Amy Dahmke

When the mouth keeps talking... the Blurt Alert comes knocking! We have all been there. You are teaching a lesson, maybe reading a story, perhaps your giving a test. Then, it happens. Somebody BLURTS and the whole class gets off track! AHHHHH! Put a stop to it with these visual reminders. If your student gets more than one, it's simple- a note goes home and the parents are made aware that their kiddo has a blurting problem :) Enjoy!

This download is SmartBoard ready and able to help you and your students track your Butterfly Life Cycle experience! This calendar can be used year after year and you can print copies for your students to keep at their seats (while you update your visual... your students are keeping their own record)! A great idea is to have your students make a prediction on their calendar for when the butterflies could hatch. Even better, flutter across the curriculum and have your students write about thei

The PDF file has 11 pages of fun for your primary classroom to enjoy on the 100th day of school. Start the morning off with coloring 100 gum balls, have fun with a challenging coin toss, draw fun pictures of what you will look like at 100 years old, sort 100 m&m's and graph the outcome, collect 100 signatures on a scavenger hunt, and enjoy a little certificate for being 100 days smarter! Lots of fun for a tiny price :)

This is a 5 page download that will serve as a concrete tool to help your second, third, or fourth grade students create a solid explosion on one, small moment in time. The first page asks the writer to consider the reader by determining importance and creating a hook that will make them want to read more. The second page (which is the second paragraph) is supposed to help set the stage for the main event. This page asks the writer to discuss what was happening right before the main event. I

Enjoy 50 funny "Would you Rather" questions! Each question is suitable for your classroom and is made to get your students thinking! While this is a fun game, it could also be used as funny writing prompts. Your students can state what they would rather do and support their opinion with why they think it would be the better option. For example: If the student chooses Would you rather... Live in the arctic or live in the desert they could research why one is a more suitable place to live. If

This is an interactive Notebook file that can be used during independent rotations for Word Work. The picnic basket is filled with food ranging from 1 to 3 syllables. The food can be sorted onto the plates above and you can add variety and challenge your students to come up with other ways to sort the items!

Enjoy 50 funny "Would you Rather" questions! Each question is suitable for your classroom and is made to get your students thinking! While this is a fun game, it could also be used as funny writing prompts. Your students can state what they would rather do and support their opinion with why they think it would be the better option. For example: If the student chooses Would you rather... Live in the arctic or live in the desert they could research why one is a more suitable place to live. If

This is a word file with 3 pages to create your own sight word sticker book. These books can be handled and maintained by the students and are a great tool for quick assessment references. Tally each correct identification in the dotted rectangle and when the student earns 10 tallies, they earn their sticker! Enjoy!

"Welcome" Sock Monkey themed postcards to welcome your students to their new classroom. This is a word doc and text can be added to make each card unique ***I have included an example of the card that I am sending to my students, as well as a blank card for you to personalize** To assemble: Print on card stock, cut, fold down the center line and glue back sides together Enjoy, Amy

This pack includes 12 pages which are ready for your SmartBoard. Each interactive activity is accompanied with a printable which you can use for independent practice or to keep busy hands moving while the class enjoys the interactive piece. The first page gives you a poster to hang in your classroom for your students to refer to as needed and page 2 is a reproducible word slider. Activity 1 asks the students to use the labels to build an IG Family Power Sentence. Activity 2 wants students to bui

Dress up your monthly take home calendar or create some fun, thematic flashcards or signs for your classroom. This word document is 6 pages of clipart which gives you some very cute St.Patty's Day owls, cupcakes, shamrocks, hats, and a rainbow shooting out from a pot of gold!

Use this product as an independent math station for kindergarten- grade 2 or as a whole group activity for pre-k students; it all depends on how you create the cards to play! I have included 2 pages of playing boards which have colored bears with infinite cloning abilities at the bottom and colored sorting bowls at the top. The student can drag a card to the top drop pile and use the bears and bowls to act out the problem and solve it. On the third page I created four new playing decks; two

This free download includes a Bucket Filler sign, note cards for the fillers, a bucket for the kiddos to decorate before you hang them, and a Monster Dipper card to be used when somebody feels their feeling have been hurt.

This PDF file contains 11 pages for your students to begin filling with memories! Students will enjoy creating the snapshots from the year by illustrating a picture, writing a short story, or both. The final 3 pages are some fun and engaging ways to get your students reflecting on the year, as well as their futures! There is also a page for the rising stars of your classroom to sign so their friends will always remember them as the SHINING STARS they are! Happy Teaching and KUDOS to you for

This PDF file is a matching game with a winter theme. Students will be able to practice counting and matching numbers up to 20! This matching game is perfect for independent use in a math station for grades pre-k through first. Students will love helping the snowmen find their buttons as they work to collect the most matches as they work in a group of 2-4 friends :) Winter Fun Count and Match Game by Amy Dahmke is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This is a PDF version of my Reciprocal Teaching Wheels originally posted for NoteBook software. These wheels can be used as a tool to enhance your reading lessons when following a reciprocal teaching model. Posters are also available to print and laminate which offer support for students participating in your lesson. The posters are meant to be used as a guide for your students to refer to when responding to different story elements. Reciprocal Teaching Wheels- PDF by Amy Dahmke is licensed u

This is a PDF version of my interactive power pack. This download includes all printable pages from the SmartBoard application. This set gives you 1 classroom poster for display and 5 activity pages. There is also a writing page included for your students to draw a picture and write sentences about their drawing. Word Family-IG Power Pack by Amy Dahmke is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

I created this product a year ago while teaching math to 3rd graders. The songs available from the iTunes download from "Have Fun Teaching" are an awesome way to incorporate music and rhyme into the much dreaded first lessons of multiplication. I never realized the impact this product had until I allowed my 5 year old to play on it at home... she understood the objective and started solving problems I would give her! In this interactive Smartboard download I have included 2 songs from the iTu

"I'm Beary Excited To Meet You" Bear themed postcards to welcome your students to their new classroom. This is a word doc and text can be added to make each card unique ***I have included an example of the card that I am sending to my students, as well as a blank card for you to personalize** To assemble: Print on card stock, cut, fold down the center line and glue back sides together Enjoy, Amy

Enjoy 20 pages of classroom signs to give your classroom a brand new theme for the upcoming school year! Colors featured are hot pink, aqua blue, and spring green. Classroom Signs Include: Months of the Year Days of the Week Classroom Helpers (helper cards included) Calendar Number Cards Hall Passes (Nurse, Boy, Girl, and Messenger passes) Welcome sign Book Box Labels Shelf Labels