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 eng

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 o

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

Everything you need for ESL Newcomers Curriculum! Are you a classroom teacher that has been given a new student that speaks very little or no English? Are you a first-year ESL teacher not sure how to best support your students? Are you looking for a program that will give your ELL students a strong

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 fo

These 10 simple strategies will engage your students in discussion and help you meet the Speaking and Listening Core standards. The colorful posters are ready to print and hang or project in your classroom for easy reference when you want kids to talk about topics or text. Introduce a few at a time

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!) Standa

INSTANT Digital Morning Mingle Slides - 100 question starter slides offered in PDF, PowerPoint, Google Slides, AND PNG formats!* * * Questions? Click HERE to Instant Message me! * * *What are the INSTANT Morning Mingle Slides?The INSTANT Digital Morning Mingle Slides are quick conversation starters

Mini Classroom STEM Lab Starter Kit and STEM Task Cards Not sure where to start when it comes to incorporating STEM into your classroom routine? This STEM Lab Starter kit and STEM Task Cards are designed to help you easily add STEM activities to your everyday schedule in a meaningful and low prep

Reading comprehension lessons on retelling, key details, and main idea; supplemental posters and visual aids; graphic organizers; and other materials for your Kindergarten or first grade students!-----This reading comprehension strategies unit is designed to teach students retelling, story elements,

I have bundled my popular Kindergarten I Can Statements into this one listing. Now you can purchase my math, reading, writing, language, speaking/listening, science and social studies objective cards all together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Being gone from school is tough enough as it is – let this resource save you TONS of time and stress, and ensure that your sweet class and brave guest teacher will have an amazing time, even when you're away. NEW!!! This resource just got a MAJOR update and it’s jam packed with 17 carefully crafted

185 DIGITAL and Printable Question of the Day pages with picture clues. These Yes or No questions focus on getting to know the students, while incorporating language and math skills. *** The recent update now includes digital slides to use for remote learning! Great activity for morning meeting, w

Here are 31 morning messages ready to be used with your kindergartners during the month of December! Each of the messages is meant to encourage conversation with your students, review skills, and make learning interactive. Just project each message on your Smartboard, document camera, or overhead

Are you tired of flipping through dozens of pages to figure out what a certain Common Core standard is?! I know I was. I decided to make this 1 page "Cheat Sheet" that I keep in the back of my ELA Lesson Plans Binder. It has been extremely useful. I find myself constantly looking at it when I need t

I'd highly recommend this resource to every K-3 teacher looking for an interactive, super engaging way to get their kids thinking about making SMART choices! My students always LOVE this game and beg for more questions. **************************** ALL THE INTERESTING DETAILS This game presents

Teaching our young students accountable talk is important, but can be difficult. In the past, I have had signs posted around my room with several talking stems that my students never seem to use. I decided to try something different. Instead of providing several talking stems, I decided to just prov

Here are 30 morning messages ready to be used with your kindergartners during the month of October! Each of the messages is meant to encourage conversation with your students, review skills, and make learning interactive. Just project each message on your Smartboard, document camera, or overhead p

Brain research tells us that interaction and personal connections and conversations enhance learning. Here's a chance to get your students talking and thinking about fire safety.These "What Ifs" are to be used to prompt group discussions about fire safety. They can be used with partners, small grou

Boom Cards for social skills are no print digital task cards that are interactive. Your students will love working on conversation skills in this format. In this bundle for elementary students, you will receive 4 sets of Boom Cards for teaching conversation skills! Check out the four video previe

This set contains 495 pages of I can statements in kid-friendly language. There are I can's that cover ALL the standards in the kindergarten Common Core English Language Arts curriculum. There are also 8 pages of standards checklists for each domain so you can ensure you have taught each one. Langua

Reading comprehension lessons to teach students to ask questions, supplemental posters and visual aids, graphic organizers, and other materials for your Kindergarten or first grade students!------This reading comprehension strategies unit is designed to get students asking questions about texts. The

Reading comprehension lessons on making predictions, posters, graphic organizers, and materials for your Kindergarten or first grade students!-----This reading comprehension strategies unit is designed to teach students how to use make predictions about fiction and nonfiction texts. The lessons use

Interactive Read Alouds are an integral part of any classroom. This book companion for Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud makes them easy and fun! It includes print and go lesson plans, easy to follow directions and activities for kindergarten, first and second grades. This is part o