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Working on long vowel word families? Want to strengthen your students' sentence writing skills? Why not do both! This lively pack has sentence writing activities and anchor charts for 40 long vowel word families. Use the color posters to introduce each word family and provide a visual reference. There's a sentence writing half page template for each word family. Students will write a sentence using words from the poster and illustrate it. The best part? Compile each set of writing papers in

Working on building subtraction to 20 fact fluency? This pack has a teaching poster, a hands-on partner dice game, and worksheets that strengthen subtraction facts to 20. Kids love playing Shaky Snake Subtraction, a partner dice game with a fun Snaky theme! This pack includes:✔ a color Anchor Chart showing how to subtract ✔ a Shaky Snake Subtraction Partner game with 15 sets of color game boards ✔ a second set of black and white game boards for easy prep ✔ 6 Solve the Riddle subtrac

This freebie gives you sample pages from my Number of the Day. The full pack has 2 pages for all the numbers 1 - 100. Page 1 has a variety of tasks to reinforce place value and number concepts. The "On the Back" page has a word problem and space for kids to generate addition and subtraction equations for the number of the day. You also get a sample anchor chart; perfect for introducing number concepts. Teachers love the full pack because it grows with the students. New concepts are add

Looking for Matter themed poems for shared reading? Want to tie poems about Solids, Liquids and Gases into your Science unit on Matter? Your 1st and 2nd Grade students will build reading fluency, writing and word skills as they enjoy engaging poem activities. This Science themed Poem of the Week pack has 5 lively poems that are perfect for shared reading, partner reading and independent activities. These original poems invite kids to enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of poems and are perfe

Want to integrate your Community theme with ELA? This Bundle provides a fun lapbook project and community related poem activities. The two resources in this bundle both focus on basic information about wants, needs, goods, services, and types of communities. It's the perfect way to build reading and writing skills while exploring Socials Studies themes. In the Community lapbook project kids create an All About Communities interactive 6 page lapbook with basic information about wants,

Looking for Community themed poems for shared reading? Want to tie poems about Needs, Wants, Types of Communities, Goods, Services and Community Helpers into your Community themed studies? Your 1st and 2nd Grade students will build reading fluency, writing and word skills as they enjoy engaging poem activities. This Social Study themed Poem of the Week pack has 5 lively poems that are perfect for shared reading, partner reading and independent activities. These original poems invite k

Looking for a bulletin board to build community that's perfect for back to school or to keep up all year? This beautiful, animal themed bulletin board kit has posters, writing response activities, and more to create a motivational display. The posters display positive affirmations that will encourage positive character traits. Lets's take a look: This pack includes: ✔ 13 color animal themed posters, each depicting a "We are" positive statement ✔ 13 writing response pages, each correspondin

Enjoy these free sample pages from my September Morning Work pack. The full pack provides 4 weeks of practice pages to reinforce basic math and writing skills. The daily warm ups consist of counting, adding or subtracting, and fixing up errors in a sentence. That's it! These half page booklets follow the same format each day, so kids can work independently to foster a smooth start to the day. Plus, by printing two pages per sheet, you save on photocopying! The fun, September themed pa

Looking for Summer themed poems for shared reading? Want to build reading fluency, writing and word skills with fun poems for Summer? This Poem of the Week pack has 5 lively poems that are perfect for shared reading, partner reading and independent activities. These original poems invite kids to enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of seasonal poems and are perfect for Poetry folders. Each poem has 6 engaging activities that will more than fill one week. With 5 weeks of Print & Go activities

Get ready for some fun St. Patrick's Day themed, Math and Spelling activities. Your 1st and 2nd graders will enjoy this pack of 20 one step addition and subtraction word problems and differentiated spelling worksheets and activities for St. Patrick's Day. The Word Problems are perfect for building math problem solving skills using adding and subtracting to 20, with easy to read, differentiated word problems. You get to choose from 3 format options as well as 2 skill levels. Kids love th

