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

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,

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

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

INSTANT Digital Morning Mingle Slides - 100 question starter slides offered in PDF, PowerPoint, and Google Slides* * * Questions? Click HERE to Instant Message me! * * *What are the INSTANT Morning Mingle Slides?The INSTANT Digital Morning Mingle Slides are quick conversation starters for in-class or virtual learning settings. These slides can be used for morning check-ins, oral language building, speaking and listening standards, expanding ELL learner vocabularies, story prompts, etc. The slide

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

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

SAVE $$$ WITH THE YEARLONG BUNDLE HEREKindergarten Reading Comprehension Quarter 1Quarter 2 available HEREQuarter 3 available HEREQuarter 4 available HEREWhat is the Kindergarten Reading Comprehension CurriculumThe comprehensive Kindergarten reading comprehension curriculum is made up of 36 weekly books. Each book comes with four lesson plans. This packet includes the first 9 weeks of the curriculum. This discussion-based curriculum is designed to teach the CCSS Literature, Informational Text, a

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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------★ 164 adorable standard card in kid friendly definitions (including all subjects)★ These cards measure approximately 8.5"x 2.75" once printed and cut.Perfect for pocket c

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 way! WHY STEM? STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Educating students in STEM subjects prepare students for life, regardless of the profession they choose to follow. STEM

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, characters, and main idea. The lessons use real literature, and you can select books from a list of many different suggestions.Through minilessons that gradually release responsibility, your students

Articulation word lists make articulation therapy easier by providing you with quick access to your students' sounds in single and multisyllabic words, in the initial, medial and final positions, all on one sheet! This set also includes monthly themed word lists! Specifically, this product includes the following:One Word List for each of 22 different sounds - P, B, M, T, D, N, K, G, F, V, S, Z, R (Initial and Vocalic), L, J, CH, SH, Voiced & Voiceless TH, and Blends (R, S, L)This download AL

Do you have students who struggle with taking turns and being patient? These best-selling social skills activities are exactly what you need to help those students who have trouble waiting their turn, and to improve your overall classroom behavior management. An informative social story, written in kid-friendly language, provided in PDF, Google Slides, and Video versions, along with suggested lesson plans, discussion cards, an engaging role-playing activity, classroom posters, individual student

First Grade End of Year AssessmentsThis end-of-year assessment is designed to be an easy and engaging way to assess students. Most portions of the assessment can be given whole group if that works best for your class. Also available:⭐ KINDERGARTEN HEREThe assessment covers every Common Core standard for First Grade. It can be used for portfolios, parent meetings, grading, or to identify skills to focus on for end-of-year review. ⭐The First Grade End of the Year I Can Show What I Know Packet (st

Do you have students who struggle with maintaining personal space and keeping their hands to themselves? These best-selling social skills activities are exactly what you need to improve your classroom behavior management. An informative social story, written in kid-friendly language, provided in PDF, Google Slides, and Video versions, along with suggested lesson plans, discussion cards, an engaging role-playing activity, classroom posters, individual student reference cards, an easy reader mini-

Make the first week of kindergarten fun and engaging with these detailed, first week of school lesson plans! You will be prepared for the first day of kindergarten and beyond with these no prep, easy to follow first week of school activities! This pack has everything you need for kindergarten back to school for the first 5 days! Use these morning meeting activities, classroom management tools and activities for a successful first week of school in kindergarten!These kindergarten first week of sc

Kindergarten End of Year AssessmentsThis end-of-year assessment is designed to be an easy and engaging way to assess students. Most portions of the assessment can be given whole group if that works best for your class. Also available: ⭐First Grade HERE⭐ Second Grade HEREThe assessment covers every Common Core standard for kindergarten. It can be used for portfolios, parent meetings, grading, or to identify skills to focus on for end-of-year review. ⭐The Kindergarten End of the Year I Can Show

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 print-and-go activities to accompany The Mitten. They’re simple and self-explanatory enough to leave for a guest teacher, but also awesome enough that I wouldn’t blame you if you just want to use th

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, when students enter the classroom each day, as cool-down activity after recess, or at the end of the day while waiting for dismissal. This packet has a Table of Contents and numbered pages for quick re

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 to know what a certain standard is. This cheat sheet includes all of the following Kindergarten Standards: Reading: Literature Reading: Informational Text Reading: Foundational Skills Language Writing

Kindergarten Writing Curriculum | These kindergarten writing curriculum units were created to make teaching writer's workshop in kindergarten easy, fun, and effective! Students will learn how to tell a story orally, through pictures, and then through words. These units build upon each other and the skills taught to help your students grow into writers!What units are included?1. Speaking and Listening2. Writing With Pictures3. Narrative Writing4. Writing Pattern Books5. Opinion and Persuasive Wri