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If your kids love Tacky, then they will love these activities that compliment the story Tacky the Penguin. Everyone's favorite penguin will spar...
Help your kids learn more about this important day. This Remembrance Day Unit includes:
A read aloud
Remembering the minute of silence
Brave war...
This Super Math Pack 1 contains 100 problems, 1 for each day until the 100th day of school. The problems are meant to help your kids become bette...
This Math Pack contains a problem a day for 200 days (40 weeks). I created this pack to help my students with problem solving. They are now bette...
This pack was designed to provide some practice with paragraph writing. Writing a good paragraph is not always easy, so, in the first part of thi...
I created this pack to help my kids become more familiar with the er, ir, ur spelling pattern. It can be tricky! The pack includes a Racing Story...
This Dinosaur unit will help your kids learn new, fun and interesting facts about dinosaurs. In the unit, you will find a non-fiction read aloud,...
Get ready to learn more about the top and bottom of the world, the two coldest spots on earth. Your kids will have fun with these centers while l...
Have fun with this St. Patrick's Day writing unit, which includes:
St. Patrick's Day vocabulary cards (in color and b/w)
If you caught a leprech...
With these fun Math centers, your kids can work on their math skills just in time for Halloween. Center activities in this packet are
available ...
There are 10 Math Centers in this packet, all with a baseball theme. They are aligned for 1st grade, but are good practice for 2nd grade as well....
These reading strategy posters focus on 5 of the good reader strategies to help kids make meaning while reading or listening to a story. The stra...
This packet is the sequel to my Super Math Pack for the first 100 days of school. It includes a problem each day for weeks 21 - 40 (100 days) Som...
This Christmas Writing Pack has fun activities for the holidays and ideas to help inspire your little writers.
The pack includes:
An original C...
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Help your kids practice their subtraction facts, while learning
that the answer when we subtract is called the difference. Mr. Difference provide...
This is the popular game I Have Who Has? with a Valentine theme. Included in this packet are 3 versions of the game. The first version contains 2...
I designed this Printing book to help my kids learn and practise their letters. All uppercase and lowercase letters are presented with a cute Tro...
These Daily Five posters use the word RIGHT as a way to help kids remember all the components for each activity. The Daily Five is a great way t...
This Super Connectors mini pack comes with 4 posters, each with a different Super Hero Connector. It also comes with a response sheet to
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This is a mini pack of activities you can use on the first day or week of school to give you a chance to break the ice with your new kiddies and ...
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FEEDBACK
egrajeda
fun and creative ideas
May 21, 2013
cfowler75
Cute!
May 19, 2013
Teaching With Style (TpT Seller)
What a smart way to teach paragraph writing! Thanks!
Nicole
Nicole
May 9, 2013
vickyteacher
Wow! I love everything penguin and of course everything Tacky! This unit has so many great activities! I can't wait to us them next year. I notice you're from Quebec, I'm from Montreal. Any chance you could change my favorite part to the Canadian spelling? Thanks so much!
May 8, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Hi Vicky - thanks for the feedback. I just changed the spelling for you and you can just upload it again and have the newer version. I'm so happy you like it, hope your kids will have fun with it! It's always nice to hear from another Canadian:)
May 10, 2013 
gr8tchr
Just had to have this as I, too, love the baseball theme & those wonderful boys of summer!! Go, Cubs!! :)
May 8, 2013
Lisa Schmidman (TpT Seller)
My firsties have become proficient with many of the CCSS, but discussing their solutions with a partner or group is still an area of need. This set of problems will help them strengthen that area. I am very excited to have found this pack and you! Thanks so much!
May 8, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks you so much Lisa, your comment made my day:) I'm really happy that you are going to use it this way - having your kids discuss their solutions. I hope it helps them grow as little problem solvers.
May 8, 2013
awolfzorn
Thank you. I think this will really help my special education students enjoy the super hero theme I am creating for next year.
