Gift Tags for Winter Holiday Art Projects

Need some festive gift tags for those wonderful, handmade gifts your students have created?

This set of winter holiday gift tags lets the recipient know who lovingly made their gift!

Included in this set:
One sheet of 3″ circular tags (6)
One sheet of 2″ circular tags (12)
One sheet of 5″ rectangular tags (4)
One sheet of 3.75″ rectangular tags (6)
One sheet of 2.75″ rectangular tags (10)

Each type of tag says “Made with LOVE by” and then includes a space to write the student’s name.

The circular tags do not have a hole guide as they can be hole punched from any side.

For best results, print on light colored or white cardstock paper. Tags are not editable. Names need to be handwritten on tags.

Inventions-Creative Thinking Activities for Physical Science

Unleash your students’ creative and inventive minds!

This product consists of 20 actual mechanical drawings and illustrations of inventions created in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. They are perfect for inspiring new inventions by your students!

Activities that can be used with these drawings include:

1) Creating new inventions by adding on to the drawing and reinventing the purpose of the invention on the page.
2 )Guessing what the original invention was by observing the various functions in the drawing.
3) Identifying the various simple machines that were used to create the invention.
4) Adding a specific simple machine to the invention for reinforcement of that concept.

These are just a few of the activities you can do with these pages!

Each page contains a black and white mechanical drawing of an invention. There is space around each drawing for labels and for creating additional parts.

In addition, there is a list that tells what each invention is on each of the pages.

These activities are also a great way to supplement a unit on simple machines, physical science, inventors, or mechanical drawing.

Used as either a weekly or one time activity, these can be used easily for a whole class, small groups, individuals, or centers.

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Empathy Game: Finding Empathy in Fiction Stories and Books

Easy-to-play game that helps open a discussion on empathy!

This game board has 24 empathy questions that can be used with any fiction story or book that your students are reading.

Students roll a die and move through the spaces to the finish line. Every player is a winner in this game. Students walk away from the game feeling good and learning the value of empathy and kindness.

Perfect way to enhance reading comprehension while examining the character trait of empathy.

The game board comes in B&W and color versions.

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Gingerbread House Paper Craft Activity for the Holidays

This item contains the graphics and visual instructions you need to make your very own gingerbread house!

** Please note** Some of the graphics are in grayscale. Please make sure you are able to print in grayscale before purchasing.

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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT:Cardboard box ,scissors, glue (stick and liquid), clear tape, crayons, colored pencils ,thin markers, piece of cardboard or file folder (for roof), construction paper/butcher paper (optional), and poster board for base(optional).

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These sets of graphics are black/white and grayscale and are ready to be colored with crayons,colored pencils, and markers.

This product does not come with colored graphics.

Graphic designs include:

Frosting/Icing lines (grayscale)

Frosting/icing rosettes (grayscale)

Candy canes

Peppermints (round)

Candy cane sticks

Gumdrops

This item also comes with short visual instructions of one way to construct your gingerbread house. There is also a sheet of useful tips.

These graphics are intended to be used on the exterior of the box. No specific interior graphics or interior instructions included.

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This activity is perfect for individuals, small groups, or as a class activity.

Duration of project: 3-4 hours depending on age of child.

Perfect for holiday activities, class projects, or just for fun!

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If you have any questions about this item, please ask in the “Question Section” of my store! I’ll be glad to answer them!

Like this item? Watch for the following model activities coming out in 2014:

Log cabin

Castle

A Dozen Doughnuts-Review Game for any Subject!

Need a fun, non-stressful way to review facts, material, or subject content?

Whether it’s math facts, spelling, science vocabulary, or any other information that needs to be remembered, this game can help you do that with your students!

This product comes with two ways to play the game:

“Please Don’t Eat the Doughnuts!”- Players have to make it home from the bakery with a dozen doughnuts without “eating” one!

“More Doughnuts, Please!”-Players try to get as many doughnuts from the busy baker that they can! The cost? Correct answers to questions!

This game consists of:
12 printable doughnut cards
Easy-to-follow instructions for both games
Doughnut certificates for participants
Additional creative ways to play the games

Please note: This game does not come with questions/answers.
Number of players: 2 or more on both games
Materials: Game cards and questions that you supply.
Suggested number of review questions: 15-25

Perfect for learning centers, small groups….or the whole classroom!

