Handwriting practice and instruction is here! Fluently being able to write letters leads to great gains in reading. Brain research supports the need for explicit handwriting and path of motion instruction and links proper handwriting to better student writing results! Quick, concise, easy to implement! My kind of handwriting instruction. HANDWRITING LESSONS IS NOT JUST ONE MORE THING!When you teach students handwriting while teaching phonics, students will build muscle memory kinestheticall

Let's journal! Science Interactive Notebook All in One Bundle is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate Interactive Science Notebooks in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, or 6th grade. There are SO many topics: safety and science practices, matter, mixtures, ecosystems, adaptations, life cycles, energy, light, force and motion, human body, earth, space, and MUCH more!Take a closer look! Download the preview for 10 free printables.This file includes 260 foldable activities, cut and pa

**UPDATED August 2020 with Google Slides,™ Powerpoint™ for Microsoft and Google Forms™ organization forms.If you are looking for digital ONLY, click here. During the first few weeks of school, you have SO much on your to-do list. Meet students, meet parents, assess students, build a strong community, teach routines and the list goes on. While I can't be in your classroom, I can make sure you have everything you need for a successful week. *****After purchasing, you will download a Zip file. The

Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes - Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Interactive Notebook and Vocabulary ActivitiesThis Interactive Vocabulary Notebook is full of dynamic activities for teaching Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Please see the preview file for a list of the specific roots, prefixes, and suffixes included!These interactive notebook activities can be used along with ANY vocabulary program - teach them in whatever order you like. Or, I've included a suggested pacing g

Money worksheets and money games and activities unit JAM-PACKED with fun and differentiated money activities is filled with almost 200 pages of everything you need to teach coins and working with money. This pack covers 3 main standards/concepts: identifying coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies), adding like coins, and adding mixed coins (counting coins). From identifying and sorting coins to adding them to money word problems, this has everything you need!Check out this blog post to see

Writers Workshop Curriculum K-1 | Writing Through the Year™ BUNDLEWriters Workshop is a wonderful way to incorporate all of the ELA standards while introducing your students to the love of writing. Writing Through the Year™ was created by two kindergarten teachers with over 20 years of classroom experience, and it will save you hours each month in writing lesson plans. Each writing lesson has been classroom-tested and student-approved. Students will be encouraged and guided as they learn to use

Writing Center | Kindergarten and 1st grade! This writing center offers resources for APRIL and SPRING! Help your students work independently with these monthly themed writing centers / writing work station. You can see each month by clicking on the individual units.This unit was originally created by me in 2012. WHEW! I have totally updated the file in 2021. Please redownload.How to use this writing center:This resource is intended to be used as an independent writing center. Students love the

This nonfiction text structure bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn about the FIVE informational text structures. It includes 92 nonfiction passages. The activities in this bundle make learning text structures fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These nonfiction text structure activities can be used for test prep, review,

Are you looking for a way to get grammar in the hands of your students so that they are able to visually apply rules to tangible writing samples? Having a language wall, complete with moveable pieces, will allow your writers to think grammatically and logically as they manipulate all the components of good writing.This product contains all the resources you will need to cover parts of speech, sentence structure, sentence types, figurative language, punctuation, and more. Pieces can be placed o

Calm Down Strategies for your classroom! This huge pack is filled of different supports for students with behavioral needs. All of the products can be printed, assembled and placed in a "Calm Down Kit" box for students to pull out when feeling overwhelmed or anxious. This calm down kit is full of visuals to help non-readers and emerging readers learn to cope with their emotions on their own!These visuals can be sent home to families on your caseload to help with distance learning and virtual

Kindergarten Themed Literacy and Math Centers for the Year Set 1!Thanks so much for viewing my Themed Literacy and Math Centers for the year! This packet contains 125 themed literacy centers and 125 themed math centers. It contains a total of 250 centers WOOT! For each themed packet you receive 5 literacy centers and 5 math centers! These literacy and math centers are rigorous enough to build important skills, yet kid-friendly for independent work. Please note that these activities *ARE* acco

SUPER CHARGE your read aloud lesson plans with these print and teach activities! These interactive reading lesson plans will guide you through your daily instruction in reading comprehension, responding to literature, sentence studies with mentor sentences, crafts and more! These No Prep Print and Go Lesson Plans will save your teaching life! SERIOUSLY!!! WHY TEACHERS LOVE THESE READ ALOUD LESSONS AND ACTIVITIESThese book lessons are so easy to use.  Our scripted lessons take the guesswork out o

