March Writing Prompts and Papers

Now that Read Across America activities are behind us, maybe you have started planning for St. Patrick's Day and other fun monthly themes! There are so many things to celebrate in March. The list goes on and on! Just for the record though...Daylight Savings is NOT one of them! What can you get accomplished in one hour? For me, that would be a load of laundry, a quick blog post, a trip to the grocery store, a hair appointment, some major housework and a huge dent in my school to-do list! On that note, I'll make this quick! 

This weekend, I brought home writing assessments to check for report cards and data collection. I beyond pleased with my students' growth so far this year! I'm sure that it had a lot to do with the specific instruction that I have given them, but I also feel that providing my kiddos with daily writing PRACTICE opportunities has been a huge factor. 

In case you missed my previous posts, I set up a monthly writing station with a variety of pick-a prompt cards and papers to select from. Here's a peek the March set:

This month, the prompts include these themes:

  Dr. Seuss' Birthday

 St. Patrick's Day

Leprechauns

Leprechaun Traps

Pot of Gold

March Madness

Reading

The Iditarod Race

Spring 

Oreo Cookies

Johnny Appleseed Day

Green Eggs

Feeling Lucky

Children's Poetry Day

and other fun stuff!

The kit also comes with lots of cute papers that coordinate with the prompts!

We are starting our writing station tomorrow.

 I think the kiddos are going to really like the activities this month. 

They get so excited when I introduce the new prompts!

 If you are looking to add more independent writing practice to your day, you may like to get something like this started in your room too!

To read the full description, you can view the March Writing Center {here} at my Creative Lesson Cafe store at Teachers Pay Teachers. 

Enjoy the rest of your day! Make every hour count!

:)

Bartholomew and the Oobleck and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! Comparing Texts Freebie

What do meatballs and gooey green Oobleck have in common? Plenty... if you read the books that is! Hi friends! I hope you enjoyed a fun-filled day! I am just popping in here quickly to share a printable organizer you can use for a great compare/contrast activity for Dr. Seuss Day or Read Across America Week. Two of my all-time favorite books are great to use for comparing texts!

I thought I would share this with you in case you are elbow deep in Oobleck stuff this week! 

It's just like a Venn diagram only this shape allows more room for writing.

 My class will be using this organizer later in the year as part of our weather unit in the spring. 

That is when we work in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! It's perfect! 

You can download a copy of the page {here} if you like!

Last year, I made a cute little poster for Read Across America. You can grab one too at Creative Lesson Cafe's Facebook Page! Just click on the Freebie tab on the left side.

I hope you can use it to brighten up your classroom!

:)

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Read Across America Classroom Poster

When it's time to celebrate Dr. Suess' Birthday and kick off your March reading month festivities and Read Across America, I made this cute poster you can display in your classroom window!

graphics by creative clips

It's a Fan Freebie on the Creative Lesson Cafe Facebook page. 

Click on the picture to grab a copy if you like! 

From there find the Fan Freebie tab.

Hope you can use it!