Short Vowels pocket chart centers and materials for lots of great center opportunities for CVC words practice for a e i o and u! 147 words (plus sorting mats!) to spell and do fun picture sorts - there are so many fun ways to use these to teach words with short vowels!See REAL PICTURES & read about all the fun ways I use these for literacy centers in my huge Teaching Short Vowels blog post with a ton of phonics ideas: Short A Activities and ResourcesWant these for ALL the phonics sounds?? Ge

Skittles Math is over 20 pages of printable and digital activities to use with Skittles candy to reinforce common math concepts. Grab a small bag of Skittles and get ready for your students to have a blast! Use these as a math center, assessment, activity, test prep and review, etc. These are perfect for differentiation in grades 3-6. Your kids will love them!What concepts are covered in this Skittles Math Activity packet?Place ValueDecimals (Place Value, Expanded Form, Addition, Subtraction

*Updated on 7/11/18. Now includes levels 1-5. *Based on the Marzano Proficiency Scales These posters will allow your students to easily monitor their understanding of any concept. This is a great way for teachers to see how students are feeling about their skills and abilities, letting teachers adapt their instruction and interventions accordingly. I refer to these posters multiple times every single day in my classroom. To rate themselves, I often have my students write their level on their d

Looking for a cute newsletter you can hand out during open house or on the first day of school for your students and parents to get to know you? This editable Meet the Teacher Newsletter is what you need!▶️▶️PLEASE WATCH THE PREVIEW VIDEO! :]✨✨Buy this newsletter with a different title or theme! ✨✨✨✨ Sneak Peak inside of the PowerPoint Version ✨✨✨Included in this product:12 templates to edit in Powerpoint or equivalent12 templates to edit in Google SlidesNewsletters have editable header optionsA

Your students will love this DIFFERENTIATED Thanksgiving Math Project! Thanksgiving will be here before you you know it, and this 8-page Thanksgiving Math Project is just what you need to keep your students engaged BEFORE and AFTER Thanksgiving! This isn't your average plan-the-meal project! This is the original, best-selling Thanksgiving Dinner Digits project that is well-loved by teachers. It has been classroom-tested in my own classroom for over 8 years and in thousands of classrooms around t

Showcase your classroom photos with this Instagram themed classroom community bulletin board or end of year gift! Simply print and post pictures of what is going on in your classroom to display for your students, staff, and parents!  This is a resource that is perfect for a class bulletin board that can be used all year or as an end of year gift for students. You and your students will LOVE the Instagram theme as it shows off your classroom pictures in a fun and unique way! There are plenty of v

Looking for some fun and engaging ways to teach measuring with a ruler in centimeters and inches? This download includes:1. Measurement KWL2. Measure Me Activity with picture cards, recording sheet, and answer key (inches)3. Measure Yourself: one for boy and girl4. I Spy Sandcastles with sandcastle cards in B&W and color to measure and recording sheet (inches)5. Whale Measurement Craftivity: templates included, recording sheet for inches and centimeters 6. Find It: activity in inches and

Here are 32 sequencing cards to help your students master this important reading strategy. Each card features a paragraph (with signal words) and a sequencing question about the order of events. Each paragraph is used on two consecutive cards to encourage careful reading.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysSequencing PosterDIGITAL:2 Google Slides VersionsEasel ActivityEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital

This Numbers 1-20 NO PREP packet is designed to help Kindergarten students master numbers from 1 to 20 in a variety of ways. Each page includes 11 different activities to help students fully understand and meet the Common Core standards in a FUN way! The following activities are included on each page: *Color the given number on each ten frame *Find and color the given number- uses different fonts to help students read and recognize numbers in variety of printed and published styles *Trace and

Parent handouts are an easy way to help parents support their child’s learning at home! It’s super simple. Just print and send home! You can send the parent letters home at the beginning of the year, on various parent nights, at parent teacher conferences, before summer, or attach to your newsletters throughout the year. These 2 page skill building handouts give parents simple suggestions, tips, and games/activities they can do to help their child build their skills at home. The activities a

Magnetic Letter Organizer Templates are the PERFECT way to organize your magnetic letters. Great for Word Work and Guided Reading! You can print them and put them on the whiteboard. Students will put the letters down on top to quickly organize. You can keep your magnetic letters organized using this template, along with a magnetic tray, in a box, or on cookie sheets. *** Updated to include letter boards that do not require magnets. You can use the two templates included and use velcro to put the

Do your students have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset? These engaging activities are designed as a way to foster a Growth Mindset culture in your classroom with your students. ⭐ADDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES (Google slides) download again for free update ⭐Your students will learn attributes of someone who demonstrates growth mindset vs fixed mindset, write about their goals, and learn phrases they can say to themselves if they think in a fixed mindset pattern.When students believe that dedication

