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This first grade writing bundle is aligned to the Common Core standards and helps students with personal narratives, opinion writing, and informative writing as they work through the writing process. Students will brainstorm, draw, write, revise, edit and publish their own writing pieces for each genre of writing. This unit covers narrative writing, opinion writing and informative writing for all first grade writing standards!Each unit includes:Daily lessons set up in the "I do, We do, You do" f

Are you looking for something to help assess all of the 1st grade Common Core Language Arts standards? This comprehensive assessment packet is for you. Having an assessment for every standard all in one place is a huge time saver. What does this product include?This assessment packet includes at least one assessment for EVERY Common Core Language Standard including each sub-category within the standards. The assessments include a variety of whole group, small group, and individual assessment

This informative writing workshop unit was created to help your students create an All About Book about their favorite animal. They will go through the research and writing processes as the unit aligns directly with the common core standards!Each year my first grade students research animals and create their own All About Books! This pack guides you step-by-step as you help your kids discover their love for non-fiction texts and writing. In the end, you have some adorable and informative books f

This yearlong bundle of narrative, opinion, and informational writing lessons for first grade makes it easy to plan your writing instruction! Also included in this first grade writing bundle are posters, visuals, assessments, language arts/grammar practice, and writing rubrics that will save you time.------Teaching first graders how to write well is a big challenge. Kids often start the year all over the map, and some are mostly still drawing.You want your students to become stronger writers AND

This is a comprehensive resource for 1st grade centers. By choosing this resource, you will be getting first grade centers for the entire year!Here's What's Inside: January CentersSentence Scramble Puzzles (16 puzzles)Research It (20 task cards)Diphthong Clip It (48 cards)Sight Word Puzzles (11 mats, 88 puzzle cards)Sequencing Station (8 mats, 48 pictures)Describe It (28 picture cards, 48 descriptive word cards)Story Details (9 story mats)Using Commas (30 cards)Define the Word (24 cards)Shades

Paragraph writing w/ PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK is better than a hamburger paragraph template at teaching 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders how to write a paragraph using templates writing rubrics, graphic organizers and a step-by-step system that scaffolds the writing process in a way students understand in grade 2, grade 3 and grade 4 can internalize.76 PARAGRAPH WRITING PROMPTS and ACTIVITIES (informative, narrative & persuasive / opinion) FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR with a DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED for FREE

This All About Me craftivity is so so CUTE! Kids and parents will love it. Great for All About Me Social Studies units, Back to School, or Open House.I like to use this craft at the beginning of the year. It's a fun way to get students excited about writing while allowing them to share about themselves and get to know each other.These are ADORABLE in the hallway during Open House.

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FirstieWriting Curriculum Units BUNDLED is an engaging, standards-based first grade (and Second Grade), genre-based writing curriculum. SAVE $10 ON THE BUNDLE!6 units @ $15 each = $90The bundle will increase in price each time a new unit is added! Snag it now to save!Do you have a few extra moments? Watch a detailed video about this curriculum HERE!What is FirstieWriting?FirstieWriting Curriculum is an engaging, first grade (and Second Grade), genre-based writing curriculum. FirstieWriting encou

Do you struggle with ideas for teaching writing to your first graders? This resource is jam-packed with interactive writing projects to keep your first graders writing all year! Projects are common core aligned, rigorous, and TONS of fun for students! This resource includes enough writing projects for the entire year!Beginning Writers:Sentence Writing: Who? Doing What? and Who? Doing What? Where?Labeling (3 projects, plus template)Narrative Writing:Idea Lists including- family, friends, activi

SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODYTHIS TEACHING RESOURCE INCLUDES:• a Smart Art science project• a research template for a Body Part Report• a set of Poems and Songs about the human bodyThe Smart Art activity contains directions, photos, and templates for a creative, hands-on science & art project focusing on six major systems of the human body. Samples can be viewed in the PREVIEW above.- The Nervous System- The Circulatory System- The Respiratory System- The Muscular System- The Skeletal System- Th

