Lessons for Little Learners

*Recently updated with new graphics and fonts! This is a HUGE Newspaper Unit that I have not only created but implemented. My students loved it and got so much out of it! There is a lot that is included and I did my best to mention it all below. You can also download the preview for free to get a better idea although there is more that you cannot see. Lesson Plans: ~Brief Outline and Overview of how to spend each day (30 minutes) Parent Letter: ~ Optional Parent Letter if using for RTII group

Expanded Form Folder Game - Hundreds, Tens, and Ones This PDF includes everything you need to make a great file folder math game!*** Expanded form is a tough concept for most kids to grasp when they are first introduced it to. So why not add a little fun to it? This is a quick and easy way for students to practice this skill over and over. You can either have them use the cards or just laminate the game boards and have them write it out themselves. Includes - Front cover for the folder g

This pack includes 47 full-size color posters with pictures of the real author and several of their books. There are also 47 half-size smaller labels/posters. Also check out my author study packet! The authors include: Arnold Lobel Hans Christian Andersen Beverly Cleary Norman Bridwell Robert Munsch Judy Blume Steven Kellogg Marc Brown Jan & Stan Berenstain H.A. & Margret Rey David Wiesner James Dean Jane Yolen Jeff Kinney Mo Willems Kate DiCamillo Megan Mc Donald Don Freeman Mercer Mayer Bil

Get your students researching and writing with this lapbook project! Have your students choose a famous African American inventor, research them, and then create an easy lapbook! Great for Black History Month! Check out my Civil Rights Pack for some great resources and information on civil rights leaders! This 98-page pack includes posters, photos, quotes, and bookmarks! Each lapbook for each person includes: Cover options (color, black & white & draw your own) Middle options (timeline and no

This is a HUGE pack of 17 math folder games all around the Common Core Standards for First Grade! All you really need besides this file of games is a manila folder, scissors and glue! Please see the description below as well as the pictures to see what you get! Each individual file is a PDF including the following: Cover I Can sentence card for the students to say before or refer to during game. This also has the Common Core Standard(s) for the teacher to refer to.* Rules card Label

This PDF includes everything you need to make a great file folder math game!*** Expanded form is a tough concept for most kids to grasp when they are first introduced it to. So why not add a little fun to it? This is a quick and easy way for students to practice this skill over and over. You can either have them use the cards or just laminate the game boards and have them write it out themselves. Includes - Front cover for the folder game An "I Can"/CC Standard sheet for the back Assembly dir

ELA 1st Grade Pack #1 This is a huge pack of 38 ELA First Grade math games based on the Common Core State Standards. Games include Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, Candyland, Gingerbread Man, Cowboys, Race Cars, Firefighters, Little Red Riding Hood, Lego Movie and more! Topics cover Rhyming, Vowels, Syllables, Sound Changes, Inflectional Endings, Sentence Fix Ups, Silent E and more! Each Board Game includes: Front Cover, I Can and Standard Card, Rules Card, Label for Baggie, Game Cards, 2 Page Full Co

Ultimate Dinosaur and Fossil Pack: A Complete Dinosaur Unit Over 140 Pages! Click on the Preview for more pictures (not everything shown)! Including: 8 Page Informational Book "Paleontologists: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of Paleontology" Paleontologist Poster Tools of a Paleontologist Worksheet Anchor Chart Materials: 2 large Paleontologists and 8 Tools Paleontologist Exam 5 Junior Paleontologist Certificates + Badges Fossil Cookie Dig Experiment with worksheet and multip

This PDF includes everything you need to make a great file folder math game! Expanded form is a tough concept for most kids to grasp when they are first introduced it to. So why not add a little fun to it? This is a quick and easy way for students to practice this skill over and over. You can either have them use the cards or just laminate the game boards and have them write it out themselves. Includes - Front cover for the folder game An "I Can"/CC Standard sheet for the back A Rules Card fo

Toy Story - Word Problems: Adding and Subtracting Create a great File Folder Game that is perfect for Math Centers or even independent time! Set up is super easy. Just grab a plain manila folder, glue on the front cover and back cards, cut the game cards, fill a baggie and the game is set to go! The PDF includes: Front cover Card with a kid friendly I Can sentence with the Common Core Aligned Standard Card with the rules Label bag 38 Word Problem game cards Optional worksheet page Key to Probl

