Best Selling Teaching Resources for Fall for Primary Grades

 Read. Think. Write. Learn about Christopher Columbus. 

High-Interest Reading passages to read about this character in history. Writing prompts that will show understanding of Christopher Columbus and American history. Learning new information and practicing writing skills to show what has been learned.

Christopher Columbus Writing Prompts
Columbus - Printables



This resource includes:

reading text about Christopher Columbus
poem about 1492 and the sailing ships for fluency practice
reading text with comprehension questions -find the evidence
picture word matching
describing words
T- Map 'was-wanted-had'
label the picture
discover new words
cards for retelling
spin-off activity

There are 14 pages and these pages would be appropriate for beginning readers and writers. You might also assign these for distance learning and school-at-home.







Stellaluna Book Companion
Stellaluna Book Companion

Enhance the reading experience of the book, Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon, with these reader response pages. A great book companion!

This book is wonderful to read aloud to your class and use as a springboard for class discussions on 'being yourself' and 'accepting the differences of others'. Improve reading achievement with these reader response pages and comprehension checks.

There are 25 pages included in this resources and they focus on:

  • comprehension
  • theme
  • compare and contrast
  • favorite part of the story
  • listening page
  • would you rather ...
  • quiet time 'think of a story'
  • sign up to tell your story
  • word study pages include - ABC order, rhyming words, making new words
  • illustration and writing sentences
  • picture cards for retelling and creating a literacy center


  Celebrate Our Heroes! On Veterans'  Day

    Writing prompts are about freedom, courage and being a hero. Also an introduction to the 5 branches of the military.   

Veterans' Day
Writing Prompts

  Pages include:

  Veterans’ Day Writing Stationary
  Honoring our Veterans
  Match 5 branches of government
  adjectives to describe Veterans
  write to a Veteran
  What is a hero?
  What does it mean to be patriotic?
  What does it mean to be brave?
  Why we celebrate Veterans’ Day?
  Read-write about freedom.

  These pages could easily supplement your class discussions and reading about Veterans and our freedoms in America.



Fall Into Engaging Teaching Resources - Book Companions for Children's Literature

FALL into 
Engaging Teaching Resources

Reading children's literature in the classroom and at home is powerful.   Children show a keen interest in the books you read and they become engaged and motivated readers themselves.  Reading to children is proven to improve cognitive development.  Cognitive development is the emergence of the ability to think and understand.  The simple and complex problems presented in children's literature creates a construction of thought processes.  These processes include remembering, decision-making and problem solving.  Children who have a rich and full background of stories and books have many opportunities to practice the skills of information processing, intelligence, reasoning, language development, memory and attention span.  When you read aloud to children, you provide them with a background of knowledge which helps them make sense of the world.  Children see, hear, and read which leads to thinking and more reading.  Talking about books gives this reading process power.  Power to bridge stories to their own lives and make connections to people, places and situations.  Read good books. Talk about good books.  Write about good books.  and you will find that one good book leads to another.

Some books for you to read this fall....



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In November - Book Companion














 






Book Companion for Old Lady


Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon


What Do You Do With
a Problem?

You can find more book companions here. 

Halloween Fun!  
Boo!tiful! Resources


My Teacher On Halloween is more fun for the teacher! than her students!

Read on to find more teacher-created resources  that will engage your students in reading, writing and learning. 

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Teaching Good Homework Habits and Strategies

Help your students learn good habits and strategies to complete school assignments at home.  Students will have a chance to think about and write about the steps to complete a home assignment.  


You can find this teaching resource that will teach good homework strategies and habits and will create a 

positive attitude about school work at home.  

Homework resource HERE. 


How to Assign Homework that is 
Effective to Student Learning 

  • giving less homework, more often
  • writing or practicing a skill previously taught in class
  • an extension of lessons learned at school
  • an assignment that the teacher knows the student will be able to complete independently
  • an assignment that creates conversation with other members in the family
  • an assignment that shows what the student already knows
  • has clear and specific directions; be sure your students understand the directions
  • one that allows students to rewrite and create their own method of learning
  • assignments that allow ownership of the student - whenever possible give choices within your homework assignments
  • assignments that students can show competence [most homework assignments within one class need to be diversified; similarly to work at school
  • aesthetic appealing homework assignments - be creative and think out of the box
  • completed homework assignments are given genuine feedback 
When assigning homework, there are three important ideas to remember:
  1.  the best homework assignments provide practice in skills mastered at school
  2.  homework assignments are diversified to accommodate all students
  3.  teachers evaluate and give genuine feedback to all homework assigned
and one last note, and to circle back, give less homework, more often.  Remember children have long days at school and sometimes the best homework is to play, exercise and converse with peers and family members about their concerns and interests.  

Back to School | All Teaching Resources


 

Find all the teaching resources you need for this School Year at MrsQuimbyReads TPT Store.  Hurry on over today and get engaging resources for distance learning and school at home. 

Scroll down a bit to see some of the teaching resources that you will find  today.  There are over 330 resources listed and some are FREE !  Thank you for visiting. 

