Created byImprove paragraph writing with these 10 U.S. History Scrambled Paragraph Puzzles, where students must rearrange the sentences of a scrambled history paragraph to place them in their proper, logical sequence. Ideal for grades 4-7.
4th - 7th Informational Text, Writing, Writing Expository
Also included in: Paragraph Puzzles Bundle: Organize Scrambled Sentences Writing Activities
$4.00
Created byStop conjunction confusion! Mastering coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) and writing compound sentences is fun and effective with this versatile, differentiated set of printable and digital grammar task cards. Ideal for grades 3-5.
3rd - 5th Grammar, Writing
Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.
$5.00
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Created byImprove paragraph writing with these 10 Black History Month Paragraph Puzzles, where students must rearrange the sentences of a scrambled paragraph to place them in their proper, logical sequence.
4th - 7th Writing, Writing Expository, Black History
Also included in: Paragraph Puzzles Bundle: Organize Scrambled Sentences Writing Activities
$4.00
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Created byImprove paragraph writing with these 10 Native American Heritage Month Paragraph Puzzles, where students must rearrange the sentences of a scrambled paragraph to place them in their proper, logical sequence.
4th - 7th Writing, Writing Expository, Native Americans
Also included in: Paragraph Puzzles Bundle: Organize Scrambled Sentences Writing Activities
$4.00
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Created byImprove paragraph writing with these 10 Persuasive Opinion Scrambled Paragraph Puzzles, where students must rearrange the sentences of a scrambled opinion paragraph to place them in their proper, logical sequence. Ideal for grades 4-7.
4th - 7th Informational Text, Writing, Writing Expository
Also included in: Paragraph Puzzles Bundle: Organize Scrambled Sentences Writing Activities
$4.00
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Created byAre your 4th, 5th, or 6th-graders struggling to generate and organize their thoughts when writing opinion pieces? Written in a Star-Dash-Bullet outline method (aligned with Step Up to Writing), these differentiated persuasive essay outlines task cards remove the stress of a blank page.
4th - 6th Writing, Writing Essays, Writing Expository
$5.00
AI Assisted
I used AI during the brainstorm phase.
Created byDo you have students who struggle or resist narrative writing because they can’t come up with a story to tell? Then these ready-to-write creative writing story outline cards are perfect for you. Each of the 20 task cards provides students with a clear outline for story creation.
4th - 7th Creative Writing, Writing, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep
$3.00
Created byHelp students understand, write, and punctuate dialogue with confidence! This dialogue activities grammar and narrative writing resource gives students multiple, scaffolded opportunities to understand what dialogue is (and is not) and practice using it effectively in narrative writing.
3rd - 6th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Grammar
Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep
$7.00
Created byLooking for a way to fit in cursive penmanship practice without sacrificing your social-emotional learning (SEL) or writing time? This no-prep cursive writing practice sheets resource combines handwriting fluency with 52 positive affirmations and reflective writing prompts.
3rd - 6th Handwriting, Writing, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Elementary Student AVID Planner Bundle, Daily SEL Slides, Penmanship Pages
$8.00
Created byLooking for a way to fit in printing penmanship practice without sacrificing your social-emotional learning (SEL) or writing time? This no-prep resource combines handwriting fluency with 52 positive affirmations and reflective writing prompts.
3rd - 6th Handwriting, Writing, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Elementary Student AVID Planner Bundle, Daily SEL Slides, Penmanship Pages
$8.00
AI Assisted
AI was used to create the examples of the completed self-portrait artwork.
Created byStart off the new school year strong and decorate your bare bulletin boards with this engaging and eye-catching All About Me Self Portrait project. Designed for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade elementary students, this first day of school activity uses a single sheet of paper and a simple gate fold.
3rd - 5th Coloring Pages, Writing, Classroom Community
$3.50
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AI Assisted
AI was used to assist in creating or revising the text passages.
Created byIf your upper-elementary students struggle to write complete sentences, you’ll love the Red Pen Crime Scene: Sentence Fragments activity. After swearing in your newest Grammar Police Detectives, your students will visit 10 different crime scenes to solve grammar crimes.
3rd - 5th Grammar, Writing, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.
$4.50
AI Assisted
AI was used to assist in creating or revising the text passages.
Created byIf your upper-elementary students struggle to write complete sentences, you’ll love the Red Pen Crime Scene: Sentence Fragments activity. After swearing in your newest Grammar Police Detectives, your students will visit 10 different crime scenes to solve grammar crimes.
3rd - 5th Grammar, Writing, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.
$4.50
Created byReady to implement Writing Critique Groups? Help your students become reflective writers and effective revisers with this set of self and peer reflection and revision forms for expository, persuasive, and narrative writing.
