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⭐ Do you have a system for your students when they finish their work early? Do they know what to do without interrupting you or others around them? This early finisher board was designed to let children know explicitly what they should be doing when they finish an assignment. Simply print the board, add Velcro to the middle of it and add opposing Velcro to the middle of the choice cards. Each day (or as often as you'd like) change the activity. Four boards to choose from. Activities do not requi

This is a hot seller! Get your students excited for poetry with this set! Students will have a blast writing poems about their friends, pets, favorite foods, and more! This pack includes a rationale, common core standards correlation, photographs, tips for room prep, posters and suggestions for having an "open mic" day in your classroom each week, tips and printables for executing a poetry celebration, fun posters to display around the room, description of each type of poetry and examples. T

⭐ Woo Hoo! It's back to school time and things are HECTIC! Grab this editable procedures list to help organize your mind and ensure you teach all the procedures of your classroom and school! Blank list included so you can fill in your own, school/grade specific procedures. Related Products• Classroom Rewards• Classroom Callback Posters• Classroom Behaviors• Classroom Expectations Printable Book• Out of Seat Classroom Management System• Volcano Mouth Classroom Management Kit• PBIS Monthly

Help your little ones develop a strong number sense with this "Math Games on the Fly" set! These games are all printable in black and white and do not require any cutting or laminating! Hooray! Most of the games included have two options {easy and on-level} for differentiation. These games are great for fast finishers, centers, substitutes, supplementing your current Math curriculum, or just those "on the fly" moments! I keep sets of mine copied and ready for use! This pack is appropriate

Play-Doh is fun and all, but it is also has a lot of benefits. Did you know that doh is fabulous for fine motor practice? Play-Doh can be squished, squeezed, rolled, cut, poked, and more! All of these actions assist in fine motor development. Why is this important? Because it helps them become stronger at gripping a pencil and cutting with scissors. Students will have an awesome time practicing their sight words with this highly engaging sight word pack! This 100-page pack includes small wo

❤️ Teach your young ones about interrupting with this classroom management tool. This is meant to supplement the book "Interrupting Chicken." Product Includes: ⭐Class goal poster & chicken pieces ⭐Interrupting chicken/respectful student sort activity ⭐Written response pages (6 options to choose from) *Everything included is in color and printer-friendly black and white. ❗ Check out this blog post to see how I use this resource! *This product has been updated! This post is from several ye

Enjoy this common and proper noun sort and recording sheet! Students will love the familiar proper nouns that I've included! High interest! Makes a great center or Scoot/Write the Room activity!

Help your students explore the features of nonfiction with this 41-page set. This meets the Common Core Standard: Information Text {Craft and Structure} which states "Know and use various text features to locate key features and information in a text." This pack contains 18 non-fiction text features definition posters WITH example pictures. It also contains 15 printables and a cover page so students can create their own nonfiction notebooks with examples they find in text. This can be an on

⭐ This pack is a MUST-HAVE for every first grade teacher! This pack is LOADED with activities to teach procedures and routines the first week of school. I've incorporated my favorite picture books to help do so. Loads of literature connections that include differentiated written response pages and crafts, several ice-breaker activities, games, and MORE! You will not be disappointed with this pack! This easily will fill an entire first week of school (OR MORE!) (for your ELA/Social Studies lesson

Trying to meet with every child every day can be overwhelming and time consuming. Literature circles are a great way to help with this problem. Kids love the independence of working in small groups! And what teacher doesn’t love seeing students engage in thoughtful discussions about books? This literature circles pack was created with 1st graders in mind. It includes set up directions, differentiated printables for 12 different “roles,” and name tag printables to match the roles. The foll

⭐ Looking for a reasonably priced end of the year gift for your class? These editable bookmarks make a great keepsake! Simply open the document, edit the student names individually and insert your signature (just once), print, laminate, and add some ribbon! Add a book to make the perfect gift! Give the gift of reading to your students as they depart for the summer. Multiple colors included. A black/white bookmark template is included for printing on vibrant, colored paper, and for an ink-friendl

