Did you know you can have 4 Fun Friday Activities with your students and still have purposeful lessons? Fun Friday doesn’t have to be daunting. It can be something that you can do consistently each Friday, and it’s something that your students can look forward to!

I know that some principals might not allow you to have Fun Friday if your Fun Friday consists of extra recess, play-do, games, and such, so here’s my Fun Friday schedule that is purposeful, and all of these activities follow your standards for sure!

My 4 Fun Friday Activities that I like to do with my students are:

1.) What Are We Looking FORWARD To- where my students tell what they are looking forward to during Morning Meeting.

2.) FOCUS POETRY– Have a poem a week that we can sing or read, and have your students visualize their poem in their poetry notebook.

3.) FACT FLUENCY– where my students practice their fact fluency for addition/subtraction using their data folder.

4.) FAHRENHEIT FRIDAY– where my students take part in an experiment/investigation about the science topic that we are covering during the week.

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This is the FREE webinar that I hosted inside of my Facebook Group: Create Your Balance with Literacy. I shared all the topics that I teach for March, including:

Texas Symbols

Texas Animals Research and Writing 

St. Patrick's Day

120th Day 

Dr. Seuss

Gail Gibbons

and much more!  

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Whether you’re a first-year teacher or a seasoned educator seeking fresh inspiration, the Writer’s Workshop Reboot is the perfect place to recharge your passion and refine your teaching craft. This episode details what lesson #5 is all about and how to visualize and create a "Magic Movie" using the book Sky Color by Peter Reynolds.
Also included are tips for behavior management, rigor, relevance, and how I keep my students engaged.

This lesson plan includes an objective card, suggested mentor text by Peter Reynolds, anchor chart ideas, and 3 differentiated interactive notebooks to meet the needs of your students. Happy Writing!

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Lesson #5: Visualizing My New Story

Objective Card

Visualizing Card

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Differentiated Interactive Notebooks: Below Level (Red), On Level (Green) and Above Level (Yellow).

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How to Teach the “I Do, We Do and You Do”

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In this webinar, I share all the cross-curricular topics for February such as:
Groundhog Day

Valentine's Day

President's Day

100th Day 

Financial Literacy

American Symbols

Weather

Famous Inventors

and much more!

Cross-Curricular Fun for February

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Whether you’re a first-year teacher or a seasoned educator seeking fresh inspiration, the Writer’s Workshop Reboot is the perfect place to recharge your passion and refine your teaching craft. This episode details what lesson #4 is all about and how to collect new words using The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds.
Also included are tips for behavior management, rigor, relevance, and how I keep my students engaged.

This lesson plan includes an objective card, suggested mentor text by Peter Reynolds, anchor chart ideas, and 3 differentiated interactive notebooks to meet the needs of your students. Happy Writing!

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Lesson #4: Collecting Words for my Story

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Problem/Solution Cards

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Whether you’re a first-year teacher or a seasoned educator seeking fresh inspiration, the Writer’s Workshop Reboot is the perfect place to recharge your passion and refine your teaching craft. This episode details what lesson #3 is all about and how to choose a problem and solution using The Dot by Peter Reynolds.
Also included are tips for behavior management, rigor, relevance, and how I keep my students engaged.

This lesson plan includes an objective card, suggested mentor text by Peter Reynolds, anchor chart ideas, and 3 differentiated interactive notebooks to meet the needs of your students. Happy Writing!

Lesson #3: Choosing a Problem and Solution for My Story 

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Problem/Solution Cards

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Differentiated Interactive Notebooks: Below Level (Red), On Level (Green) and Above Level (Yellow).

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In this webinar, I share all the cross-curricular topics for January such as:
New Years
MLK
Winter
Winter Animals
Objects in the Sky
Arctic Animals
Penguins
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Cross-Curricular Fun for Winter: FREE Lesson Plans!

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Whether you’re a first-year teacher or a seasoned educator seeking fresh inspiration, the Writer’s Workshop Reboot is the perfect place to recharge your passion and refine your teaching craft. This episode goes into detail about what lesson #2 is all about and how to use it. Also included are tips for behavior management, rigor, relevance, and how I keep my students engaged.

This lesson plan includes an objective card, suggested mentor text by Peter Reynolds, anchor chart ideas, and 3 differentiated interactive notebooks to meet the needs of your students. Happy Writing!

This resource includes:
Lesson #2: Show, But Don't Tell

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Emotion Cards

Anchor Chart Titles & Pictures

Differentiated Interactive Notebooks: Below Level (Red), On Level (Green) and Above Level (Yellow).

Vocabulary Words

How to Teach the “I Do, We Do and You Do”

Writing Dictionary

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Whether you’re a first-year teacher or a seasoned educator seeking fresh inspiration, the Writer’s Workshop Reboot is the perfect place to recharge your passion and refine your teaching craft. This episode goes into detail about what lesson #1 is all about and how to use it. Also included are tips for Behavior management, Rigor, and Relevance and how I keep my students engaged. 

This lesson plan includes an objective card, suggested mentor text by Peter Reynolds, anchor chart ideas, and 3 differentiated interactive notebooks to meet the needs of your students. Happy Writing!

This resource includes:

Lesson #1: Setting a Goal for Writing

Objective Card

Goal Setting Card

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Differentiated Interactive Notebooks: Below Level (Red), On Level (Green) and Above Level (Yellow).

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Join me as I share all the details about my Writer's Workshop REBOOT starting on Dec. 30th-Jan. 3rd! I share all the resources, lesson plans, mentor texts, objectives, anchor charts, and differentiated notebooks that you will get with this Mini-Course! Registration is open this week and the first 5 teachers to register will receive a FREE PETER REYNOLDS mentor text of their choice: The North Star, The Dot, The Word Collector, Say Something or Sky Color!

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