HUGE TEACHER APPRECIATION SALE MAY 7TH-MAY 9TH!

Eric and I from Wise Guys are having a Teacher Appreciation Sale from Tuesday May 7 -Thursday May 9. You will be able to get 15% off all digital resources in our TPT store. As an added bonus, on May 7 and May 8, an additional 10% is available if you enter the code TAD13 at checkout!

We appreciate all you do to help students in your schools! Thank you for educating children!

Brian and Eric
Wise Guys

New Years Goal: New Blog to Help with Common Core

We have an ambitious New Years goal! We want to be able to provide ideas tips, and resources to help you keep your creativity in your classroom. Eric and I would love for you to come follow our new blog Creativity in the Common Core Classroom. Be on the lookout for our first blog post January 2nd! 

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Day 10 of the Twelve Days of Gift-Mas Blog Hop!

Welcome to Day 10 of The Twelve Days of Gift-mas! Thanks to Michelle Howard Lundy of Making it as a Middle School Teacher for hosting the blog hop!

For December 10th only, you will be able to get our Declaration Detectives activity FREE! This resource is a fun and engaging way to have your students learn about the Declaration of Independence. Included is an answer key as well! Get it today, because tomorrow it won't be free!

Make sure to check out the next two days of the 12 Days of Christmas!

Christmas Common Core Writing Activities and Holiday Link Up!

The Christmas season is fast approaching. I'm sure you have seen Christmas decorations being displayed as soon as the Halloween ones disappeared almost overnight. As teachers, we always look to the Christmas season as a time of giving. Here is a tip that we do in our classrooms to make the season more about giving then receiving.

Each year, we give our students a free book coupon that they can use out of the Scholastic book orders. We usually have quite a few bonus points accumulated, and allow our students to pick valued up to $4 each. This is a great gift for students. Not only do they get to pick out a book of their choice, but it is a present that will help them to continue to be a better reader, and not a toy or gadget that will be quickly forgotten about. Click here for the FREE cards that we give each student!

We have also created 10 creative Christmas Common Core Writing Activities that would be great to use for writing stations or as assignments during writing class for students in grades 3-5.

Your students will have a blast! Some titles are: The Santa Sled Race, Unemployed Elf, The Great Christmas Capee, and Sick Day for Santa.

Each activity is aligned with at least one Common Core Writing Standard.

Your students will have a blast being able to chose a topic that interests them! You can access the activities by clicking here! 

Make sure to click on the picture below for other great resources, tips and activities this holiday season from many great teacher authors!

Thanksgiving Common Core Writing Ideas

Here are 10 creative Thanksgiving Common Core Writing Activities that would be great to use for writing stations or as assignments during writing class for students in grades 3-5.

Your students will have a blast! Some titles are: The Turkey Trot, The Wishbone, Eat Pork, and Football on Thanksgiving.

Each activity is aligned with at least one Common Core Writing Standard.

Your students will have a blast being able to chose a topic that interests them! You can access the activities by clicking here! 

Common Core Personal Narrative Unit

Here is everything you will need to teach your students how to write a personal narrative aligned with the Writing Common Core Standards for grades 3-5.

Included in this super bundle is:
-A Steps of the Writing Process PowerPoint useful to introduce the writing process
-A Personal Narrative PowerPoint that can be used to introduce the unit
-A 10 Day Lesson Plan for the teacher

-A blank web for students' pre-writing
-A good and bad example for students to compare/contrast
-A revise/edit checklist for students

-A rubric based on the Common Core Writing Standards

-how to use quotation marks tips
-writing a lead ideas and tips
-writing a conclusion ideas and tips

This is a very thorough unit that will help you effectively teach your students how to write a personal narrative in your classroom.

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This product is aligned with the Common Core Writing Standards #3, #4, and #5