Get your little learners excited about opinion writing with this super cute crayon craftivity! Use the suggested texts "Red Is Best" and "The Day the Crayons Quit" with this 10 day unit on constructing an opinion! Each lesson includes all of the necessary materials. Your kiddos are sure to be engaged as you complete this persuasive letter to their favorite color/colour! Both American and English spellings are included. WHAT'S INCLUDED AS OF APRIL 2018: - 10 Day Lesson Plan - Crayon Craft

This yearlong bundle of narrative, opinion, and informational writing lessons for Kindergarten makes it easy to plan your writing instruction! Also included in this Kindergarten writing bundle are posters, assessments, visuals, and Kindergarten writing rubrics that will save you time! Teaching Kindergarteners to write is a big challenge - especially if some of your students begin Kindergarten not even knowing their letters! You want your students to grow in their writing (and drawing!), but mayb

Set clear expectations for your students before every activity with the CHAMPS behavior management system. This resource has over 170 poster options to customize the system to meet your needs! Stop behavior issues before they start with this organized system. CHAMPS is not a system of rules and consequences.  It’s a way to clearly communicate to your students in a positive manner making it easier for expectations to be met.  CHAMPS communicates 6 expectations:C - Conversation (no talking, whispe

The mind + heart Social Emotional Learning Curriculum includes 8 units (40+ detailed, character education LESSONS) filled with hands-on and mindful activities that encourage children in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade to build important social skills and emotional awareness.Teach children the most important lessons in life when they need them the most with units and activities on emotions, self-regulation, growth mindset, empathy, and social awareness, friendship, kindness, respect,

Launch your writing workshop with these Kindergarten writing and drawing lessons, printable materials, and rubrics! This unit has everything you need to bring your students from drawing or scribbling to writing labels.The 5-week unit starts out by teaching students basic procedures and routines for writing workshop. The first lessons are so simple that you can begin on the second or third day of school!This Kindergarten writing unit will help students learn how to use writing tools appropriately

Teach reading comprehension strategies with these lesson plans, posters, graphic organizers, and materials for your Kindergarten or first grade students!------This 380+ page yearlong curriculum is designed to teach Kindergarteners and 1st graders reading comprehension strategies. Each unit focuses on a different reading comprehension strategy. The lessons gradually release responsibility to students, so that students can eventually use the reading strategies as they read independently. The les

This Morning Message bundle includes more than 400 customizable morning messages!  They can be done at any point in the year and should be used in a way that best fits the needs of your students.These messages are designed to be interactive and allow for differentiation and varying levels of involvement for students. As the year progresses, the teacher can do less and less of the writing and allow students more independence with/ownership over the activities. These messages can be used in 3 way

UPDATED 1/15/17: This product now includes 44 questions instead of 28. I have also added cut lines based on a buyer's suggestion!! You can simply re-download if you already own this product! NEW! Fall add-on pack can be found here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-The-Day-Closing-Circle-Fall-Add-On-Questions-4050813At the end of the day I gather my students in a circle on the carpet for our closing circle. A closing circle is a great way for students and teachers to refle

Eye-catching & organized with many, many options for every month and season, you and your students will LOVE this collection of poetry and songs! Through singing and chanting, your students will have a blast AND develop crucial reading skills along with their....❤️ oral language❤️ auditory memory❤️ sequencing❤️ patterning❤️ small motor skills (many finger plays are included) and❤️ imagination!You’ll also see kids really build their reading fluency through singing the songs over and over (wh

The resources in the ELL Newcomers bundle cover all 4 language domains to weekly help students go from having little or no English to developing ESL speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in English. This 28-week bundle is filled with ELL vocabulary, pictures, and games to help promote a comfortable environment that will give your newcomers the success and confidence they need to learn English. The clear layout and routine week after week allow for increased confidence for both the te

These BEST SELLING Partner Pairing Cards and Classroom Expectation Posters are a FABULOUS way to get your students up and moving around the room while providing clear expectations so they can interact and learn with lots of different classmates throughout the day!The problem-solving and critical thinking involved in pairing up takes partner activities to the next level! My students LOVE the anticipation of figuring out what picture partners up with theirs, and then who they are going to find hol

Bring an African safari to your kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th-grade classroom with the help of this jungle classroom theme bundle! This 100% editable, printable, and digital jungle decor bundle includes classroom organization items like editable labels, teacher binder covers, teacher toolbox labels, and more! This kit also includes jungle classroom decorations that will help you create bulletin boards, door decor, posters, and other wall displays. Use a slogan like, “Wild About Learnin

