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Super easy emergency sub plans—just print and go! Directions are written out so you don’t have to! There are enough activities for a 2 full days. You could have the sub read a different Mo Willems pigeon book if you use the plans a second day. These activities are designed for 1st and 2nd graders. Contents: Cover 2-3—Information sheet/picture examples 4-5—Simple sub plan overview sheets 6-8—Lesson direction sheets 9-34—Supporting lesson materials 35—Credits page Activities/Skil

Super easy emergency sub plans—just print and go! Directions are written out so you don’t have to! There are more than enough activities for a full day. (You may even be able to stretch it to fit a 2nd day! ) These activities are designed for 1st and 2nd graders. Contents: Cover 2-3—Information sheet/picture examples 4-5—Simple sub plan overview sheets 6-7—Lesson direction sheets 8-26—Supporting lesson materials 27—Credits page Activities/Skills in this Packet: Reading—compre

Just print out this packet for your students, and use with your guided groups. You can also have students work through this packet independently to develop their comprehension skills. Included: Student packet cover page One-page response for each chapter in the book Character Trait graphic organizer at the end of the packet Enjoy! ©2013simplyfuninfirst

Sub plans for the busy teacher! It is very simple to just print and put these together in a folder or binder, so they are ready to go for a sub. If you are required to have emergency sub plans, these work great! Many of the activities do not require any materials besides a chalkboard/whiteboard or dice and plain paper, and a copy of the book The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. There are pages provided so that you can just print and go, too! You choose the activities that work best for you an

Comprehension Practice sheets--just print and use! Help your children develop their skills in finding text evidence to support their answers. Now in two formats--all on one page, or on two pages with more room for your younger students to write. Included are 20 (76-133 word) passages, 11 with supporting questions, 4 passages with First/Next/Last and Beginning/Middle/End story maps, 2 passages with Main Idea/Details responses, and 3 with Cause/Effect response. This set of passages has been de

Numbers are all around us! This “Math About Me” mini-book helps kids start to think about numbers in all aspects of their lives. This is great to use for back-to-school time or any time of year to get your students thinking about numbers—and to get to know your students better. You can choose the pages that are right for your students. For young students, it is helpful to model and do one page at a time. Older students may be able to complete this as an independent assignment, or as a math st

If your students are like mine, they can use all of the fact family practice they can get! This is a set of three activities for your students to practice fact families with a gingerbread theme. Perfect for December! 1. Worksheet—Students write the number sentences to match the three numbers for the given fact family. (Blank worksheet included.) 2. Math Station—Students take a card, and use a dry erase marker to write the number sentences to match the fact family. (Laminate the cards for use i

These strips are a very simple tool to help your students develop their reading fluency. ***Updated 6/29/13 with new fonts and many new practice strips added!! They progress in this order: Letter fluency Nonsense words Punctuation practice Fry’s sight words (In groups of 25—the first 300 Fry’s sight words) Fry’s Phrases (For the First, Second, and Third 100 Fry’s Sight words) Also included are the first 220 Dolch words and Dolch phrases. These fluency strips can help your students develop t

Subtraction Fact Practice Pages This is a set of 14 full page practice pages, 12 half-sheet practice pages, and one-third sheet pages with facts presented horizontally for subtraction fact practice. There are 25 problems per page/15 problems per half-sheet: -0, -1, -2, -3, review -0 to -3, subtract 0 and all, subtract from 5 and 6, subtract from 7 and 8, subtract from 9 and 10, doubles subtraction, subtraction from 5 or less, subtraction from 6-9, subtraction from 11 and 12, subtraction from

Have some Common Core math fun with counting bears! **Updated 9/2/13 with activities to make the numbers 2-9. Most of us have a stash of these counting bear manipulatives in our classrooms. They can be used for so many math concepts in the primary grades. I have put together some ideas to reinforce skills required under the CCSS for grades K-1. This would be a fun review packet for the very beginning of first grade. I hope you find this packet easy to use and helpful to your students! And if y

Ever have parents ask you at the last minute to put together work for their child's family vacation? Stress no more! This packet includes a variety of generic writing, reading, spelling and math activities that you can simply print out and staple together. Easy Peasy! Included in the packet: * Cover page for grades 1-2 and K * Reading Log * Vacation journal with cover and writing/picture pages * Addition review sheets (variety of levels) * Subtraction review sheets (variety of levels) * Gener

Looking for an attractive but simple spelling test format? This packet includes 16 different test formats for 6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, and 25 word tests both with and without lines for a dictated sentence. simplyfuninfirst

143 pages of reading fun with a puppy! These are activities to go with the book "How Rocket Learned to Read" by Tad Hills. This resource is aligned to Common Core State Standards for grades K-2. This is a great book study to use at the start of the year, and then to come back to again and again for different skills throughout the year. There are printable word cards for shared reading and small group instruction, as well as independent work for students to extend their learning. The following

Math Problem Solving Mats and Resources for K-2. Do you want your students to be more engaged during your problem solving lessons? Do you need basic math mats and other resources to more effectively be prepared to teach on-the-spot differentiated math groups? This is the set to help you and your students be more organized and purposeful in your math lessons! The following are included in this set: • problem solving work mats • addition and subtraction picture/number sentence mats • part/part/

Build your students’ comprehension skills with these simple stories and questions. Just print and use! This set of 20 passages with a pet theme are at a beginning first grade reading level. (Approximately DRA levels 4-8) The passages can be used with your whole group, in guided groups, or as part of your RTI interventions. For more independent students, these could be used as part of a literacy learning station or center as well.   Included are 20 short passages with 2 questions each to use i

Author's purpose definition posters and task card set to use with groups or independent practice with response pages. Determining the Author’s Purpose can be a tricky concept for beginning readers! Use these 24 cards in your whole group or small group instruction, or as an independent review activity to help your students develop this important skill. Several ideas on how to use this set are included. Contents: • Idea page on how to use this resource • Posters to define author’s purpose—persua

Addition and Subtraction Fact Practice Pages This is a bundle of my Addition Math Fact Fluency and my Subtraction Math Fact Fluency Practice sheets. Great for daily math drills! This includes: • a full-page set of 14 practice pages for addition facts, • 12 half-sheets for even more practice! • one-third practice sheets with facts presented horizontally There are 25 problems per page/15 problems for each half-sheet: +0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, sums to 10, sums to 11, sums to 12, doubles, n

This is a very basic cover and journal page format. The journal page has room for a picture and lines on the front, and just lines on the back. There are two cover choices, and three different sizes of lines. Cover fonts from Amanda Pauley on TPT http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Font-Personal-or-Commercial-Use-AP-Print-Free and Kevin & Amanda http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/freescrapbookfonts/ Enjoy! Created by simplyfuninfirst

Looking for a cute way to practice doubles addition facts? This is it! This mini-book can be used as a math station or as a whole class activity to reinforce how to add doubles. Best of all, students can practice reading as well. Doubles facts from 0 + 0 to 10 + 10 are included, as well as a page to practice skip counting by 2's to 20. **Bonus pocket chart/match-up game for more doubles practice, and independent practice page to show mastery. ***Edited 6/28/13 with new clipart and to make

Use these fun, spider themed practice mats to help your students develop fluency with cvc words. Students start at the little spider (12 o’clock position) and work clockwise around the web to read each word. Each cvc word is just one letter different than the word before it. As a challenge, cover up a word and have students figure out which word is missing by looking at the words around it. Great for whole group practice, guided reading, or even RTI groups as a warm-up activity. If you like th