Cindy Gilchrist

****This kit is now available as part of a money-saving BUNDLE! Check it out here (Click on the title): Save With A Bundle: Author's Purpose - All About PIE and Reader's Tool Box Get ready for the first day and week of school! Updated to include a fourth optional poster for Explain. See preview file! A fun way to introduce Author's Purpose to any grade level! I used the P.I.E. acronym (Persuade, Inform, Entertain) but took it to the next level by actually using pie as the text examples. P

Sight Words! Perfect for Literacy Centers, Word Work, RtI, Interventions, Morning Tubs and MORE! This product has been updated to include an EDITABLE TEMPLATE! In addition to the 220 Dolch Sight Word Cards included in this kit, you can now make your own cards to use with the Read It, Build It, Write It work mat. You can make your own cards for custom sight word lists, spelling words, vocabulary words, and MORE! You will need PowerPoint to open and use the editable template. Get ready for t

Please view the free Preview to see all they you get in this download! This kit is now available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE! Click here to check it out: Save With A Bundle: Writing Center and Information Folders - Student Resources for Reading, Writing, and MathLast year we have a school-wide observation and walk-through from our district. One of the recommendations we received was that there needed to be more resources right at the student's desks (or tables). I compiled important resources

Check out the Free Preview to see more of this kit! This kit is part of my "We Go Together" set of seven fun matching games. This "Burger & Fries" kit focuses on matching words to their corresponding contraction. There are 20 contractions (40 cards total). Match the two words with the correct contraction. Two (differentiated) follow-up worksheets and an answer key are included. Use all of the cards or break them up into smaller sets to meet the needs of students or grade level. Save 50%

Students will LOVE playing POP! To play, students will take turns picking a popcorn card out of the bag. If they read the word correctly, they will keep the card to build a pile of popcorn. If they don’t read the word correctly, they will put the card back into the bag. If a student pulls out a “POP” card ALL of their pieces go back in the bag. The player with the most pieces at the end wins! This kit contains 120 beginning blend cards and 120 ending blend cards. Easy to assemble! Ea

This writing center has been featured on Scholastic.com and numerous other websites. It is the original Writing Center on Teachers Pay Teachers and has been completely revised with more samples and new templates!!! This kit is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE! Click here to check it out: Save With A Bundle: Writing Center and Information Folders - Student Resources for Reading, Writing, and Math Make a Writing Center! Everything you need to set up a center full of ideas and suc

Students will LOVE playing POP! To play, students will take turns picking a popcorn card out of the bag. If they read the word correctly, they will keep the card to build a pile of popcorn. If they don’t read the word correctly, they will put the card back into the bag. If a student pulls out a “POP” card ALL of their pieces go back in the bag. The player with the most pieces at the end wins! Easy to assemble! Easy to use! Great for small group/Guided Reading groups, RTI/interventi

Create a fun keepsake photo of your seniors on their "LAST" First Day of School. This includes two signs - one with a black background and one with a white background. The zipped file includes pdf and jpeg files. You can print the pdf files on your own computer at 8.5 x 11" size OR use the jpeg files if you'd like to have these printed in a larger size. *I have also added "It is my Last, Last Day of School" signs by request. You will receive both first and last day signs with this download,

Students will LOVE playing POP! To play, students will take turns picking a popcorn card out of the bag. If they read the word correctly, they will keep the card to build a pile of popcorn. If they don’t read the word correctly, they will put the card back into the bag. If a student pulls out a “POP” card ALL of their pieces go back in the bag. The player with the most pieces at the end wins! Easy to assemble! Easy to use. Great for small group/Guided Reading groups, RTI/interventi

UPDATED: This download had been updated to include a set of punch cards for "Responsible Reader" These are GREAT for keeping track of positive expectations in the classroom. These can be used in a variety of ways. 20 cards in all! 5 positive traits: Amazing Behavior, Excellent Effort, Homework Hero, Fabulous Friend, and Responsible Reader. There are boy and girl versions of each trait and your choice of 10 or 20 punches per card. Please see the preview file to see all that is included