May 7, 2013
bliese2000
I loved the first pack of problems and was thrilled to see you offer the second. A very nice variety of problems to solve. Adorable characters. Encourages all kinds of problem solving strategies. One of my favorite math resources.
May 7, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
That is so nice to hear. Thanks for the great feedback, I am happy that it can help you:)
May 7, 2013
bliese2000
Love the story and love the resource even more. Great activities for a great story.
May 7, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks so much, I appreciate the feedback and glad you liked it:)
May 7, 2013
Cathy VerSteeg (TpT Seller)
My kiddos LOVE these activities! I feel it is really helping them become more confident with complete, detailed sentences... plus, they get sequencing practice as they arrange the sentences into a paragraph. Thanks so much! :)
May 7, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks Cathy, that's great!! My kids have gotten so much better since I started using it:) Thanks for the awesome feedback.
May 7, 2013
tstaffey
LOVE
May 7, 2013
sangeetas
Great Unit
May 4, 2013
frankcrew4
Great product!
May 3, 2013
lanaargue
Thank you!
April 29, 2013
cdigioia
Wonderful! Thank you!
April 26, 2013
JamieAF
great resource! thank you
April 22, 2013
cpachura
Great center activity!
April 21, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks! I've been using it for centers too and it has helped my kids a lot:)
April 24, 2013
Ashley Twitty
Wonderful!
April 19, 2013
lovedbyhisgrace
I am so excited to have found you!! Your products are truly incredible!!! The graphics along with the lesson being taught are truly impeccable!! I look forward to being a follower and can't wait to see what you create next!!! Thank you for what you do!!!
April 19, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
You are too sweet:) Thank you so much. I am happy to be able to make things that you like and can use. Your comment made my day, it really did:)
April 20, 2013
lkolodziejski
Great tool for a tricky skill!!
April 18, 2013
Morgan Cox
Love the baseball theme!! :)
April 17, 2013
keds130
Just what I needed! Thanks so much!
April 14, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
I'm so happy to hear that:) Thanks so much for the feedback.
April 24, 2013
tclarkstover
thanks
April 13, 2013
Lcox96
Love these story problems! Not just your boring old fashion oe\nes, but ones my firsties love
April 11, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much. I'm so happy to hear that your kids like them:)
April 13, 2013
Lisa Schmidman (TpT Seller)
These posters are wonderful! They'll be great to start with next fall!
April 10, 2013
Julie Marciniak (TpT Seller)
Leslie!!!
This is a FANTASTIC idea!
What a great connection!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Julie
This is a FANTASTIC idea!
What a great connection!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Julie
April 10, 2013
robyn2s
Love this! Thanks!!
April 9, 2013
lorie13
This is great!
April 8, 2013
Jessica DeAnna (TpT Seller)
Everything is so cute and aligns perfectly with the new common core! Love it!
April 8, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks Jessica for the awesome feedback:) I'm so happy you love it!
April 9, 2013
felia
Totally terrific. I found a number of pages that we used for our unit.
April 7, 2013
amyjofoote
I can't wait to use these!
April 7, 2013
alexkye
This is going to be a valuable resource in my writing center!
April 7, 2013
Ruby Slippers Blog Designs (TpT Seller)
I really like this, Leslie! Thank you. It's going to be perfect for my Grade 1s.
April 7, 2013
slm62808
Can't wait to start my baseball unit. This is such a big help. And honestly, for as many pages that are included this is a great deal. Thanks a bunch!
April 5, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks for the great feedback, I appreciate it so much. Have fun with it!
April 5, 2013
mymunchkins
My kids will love this! Very cute! Thanks for the freebie!
April 4, 2013
lindalouhoo
So cute! Thank you!
April 4, 2013
Evrmoi21
I love this download. My class looks forward to our daily problem solving question. The problems offer enough to challenge for every student as there are always a couple of ways to slove the problem so they can all attack it at their own level.