⭐Welcome to the “Shoe-Tying Club,” where kids are motivated to learn to tie their shoes! How it works:•Set up an area in your classroom to post the “club” sign. •Kids practice learning to tie, both in class and at home. Send the provided family letter and direction sheet home with kids. •Once kids learn to tie, give them a cutout of a shoe. Have them decorate it and add it to the display. •Distribute certificates. What’s included:•cutouts of shoes (several, to allow you to choose the size that b

Are you feeling stressed!? It's that time of year...parent teacher conferences! A million things going through your mind at once... Trying to get ready for conferences can be crazy! I have created this pack to alleviate some of the headache and prep! This pack includes 71 pages of documents to help you plan, prepare for, and execute parent teacher conferences in your elementary classroom. Here's what is included: -Sign for your door {color and b/w} -Coloring pages -Giving tree" donation sign-

⭐ Do you find yourself scrambling around searching for various assessments at the start of the school year? Do you want to find out where your new students are at when the year begins? ⭐ This pack will give you a "snapshot" of your students those first few weeks of school. It's full of assessments {both oral and written}! Get a true picture of each of your children by using multiple assessments. ⭐ Simply print and off you go! This pack includes both individual and whole-group assessments, so you

⭐ Ask and you shall receive! These cvc sentence fluency strips are part of both my First Grade and Kindergarten Guided Reading Bundles {links below}. Many of you have seen them and asked for them as an individual purchase. This is a set of 60 cards. I copied mine by vowel on different colors of card stock. This helps me differentiate which cards to use during guided reading time. These are great for kindergarten, 1st grader, or as an RTI activity for 2nd or 3rd graders. Also perfect for home-sch

Do you find yourself constantly searching for graphic organizers each week? Maybe you find some but they aren't developmentally appropriate for your kids? Are the boxes to tiny for your students to write in? All of the above pertains to me, which is why I created this pack--differentiated story maps for ANY book. This set includes 21 different graphic organizers. The organizers are differentiated, with an easy and on level organizer option for each. You select the organizer based on stude

Your little ones will love learning teh concept of missing addend with this fun pack! The mystery monsters help add some excitement to this tricky Common Core State Standards concept! I made this for my 1st grade class, but it would be great for kinders needing enrichment or 2nd graders in RTI. Here's what's included: -Anchor Poster -Introductory Activity -Part/Part Total Mats {2 versions} -Board Game -Solve-the-Room Activity and Recording Sheet {2 versions} -Missing Addend Number Bond Match

Do your children struggle with learning to read/write/say numbers in the 'teens?' If so, these posters are for YOU! Ever hear a child say 15, but write a 50? Yep, I thought so! Print, laminate, teach, hang up for reference all year long! Printable mini-book included so kids can color, trace the number words, and read the poems at home! **Place Value Common Core version included, as well!** Visit my blog, www.mrswheelerfirst.blogspot.com for more ideas and freebies!

It’s hard for students to envision life in the past. With toys, television, and technology at our fingertips, it’s easy to understand why! With this "Pilgrim Day" pack, students will get the opportunity to experience what it was like for pilgrim children long ago with lots of hands on, engaging activities. They will hunt and gather, churn butter, play games and tell riddles, and learn like pilgrim children learned! Spend the day experiencing pilgrim life while reading books from my suggested

⭐ Here’s a great little Math game to help your kids with counting and trading tens and ones blocks. Students partner up to play this fun and fast-paced game. Minimal supplies needed; one die, place value blocks, instruction card, and game mat. Color and b/w versions of mat and direction cards included. First one to 120 wins!! Related Products• First Grade Place Value Math Games• First Grade Place Value Wander and Write• Place Value MatsI hope you love this resource! If you purchase it, please