Just add Play-Doh! This kit includes 13 full size (11" x 8.5") shape mats for the following shapes: Circle, square, rectangle, triangle, star, heart, oval, trapezoid, octagon, hexagon, rhombus, pentagon, and parallelogram. Use all of the shape mats or only the shapes that fit your curriculum. Mats can be laminated or placed into page protectors prior to using with Play-Doh. Students will roll Play-Doh into long strips, like "snakes", and fill in the lines around the shape on the mat. Thi

Drive along the road to trace the alphabet letters shapes! This kit includes 52 full size (8.5 x 11) letter pages (uppercase AND lowercase letters included). There are also 16 different vehicles to use when tracing the letters or you could use your own small "matchbox" cars! I recently found a great Target "Dollar Spot" find to go with this kit: Click here to see it on my blog! ***************************************************************************** Get a FREE product every month when y

This is a FUN, Interactive PowerPoint game to teach and practice Comparing and Contrasting. The PowerPoint is set up like a game show. You can form up to six groups to play this game. Each group will be introduced to two objects and they will work together to find ways to compare and contrast the two objects. Rules are in place to keep groups working cooperatively and quietly until it is time to reveal their answers. This PowerPoint incorporates animations and sounds to make the game fun.

Students will draw a number card or a ten frame card and make that number of Play-Doh "gumballs" to fill the gumball machine. Includes both number cards and ten frame cards from 1-20. You can print as many gumball machine mats as needed. ***************************************************************************** Get a FREE product every month when you follow me on TPT! All you need to do is click on the green star next to my store logo at the top right of this page. There are no strings at

Comprehension Skill Charts! There are 8 charts included: Characters Setting Story Structure/Plot Compare and Contrast Making Inferences Predicting Sequence of Events Fantasy and. Reality Engaging clip art and easy to understand descriptions will help students understand and recognize each skill. Larger previews are available on my blog at http://mrsgilchristsclass.blogspot.com ***************************************************************************** Get a FREE product every month when

Teach The Scientific Method with this 20 page set of posters and activities. Make sure to download the FREE PREVIEW file to see everything that is included in this kit. This is perfect for getting ready for the first day or week of school! This kit contains posters of each step of The Scientific Method in two sizes to fit any space in your classroom. It also contains a map for students to use to write out each step of The Scientific Method when conducting an experiment - from asking a questio

Save 50% when you purchase all 5 kits in this BUNDLE! Includes the following Crack The Code kits: (Click on name to see the individual kits) Crack The Code Pre-Primer Sight Words Crack The Code Primer Sight Words Crack The Code First Grade Sight Words Crack The Code Second Grade Sight Words Crack The Code Third Grade Sight Words Students will find the initial (beginning) sound of each picture and place that letter in the box under the picture. When all

This product has been updated to include an EDITABLE TEMPLATE! You will now be able to make your own cards, in addition to the included 300 Fry Word Cards! Perfect for custom sight word lists, spelling words, vocabulary words, etc. You will need PowerPoint to open and use the editable template. This is one of my best selling products because the kids LOVE it and it is SO EASY to implement! It has been a staple in my literacy centers! It was originally made for Dolch Sight Words but I had

I have had many requests to make these First and Last Day of School signs with editable dates, so here they are! Only the dates are editable so I have included the following grade levels in this product: Preschool, Pre-K, TK (Transitional Kindergarten), K4, K5, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade. NEED A GRADE LEVEL THAT ISN’T LISTED? Send me a message through Teachers Pay Teachers and I will add it to this kit PRIOR to your purchase. These are EX

Save 50% when you purchase this bundle! Get ready for the first week of school! Build fluency AND sight word recognition with this new "Fluency Builders" kit. GREAT for small group/guided reading instruction, literacy centers/word work, RTI/interventions, homework practice and more! This bundle contains all 5 of the following kits (click on the links to see each kit individually): FLUENCY BUILDERS: 40 Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Sentence Pyramids FLUENCY BUILDERS: 52 Dolch Primer Sight Word S