These name folders are a fun, portable way for children to practice their names with 4 different activities. Please see THIS BLOG POST for pictures of how we use these folders in our classroom.To use this editable product, you will need to "unzip" the file.There are 2 documents included:The PDF has detailed instructions and pictures, as well as 8 different covers for you to print and use.The other document is a PowerPoint. Make sure that you can open and use PowerPoint before purchasing this pro

A Mother’s Day and Father's Day craft that will be cherished for years to come!   These adorable crafts make such memorable gifts to give to caregivers and the personalization makes it more meaningful than the typical craft. By creating these Mother’s Day and Father's day crafts your young learners will work on fine motor skills, cutting, gluing, following directions, listening skills, and creativity.    ♥  BUNDLE & SAVE ♥Save 35% when you purchase the  Crafts for the Whole Year MEGA Bundle

I have dissected the 2nd grade Common Core Standards and created a resource that is perfect for assessing your students in reading! The reading graphic organizers included in this download will provide formative assessments that are ideal to show mastery for standards-based grading.Each graphic organizer highlights the specific vocabulary from the standard and some standards even have up to 6 different graphic organizers to target each specific part of the standard. Nothing is left out of this r

What are the INSTANT Math Tool Kits?Create for your students, INSTANT Math Tool Kits. In this download you will receive the printables for your student math tool kits. These kits will allow each student access to math tools independently. This download includes 50+ math tools. This packet is great for PreK through 2nd grade!View an overview video of the tool kit resources HERE. You will choose from the available resources to fit your students’ needs at the time. You also have access to EDITABLE

**Updated 3/25/14** Now EDITABLE and with new fonts! This is hands-down, the best motivator I have found to get my students practicing, learning, and retaining their sight words! This version includes all 220 DOLCH words. There are 5 individual sight word sticker books included in this packet: pre primer, primer, first, second, and third grade Dolch lists. The sticker book concept provides positive reinforcement for learning sight words. I review one page/list per week with each stude

Great for building Kindergarten and first grade literacy! CVC Words Short Vowel Word Building Cards is a quick, easy to prep activity to help students read, build, and write CVC words. Great for rhyming words and word families too! This resource was completely updated in July 2018 Packet includes: • 25 CVC Short Vowel Word Family activity cards • 25 Student self-correcting cards • 7 "I Can" visual direction pages to promote independence • 6 Recording sheets to hold students accountable for the

These 60 print or digital Brain Breaks are quick, easy, and SUPER FUN! The download includes Task Cards and Google Slides versions so that you'll be able to use them in whatever way makes sense for your students.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:60 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColor48 Distance Learning Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorDIGITAL:Google SlidesRandomizer VideoGreat for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resource is part of a mon

This super-cute paper backpack craft and learning activity is a great way to build community with your students! It also helps students develop the critical skills of following step by step directions and speaking and listening to members of a group! This product includes step by step directions with photos, printable craft templates for both primary and intermediate grade students, and a parent letter so that your students' families get involved in the project as well. Templates are provided i

CVC Words center your students will LOVE that provides a lot of CVC word blending and reading practice for short vowels! Such a fun game for small groups, literacy centers, or even at home!**Check out the preview**These are now available in a big, fun BUNDLE of word rolls!You can also get this in the Phonics Word Rolls MEGA Growing Bundle to save even more!Students roll the dice to make a CVC word. They roll the 3 dice and keep the dice in the right color order (yellow, pink, green) which they'l

This one resource includes 5 different themes! Themes include farm, ocean, school, superhero, and zoo! This End of the Year Memory Book includes 22 pages of activities (including autograph pages) and comes in black & white only so that the kids can color their own memory books and you can save on ink. The content of each memory book stays exactly the same, only the theme changes. This resource is put together in the suggested order of the pages but you are free to use as many or as few

This is a great packet of fun for the end of the year or a back to school activity after summer break! I use this as an "End of the Year" gift for the kiddos on the last day of school. These NO PREP worksheets are perfect for 1st and 2nd grade! It includes puzzles, games, mazes, word searches, and brain teasers, break the code, and more!✅Save $$$$$$ by purchasing this as part of my End of Year Bundle, my No Prep Year Long Bundle, or my May No Prep Bundle!✅This is a 24 page black-line packet that

If your kiddos enjoyed our First Day of School Task Cards, they are sure to LOVE these!Use these task cards to have your students:*Recap their break from school*Review classroom rules while reflecting on the importance and their own success with them*Reflect on a typical day spent in the classroom*Set academic and personal goals for the rest of the school yearYou will print the 11 WELCOME BACK cards, each containing one question. You can choose to print these as full-page slides, or print two to