Back to School Teaching Resources for Distance Learning and School at Home


Find this Hall Sign HERE
Find all the many spelling pages HERE
Looking for some pages for the first week of school?
Everybody loves these Listen and Do Pages - You can get them HERE

Summer Writing for School At Home and Distance Learning

     
    Ink  this Summer 
    Stay-cation activity 
    into your family plan book.  Children who read and write during the summer maintain literacy skills learned during the school year.  Summer Writing and Summer Journal are quick and easy writing activities... and both help children practice their reading and writing skills with individual style and creativity.

    A summer journal encourages drawing and writing, and it helps children learn to organize their thoughts. It's a good way to start the day.   With these pages and graphic organizers; it's easy to get started.  Write about upcoming summer goals and activities using these writing prompts that promote thinking and reflection before writing. 
    Keeping a Summer Journal,  using a composition notebook or creating a writing space can be an authentic writing experience and also can become a regular activity at home.  NO PREP for you... just download, print and handout!  Talking about your expectations for the summer writing journal is all you need to do after handing out the summer journal pages.   Children will engage in authentic writing experiences all summer long.  They are encouraged to write in their journal each day but it is important to remember that this is a self-directed activity and some students might even write in their journals twice a day!!  Writing Ideas and topics are provided to initiate the first spark in writing about their summer days. 
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    Summer Writing Journal
    Finding and creating personal topics and ideas is encouraged.   Be sure to tell children that you are excited about their ideas and writing and look forward to seeing and reading their journals after summer.  Encourage children to add drawings and photos, ticket stubs, book lists, and any other summer 'clips' that will fit in their journal.  Children will share more readily when they have ownership and creative design throughout their summer journal.  These writing pages include: organization of the page, writing about specific topics, using illustrations to explain, remembering facts, writing in sequential order, and finding noteworthy topics to write about.  Sharing their summer-long writing project can be a positive way to meet new classmates and build friendships for the upcoming school year.  
    Keeping a 'summer writing journal' will keep your child growing in literacy and improve reading achievement... preview the summer writing journal for beginning writers.     
    Get your children excited about writing this summer by finding a composition notebook and use these 'writing stamps' to encourage endless possibilities for real-world literacy activity! 

Paragraph of the Week | Learning to Write a Good Paragraph | Teaching Resources for Writing


Are you looking for a step-by-step guideline to teach young writers how to write a good paragraph?  Learning to write paragraphs takes time and patience.  Paragraph of the Week provides a step-by-step approach to writing a good paragraph. This would be suitable for second graders who are learning to write a topic paragraph, adding details and writing a closing sentence that sums it up. Space for illustration to add more understanding of the topic for their readers. Paragraph of the week can easily be used as an independent work packet and school-at-home assignments.

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Pages Include one for each school day of the week:
Monday - Brainstorm Ideas and Topics
Tuesday - Complete a 4-square for your topic
Wednesday - Write a topic sentence, details and a closing sentence
Thursday - Check Wednesday's writing with the writer's checklist; make a sketch and think of two possible titles for your writing
Friday - Writing the Final Copy

Directions are given each day at the left side of the page...students write on the right side of the page. On Friday, trim the pages and pass in your revised, edited and final copy of the paragraph. These pages are 'free writes' where students brainstorm their own topics.

Friday page has three pages to choose from:

1. Page with mid-line for beginning writers
2. Page with space for illustration and no mid-line
3. Page with no mid-line and student illustrates on the back of the page.

BONUS:    Anchor Chart for 

"Hook Your Reader" - this is an anchor chart that gives strategies for writing a beginning sentence that 'hooks the reader'.  Colorful and descriptive anchor chart that teaches how you can hook your reader!


Find this teaching resource that saves YOU time and gives students the 

step-by-step guidelines to writing a paragraph.  Use this with any topic or main idea.  Get yours HERE!












Distance Learning | Teaching Resources


Rain or Shine !  Find more teaching resources ...find resources for distance learning, school-at-home assignments and homeschoolers.  HERE  

Over 300 teaching resources to choose from... novel studies and book companions, literacy and reading, templates for writing, journal writing for school-at-home, cultural studies for India and Spain, earth day writing prompts, read & learn text passages, writing sentences and reference guides, math practice and activities that engage students to improve math skills and more.  What are you looking for?  Shop here 

These resources were created to engage children in reading-writing tasks for literacy, social studies and science and pages for math skills and review. Many teacher resources that help with organization and teacher-related tasks...teacher binder and weekly lesson planner, editable calendars,  assessment forms and parent communication.   Say yes to these resources and save time in organizing your distance learning lessons and everyday teacher tasks. 

