great time to add a bit of creative writing to the curriculum. It's this time of the year when students can learn to love writing. You can encourage them to be creative and let come up with creative stories. My back to school writing prompts encourage creative narratives and add a little excitement to the back to school routine. Don't ask your students what they did over their summer vacation. Ask them what they did on another planet over the summer and get ready for some creative ideas.

I love using story starters. A story starter is a great tool to get students writing using creative ideas. A story starter provides a prompts that creates a scenario that, well, starts the story. Then students have a free license to finish the story any way they wish.

I got a bit crafty with my story starters this year. I took my story starters, added great graphics, put them on pencils. I added them to a container I found at a dollar store and even added some tissue paper too! It's my own little way of making writing fun and giving students choices too. They can choose their own story starter and even use their new back to school pencil and write away through the first days of school.

You can purchase my Back to School Story Starters and Back to School Writing Pages {HERE}. If you use them, stop back by and let me know how the writing went in your classroom.


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TpT Back to School Sale 2013 Promo Code

Don't miss out on the opportunity to save over 28% on the teaching resources you need for your classroom. The TeachersPayTeachers Back to School Sale takes place on August 18-19, 2013. Most sellers will have the items in their stores posted at 20% off.

Use the TpT promo code and you will get and additional 10% off-- that comes to 28% off. The TpT Back to School Promo Code for the 2013 Back to School Sale is BTS13. Be sure to check out the new 3D Life Cycle Craftivities in my store while you are there. Go to TpT {Here}.

Origami Frog Freebie {Use With Your Frog Units}

Here's a cute activity to add to your next lesson about frogs. My Origami Frog Pattern comes complete with directions, photos, and a frog pattern to use to make your very own jumping frogs!

Just click {Here} to download this very fun freebie.

Thanks and Enjoy!

Robin @ Sweet Tea Classroom

100 Sweet and Simple Classroom Dollar Store Solutions

When you're spending your own cash to teach students, you learn how to be resourceful. Many teachers have learned the power of the dollar for their classrooms. From the dollar bins at the front of Target (I always have to check out their school items.) to the Dollar Stores, teachers have walked through the doors of those stores and come out with their next teaching solution for just a dollar.

My challenge for you is to share your best dollar store classroom creation or find. Let us know how you plan to use it in the classroom. Please share any other tips too.

Then add your link to the bottom of this post and be sure to link back to this post too. I've got room for 100 Sweet and Simple Dollar Store education creations below. (Be sure that you are Pinterest friendly. We'll want to pin these ideas and even feature some favorites here.)

Here's mine: Rainbow Craft Stick Tally Marks

I picked up this pack of rainbow craft sticks. These work really well for a hands-on tally exercise. Give children five of each color and show them how to make tally marks.

Since they will only have five of each color, it will be easy to create like sets. This is a natural way to then work with counting by fives. Then, of course, the kiddos can work with ordering the colors of a rainbow.

And that's a sweet and simple way to use a dollar store find to help teach the kiddos.