Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! Would you like a basic helper to make teaching first grade easier? This is perfect for you! First, laminate these two pages back to back and you have one useful resource card for your students. It includes letters and pictures clues for the sounds, vowels, digraphs, blends money, 120's chart (per common core), a writer's checklist, months, number words and color words, a mini word wall of sight words, fractions, time and shapes. All the information your kiddos need at their

Hey teacher friends! Are you looking for a second grade helper? You can laminate these two pages back to back and you have one useful resource card for your students. It includes blends and pictures clues for the sounds, vowels, digraphs, dipthongs, money, place value, addition and subtraction with regrouping, fractions, a writer's checklist, months and abbreviations, number words, a mini word wall of sight words. I love this so much because you have all of the information your kiddos need at th

This TOP 10 BEST SELLER includes 27 End of the Year Awards. These fun awards can be accompanied with or without a cute coordinating dollar store prize. All prize ideas are included, as well as photos of some of the items I purchased for the awards. This pack includes both colored and black & white versions. I have enabled rich text formatting so you can change fonts and sizes. To do so, you click ctrl e on a PC and command e on a Mac. Then highlight the font you want to change and change in

Do you need an easy way to introduce new reading concepts? These anchor charts are perfect for teaching the Common Core Standards of Reading. This will help your students to better understand the reading concepts and they can be posted in your room as a visual reminder throughout the year. THIS SET CONTAINS 24 PAGES.Includes Charts On:- Author - Illustrator - Character - Character Traits - Setting - Predictions - Cause and Effect - Retelling a Story - Summary - Sequence - Realism vs. Fantasy - F

Are you looking for an amazing Common Core based summer review packet for your students or children? The End of the Year Summer Review packet is a TOP 10 Seller! This pack includes everything your first graders need to review and remain ready for second grade over the summer. All activities are aligned with the common core standards. This is the perfect opportunity to make sure they are maintaining all the required standards! THIS REVIEW CONTAINS 104 PAGES.Includes: - Summer Reading List by Lev

Hey teacher friends! Are you looking for a kindergarten helper? You can laminate these two page back to back and you have one useful resource card for your students. It includes letters and pictures clues for the sounds, blends, vowels, digraphs, right and left, 100's chart, a writer's checklist, months, number words and color words, a mini word wall of sight words, direction words, addition and subtraction clues and common core shapes. I love this so much, and you have all the information your

Hey teacher friends! Do you need graphic organizers for reading comprehension? This pack includes 32 Reader's Workshop Response Sheets. These are great graphic organizers for schema, connections, mental images, inferences, questioning, nonfiction texts, story elements and synthesis. They also go well with any lessons from Debbie Miller's Reading with Meaning. THIS SET CONTAINS 34 PAGES.Included:- Reading Response Sheets Topics Covered:- Literacy Skills - Schema - Connections - Mental Images - In

Are you looking for a unit to help your students practice punctuation? This Punctuation Unit targets periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation points. The Punctuation People will aide a reminder of the proper conventions when writing. This will help your students learn how to use proper punctuation. I hope your kiddos enjoy this unit as much as my students. THIS UNIT CONTAINS 71 PAGES.This Unit Includes:- Book on Punctuation - Activities for 3 Different Books on Punctuation - Punctuatio

Are you looking for a great snowy literature unit for the kiddos? This unit includes 7 lesson plans that are common core aligned to go with the popular book, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. It also provides anchor charts to teach each topic and worksheets or activities to reinforce ideas. This is perfect for targeting specific literacy skills! It also has really great follow along lesson plans. THIS UNIT CONTAINS 46 PAGES.Topics Covered:- Asking and Answering Questions - Setting - Story Sequ

Do you need reader's response sheets to assess comprehension? In this packet you will find response sheets for any book. They are especially created for Readers Workshop, guided reading and center time. The beginning of the packet includes several different graphic organizers that cover characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, story elements, nonfiction and favorite part. The rest of the packet covers language arts standards such as, parts of speech, contractions, digraphs, etc. THIS SET CO