Powerful Words Editing Game for Writing

Need help motivating students to use higher level vocabulary in their writing?

This editing game can be played during or after a writing assignment. As it’s being played, it challenges them to add better vocabulary by looking for more opportunities to improve their wording and gain points.

The game sheets include a verb sheet and an adjective/adverb sheet. The words found at the top of each section on the sheets are common words students use in their writing. The “powerful words”, which are next to the stars, are given as substitutions and are as close in meaning to the original word as possible.
The challenge is for the student to use the words with the most point values in their writing. The game can be played for overall winners or trying to top their last score (personal best).

Game includes:
Instructions
Adjective/Adverb Game Sheet
Verbs (present tense) Game Sheet
Verbs (past tense) Game Sheet

As you can see, I have created a sheet for past verb tenses and a sheet for present verb tenses. I found this to be easier for the students when editing their work. Before the student begins editing, determine which tense they have used in their writing. After determining the tense, simply give the student the correct tense sheet.

There will be, of course, some instances where one of the substitutions may not be able to be used correctly based on the context of the sentence. In that case, the student can choose another “powerful word” choice for their substitute word.

Because the game sheets have a basic look, they can be used easily with older and younger students in grades 3-12.

Perfect for individuals, small groups, whole classrooms, or tutoring.

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Seashell Label and Tag Printables-EDITABLE Labels & Tags

Do you have a beach theme in your classroom or just like the nautical look?

These editable label and tag printables are perfect for your classroom decor!

Multiple sizes and shapes gives the flexibility to use them on many different items.

Sizes (and use examples) include:

3.5″ x 2.25″ (name tags, bookplates)
4.5″ x 2.75″ (bin labels, word cards)
5.25″ x 2.75″ (bin labels, notebook labels)
6.5″ x 4″ (thank you notes, center signs)
8.75″ x 4.5″ (desk tag, center signs)
9.5″ x 7″ (stationery, awards, center signs)

Each have an editable text box that you can use with any Microsoft Powerpoint text style you choose.

This beautiful, vintage look will make your room and items look wonderfully unique!

PLEASE NOTE:These tag pages are not “sized” to be used with precut/premade commercial label sheets. Use with full size page label sheets (and cut out individually) or plain copy paper.

Haunted House Art Activity-Build a Miniature Haunted House Replica

This item contains the graphics and visual instructions you need to make your very own haunted house replica!

This activity allows you to make a haunted house and all the decor you would find in the yard of a haunted house.
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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT:Cardboard box (sides no longer than 18”) or a shoebox, scissors, glue (stick and liquid), scotch tape, paperclips, crayons or colored pencils, file folder (optional),construction paper or poster board for base, wire, and any extras you may want to add.
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These sets of graphics are black and white and are ready to be colored with crayons or colored pencils.

This product does not come with colored graphics.

Graphic designs include:
Wood Siding
Roofing
Spooky Animals (Spiders,owls, bats, and cats)
Haunted Trees
Skeletons
Haunted House Decor (Doors, porch stairs,windows, shutters, fencing, pumpkins, and tombstones)

These graphics include one set proportioned for a shoebox size box and one set for a regular cardboard box with sides no longer than 18”.

This item also comes with visual step-by-step instructions of one way to construct your haunted house. There is also a sheet of useful tips.

These graphics are intended to be used on the exterior of the box. No specific interior graphics or interior instructions included.
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This activity is perfect for individuals, small groups, or as a class activity.

Duration of project: 3-4 hours depending on age of child.

Perfect for book reports, class themed activities, home activity…or just for fun!
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If you have any questions about this item, please ask in the “Question Section” of my store! I’ll be glad to answer them!

Like this item? Watch for the following model activities coming out in 2013:

Gingerbread house
Log cabin
Alphabet house
Castle

Invasion of the Fractions!-A Halloween Fractions Card Game

Need a fun fraction game?

Two players draw the Halloween themed cards and form fractions. The person with the larger fraction wins a point. First player to get to ten points wins!

This game is for two players.

Fraction skills include:
Writing simple fractions
Comparing simple fractions
Finding common denominators
Identifying and correctly using fractions up to twelfths
Writing mixed fractions
Comparing mixed fractions
Identifying equivalent fractions

This game can also be played as a review activity with one person. Simply have the student draw 4 cards and arrange them into two fractions. They write down the fractions, find the common denominator, and decide which one is bigger.