Writing Offices and a Give Away

Do you use Writing Offices in your classroom?! I have seen teachers that use one folder, two folders, and even three file folders for their offices! I use 3! I wanted to create an office that would help my students become more independent writers, but also wanted to be able to use them for privacy, during tests. :-) 

I am sharing my FREE covers with you today! You can download your FREE covers by clicking the image below! 

 

 You can see how I put my folders together by clicking this image. 

You can enter to win my new Writing Office pack!

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Plant {Print & Play Pack} FREEBIE

 

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Here with another freebie...

that is PERFECT for this time of year.

This freebie printable you can grab...all about PLANTS.

 

Head to my blog here to read all about the whole unit

and to find out where grab your freebie printable.

Here is a peek at my full unit

which I know you would love to own!

Sending you my blessings on a great week at school!

March Themed Sentence Type, Expansion and Making Sense FREEBIE

Hi Peeps! It's Traci from Dragonflies in First!

I'm popping in real quick to let you know about the March-themed sentence type skill builders FREEBIE resource I am listing in my latest blog post. It's a great resource to attack declarative and interrogative sentence building and expanding skills.

Hop on over to learn more about it and grab your copy!

We Love to Write!

We sure do have a great group of budding writers this year! We recently introduced some new writing activities in our writing center and the kiddos are loving them! The fact that they CHOOSE to go to the writing center makes me so happy!

I have a really sweet bunch this year and they are exceptionally nice to each other, so I knew they would really enjoy our note writing center. I copied a bunch of the note writing templates onto white paper and stuck them in a little bucket. My students can write notes to each other, their family or even their dear teachers :) Then they stick the notes in the appropriate cubbies for delivery. They get so excited to receive little notes in their cubbies too :)

 {I love you because you are sweet and nice and generous. #swoon}

 {I like your Darth Vader shirt.}

 {I like you because you are nice.}

I found this one of my desk after school...so precious!! {and I love that she signed it "stodin't}

If you want to use these fun little templates in your writing centers this month, click on the link to grab them below!

Happy Valentine's Day from Miss Kindergarten!

100th Day Writing FREEBIE!

Hey Peeps! It's Traci from Dragonflies in First!

Are you approaching 100 days at school?

I seriously cannot believe we are already nearing that mark!

I have a FREEBIE writing lesson to help you celebrate that day!

As many of you know I am obsessed with teaching writing. I absolutely LOVE it! If you aren't so in love with it... this simple mini-lesson might change your mind and get you hooked!!!

I take pictures of my kids and age them using one of those AGING APPS from the iTunes App Store, then print them out to place them at the top of their final draft. 

Beyond adorable. Seriously. 

And... for those who celebrate Grandparents Day... there is a version of this writing lesson for you, too!

FREE February Journal Prompts

Are you looking for February Journal Prompts? I have a small sampler that you might be able to use in your classroom. The sampler includes Valentine's Day and Groundhog's Day themes. My journal prompts have always included versions for beginning, intermediate and advanced writers to make it a successful writing experience for all of your little writers. They also feature a picture-word bank on each page to help beginning or struggling writers with the thought process . The full version also includes the President's Day and the Healthy Teeth thematic prompts. 

Click on the picture to download it 

from my Kinder Alphabet blog :)

Have fun writing!

Winter Writing

Every month I like to change out my student's writing on my display boards. I keep these each month to show the progression at the end of the year. It is truly fascinating how much they grow over the year.

I am now providing a color version for you to display on your smartboard to give them an example. Click on either pic to grab this freebie.

Journal Prompts for the NEW YEAR!

I wanted to make a FREEBIE for you that included some New Year's Writing Prompts!  I love the New Year because it is a great time to reflect and make some "attainable" goals and to get kids writing!  

Writing is a skill that requires daily practice.  These simple journal prompts are designated to help BEGINNING and/or STRUGGLING writers build confidence, practice articulating thoughts, work on fine motor skills and use proper letter formation.  

Included on each journal prompt:

*I Can… statements with text and visual support to remind students to:

-use capital letters

-use finder spacing between words

-sound out and spell words

-use periods

-draw pictures to support their writing

*Illustrated Word Bank to help students spell words and generate ideas for their writing.

*Place to draw a picture to support their writing.

Hop on over to The Moffatt Girls blog to grab this FREEBIE!

Elf Writing FREEBIE

Do you do an #elfintheclassroom? I thought this might help with our last week before break. 

I can feel the twitches coming on!

Don't forget to follow me for additional freebies! 

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Christmas! {Writing Freebie}

You might say I am a *tad* but early for Christmas but my students can't stop talking about it!

We turned our classroom into a full-swing Christmas workshop this week!

The children have been getting really excited talking about what they want from Santa so I thought it would be fun to create this writing list template and leave it out at my Writing Centre.

I also added a variety of toy flyers so that the students would cut and paste their favourites and write about them on the list.

Come on over and see lots of photos from my classroom,and download your FREE List for Santa writing paper too!

Beach Theme Sentences

I know school is just around the corner, but I CAN'T let go of my summer vibe!  I made a little Beach Simple Sentence Freebie for you to use when practicing writing sentences.  My students LOVE this because there are so many activities for them to do on one page...

For each page the students:

Read it.

Trace it.

Write it.

Cut and paste it.

These are fun and engaging, and once the students are trained on how this sheet works, they can start building sentences all on their own!

Michelle from Apples and ABC's.

Write Me Three Freebie

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I love meeting so many of you in Vegas.

 And I love giving you guys free stuff.

And I really love using word walls and 

the Write Me Three structure to help beginning writer build their confidence 

to write more than one sentence about a topic.

Please check out this freebie for back to school with a Word Wall and Writing sheet

by clicking on the picture above or here...

This link will take you to my blog and it has a link to the freebie!

I am already back at school! 

How about you?