Let's Write! Springtime Writing Resources

Springtime, summertime...whatever you'd like to tell yourself!
I know many of you are beginning to count down the days, but meanwhile I am over here with more than 7 weeks to go! wah!!!

However, the end of the year brings, in most cases, more maturity and than means more fun stuff. I know I do a lot more crafts with our lessons because at this point they are a tad more independent so they can do a craft on their own while I am conducting reading groups.
In fact, just yesterday we watched The Lorax (unfortunately it was only the 30 minute version) and afterwards I showed them a craft from Pinterest and they just made it! All I had to do was copy the stache because they would've made handlebar mustaches on the poor little orange guy! (and I forgot to take a picture, but it'll be on my IG soon enough!

I wanted to show you some perfectly adorable springy writing ideas I've rounded up from my Owl girls!

Here's a real cutie! a Tutti Frutti Summer Cutie to be exact!

Includes the template to make the pineapple cutie-boy and girl version of course
and tons of extra printables!
Sunglasses brainstorming sheet and writing papers
Possible Prompts-my favorite sunglasses, when I wear sunglasses I feel. Students could use the black/white sunglasses from template and design their own to display
Summer is... brainstorming and writing papers
Summer is Seed-sational brainstorming sheet and writing papers
Fruits bubble map 
What is your favorite fruit write and draw
Writing center fruits word wall
survey-what is your favorite fruit? with survey pieces
ABC Order
Fruit Salad word scramble
Fruit and Veggie Venn

And here's some of our favorite spring and summer time writing crafts!

/1/ Linda Kamp's Life Cycles on a string. I used both last year...yes, they will be writing//

/2/ Teacher's Clubhouse Wonderful worms unit has an adorable craft and writing pieces//

/3/ Stephanie Stewart has an adorable chicky unit with this craft that I'm hoping to use soon//

/1/ Bubbly Blondes Steppin' into (anything) is a great way to end the end! Her We had a Ball craft is perfect for displaying student memories from the year// 

/2/ Primary Graffiti has just posted an amazing Shark unit! It's to die for hahaha//

/3/ I have the cutest little fruities you ever did see! We added sunglasses to really bring the look together too! It includes tons of end of year busy work learning activities too!//

/4/ I also posted a quick and easy bug jar craft to get something up in my classroom before awards days and all that jazz. We used leftover Scholastic magazines and captured whatever part of speech we happened to be focusing on! You could use it for insect facts too!

So let's get writing!

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bees and a winner!

Hey y'all! It's Rachel from the tattooed teacher today!

it's the last day of our Spring Fling freebies! 

I added a little something to "spring-ify" my insect unit! We have to teach our units based on our district's kit rotation, so we had our insects in the fall. Sad face.

But we will revisit them again with an earthworm day on Earth Day and again with bees and butterflies in April (which is today! how did that happen!?)

This freebie includes bee specific graphic organizers and a brand new minibook! My kiddos love little books! They hoard them in their book boxes!

Click the picture to download! It's only available to our Owls readers (I won't post on TpT until next week)!! I hope you love it!

Need more on insects?

check my units out! 

Each of the bee organizers came from here! This is a great intro unit!

Mealworms! one of my best sellers!

And here are two lifecycle files!

Centers

and interactive notebook templates!

Stay Buggy!

and before I go! Here's our winner of the spring fling giveaway!

and don't forget all this goodness from my owl friends!

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Spring Fling Freebies Continued

Hi everybody! It's Courtney from Swimming into Second. Well, guess what? The freebie fun is not over. I'm here today to share another freebie with you. I've been loving all these spring freebies because, well, I love spring. My allergies do not but that's okay. Since I live in the allergy capital of the United States, this is just a part of life. (I'm not even kidding about this. There was a study and everything... haha. Here it is. )

 I decided to make a brand new center and offer it up as a freebie. I know my students need some help with prefixes so I hope this helps you out too. Click on any of the images to download.

In case you missed it yesterday, some of the ladies at Owl-ways Be Inspired are giving away one of their great resources. You can check it out by clicking here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Check out the links below for more great spring resources.

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Spring Fling Day 5 Freebie!

Happy Spring everybody!  It's Linda from Around the Kampfire 

popping in to share a springtime FREEBIE along with some fun ways

to get your kids writing about science!

Spring means planting time and life cycles in my classroom!

We begin by learning all about the Life Cycle of Plants.

During our plant unit we question, predict, observe, and write!

This big spring bundle is loaded with lesson visuals, mini-labs, 

reading comprehension, informational writing, graphic organizers, 

observation journals, diagrams, vocabulary cards, anchor charts and a 

culminating foldable flower project book perfect for assessment or 

an adorable open house and hallway display! 

You can find these Life Cycle of Plants activities and so much more 

in my TeachersPayTeachers store!

Here's a little Spring FREEBIE for your science wall!  

You can download these anchor charts {HERE}

Stop by and see all of the fun things we did with this unit 

in my classroom {HERE}!

Need more spring resources?  Check out the linky below!

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Spring Fling Day 4 Printables!

Hey everyone! It's Jen from Teacher by the Beach (formerly, The Teacher's Cauldron)

I'm here to bring you the NEXT freebie in our Spring Fling!



