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Knock, knock! Who's there? Handwriting practice that's actually FUN! Have you ever had a student who knows how to correctly form their letters, but doesn’t always take their time and write their neatest? What about the student who often forgets capitals, punctuation, and misspells words that are right in the text? What would make my students take their time and be more careful? Then, it hit me: JOKES! Kids love jokes! And Happy Handwriting was born. This pack is NO PREP meaning you can just pr

Knock, knock! Who's there? Cursive handwriting practice that's actually FUN! Have you ever had a student who knows how to correctly form their letters, but doesn’t always take their time and write their neatest? What about the student who often forgets capitals, punctuation, and misspells words that are right in the text? What would make my students take their time and be more careful? Then, it hit me: JOKES! Kids love jokes! And Happy Handwriting was born. This pack includes: Alphabet Letter

Handwriting practice can be fun! This no prep bundle is proof of that! This is a BUNDLE of my four Happy Handwriting packs. Please note, there is a print and cursive version of each pack. The print version and corresponding cursive versions contain the same facts and jokes.Have you ever had a student who knows how to correctly form their letters, but doesn’t always take their time and write their neatest? What about the student who often forgets capitals, punctuation, and misspells words that a

Handwriting practice that's actually FUN? Yes, it IS possible! Have you ever had a student who knows how to correctly form their letters, but doesn’t always take their time and write their neatest? What about the student who often forgets capitals, punctuation, and misspells words that are right in the text? Well, I’ve had those students too, and that’s why I came up with my Animal Facts handwriting pack. I found that these students tend to write messy or make errors because they were rushing to

Writing sentences can be a tricky skill, but I've got you covered with this 5 lesson resource that will help you teach your students the basics of sentence writing! Your students will explore the aspects of simple sentences that can often cause hang ups for new readers and writers in a gradual release, step by step, manner that will ensure they can successfully write a sentence that includes capitalization, punctuation, and proper spacing. This pack is part of my K-2 Writing Curriculum. Click he

Closed syllables and open syllables are important reading skills to understand for decoding text in a science of reading based approach. Use this resource in your first or second grade classroom to help your students learn about open and closed syllabled types in a student friendly way! Teaching open and closed syllables can make a huge difference in how your students both decode (read) and encode (write) words. Check out the preview file to see everything included in this resource.This resource

Students will partition shapes into halves, thirds, and fourths. **This is part of my Lessons By the Standards Growing Bundle. If you've already purchased that, you don't need to purchase this.** Click on the PREVIEW to see the entire pack! The common core standard 2.G.A.3 asks students to, “Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thir

Use this resource to quickly and easily create your own visual writing rubric to help your primary students self assess their work. No drawing required! :) You can purchase a bundle of the NARRATIVE, INFORMATIONAL, and OPINION rubrics HERE!This resource contains: 4 hand drawn/ written examples of writing pieces that range from needs work to great. Note: These are hand drawn and scanned into the computer and give a "done by a student" look. 2 Different Title Options- In for colors each 2 Differe

NEWLY UPDATED!! These three sequencing activities can be used after reading the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly". The There Was an Old Lady series of books are such wonderful stories to help students practice sequencing, and this pack will help your students do just that! This pack includes: - Large sequencing cards to use as a whole class or in small groups - A cut and paste sequencing sort for after the story (along with an answer key) - A one page sequencing flipper (stude

Use this bundle to quickly and easily create your own visual writing rubric to help your primary students self assess their work. No drawing required! :) Check out a short video about how I use these here. This bundle includes myNARRATIVE, INFORMATIONAL, and OPINION rubrics HERE! Click on each link to look more fully at each product. Use this resource to quickly and easily create your own visual writing rubrics to help your primary students self assess their work. No drawing required! :) Thi

These three sequencing activities can be used after reading the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat". The There Was an Old Lady series of books are such wonderful stories to help students practice sequencing, and this pack will help your students do just that! This pack includes: - Large sequencing cards to use as a whole class or in small groups - A cut and paste sequencing sort for after the story (along with an answer key) - A one page sequencing flipper (students can draw or writ

My Roll Out a Story Centers have always been a favorite choice in my classrooms! This center pack is the perfect resource to help your kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade writers during your center time! And now it includes a digital version for use with Google Slides™! Click on the preview file to try one writing center for free!Coming up with WHAT to write about is often the hardest part for our young writers. This resource eliminates that problem for your students. The fu

This resource is designed to help you explore story elements, reading genres, and the parts of a book with your students. The descriptive posters are perfect for displaying in your classroom, and the activities and book suggestions are the perfect way for your students to practice these skills. Click on the preview to download a character poster, activities, and a printable activity for free! This resource includes: Reading Genre Posters Fiction Non-Fiction Realistic Fiction Fantasy Fairy Ta

Ahoy, pirates! Pirate activities your students will love be in this here pack! Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th, and this fun bundle of activities will be hit with your students. However, these activities are fun whenever! Pirate Reading Passages:This resource includes 5 original reading comprehension passages that you can quickly and easily personalize with your students names!I've included two options.1. First, I’ve included one of each passage if you would like to give each student a

Do your students struggle with writing complete sentences? Or do they constantly forget to add punctuation in their writing so they end up with long, hard to read run-on sentences? Or, lastly, maybe they're constantly writing fragments or incomplete sentences! These common problems are often because students don't really understand basic sentence structure! This resource address these issues by teaching your students about subject and predicate in simple sentences so they can tell where their se

Decodable partner plays for Kindergarten and First Grade: fluency and phonics skill practice has never been so fun! These decodable CVC and CVCe partner plays are the perfect short vowel and long vowel practice for your kindergarten and first grade students. Print and go, these engaging, kid friendly reader's theater scripts are a must have at your guided reading table. Click on the preview to download a free partner play to try!Each script is two pages and the perfect length for students read

I am so excited to bring you this fun, interactive lapbook that is perfect for teaching your students all about forces and motion! My students loved putting together lapbooks, and I know yours will too! This 28 page packet will certainly be a hit! Just add construction paper! After your students learn about the forces and motion, they can use this lapbook to show what they know! This packet covers the terms:-position -force -push -pull -motion -speed -friction -gravity -mass -weight I hope you

This pack is part of my lessons by the standards series. One pack for each common core math standard for first grade. View the preview to see the entire pack!The common core standard 1.G.A.3 asks students to, “Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares. Understand for these examples that decomposing

Finding the difference between two measured items combines two skills: measurement and subtraction. **This is part of my Activities By the Standards Bundle. If you've already purchased that, you don't need to purchase this.** Click on the PREVIEW to see the entire pack! The common core standard 2.MD.A.3 asks students to, “Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.” This pack addresses every aspect

These three sequencing activities can be used after reading the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover". The There Was an Old Lady series of books are such wonderful stories to help students practice sequencing, and this pack will help your students do just that! This pack includes: - Large sequencing cards to use as a whole class or in small groups - A cut and paste sequencing sort for after the story (along with an answer key) - A one page sequencing flipper (students can draw or