April 3, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thanks for that feedback, that is great to hear. My kids look forward to it as well, they love seeing the same characters over and over again:) I am so glad it is working out for you and appreciate the awesome feedback.
April 4, 2013
missmerchant
This had awesome activities we used for our Arctic/Antarctic Animals unit.
April 2, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thank you! That is so great:) I'm so glad that it helped you. Thanks for the feedback.
April 2, 2013
Laurangebleue
Thanks, it's so cute and helpfull!
April 2, 2013
SherryLW
Thank you!
April 2, 2013
Kari Sharp
Great practice! Thanks for sharing!
April 2, 2013
kzito1
Great Work!
April 1, 2013
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Evrmoi21 re: Super Deluxe Math Pack: A Problem a Day for 200 days {40 weeks}
Hi Leslie,
I have been using your Super Deluxe Math Pack although not in the order you present it. When I gave my class the problem on page 214 (the one with the 100's chart and trying to guess what the ? is) my students noticed an error -- you have 90 written in the box that is for 91. I am hoping you can fix it for next year.
Thanks for the great problem solving package. Erin
I have been using your Super Deluxe Math Pack although not in the order you present it. When I gave my class the problem on page 214 (the one with the 100's chart and trying to guess what the ? is) my students noticed an error -- you have 90 written in the box that is for 91. I am hoping you can fix it for next year.
Thanks for the great problem solving package. Erin
May 7, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Erin:) Thanks so much for telling me, my kids found it too and I kept forgetting to go back in and correct it. Anyway, just re-uploaded it and the 91 is in the right spot. Thanks again, I appreciate you letting me know.
May 7, 2013
aldill87 re: Tacky the Penguin - Totally Tacky Literacy Activities
Is there an actual Lesson plan that goes along with these activities?
April 18, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
There is not a step by step plan in the packet, but the activities are meant to be used as a stepping off point from your lesson. So, the first day, after you read the story, you brainstorm, as a class, adjectives to describe Tacky, then your students do this activity individually. From there, I included a retell of the story - storyboard style, which you could also start with. I revisit the story a day later and have my students do a response - favourite part, which is included in the packet. Finally there is a poem pattern included and a center activity, which is meant to help with the poem. I also included a Tacky mini book, which I give to each of my students as a fun, extra activity that they can work on in their spare time. Hope that helps.
April 18, 2013
jobob
Hi Leslie,
I have a male student, a First Grader who is struggling with learning Sight Words. He loves baseball. I just saw your baseball themed Math centers. I was wondering if you could create a baseball diamond with your ball players at each base. The base could be used for him to put his sight words cards as he reads them, advancing and making a home run each time he reads four correctly. Could you have blank diamonds for me to write his individual sight words in? I think he would respond to this as he loves the game. I would definitely buy it and hopefully others could see that it would reach one of their struggling readers also.
I have a male student, a First Grader who is struggling with learning Sight Words. He loves baseball. I just saw your baseball themed Math centers. I was wondering if you could create a baseball diamond with your ball players at each base. The base could be used for him to put his sight words cards as he reads them, advancing and making a home run each time he reads four correctly. Could you have blank diamonds for me to write his individual sight words in? I think he would respond to this as he loves the game. I would definitely buy it and hopefully others could see that it would reach one of their struggling readers also.
March 16, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Hi! What a great idea, I would love to help you with this. Would it be possible to give me your e-mail address so we could write back and forth to each other, I'd like to just get a few more details from you so I could personalize it a bit for him. Mine is thegroovyteacher@gmail.com.
Thanks
Leslie
Thanks
Leslie
March 16, 2013
tigger12 re: Polar Animals - Literacy and Math Centers for Antarctica and the Arctic
Dear Leslie,
I purchased your unit The Poles and am unable to get it to print. Can you help? It says unable to print, no pages selected.
Thank you.
Donna
dmbastock@gmail.com
I purchased your unit The Poles and am unable to get it to print. Can you help? It says unable to print, no pages selected.