This freebie comes from my April Common Core Literacy Menu centers pack.



I took a few of the pages from the "Add-Ins" section after all of the centers to let you try out! This is just a taste of what's included. But, they are some of the pages that I'm constantly using... SWBSF organizer to help us with summarzing, which is ALWAYS a hard concept...they always want to give like EVERY detail of the story! lol. I also included an evaluation page that I use a lot...especially for my "quick finishers." Click the picture to download the freebie printables!

Here's what's included in the rest of the "Add-Ins" section....

And if you're interested, here are the centers that are included in the pack...

Make sure you go back to the beginning of the week to get the rest of the fabulous ideas that have been posted! And check out the links below to check out all the fun Spring-Themed resources.

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Spring Fling Day 3 FREEBIES!

Hey everybody!  It's Jamie from 2nd Grade Stuff here today to share with you a fun spring FREEBIE as part of our Owl-ways Be Inspired Spring Fling FREEBIES!  :)

I have an entire collection of seasonal ELA graphic organizers/printables in my TeachersPayTeachers Store.  These printables can be used in a variety of ways. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, these activities will keep your students learning important skills while having some seasonal fun at the same time!

The ELA printables can be used with any of your favorite seasonal picture books. I often find a great variety of seasonal picture books in the book orders for my classroom. I like to use these as a read-aloud and have the students complete the skill sheet. You could also provide these printables as a center and let the students independently read the seasonal books and complete the skill sheet. They may also be used as homework, morning work, early finisher work, a time-filler, or for a substitute teacher. Lots of possibilities!  I try to provide rigor while having a little seasonal fun as well – the best of both worlds!  See the pictures below for an example of how I use these printables in my classroom.

This is a story about a caterpillar that envies all the other insects that can fly.  His response to these other characters and his problem is too cute - the story has a sweet ending.  The printable below is directly aligned to the Common Core Standards and is perfect to use with this book.

This is a story about a bee that learns a very important lesson when he finds himself in quite the trouble!  The printable beside the book, again, is directly aligned to the Common Core Standards and will assess your students' knowledge of the moral of the story or lesson learned.  I just love the cute little insects on this set of printables.

Today, I'm offering you a FREE SAMPLE of my Spring ELA Printables!  Just click on the image below or {click here} to download the FREE SAMPLE!

If you like the free sample, you can check out the entire product in my TPT Store!  I think you and your kiddos will enjoy using the graphic organizers/printables to spice up your curriculum in the spring time!  You can click on the image below or {click here} to check them out in my TPT Store.

Thanks for stopping by the Owl-ways Be Inspired blog!  Now check out the links below for other Spring-themed products for your classroom!

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Spring Fling Day 1 freebies!

Hi everyone! It's Melissa here from Inspire Me, ASAP, formerly Lesson Plan SOS. I am anxiously awaiting my spring break....5 more school days, but who is counting? :) I am so excited to kickoff a series of posts that are focused on SPRING FREEBIES!!!!

I am sharing with you my two favorite spring activities and they both involve eggs! Don't worry, I am talking the plastic, cheap, colorful Easter eggs!!! :)

Purchase a few bags from your local Dollar Store, and you are ready to go!

First up, let's go hunting for prepositions! I begin by introducing prepositions and defining the word.

We practice using prepositions using our bodies and classroom supplies. Then, I bring out the basket of plastic eggs!

I give each student two eggs that they are responsible for hiding. I usually have my students hide the eggs one at a time and there is no peeking! If you are feeling especially festive, play some music and the students are hiding their eggs!

When all the eggs are hidden, then let your students hunt for the eggs!!! Students search the room to find eggs their friends hid and (most importantly!!) write a complete sentence, using a preposition, to explain where the egg is.

One smart little bunny put their egg right next to The Tale of Peter Rabbit!! 

I wouldn't even have thought of that!

The light blue egg is AGAINST the book!

Or, the egg is ON TOP OF the white book shelf.

Ready for idea number 2??? Egg your principal!!! (Or any staff member for that matter!) :)

Buy one of those HUGE eggs that are on sale right now(see below in the picture). Tell your students that they will be filling the egg with egg-stra special letters that they will write to their principal- or any staff member. Of course, we used this as a mini-writing lesson and reviewed some egg-celent word choice that they might use in their letter.

Students then egg-celled at writing an awesome note:
"Hello, how are you today? I am eggcellent. I think you have an eggstraordinary office. Tell Mr. Z I said hello. You are an eggspert for creating Jeopardy for us. I hope that you have an eggciting Field Day."

I placed all the notes in the egg, sneaked into the office of our principal and officially "egged" them.

You could also have a couple of your students act as official "eggers" (not sure that is even a word?!) and deliver the egg and "You've been egged" note. I made the sign a tad bit cuter thanks to MelonHeadz Illustrations, Jessica Weible, and Ashley Hughes!! :)

How can that big, fat, loved filled egg not brighten someone's day!?!?!

 If you are interested in these freebies, please click HERE

Don't forget to check our blog everyday for more great Spring Freebies!!!! :)

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