**RECENTLY ADDED QUESTIONS, GRAPH SHEET, AND ANSWER KEY!** This is a fun activity to use while teaching nutrition and/or food groups. Pick out five items that have sugar. Try to pick out ones with a lot of sugar and others that are healthier. Set up stations so that the students will move to each new food. At the station they are to measure out the sugar in each of the foods by following the directions on the sheet. I did an example together as a class so that they could see how this would

This is a HUGE pack of 16 math folder games all around the Common Core Standards for addition and subtraction! All you really need besides this file of games is a manila folder, scissors and glue! Please see the description below as well as the pictures to see what you get! Each individual file is a PDF including the following: Cover I Can sentence card for the students to say before or refer to during game. This also has the Common Core Standard(s) for the teacher to refer to.* Rules

This is a great paper Passport to use with any "Travel" unit or lesson. I have used this with an Ellis Island unit that I did as well as with an Around the World unit. Included is... Front of the Passport (in blue) Places Traveled (white - I put 'stamps' here) Optional Information Sheet (white - all about students - good for Ellis Island unit) If you have questions please let me know!

Candyland Inflectional Word Endings Folder Game Create a great File Folder Game that is perfect for Word Work centers or even independent time! Set up is super easy. Just grab a plain manila folder, glue on the front cover and back cards, cut the game cards, fill a baggie and the game is set to go! The PDF includes: Front cover (Two options - one saying Inflectional Endings and another saying Word Endings) Card with a kid friendly I Can sentence with the Common Core Aligned Standard Card with

This packet includes 24 vocabulary cards, 3 types of graphic organizers, 24 Greek Gods, Goddesses and Monster cards (in black and white), QR Codes for each of the 24 Gods, and Matching Game. Andromeda Aphrodite Arachne Artemis Athena Demeter Helen of Troy Hera Medusa Pandroa Persephone Rhea Achilles Apollo Ares Atlas Cronus Dionysus Hades Hercules Odysseus Perseus Poseidon Zeus

This is a big file with everything that you will need to set up a Buddy Reading Center that your kiddos will love and you don't have to set up every Monday! Included: Directions 48 Buddy Reading Question Prompts Check for Understanding - 6 Checks for Characters Check for Understanding - 6 Checks for Plot Check for Understanding - 6 Checks for Setting Buddy Reading Expectations/Procedures Poster Buddy Reading ticket out/slips for both the reader and the listener My students love coming to th

This packet has the most options for Christmas Around the World than any other...36 locations in all! Each of these locations have multiple resources and craft ideas. Have your students learn all about how Christmas is celebrated in other countries by 'traveling' to their country and learning about their traditions. This packet is over 265 pages and includes different ideas on how to run this unit as well as having the majority of the items that you will need. Pick and choose between 36 differe

Candyland - Word Problems: Adding and Subtracting Create a great File Folder Game that is perfect for Math Centers or even independent time! Set up is super easy. Just grab a plain manila folder, glue on the front cover and back cards, cut the game cards, fill a baggie and the game is set to go! The PDF includes: Front cover Card with a kid friendly I Can sentence with the Common Core Aligned Standard Card with the rules Label bag 38 Word Problem game cards Optional worksheet page Key to Probl

Famous Artists Pack This is a GROWING BUNDLE that will have more and more artists and resources added to it. Buy it now to save $$$ later! Current Artists: Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci, Edvard Munch, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, Raphael and Rembrandt. Current Resources •3 Poster Choices For Each Artist - bio info, quote, famous works, photos,etc. •Posters on Each Artists Works (3-4 per artist) •Bookmarks

This is for a HUGE pack of QR Codes for math listening center. 117 & counting books - As more are added an update message will be sent out. Get the updates for free! Each 'tablet' comes with the title, author, barcode, book cover as well as an optional back that has an I Can sentence with a picture clue. Sections: Counting Adding Subtracting Time Fractions Shapes/Geometry Sorting Money Measurements Weight Older Math Books Patterns Graphing Tallies Multiplication Division General Math QR Cod