1st Grade Thoughts

Includes a "Bad Seed" craft with different writing components you can use! The writing prompts that come with this craftivity on full length primary lined paper: • Summary of “The Bad Seed” • How can you be a bad seed and a good seed? • Be a good seed • How to be a good seed *NEW: The bad seed sequencing order of events with spaces. I’ve also included an inside of the seed template if you want to tie this craftivity into character traits, or how to be a good seed and a bad seed. Inside th

This is such a great resource to use with the book “Stand in my Shoes” By Bob Sornson. As a school, we take turns reading this book with our class and then have each student make a shoe that they decorate, cut and put in the hallway. At the end of the week, there are shoes lined on the walls in the hallway, and students TRULY are treating each other with empathy. You can either have students decorate the outside of the shoe of their choice (there are 3 options) with images that describe them,

Get to know the teacher bulletin board posters, and lettering! The letters spell out "Teaching is our jam!". Each teacher can take a poster and fill it in with some facts about themselves! Each poster comes with different questions, and sizes for a individual staff picture (4x6 or a Fujifilm polaroid size). There are 8 different posters!

4 different styles of the 5 finger rule for choosing a "Just Right" book! Clipart: -Mountains -Stacked books -Open book -Cactus/ Succulent Mix and match for students or use a consistent set! I find that this is a great way to reinforce choosing the right books. I have students color them the first week of school and put their names on the back, and then we keep them in their book boxes once they get laminated! When I do DRA testing, they bring their bookmarks and on the back I date and write

This is a fun craftivity to do with your class around the book "Thelma the Unicorn", written by Aaron Blabey. It comes with a few writing extensions, along with Thelma's head craft! The writing prompts that come with this craftivity are: • Summary of “Thelma the Unicorn” • Sequencing of “Thelma the Unicorn” • “I am unique because”.. with primary lines and tracing words. • “The best part about being me is”.. with primary lines and tracing words.

Voice Level Worksheets to match your school/classroom voice level rules and expectations, OR to match the language used in "Decibella and her 6-Inch voice" by Julia Cook. There are 3 different options with slightly different terms for each voice level. Students can either write, or draw inside the boxes to illustrate or summarize each voice level. I find this is a great review for the beginning of the school year, or as a booster when kids come back from breaks!

How many rubber bands will it take to make a pumpkin explode?! Every student loves a hands on activity where vegetables explode with just the use of rubber bands. You can access videos online of different (older students) doing this experiment in their classroom while investigating the pumpkins diameter, circumference, etc. But for elementary, we are just going to look at the basic principles of force and pressure on an object. There are 6 varied worksheets in this file that you can use to a

A variety of differentiated fluency passages on amazing women in history! Each notable woman has a fluency passage with three leveled readers (A=approaching, O=On grade level and B=Beyond), a comprehension question response page, and 2 graphic organizers. Word searches have been added for each woman as an extension for early finishers. Craftivity extension is available for some woman with a crown craft! Notable Woman include: 1. Audrey Hepburn 2. Julia Child 3. Jane Goodall 4. Anne Frank 5.

Get in the holiday spirit with a fun light bulb name craft activity! Its easy, and can be modified to accommodate all Elementary grade levels. Includes recommended step-by-step directions, and templates for Christmas lights.

Black and white photo release form for the classroom! Great for primary grades so they have the possibility of coloring! :) Please enjoy this freebie as an example of my work!

This is a fun way to review blends and digraphs as a class in December! There are 10 bingo boards, with varying blends and digraphs on them. There is a master list of Christmas words to read aloud, and word cards that have correlating letters to the bingo board digraph/blend. This product is B&W and can be printed off and used as a consumable, or laminated for repeated use throughout the year. Row B= R letter blends Row I= S letter blends Row N= Ghost letter digraphs Row G= L blends Row O=

There are two different activities you can use with this resource! The first one is the classic fun decorated mitten with a snowflake cut out. Very fun to do in the winter months, especially if you are wanting some snow art! The second one is the same mitten art activity where students can decorate their mitten and then build a geometrical snowflake on their mitten with white pattern block pieces. After this, they write about what pattern block pieces they used to make their snowflake. This

This is a super fun activity to do with your students after reading “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson. It requires student pictures to do the craft, but all other aspects just require printing! :) Could be used as a door decoration, or for a fun Halloween themed bulletin board.

Camp themed back to school banner with four different watercolor Oregon Mountain Ranges (Bachelor, Mt. Washington, Three Sisters, and Mt. Hood) The "Let the Adventure Begin" sign can be printed on fun Astrobright paper, or you could print on some fun outdoor themed paper! The "campers" names are set to be on each pendant and are editable. Font used for names: KG Summer Sunshine Shadow All clip art used is made by @1st_grade_thoughts and is sold in my TPT store.

Camp themed back to school banner with seven different watercolor tent options. The "Welcome Campers" sign can be printed on fun Astrobright paper, or you could print on some fun outdoor themed paper! The "campers" names can go under each tent and are editable. Font used: KG Inimitable Original All clip art used is made by @1st_grade_thoughts and is sold in my TPT store.

5 Different styles of shabby chic book box numbers from 1-36. They fit perfectly into the square plastic stick able covers (3.25 inches x 3.25 inches)! Use them for book boxes, coat and backpack hooks, or for centers.

Shabby Chic style classroom calendar! There are 2 different styles of distressed wood with either mint or navy bunting. Black board is also an option for some of the bigger cards for the date, birthdays and days in school. What this unit includes: -2 different styles and sizes for months of the year -3 different styles and sizes for days of the week -2 styles of oval cards to set in the calendar for today, tomorrow and yesterday -2 different styles and sizes for years (2019-2026) -2 differ

A fun Eric Carle inspired art project-especially good for last minute prep and set up. All you need is the print outs of the animal silhouettes, liquid glue and tissue paper to get started! The animals included in the project are: -Horse -Gorilla -Ostrich -Moose -Bear -Giraffe -Elephant Directions are included on page 2 after download. :)

Adventure themed back to school banner with six different circle student name pendants. The "campers" names are set to be on each pendant and are editable. The "Our Adventure Awaits..." sign is filled with camp themed digital paper-custom made. Font used for names: PB Coffee Mug All clip art used is made by @1st_grade_thoughts and is sold in my TPT store.

Ten place value mystery pictures with clues to color in the 120's chart. These pictures are for second term holidays and events, from January to June. These place value puzzles are perfect for First Grade students, especially for a fun supplementary math activity, or for emergency sub plans! The 10 Holidays/pictures are: 1) MLK Day: MLK 2) Chinese New Year: Chinese Lantern 3) Groundhog Day: Groundhog 4) Valentines Day: Hearts 5) St. Patricks Day: Pot of Gold 6) Spring Break: Flowers 7) A