Thank you.
Donna
dmbastock@gmail.com
January 20, 2013
donnacox re: Super Deluxe Math Pack: A Problem a Day for 200 days {40 weeks}
Hello Leslie..I just purchased your Super Deluxe Math Pack: A Problem a Day for 200 Days. I absolutely LOVE it! I would like to do mine a little different since I am not starting at the beginning of the year with it. Instead of doing binders, I am going to make weekly packets. So, I would like to know if you could make an editable page that I can change the date on from week to week. For instance instead of the page saying Week 9, I would like it to say Week of _____. Then I would type the date in each week. I would also like a place for the student's to write their name on the page. I would be glad to pay you for your work. Thanks so much, Donna
January 6, 2013
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Sure Donna. Could you leave me your e-mail and that way I can get it to you directly. Mine is thegroovyteacher@gmail.com. I am happy to do that for you and would never charge you:) It's my pleasure.
January 6, 2013
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs (TpT Seller)
To answer your quesiton... Hello Leslie and thank you so much for your question! I actually kept the font very basic because I wanted people to create their own with the blank ones I made for the set. The font is Arial and in Bold.
Hope that helps!!
Take Care,
Beth
Hope that helps!!
Take Care,
Beth
January 6, 2013
First Grade Friendly Frogs (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much! I love your product too!
December 31, 2012
First Grade Friendly Frogs (TpT Seller)
I am wondering where you got the Tacky the Penguin clip art. I have the same clip art and cannot find who to credit for my product. Can you help me?
December 31, 2012
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Yes! School Art. If you go into Teachers Notebook (I'm assuming that's where you bought it) go to that store and download their logo. Hope that helps.
December 31, 2012
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much for your recent purchase and amazing feedback! You rock ma'am!!! :D
Happy Holidays!!
-Beth
Happy Holidays!!
-Beth
December 12, 2012
mdelwiche re: Dinosaur Discovery Adventure
I was wondering if you would be willing to change Brontosaurus to Apatasaurus? If I remember correctly, Brontosaurus is now called Apatasaurus. Thanks for considering.
December 11, 2012
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Thank you for telling me! I will fix it tonight and then re upload it. I appreciate you letting me know about this:)
Just fixed, you can upload it again.
Just fixed, you can upload it again.
December 11, 2012
Mercedes Valentin Davila (TpT Seller)
Maybe we can work together on translating them? Email me at mvalentin11@nyc.rr.com! :-)
September 3, 2012
Mercedes Valentin Davila (TpT Seller) re: Super Connectors - Making Connections with Stories
Hi, do you happen to have this in Spanish?
September 2, 2012
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Hi Mercedes - No, I'm sorry I don't. I wish I did.
Leslie
Leslie
September 2, 2012
tennisluvr4lyf
Hi Leslie,
I downloaded the First Day Back Mini Activity pack and I love all the activities! I was just wondering if there was any way that one the word search you would be able to change knapsack to backpack? I would greatly appreciate it but I can understand if it's too much trouble. Thanks!
Stephanie
I downloaded the First Day Back Mini Activity pack and I love all the activities! I was just wondering if there was any way that one the word search you would be able to change knapsack to backpack? I would greatly appreciate it but I can understand if it's too much trouble. Thanks!
Stephanie
August 17, 2012
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Hi Stephanie - Write to me at - thegroovyteacher@gmail.com and once I have your e-mail address, I will send you the word search with the changes.
Leslie
Leslie
August 18, 2012
Designed by Jan (TpT Seller) re: Daily Five RIGHT Posters
What does EEKK stand for? It is on one of the posters.
Thanks.
-Rain
Thanks.
-Rain
June 18, 2012
Leslie Hope (TpT Seller)
Hi! It stands for elbow elbow knee knee which is how close 2 kids need to be sitting when they read together. It is meant to encourage low voices because they are sitting so closely together. Hope that helps.
June 18, 2012
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