Do you need an activity for your students to practice nouns? This is for you! In this center, your students will sort the pumpkin picture cards, by people, places and things. When they have completed the sort, they must record their work on the sheet provided. I hope your students enjoy this activity as much as mine did! THIS ACTIVITY CONTAINS 7 PAGES.Topic Covered: - Nouns Included:- Sort Paper - Pumpkin Cutouts This Activity Is Perfect For:- Noun Practice - Sorting - Fun Activity - Enrichme

How I Became a Pirate is one of my all time favorite books to teach. Do you need an amazing unit to target specific literacy skills? This unit includes 9 lesson plans that are common core aligned to go with the book, How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long. It also provides anchor charts to teach each topic and worksheets or activities to reinforce ideas. The unit has super easy to follow along directions! THIS UNIT CONATINS 40 PAGES.Topics Covered:- Asking and Answering Questions - Comprehension

Do you need a unit full of fun for the 50th day of school? I started teaching this unit to cover comparing now and then. This mini-unit contains so many amazing learning opportunities for your students! I hope your students have as much fun as my kiddos did with these fun fiftieth day activities! THIS MINI-UNIT CONTAINS 66 PAGES.This Unit Includes:- Jukebox Craftivity & Writing Templates - Mini-Book about Life in 1950 - Compare + Contrast Now & Then Sheet - 3 Word Work Centers (Digraphs, Se

Hey teacher friends! Are you looking for a fun and engaging Common Core Aligned unit to work on literacy skills? This Chrysanthemum Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target specific literacy skills. Each activity targets skills such as vocabulary, making predictions, sequencing and more. The unit is perfect for having fun while also hitting many of the reading standards. This unit includes 6 lesson plans that are common core aligned to go with the popul

The Mitten by Jan Brett is one of my favorite books. Are you looking for an engaging Common Core Aligned unit to work on literacy skills? This Mitten Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target specific literacy skills. Each activity targets skills such as vocabulary, making predictions, sequencing and more. The unit is perfect for having fun while also hitting many of the reading standards. This unit includes 9 lesson plans to go with the popular book,

Hey teacher friends! Do you need a good literature unit for your students? This unit includes 6 lesson plans that are Common Core aligned to go with the popular book, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff. It also provides anchor charts to teach each topic and worksheets or activities to reinforce ideas. THIS UNIT CONTAINS 48 PAGES.Topics Covered:- Predicting - Story Sequencing and Retelling - Character Traits - Cause and Effect - Verbs (Dictionary Skills and sentence writing a

Do you need a great Common Core Aligned unit for spring to work on literacy skills? This nonfiction Rabbit Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target specific literacy skills. Each activity contains opportunities to work on skills such as comparing text, using vocabulary words, sequencing and more. The unit provides you with easy to follow lesson plans. This unit is also perfect for learning about rabbits while also hitting many of the first grade reading

This huge farm unit includes everything you'll need for a week, full of farm fun. It contains 5 Days of Shared Reading activities for the book Farming by Gail Gibbons. You can teach this unit over the course of 5 days with the many different lessons. The Farm Unit is Common Core Aligned which helps to work on literacy skills, math skills, and other targeted skills. This Farm Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading & math activities while targeting specific skills through

Are you teaching homophones? In this packet you'll find lesson plans for activities to teach multiple meaning words in an engaging way. This unit includes directions and materials for a homophone hunt, a homophone poster, recording sheets, a homophone mini-book, and a homophone memory game and a moose homophone craft. This is perfect for having the little ones engage in learning while having loads of fun! THIS CENTER CONTAINS 33 PAGES. Included:- Lesson Plans - Poster - Class Book Cover - Exten

Arr Mateys! This unit is packed full of map skills, literacy and math activities. In this unit your students can practice many skills through this fun pirate theme. The unit is perfect for having fun while also covering many standards. Also, to make your lives easier each activity comes with easy to follow along directions. THIS UNIT CONTAINS 72 PAGES. Topics Covered:- Anchor posters for Maps, Map Keys, Compass Rose and Scale - 3 Mapping Activities - 1 Poem with Several Different Activities f