Blue Skies with Jennifer White

My students love to label pictures...which is awesome because it gets them reading and writing! I revised these mats to include B & W pages! There are now 62 (31 color and 31BW) Label It! Mats to use in a writing station...just print, place in a plastic sleeve, and allow the kids to use a dry erase marked to label the pictures, using the provided word box. If you prefer, you can always print them out to use as individual work pages. Also included is a student direction page to place in the s

This pack is for Thanksgiving. The Games review addition, subtraction, greater than/less than, and more! In all there are 37 dice games, easy to use…just print and add dice! Most of the games have an easy version and a more difficult version. There are color and BW versions of every game. Ideal for K-1 and an easy review/intervention for Second Grade. ***If you have the Holiday, Back to School, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, St Patrick's Day, Patriotic, or Easter versions, many of the game

How many of us have loads of stickers just taking up space in our classrooms? Well, combine that with the fact that kids LOVE stickers and you have a way to get students excited about writing! This is a pack of 21 sticker story pages, variety of types along with a full color direction page to print for your station. See the preview for an image of everything included.Includes a variety of types of pages like a sticker "dialogue" page, a sticker "ABC Order" page, a sticker "wanted" page, seve

This bundle includes ALL my book companion craft and activity packs! Let's just call it a mega-pack! I will add all future book companions to the pack as well...although as I add them, the price may increase. Look over the packs included and when you click on them, be sure to view their previews! You will not be disappointed! These packs are all appropriate for grades K-3. * Just added How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

Super Glyph Bundle that includes all 15 glyph packs of mine! Check above for listings and links that will show you what is in each individual pack. With this super pack, you will have a glyph for most all holidays and seasons! Apples for Fall Pumpkins for Fall 2 Turkey glyphs for Thanksgiving (one easy, one more difficult) 2 Christmas glyphs -Reindeer (one easy, one more difficult) Snowman for Winter Penguins for Winter St Patrick's Day Chick for Spring Bunny for Spring Bee for Spring Mother's

Kids love robots and with this unit, they will learn, too! Two different robot crafts, close read, response pages, writing pages, suggested reading, Here is what is included: Page 1 Cover Page 2 Examples of craft Page 3 Examples cont. Page 4 “What is a Robot?” Page 5 Home Assignment page Page 6 My Robot design Page 7 Robot Kit Examples Page 8 How to make a robot page Page 9 Robot prediction page Page 10 Our class robot page Pages 11-12 Class robot observations and “If I were a roboticist” Page

Terrific story about learning that you can't control the way other people act, only yourself. Also perfect for an author study of Jory John using the book, The Cool Bean. The pack includes the Cool Bean Craft pattern and 18 writing printables. Check my blog: First Grade Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on the PREVIEW for pictures of the pages included. *The pack is supplemental material and does not replace the book! If you are looking for more Jory John packs, stay

Johnny Appleseed Directed Draw, by request, is available separate form my year long Bundle. It includes a simple direction page (in kid friendly language) and a video tutorial. If you are unsure if direct draws are for you, try one of my directed drawing freebies. THIS LISTING ONLY INCLUDES THE JOHNNY APPLESEED DIRECTED DRAWING- with the direction page and tutorial. It is a activity for your apple week! You can also find this drawing in the year long bundle HERE! And in the September pack

Science directed drawings are perfect for science journals or to do during units of study. The pack is divided into four themes: Simple Machines, Living Things, Weather, Landforms. Directed Drawings are a great way to engage students and cover art standards at the same time! Use them to enhance your thematic units or close reads! Teachers can lead their class in a whole group style drawing lesson, or leave the page in a writing/drawing station for independent use. They're also great for teac

Directed Drawings are my absolute favorite thing to do in my classroom. This pack of drawings include 5 writing pages along with the kid-friendly direction pages and a video of each drawing. For more information on directed drawings, visit my blog: https://firstgradeblueskies.com/what-are-directed-drawings-how-and-why-i-do-them/ This pack includes 13 cute (kawaii) drawings: unicorn llama alpaca pineapple puppy panda pizza narwhal octopus cactus french fries monster flower llama

Wow! I love watermelons almost as much as my students! And with this unit, you'll have plenty of watermelon-themed activities for your kids to enjoy!  In my class, I have a Watermelon Day, but enjoy watermelon-themed activities all during that week. This pack includes some of my best ideas and creations. Oh, and parents *love* it, too! I have a page on my class website dedicated to Watermelon Day each year. Included in this pack is: an original watermelon counting story, skip counting by 2 cards

Bumble Bee Valentine Craft that's easy to make! Keeping in line with my other "Simple" craftivity packs, I created this one for the Valentine's Day/Spring season. There is an adorable and very child-friendly bumble bee craft, with optional writing/glyph activities. The glyph is VERY simple. The pack is filled with more than just the craft and optional glyph/writing activities. I have included a bumblebee emergent reader, writing activities, graphic organizers, patterning activity, life cycle pa

Kinder Craft- Simple & Easy Bundle including 6 of my favorite crafts for early learners!

Who doesn't love Groundhog Day? It is a fun tradition that is an easy way to slip in some teaching about predictions! Pack includes: Headband art template Groundhog Info Page Class Prediction Graph Prediction Writing Page Friend Survey Making Predictions activity page Groundhog Mini Craft

Are you struggling to make latter/sound naming practice fun, especially during independent station time? This is a fun station that integrates math and literacy. How To: Students work in pairs with Math Mats to name letters (it is optional to make them say the sound). If they read the letter correctly, then they get to place the correct pattern block on the space, eventually creating a picture. Included with the station is 13 Pattern Block Math Mats, 2 versions of a recording sheet, a shape

Sight words are essential to reading development. These take home booklets are to be used by students to take home and practice. Once a list of 10 words is mastered, the student brings the booklet back to school and reads them to their teacher. The teacher attaches a sticker to the goal page and then staples a new list to the booklet. This listing includes: a booklet for the Dolch Pre-Primer to Third Grade Sight Word Lists, an EDITABLE version for you to create your own list, & a bonus 100 Wo

What do mothers love? Anything their kiddo makes for them! This craft is the perfect Mother's Day keepsake. Each one is unique and special, just for their mom or other special person in their life. I tried to include various versions of the different pages for other special loved ones. To see EXACTLY what is included, please click on the PREVIEW....the craft template/pattern isn't shown in the preview, but it is included in the pack. I also have these spring packs:Mother's Day Directed DrawingC

Dramatic Play Idea: Order Up! Restaurant Play to encourage writing, speaking, and listening skills! For as long as I can remember, my students have loved to play restaurant. Even when I taught third grade, I would hear them at the writing station taking each other's orders. Now that I have made a commitment to including play in my kindergarten classroom, it was only natural that I add a kitchen area. In order to maximize learning, I thought it would be fun to give my kids materials to play

Frankenstein Halloween Craft Freebie is what I have for you today! This is just a quick and easy {free} Frankenstein craft for the Halloween season, perfect for little learners who need practice following directions and cutting! I am including writing prompts that work for older kids, too. Freebie includes patterns for the creativity and the writing prompts shown.

I love reader's theater...my students love it, too! What a great way to get kids to be active and involved while reading! I took familiar stories and adapted them to fit with reader's theater. Most are for two partners, but a few have more parts. All of them have mostly simple text which students should be able to read. These are great to put into a plastic sleeve and place in a lit station! Targeted for first grade- but could work for high Kindergarten or as practice for second grade. The