4th - 7th English Language Arts, Writing
$3.00
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Created byThis AVID Student Daily Planner includes customizable weekly agenda pages for the upcoming school year. Ideal for AVID Elementary schools, each weekly calendar page allows students to see the entire week on a single page. When printed double-sided, bound and open, two weeks are visible at a time. Wi
3rd - 6th Classroom Community, For All Subjects
$7.00
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Created byThis yearlong AVID Student Daily Planner with weekly agenda pages is perfect for AVID Elementary schools. Each weekly calendar page of this planner includes ways for students to organize their time, track their homework, set and meet goals, and learn vital social-emotional skills. Each weekly calend
3rd - 6th Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Elementary Student AVID Planner Bundle, Daily SEL Slides, Penmanship Pages
$10.00
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Created byGamify writing time with 6 unique, easy to use game spinners that are perfect for practicing writing skills for grades 4-8. Each printable spinner comes in both color and black and white and has 2 spinners per page. Just print, cut apart, and play!
4th - 7th Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing
$3.00
Created byLooking for an easy way to combine daily penmanship practice with social-emotional learning? These 52 no-prep, print & go Positive Affirmation Printing Practice Pages let elementary students master neat printing handwriting while reading, reflecting on, and repeating empowering positive statements.
3rd - 6th Handwriting, Writing, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: 52 Positive Affirmations Cursive Print Penmanship Practice Handwriting Bundle
$4.50
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Created byLooking for cursive penmanship practice that your students will actually enjoy?This cursive handwriting practice resource is ideal for morning work and includes 52 weeks of positive affirmation writing designed for upper elementary students to build confidence and improve handwriting skills.
3rd - 6th Handwriting, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: 52 Positive Affirmations Cursive Print Penmanship Practice Handwriting Bundle
$4.50
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Created byChallenge your students spice up their writing with these Picture Prompts with Word Banks for Narrative Writing. This printable pack of 20 illustrated pictures, each one with a prebuilt word bank of 20 words, is engaging for all 2nd through 5th graders.
2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing
Also included in: Reluctant Writers Activity Bundle: Engaging Activities for Writing Intervention
$3.00
Created byThese cursive writing penmanship practice pages let your students practice their cursive handwriting all while reading, tracing, and practicing positive affirmation statements before responding to a related writing prompt. It's a great way to combine social-emotional learning with reflective writing.
3rd - 6th Handwriting, Writing, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Penmanship Practice Handwriting Bundle: 52 Affirmations with Writing Prompts
$5.50
Created byTeaching students to use descriptive details to show-don't tell while writing narrative stories can be hard, but it doesn't have to be. This hands-on, interactive writing activity is designed to get kids communicating, collaborating, and thinking critically about using strong details in creative writing.
3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Writing
Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep
$3.00
Created byMake comma rules and grammar instruction hands-on, engaging, and actually fun! Help your upper elementary and middle school students master essential punctuation basics and sentence structures by physically building sentences.
4th - 7th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Also included in: Reluctant Writers Activity Bundle: Engaging Activities for Writing Intervention
$3.00
Created byMake teaching complex sentences comma rules engaging and hands-on with this interactive hands-on grammar activity! This activity helps students master subordinating conjunctions, sentence structure, and punctuation in complex sentences in a way that actually sticks.
3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Also included in: Comma Rules Hands-On Grammar Practice Activities for Grades 3-8: Activity Bundle
$3.00
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If you struggle to get your 3rd through 8th grade students excited about grammar and writing, I am here to help! It's time to say goodbye to grammatically incorrect sentences and dry, formulaic writing pieces, and instead say hello to low-prep, no-stress writing activities and resources that even the most reluctant of writers will love.
As a published romance author, elementary school teacher, and teacher consultant with the National Writing Project, my research-based, teacher-tested, student-approved writing resources are built upon creativity, peer communication and collaboration, and critical thinking/reflection. In my 20+ years in the classroom, I have taught nearly every grade from 1st through 8th and have served on nearly every committee there is: AVID team, Equity team, VAPA team, ELA Curriculum Design team, School Site Council, and have most recently served as an induction coach for new teachers. I bring all my experience as a teacher and writer to each of my resources in order to provide you with easy to use, engaging activities that actually work!
I am a holistic teacher through and through. I believe in a writing-centric classroom and develop thematic units that are built on mentor texts and incorporate multiple subject areas. I love to create hands-on, interactive lessons where the focus is on creativity, collaboration, and student discovery.
I was awarded a $20,000 IFT Grant from the California Teachers Association to create a Writers Lab for our school site.
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies, a Master's degree in Holistic Education, and Multiple Subject teaching credential from California State University, San Bernardino. I joined my local chapter of the National Writing Project in 2012 and provide PD about the following topics: Narrative Writing, Grammar Development, Vocabulary Development, Revision Strategies, Hacking Literacy to Cultivate Creativity, and Small Group Writing Instruction.