Get ready for some fun St. Patrick's Day themed, one step math story problems! Your 1st and 2nd graders will enjoy this pack of 20 addition and subtraction word problems. Perfect for building math problem solving skills using adding and subtracting to 20, with easy to read, differentiated word problems. You get to choose from 3 format options as well as 2 skill levels. Kids love the St. Patrick's Day theme, and you'll love the easy prep! This pack includes:✔ 20 Word problems using number

Looking for seasonal themed poems for shared reading? Want to build reading fluency, writing and word skills with fun poems? This BUNDLE of Poem of the Week packs has 6 packs of original poems and activities. Each pack has 4 to 6 lively poems that are perfect for shared reading, partner reading and independent activities. These rhythmic poems invite kids to enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of seasonal poems and are perfect for Poetry folders. Each poem has 6 engaging activities that will

Looking for comprehension and vocabulary activities for Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet? This Print & Go book study is packed with engaging activities for your 1st and 2nd graders. This pack provides activities to introduce the early chapter book, build new vocabulary, and deepen understanding as students read. Your students will connect with the loveable characters in Henry and Mudge through these low prep activities. This pack includes:✔ cute Booklet cover✔ Before I Read - draw

Looking for comprehension and vocabulary activities for Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan? This Print & Go book study is packed with engaging activities for your 1st and 2nd graders. This pack provides activities to introduce the early chapter book, build new vocabulary, and deepen understanding as students read. Your students will connect with the loveable characters in Henry and Mudge through these low prep activities. This pack includes:✔ cute Booklet cover✔ Before I Read - draw and

Looking for comprehension and vocabulary activities for Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night? This Print & Go book study is packed with engaging activities for your 1st and 2nd graders. This pack provides activities to introduce the early chapter book, build new vocabulary, and deepen understanding as students read. Your students will connect with the loveable characters in Henry and Mudge through these low prep activities. This pack includes:✔ cute Booklet cover✔ Before I Read - draw and

Looking for comprehension and vocabulary activities for Henry and Mudge, and the Sneaky Crackers? This Print & Go book study is packed with engaging activities for your 1st and 2nd graders. This pack provides activities to introduce the early chapter book, build new vocabulary, and deepen understanding as students read. Your students will connect with the loveable characters in Henry and Mudge through these low prep activities. This pack includes:✔ cute Booklet cover✔ Before I Read - draw

Looking for comprehension and vocabulary activities for Henry and Mudge, and the Forever SEa? This Print & Go book study is packed with engaging activities for your 1st and 2nd graders. This pack provides activities to introduce the early chapter book, build new vocabulary, and deepen understanding as students read. Your students will connect with the loveable characters in Henry and Mudge through these low prep activities. This pack includes:✔ cute Booklet cover✔ Before I Read - draw and

Sounds of Y, here we come! Teach the common sounds of Y, including Long /e/, Long /i/ and Consonant /y/ with these fun activities, worksheets, anchor charts and more. Kids will love the wide range of engaging hands-on activities while they build phonics and reading skills. This pack includes:✔ 4 color anchor chart posters for visual display ✔ Pocket chart headings and 27 color word cards with pictures ✔ Sorting mat and recording sheet for word sort activities ✔ Write the Room acti

Looking for Spring themed poems for shared reading? Want to build reading fluency, writing and word skills with fun poems for Spring? This Poem of the Week pack has 5 lively poems that are perfect for shared reading, partner reading and independent activities. These original poems invite kids to enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of seasonal poems and are perfect for Poetry folders. Each poem has 6 engaging activities that will more than fill one week. With 5 weeks of Print & Go activities

Looking for fun, easy prep Phonics worksheets, posters, and activities? Here's your one stop shop for materials to teach the long vowels, digraphs, hard and soft c and g, r controlled vowels, vowel teams and more. Kids will love the wide range of engaging hands-on activities while they build phonics and reading skills. You'll love the easy prep! For each phonics skill you get:✔ color teaching posters for visual display ✔ Pocket chart headings and 27 color word cards with pictures ✔ So