A no-prep reading intervention binder that is aligned to the science of reading and explicitly teaches and reinforces CVC-e long vowel words, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, diphthongs, multi-syllabic words, suffixes, other long vowels, fluency, and more!When and where should I use this binder?The No-Prep Reading Intervention Binder is ideal for one-on-one instruction, small group reading, paraprofessionals, Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention groups, practice, and re-teaching! The binder is ink-fr

Counting brews and stews are a FUN, hands on way to develop counting concepts and skills with preschool, pre-k, tk, and kindergarten students!-----Please note you will need to find and collect various manipulatives for these activities. Many ideas and options for each “ingredient” is included. Most items you already have in your classroom or can be purchased at the dollar store, Target Dollar Spot, or craft store.46 Themed Brews and Stews are included! Every counting stew is in this bundle! This

Guided Reading has never been easier with The Ultimate Guided Reading Toolkit.  This BUNDLED product also includes Guided Reading Lesson Plan Templates that include skills needed at each level A-N.  Plan your Guided Reading Groups in minutes using the plans and activities.  There are over 130 Guided Reading Activities included focusing on phonics, reading strategies, and comprehension.YOUTUBE VIDEO: SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!The Ultimate Guided Reading Toolkit- YOUTUBE VIDEOThis IS the ULTIMATE G

KinderMath Curriculum: a kindergarten comprehensive math curriculum designed for a classroom's small-group or whole-group instruction and easily adapted to fit a guardian-led homeschool setting! If inquiring about this bundle for a homeschool setting, feel free to email me directly with any questions at tara@littlemindsatwork.org!SAVE BIG WITH THE BUNDLE! This listing is ALL of my KinderMath units BUNDLED into one easy download! You will get units 1-15 in this one download! Units 1-14 sell for

Your students have learned how to decode and read high frequency words and irregular spelled words in isolation, and are now ready to practice reading those words in context to master reading fluency! Learning to recognize and read words by sight is a foundational part of reading fluently. These I Can Read Sight Word Fluency Passages! are easy to prep and help your students build their reading fluency AND their reading confidence!Your early learners will work on progressing from decoding and rea

Do you enjoy the benefits of morning meeting but dread the prep and planning that go into it? Is your morning meeting routine getting stale? This electronic morning meeting--now compatible with Google Slides--is pre-planned so you have 40 weeks of morning meeting right at your fingertips! Almost ZERO prep, and the messages are totally customizable! The best part? NO PRINTING, NO PAPER—it’s all on your whiteboard in colorful displays for students to engage in each component of morning meeting!Dis

Kindergarten Morning Work Year Long BundleIncludes all three Kindergarten Morning Work packs! Included are 180 pages of my best selling Kindergarten Morning Work packs.All packs, and the bundle, come in both Manuscript and D'Nealian versions.Each pack covers more skills and increases in difficulty.Students will independently:Trace all capital and lowercase lettersWrite all capital and lowercase lettersFind and circle all lowercase and capital lettersColor pictures that begin with a certain lett

How do you get your students enjoy writing? This is a question that I asked myself for years! After being in the classroom for 8 years, I had the idea of giving my students a say in what they would be writing. This idea changed it all!PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VISIT MY DETAILED PREVIEW ABOVE!By offering a variety of topics that they could choose to learn and write about, I found that my students weren't just writing, they were asking to write! I filled my bulletin board with a "writing menu." It allow

Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit is just what you need to get started with mentor sentences in your classroom.Not familiar with mentor sentences? Read all about them here!**Watch a video of Mentor Sentences in ACTION!**If you need more proof that the numerous volumes of mentor sentence curricula created by Ideas by Jivey are a best practice in the classroom, download the

Guided Reading KINDERGARTEN BUNDLE: Levels A-EThese Guided Reading Curriculum units are full of student activities and teacher materials that you can use to support your students in their journey to reading. Use these materials to plan and implement effective guided reading lessons that target their exact needs at each of the specific reading levels. Everything is here for you in a neat, organized package! No need to sift through materials to figure out what to do. All you will need to supply

Phonics reading passages, or Phonics Mats, are the perfect no-prep, print and go resource to help students turn isolated phonics skills into reading text! Students practice isolated phonics skills, decoding, fluency, and comprehension all in one resource. *** NEW UPDATE *** This resource has been updated with a brand new 2022 version! The new phonics mats have decodable passages, comprehension questions, word writing practice, and a warm-up page for each skill. Make sure to download the preview

Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Assessments and Intervention Activities Binder BUNDLE - digital downloadThis bundle includes the Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Assessment Binder and the Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Intervention Binder. Save 10% off the two resources when purchased as a bundle. BOGO - Grab this download and our Phonemic Awareness Flip Books for $29.75, the same price as this download. See them in our Phonemic Awareness MINI Bundle here. About Phonological Awarene