I am a Nationally Board Certified K-6 teacher. I have 8 years of classroom experience in grades K-2. I have spent most of my career in first grade which is where my heart is!
What better way to teach the difference between wants and needs than from the Pigeon from the famous Mo Willems Pigeon series?! The Pigeon wants a hotdog but does he need a hotdog? This packet will help your children understand that people often want much more than they need. As a result, we must make choices about what we need and what we can afford. This unit will offer you lessons for reading, writing and social studies goals.
Contents
Cover Page
Mo Willems Book Introduction
2 Pages of L
Do you need help with struggling readers? Do you know there is a problem but you're not quite sure what to do? If you answered yes to either of those questions, my intervention units will be just what you need.
RtI requires teachers to provide a specific intervention for a struggling student and then show multiple data points for that intervention. Teachers can no longer recommend struggling students based on benchmark data and years of classroom experience. There must be evidence that a ch
Grab this FREEBIE and practice skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. The activity cards and practice pages have been updated to 120 to reflect CCSS. The activity is not themed so it will be perfect for all year!
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I realize that each classroom is unique and what works for one classroom/teacher may not work for another. I have created this camping theme set that will allow you to have options when decorating and organizing.
Included in this kit:
-Full Calendar Set
-Multiple Sets of number cards that can be used for any kind of labeling.
-Large set of numbers 1-31 (designed to fit a calendar pocket chart)
-Small set of numbers 1-31 (designed to fit most poster calendars)
-Special Dates for Calendar
Each year seems to fly by faster then the year before. At the end of each school year I send this touching letter home with my students.
This is a FREE download of an end of the school year parent letter. I have included a few different borders for each letter. Please note that there is a separate boy letter and girl letter.
Grab your free download and don't forget to visit my blog for more resources about teaching!
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Randi
This unit has something for everyone whether you're introducing blends for the first time, practicing blends, or assessing on understanding. I focused the unit on 20 popular consonant blends with a few extras when needed. I used realistic pictures that represent each blend with multiple opportunities for practice.
*Each activity includes a cover page for easy storage.
Blender Blast Craftivity (build your own blender)
Write and Swipe Blends
Blend Puzzles (differentiation uses)
Blend Hunt (in
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Spelling
This fun camping themed alphabet compliments my 'Camping Themed {Classroom Organization and Decor}. This packet includes 26 alphabet letter cards. Each alphabet card has a picture that matches the sound of the letter.
Feel free to hop by my blog Teach It With class for more ideas and resources! {www.teachitwithclass.blogspot.com}
Compound words are just plain fun! I love how they build confidence in young readers to be able to read "big" words.
You are purchasing:
*12 adorable compound word picture cards
*12 matching compound word word cards
*compound word recording sheet (can be used with any compound word activity)
*Bonus cut & paste compound word sort
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and now you can bring a little piece of it to your classroom!
Pumpkin Pie in a Cup is simple to make with your class.
You will receive:
~Recipe Page for how to make Pumpkin Pie in a Cup
~Pumpkin Pie History
~Tips & Hints
~2 Writing Activities, Predicting Activities and a Response/Rating Page.
Sort the different farm animals and graph how many on the recording sheet. I find that having something tangible to graph helps with understanding.
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~Randi
Scrappin Doodles License #53199
This unit will help you introduce and practice long vowels and their often confusing spelling patterns.
This unit if full of meaningful activities that will have your students reading, writing, cutting, pasting, and sorting long vowel activities. Many of the activities can be used whole group or independently.
-Teacher cheat sheet of long vowel words/spelling patterns
-Long Vowel Picture/Word Cards
-Short Vowel Picture/Word Cards
-Individual Long Vowel Student Books
-Long A Write the Roo
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Spelling
These common core aligned books are great as morning work or warm up activities for any literacy lesson! This is a January themed half page booklet for daily sentence editing. I can't handle cutting and gluing strips of paper in notebooks so I created mini books to use for each day.
Each booklet has a cover page and a sentence to edit for each day of the week. Students will re-write each sentence correctly. The booklets cover all skills taught to date and get progressively harder.
