Free Downloads
Free Writing Aids:
A basic essay is very much like a triple decker hamburger – just add ketchup!
5 Paragraph Burger with Ketchup
Too many “he’s and she’s” in your story? Here’s a way to avoid repeating the same name or pronoun for your characters throughout your stories. The same principle works for terms in reports and essays, too!
Character Combos
Ed/Adj Starter List, especially for IEW users
EDADJ Starters
A brief list of similes, metaphors, and personification to get students started
Figures of Speech
A handy list of easily confused Homophones
Homophones
ING Starter List, especially for IEW users
Outer ING Starters
Passive Verbs Poster
Passive Verbs Poster
A list of synonyms for SAID by theme
SAID by theme
Handwriting Pages
I used The Institute for Excellence in Writing Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization program to make handwriting practice pages for my daughter’s handwriting workbox this year. (Here’s a peek at the Brekke Bunch’s workboxes.) I am so excited to finally have handwriting content that will hold her interest and have purpose. She’s my “funny bunny” of the three and enjoys everything laced with humor. Thus, I used poems like “Ooey Gooey” and “Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably” by Hillaire Belloc. I also added “Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face” by Jack Prelutsky to round out the 23 weeks of lessons. I printed 4 of each lesson, so she will practice the same poem for 4 days in a row, and we will practice them out loud along the way as well. I am so thrilled with these pages, I just had to share. We’re using Pre-Cursive slanted font at this time. You can download them for your own family use below.
Alright, I did it again, only this time in Modern Cursive. Have fun!
ExInPoetryCursive
Bonus: “After the Party” by William Wise
After the Party