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Distance Learning - Learning at Home - School at Home Resources

choice grids for school tasks at home, MrsQuimbyReads
School At Home - Activity Grids - 3 Weeks
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Read & Learn - School At Home - Literacy Practice
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Learning At Home - Journal Writing


Distance Learning - India - Unit Study
India -unit of study-
School at Home - Distance Learning - Unit study about India. There are many pages and topics in the unit of study for India. Students will learn to research and find resources to write a short report on India. Many short text passages are included in this unit to get the researcher started. Easy to send home for school at home , home assignments and distance learning. The content is divided into 3 weeks with easy pdf files to send to your students. Also included are teacher directions and tips. A great unit for your Social Studies files.
These text passages for India are on the following topics:
  1. music - musical instruments
  2. food
  3. learn about yoga and practice some easy poses
  4. monuments of India
  5. maps - geography
  6. the Himalayas
  7. Gandhi
  8. children of India
  9. animals of India
  10. sacred cow
  11. save the tiger
  12. write what you know
  13. facts about India
  14. games in India
There are 40 total pages in this teaching resource for India. It is divided into 3 weeks. Includes information on prewriting, taking notes, and writing a short report.

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Earth Day - Distance Learning - School At Home
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April Reading Challenge - Distance Learning

Encourage your students to read more at home with this 
April Reading Challenge.  Engaging in the activity of reading will improve reading skills and achievement.  Students love a challenge and also complete a reading log.  Easy to assign for school-at-home and distance learning.




writing resources for distance learning
Writing Templates for Distance Learning
Independent Work Packet for writing.  Students decide on their own topic and use these writing templates to write.  Graphic organizers for beginning writers. These writing templates can help with school-at-home writing assignments.  

4 Teaching Resources for Black History Month and 8 More Resources for February

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More Teaching Resources for February Learning






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February is Black History Month and you will find teaching resources for the elementary classroom  HERE 
on sale from 1-23-20 to 1-26-20... 
Get yours now... and
Learn about George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth,  and Ruby Bridges.  

Each teaching resource focuses on one important person in Black History that truly teaches courage, determination, tenacity and strife to make our world a better place.  Begin with reading text about the famous black person and then use the graphic organizers and writing prompts to further the understanding.

Each resource is complete and can teach life lessons about a person's attributes that make a difference to the many.  
Famous quotes from each person can be

a springboard for authentic and sincere conversations about these famous black people in history. After discussing the quote, students write about what that quote means to them. 


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George Washington Carver - Biography
George Washington Carver 

(c. 1864 to January 5, 1943) was born into slavery and went on to become a botanist and one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time as well as a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute. Carver devised over 100 products using one major crop — the peanut — including dyes, plastics and gasoline.  His journey from a small boy to an amazing scientist that helped farmers and mankind is a memorable one.  You will find your students reading with high-interest. Teach the genre of Biography and at the same time learn about this remarkable man who made a difference in all of our lives.  Find a teaching resource about George Washington Carver here. 

teaching resources for rosa parks

Rosa Parks' 
story shows us determination and tenacity to make a wrong a right.  She lived in a difficult time and believed in fair treatment of all people.  Her story is one to read to encourage speaking up when things are not right.  
Rosa said, "Each person must live their life as a model for others." 
What a great springboard for a class discussion!  
Find more about Rosa Parks here.


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Sojourner Truth - Biography & Writing Prompts
Sojourner Truth's story is one of compassion and human spirit to fight for what is right.  She was born into slavery and left our earth with monuments to remember and mark her fight for woman's rights and civil rights. She overcame obstacles that many wouldn't.  She was denied an education because she was black; she never learned to read or write; but oh, could she speak! 

These reading passages encompass important issues about humanity and black history. They are written for the elementary school student.  Pages have easy-to-read print and bold headings.  The writing prompts and graphic organizers are a perfect way to develop thinking and understanding to the reading.  These reading response pages and graphic organizers can help you engage your students in a reading and writing experience about famous and memorable black people in history.  
You can find the teaching resource for Sojourner Truth here.  

Valentines' Day Resources

 
read and write about groundhog day
Learn about Groundhog Day! 

Read and write ... and   complete a Groundhog Day Art  activity! 
It includes two reading passages with comprehension questions, writing prompt page, fun facts pages, cloze activity, 16 vocabulary cards for display, groundhog day art activity, make a headband for groundhog day, color and keep bookmarks, word search, word shapes and making new words.

The reading passages would be suitable for 1st-2nd graders and possibly some Kindergartners with assistance. The art-craft activity would be fun for all ages.   
Yes, I want this teaching resource for groundhog day.
Read. Think. Write. Color. Learn.
100 Days of School Interactive Booklet
Celebrate the 100th day with these bright and colorful interactive booklets! Easy to make! Only 2 pages and you will have created an eight page booklet. Students interact to read, spell, solve and draw with the number 100 in mind.
  • Read 100 sight words
  • Spell 100 words
  • Solve 100 math facts
  • Draw 100 geometric shapes
Your students will love making it to 100 on each of these pages. Print in colors to add to the celebration.
Also included are more pages to make your
100th day a bit special.
  • A 100th day Coloring Page
  • A 100 circle chart
  • 100 buttons in a jar [page] to count and color
  • Number Grid from 1-100
  • Fill in the missing numbers from 1-100 chart
  • 100 Days Smarter coloring page

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Happy February
"live with a grateful heart"





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