There are 4
I love polka dots and can't seem to get enough! I love how they just pop on a black design.
You will receive each letter of the alphabet in the design you see on the cover photo. The letters appear against dotted lines. Each square is slightly less than 5x5 inches.
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I realize that each classroom is unique and what works for one classroom/teacher may not work for another. I have created this hollywood/movie set themed kit that will allow you to have options when decorating and organizing.
Included in this set:
-Full Calendar Set
-4 different designs of number cards 1-31 that can be used for calendar and labeling
-Special Dates for Calendar (no school, holiday, field trip etc�)
-Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday Calendar Set
-Days of the Week
-M
This download is a pack of supply labels with pictures. The file is a zipped file and will include 2 files. One file will be a PDF so you can print directly from this file. The other file (editable) is in PowerPoint. This PPT file will allow you to use the blank template to edit your own labels by adding text and graphics. Please let me know if you have any questions.
You can see these labels in my classroom by clicking here
~Thanks,
Randi
This is a May themed half page booklet for daily sentence editing. I can't handle cutting and gluing strips of paper in notebooks so I created mini books to use for each day. These are great as morning work or warm up activities for literacy lessons.
Each booklet has a cover page and a sentence to edit for each day of the week. Students will re-write each sentence correctly on the lines provided.
There are 4 books(4 weeks/20days)in this unit. All pages except for the cover are black & white.
This is a unit on 4 of the "Bear Series" books by Karma Wilson.
This unit is perfect for so many things. Especially since "Bear Stays Up for Christmas" and "Bear Snores On" relate to the holiday season and hibernation! Karma Wilson would make a great author study too.
You will receive:
Author Study Pages
Study of 4 books from the series
~"Bear Stays Up For Christmas"
~"Bear Snores On"
~"Bear's New Friend"
~"Bear Feels Scared"
~4 Pocket Chart activities (stations)
~Retell for each story (fir
Do you need help with struggling readers? Do you know there is a problem but you're not quite sure what to do? If you answered yes to either of those questions, my intervention units will be just what you need.
RtI requires teachers to provide a specific intervention for a struggling student and then show multiple data points for that intervention. Teachers can no longer recommend struggling students based on benchmark data and years of classroom experience. There must be evidence that a child
The beginning of the school year can be a crazy time. This back to school station pack can help you stay organized and jump right into station routines using a fun back to school theme. You will receive 8 stations with cover sheets for easy storage. Each station comes with a recording sheet.
4 Literacy Stations Aligned with 2nd grade CCSS
Noun Sort
ABC Order
Plural or Singular Sort
Reading Comprehension Activity
4 Math Station Aligned with 2nd grade CCSS
Even or Odd (2 versions double digi
At the heart of reading instruction are CVC words and short vowel sounds. This unit provides you with 20 common CVC word and picture cards. The pictures are realistic picture cards which makes learning these sometimes tricky words a little easier. I have provided a guide for how to use this pack multiple ways.
-activity guide
-20 color CVC picture cards
-20 matching CVC word cards
- alphabet cards for building words
-vowel cards (made to stand out)
-20 CVC mats with alphabet cards for buil
K - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
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Experience
I am a Nationally Board Certified K-6 teacher. I have 8 years of classroom experience in grades K-2. I have spent most of my career in first grade which is where my heart is!
Teaching style
It is my belief that children learn best in a safe, loving and nurturing environment. When you blend this type of environment with quality teachers and resources, the possibilities are limitless!
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Board Certification 2014
Mode Educator Award 2013-2014
Model Educator Award 2011-2012
Teacher of the Year 2011-2012
My own education history
I am a certified elementary K~6 teacher. I have an additional bachelors degree in Criminal Justice.
Additional biographical information
Teaching is more than what I do it's part of who I am. I am continually trying to educate myself so that I can be a better teacher for my students. My heart is in first grade and I'm thankful to spend my days doing what I love. Being able to share resources from my classroom with teachers around the world via my blog Teach It With Class and Teachers Pay Teachers is something that I am still in awe of.
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