If you are thinking about implementing a camping, log cabin, nature, or outdoors theme for back to school, then this camping classroom theme bundle is exactly what you need! This kit includes tons of camping classroom decorations and 100% editable, printable, and digital resources for your elementary classroom set up like a daily schedule visual, class jobs chart, alphabet posters, desk nameplates, and more! It even includes Google Classroom headers for at-home learning and slideshow slides for

Teach personal narrative writing in a fun, Kindergarten-friendly way! This Kindergarten writing unit provides everything you need to teach personal narrative or small moments writing: lesson plans, printable writing paper, posters, a graphic organizer for planning, writing rubrics, and more.In this 5-week Kindergarten writing unit, your students will learn how to craft true stories with a beginning, middle, and end (even if they are mostly drawing). Your Kindergarten students will learn to stay

Set clear expectations for your students before every activity with the CHAMPS behavior management system. With pre-made posters for you along with a Google Drive version that you can fully customize you’ll find everything, you need to start a successful CHAMPS system in your classroom! Stop behavior issues before they start with this organized system. CHAMPS is not a system of rules and consequences.  It’s a way to clearly communicate to your students in a positive manner making it easier for e

This focus wall is designed specifically for preschool! Since in prek we focus more on letter recognition, number recognition, shapes, colors, and sight words, that's what this bulletin board pack is all about. Everything you need to make this preschool weekly focus wall is in this pack!I liked the idea of the focus walls I was seeing on Pinterest and TpT, but they weren't quite what I needed for my own class. My students aren't yet reading, so to post a weekly objective or topic wasn't going

Do your students know how to have REAL discussions where they actually listen to each other and link their ideas to others in the group? If not, Discussion Connections has the tools you need to foster effective cooperative learning discussions. This product includes five lessons that make it easy for K-8 teachers to meet CCSS standards for speaking and listening and to foster effective text-based discussions. Not all lessons can be used with all grade levels, so preview this packet before purcha

This bundle of Kindergarten I Can Statements and checklists includes everything you need to be sure you're teaching all the math and language arts standards. These adorable cards are color coded by standard, and they are formatted to fit in pocket charts (so they don't take up so much space!) Standard cards are worded in student-friendly definitions with colorful graphics.Also included are color and BW checklists that can be sent home BEFORE you begin a unit (or simply at the beginning of the y

This Show & Tell packet gives teachers a whole years worth of ideas for each month (September-August). It also includes: 1. Tips for a successful show and tell experience2. Parent letter- "Show and Tell Reminder"3. Parent letter- "Show and Tell Mystery Bag"4. Mystery Clues student printable 5. Rubric with general guidelines for both the show and tell presenter and listeners! The rubric is specially designed for grades K-1st. All ideas are appropriate for Pre-K, K, and 1st grade.EDITABLE FORM

These 10 simple discussion strategies will increase engagement as your students have meaningful accountable talk conversations with their peers. The colorful posters are ready to print and hang or digitally project in your classroom for easy reference when you want to get kids speaking and listening about topics or text. Introduce and model a few strategies at a time then mix it up throughout the year to maintain high student engagement and accountability during discussions.Posters and accounta

Morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day with your students in a fun, interactive way! Use these interactive Morning Message slides as part of a morning meeting in your classroom.These NO PREP Morning Messages are the PERFECT addition to your classroom routine and will have your students mastering the standards in no time! The morning message concludes with a turn and talk question to help them work on listening and speaking skills.HUGE DISCOUNT! SAVE $35.00 over t

BACK TO SCHOOL FOR PRESCHOOL, PRE-K AND KINDERGARTENNEWLY UPDATED This resources includes thematic lessons, activities, poems, songs and centers for your little learners.Buy the BUNDLE and SAVE! You can purchase this resources in the Thematic Activities for Little Learners Bundle and the Little Learners Mega-Bundle!____________________________________________________________________THIS RESOURCE INCLUDESLesson ResourcesWeek 1 PlansThis is a template for lesson plans during the first week of s

This Superhero classroom theme bundle comes to the rescue! Not only does it promote engagement among elementary learners who are interested in Marvel and DC comics, but also includes everything you need for back to school: Editable name tags, classroom jobs chart, teacher toolbox labels, Google Classroom headers, word wall cards, alphabet display cards, and superhero classroom decorations that are great for bulletin boards, door decor, wall displays, and posters, and much more! The best part is

Lights, camera, action! Bring the theater and red carpet to your room with this Hollywood classroom theme bundle created by Clutter-Free Classroom. This 100% editable, printable, and digital kit includes tons of resources for kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th-grade teachers including items like student name tags, teacher binder covers, word wall cards, editable labels, Google Classroom headers, and Hollywood classroom decorations that can be used for movie or popcorn themed bulletin board