Are you looking for something to help assess all of the 1st grade Common Core Language Arts and Math standards? This comprehensive assessment packet is for you. Having an assessment for every standard all in one place is a huge time saver. What does this product include?This assessment packet is HUGE and includes both my best selling Common Core Language Arts Assessments and my Common Core Math Assessments for 1st grade. Each packet includes at least one assessment for EVERY Common Core Stan

These Most Magnificent Thing read aloud STEM activities will teach students about growth mindset with week-long lesson plans, book activities, and a STEM challenge. These lesson plans will guide you through 3-5 daily interactive reading lessons for a full week of engaging activities your students will love! Each day students will interact with the book for a different purpose and then complete a corresponding printable or digital activity to reflect on the story more deeply. Finally, students en

Have your students use the following writing outlines to help them become great writers! The writing outlines in this file include: Opinion Writing Informative Writing Procedural Writing/Step Writing (2 outlines depending on what term you use) Personal Narrative Writing Fictional Narrative Writing 7 different Letter Writing Templates Thank You Card Template Postcard Writing Template 4 different Lined Paper Writing Pages Looking for this product in a BUNDLE? Click HERE!

Are you looking for some fun fall writing activities and prompts for first grade? Incorporating seasonal writing is easier with this packet of printables, a scarecrow craft (perfect for a bulletin board display), writing paper, and booklets for your 1st graders. The topics include an autumn poem, scarecrows, pumpkins, apples, Johnny Appleseed, fall animals, and more!Click HERE and SAVE 20% by buying all 4 Writing about Seasons First Grade sets in 1 bundle!The packet includes:Fall Season KWL Char

Everything you need to teach and write biographies for first grade (upper Kindergarten and simple second grade) Resources including graphic organizers, writing prompts, class books, posters (can also be used with data projector), and interview pages to write biographies about famous people and classmates. Also pages to learn about what an autobiography is and pages to write your own. Graphic organizers for Famous Americans: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, D

These seasonal writing prompts and crafts for the whole year are a bunch of fun for primary students! This Common Core aligned writing unit is jam-packed with writing prompts, language activities, writing centers, games, crafts, and more! It is packed with narrative, opinion, and informative prompts and activities. This unit will keep your students writing and learning ALL year long!Looking for more writing resources?! You can find ALL my writing resources for a fraction of the price here in my

This product is a bundle of my Monthly Common Core Writing Activities for Grades 1-4. Each of the Writing Units offer practice with all 3 types of Common Core Writing: Opinion, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative, PLUS Shared Research Writing (also in the Common Core Writing Standards and often overlooked). Your students can write one piece per week OR you can pick and choose writing pieces based on your students' needs or, even better, let the students choose!These activities will not "teach"

This how to writing resource has been UPDATED to include 16 printable and digital how to writing prompts, anchor charts, vocabulary posters, and a mini-lesson!This mini-unit includes everything you need to incorporate how-to writing into your literacy centers. This resource is designed with standards-based research and includes a mini-lesson, suggested mentor text and online resources, academic vocabulary posters, anchor chart, and seasonal how-to writing prompts.Each writing prompt includes a s

This "Tops and Bottoms" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Tops and Bottoms" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in mea

These Creepy Carrots read aloud STEM includes week-long lesson plans, book activities, and a STEM challenge.These lesson plans will guide you through 3-5 daily interactive reading lessons for a full week of engaging activities your students will love! Each day students will interact with the book for a different purpose and then complete a corresponding printable or digital activity to reflect on the story more deeply. Finally, students engage in a hands-on STEM challenge as they explore the Eng

Calling all 1st Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block!  Rooted in Reading for 1st Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We’ve got lesson plans, activities, crafts, and printables that focus around a read-aloud story each week.  The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.  Each week we focus on different comprehension skills and strategie

This "Turkey Trouble" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Turkey Trouble" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningf