Jessica Hursh

Get back into the groove of things by using these activities that accompany the book, "Squirrel's New Year's Resolutions." The activities are great for whole group instruction with some follow up fun!! For writing, encourage your students to reflect on themselves and come up with their own resolutions for the new year with a fun, yet simple flip-flap craftivity! Also included is a write the room activities to review short and long vowels! The reading concepts included are:-Story Resolution Event

Third grade is such a pivotal and important year! Younger grades celebrate the 100th day of school and there is no way better to welcome your new thirdies then to have a celebration of the third day of third grade! They’re really going to think you ROCK!!You already had your third day of third grade? You’re in luck! I’ve provided goodies to help you celebrate your third WEEK!! Perfect for a Friday Fun-Day!Third Day SongThird Day SignsAll About Me in 3’sWord SearchPicture with the 32nd vs. third

Meet the teacher night always sneaks up on us, and we always search for what information we need to include in our back to school packets. Oh, and we want it to be cute too because it's the first impression! ***UPDATED JULY 2019*** This meet the teacher packet is fully editable. When you download this file, it will open up in Adobe as a PDF. All text boxes are already provided for you type in your information. The text boxes are blue. Anything that is not blue does not have the ability to be edi

This 88 page unit focuses on a variety of CCSS standards. There are informational reading passages to help students understanding the sun and how the sun provides energy to the earth. Students will learn... - How the sun provides the earth with energy - All about sun spots - Timeline of the sun - Vocabulary related to the sun - Complete group research and complete an informative writing - How to complete a persuasive writing - Rotation of the earth - How the sun effects the earth with 2 scienc

This is an easy to implement interactive math journal made specifically for first grade. There are 54 different interactive notebook activities in the file!! This is set one so there will be more to come. These are the concepts covered in this set: 4-5: Number Sense 6-7: Number Order 8-9: Tallies 10-11: Patterns 12: Counting by 2 13: Counting by 5 14. Counting by 10 15: Counting by 3 17-22: Addition to 10 23-25: Doubles +1 and +2 26-27: Addition-True or False- 28-33: Addition Above 10 Practice

Are you looking for a way to hold your students accountable during stations? I have tried out a variety of ways in my own classroom, and I am excited to finally share these options with you! Inside you will find FOUR options that are editable to meet your needs. Some are elaborate, some are simple! All in all, the purpose is to keep the kids accountable and for you to know where they are going each day during their station time! This file is in the format of PowerPoint to allow for easy editing

In this file, you will get 12 stations and 5 additional printables! These stations will grab students attention with it's fun football theme! Here are the concepts covered inside: -Place value to the hundreds place -Expanded & word form -Number order (3 & 4 digit numbers) -Word Problems -Missing Addends - 2 sets of this station to provide differentiation -Counting money (2 stations to differentiate) - counting dollars OR counting coins -Adding and subtracting 10 & 100 -Regroup & n

This math center is full of a variety of concepts to help your kiddos keep into the swing of things this spring! ****For a freebie from this pack CLICK HERE**** --Just click 'like' on my FB page and you grab it in FAN FREEBIES-- Here are the concepts included: ** All stations include recording forms** -Double digit without regrouping station -Double digit with regrouping station -Addition single digit game - Addition Double Digit game - Subtraction single digit game -Subtraction Double Digit

Save big and get prepared for the entire year with these engaging and easy to prep third grade math stations!! If each station is purchased separately you would spend 90.00!! Save your hard earned money and grab it all at a great price!! Math station time was my kids favorite time of the day last year. They were engaged and able to collaborate in a meaningful way with classmates about math concepts. These stations provide an opportunity for students to practice new and already learned concepts t

This is a full 7 day literacy unit using the book, "Bad Apple - A Tale of Friendship" by: Edward Hemingway. This book is a great way to discuss bullying with students and making and keeping friends. It can be used any time of the year, but may be especially fun during Apple Week! :) Each lesson has a simple lesson plan included to guide you through the lesson. Each lesson includes an anchor chart to review the comprehension concept. Each lesson includes a graphic organizer and additional tools

It's the beginning of the year, your kids need to explore manipulatives, you need to practice number sense, you need to set expectations for math stations. This file has got you covered in all of those areas! Inside you will find 20 math games and activities that help students explore manipulatives that you use all year long while giving YOU games that you can use right away in your math stations with very minimal prep! Many of the games inside have an strong emphasis on number sense skills.

Allow your students to practice important third grade skills with these super engaging and easy to prep November Math Stations! There are 9 different math stations included that cover a wide variety of skills: -Triple Digit Addition -Subtraction (3 digits) -Practicing equal groups and multiplication -Area and Perimeter -Place value task cards -Analyzing data using different types of graphs -Repeated Addition with multiplication -Identifying and finishing number patterns -Multiplication fact pr

Are you looking for an easy way to set up writing goals in your classroom? This writing goals chart is perfect! Simply, set the board up, write your students names on sticky notes, and identify student's first goal! When their goals change, they just move their sticky note to their new goal! The goals are easy to read, simple and visually appealing I have provided two forms. One form is for you to keep track of the goals that each student progresses through. The other form is for students to t

Do your first graders have a hard time really understanding part, part whole? Mine always have and through the years, I've compiled a variety of lessons and activities that have proven to allow students to really grasp this difficult concept. In this file you will find lesson plans, hands on activities and additional practice activities. I use many of the activities in a guided math setting, but they can also be completed as whole group lessons. Here are the objectives for each lesson plan: NOTE

Teaching author's point of view with non-fiction can be tricky! Then, to teach students how to have their own point of view while providing reasons can be just as tricky! In this product I have provided you with a read aloud suggestion, graphic organizers, posters, differentiated passage, author's point of view/student point of view critical thinking questions, and 2 sets of differentiated task cards to get students thinking not only about their point of view, but the author's point of view as w

Task cards are the perfect way to maintain and create an engaging spelling station! This packet is easy to maintain for you and it provides a variety of activities that you can introduce and use throughout the year. Just make sure to stock each activity with the materials you need, spelling lists and the task card! You and your students will be all set this year with the 16 task cards, printables and 2 games I've provided in this packet. Download the preview to check it out!

Do you need a few fun, engaging and meaningful activity pages to accompany an adorable book? This book is very engaging for students and the activity sheets accompany it perfectly! The reading concepts covered are: Context clues Predicting based on the title Main idea Retelling - drawing and writing Answering questions about the text To get a better look at this product visit my blog here! Enjoy! Jessica Hursh theteachertalk.org

This packet has a variety of activities to keep your little ones busy during the back to school season in a meaningful way.There are 5 days worth of morning work, 5 days worth of morning meeting suggestions with activities, coloring pages, a first grade song, three literacy activities, books and crafts too!Also, included are simple assessments that check phonetic abilities and students ability to count and write numbers.Take a peek at the preview to see a detailed view of the activities included

This packet is great to use if you are introducing or reviewing subtraction with regrouping! It has a variety of activities that will last for days. This file is differentiated. You will able to teach to the ability levels in your room! Items included: Regrouping step by step page using base 10 blocks Subtraction with double digit practice page Explain the steps to regroup interactive math journal activity Differentiated interactive math journal double/triple digit subtraction activity Differe

These are a few things I use to prepare myself for parent-teacher conferences! I am sharing it with you in hopes that it can help you out as well! Enjoy! Jessica theteachertalk22.blogspot.com