Brandy Elliott

Make back to school night a little easier! This contains station headers/instructions for Back to School or Meet the Teacher Night! This also contains sign in sheets, transportation sheets, and a student information sheet. Thank you for checking out my product!

This is a quick formative assessment for nonfiction text features. My 3rd grade teacher friend and I needed a quick way to check our scholar's knowledge of nonfiction text features, and this is what we came up with! I hope that this quick quiz is helpful for you and will make your assessment a little easier!

Do you need a checklist to keep track of the TEKS? I created this document to keep track of my TEKS alongside my district scope and sequence. There are two sets of the TEKS included - one organized for 9 weeks, one for 6 weeks. Choose the format that is appropriate for you! Want to keep track of the specific date or week when you taught a specific TEK? Want to identify that you taught a just a portion of the standard? Insert a note! I hope that this resource helps you keep on track with your T

I made this quick freebie as an introductory lesson for science tools and for reference in my science interactive notebooks. I plan on using these as a "lift the flap" reference, with the tool name under the flap! Hope you can use these! :)

This mini book came about several years ago as I recognized a need to teach my first graders that fractions come in a BIG variety! I have made a form of this mini book for a while, but this is the first time is is fresh and pretty and ready for YOUR students! :) A few bits of information: * This book is meant to be printed/copied front & back. When printing double-sided, please choose "Flip on Short Edge" to make sure that your book is turned correctly. * This book covers halves, thirds, fou

I love The Mitten by Jan Brett! Thankfully, year after year my kids love it just as much as I do! I am very excited to have created this pack of literacy activities to use in my literacy stations and with whole group instruction! Included in this pack are: * Retelling Cards (Can be used for the students to retell the story or to help visualize story elements) * Character ABC Order * Sentence Corrections (capitalization & punctuation) * Scrambled Sentences * Hedgie’s Noun, Verb & Adjective

The following rimes are included for the vowels: Short a – ash, at, ap Short e – en, ell, et Short i – ig, it, in Short o – ot, ot, og Short u – un, uck, ug I have used these word cards for several years for beginning of the year literacy stations for first grade. These would also be great for kindergarten and also for RTI small groups. I have included a recording sheet for each vowel. A black and white version is included at the end of the packet (for the word cards only) if you would like

I am so excited to share this product with you! This is the homework that goes home with all the first graders in our district. Our spelling words are taken from the Texas Treasures reading adoption. (You can all of the spelling words in 3x5 card format for free in my shop.) Since we have used this spelling homework form, our kids have done much better when it comes to the spelling test. What's Included... This has 5 weeks of homework for Unit 3. Monday - Write spelling words twice each Tue

These task cards can help reinforce subtraction with differences from 6 to 8 for your kinder or first grade students. These could be put in math stations or used as an activity for early finishers. Simply have a set of clothes pins (for this particular set, 24) for your students to clip the pin onto the card to show the answer that matches the problem. You could make this activity self-checking by putting a small sticker or mark on the back behind the correct answer. Thank you so much for yo

A new addition to the Clip Card family! :) These task cards can help reinforce subtraction with differences from 1 to 5 for your kinder or first grade students. These could be put in math stations or used as an activity for early finishers. Simply have a set of clothes pins (for this particular set, 18) for your students to clip the pin onto the card to show the answer that matches the picture. You could make this activity self-checking by putting a small sticker or mark on the back behind

A new addition to my other clip card sets! This set of 24 clip cards have been designed to help your kinder or first grade students practice identifying ending sounds. {Adventure Kid Approved} :) These could be put in literacy stations or used as an activity for early finishers. Simply have a set of clothes pins (for this particular set, 24) for your students to clip the pin onto the card to show the answer that matches the picture. You could make this activity self-checking by putting a sm

I created this little freebie to help my own students compare numbers. It is a skill that we need to grasp early! For this whole group or partner activity, have student A and student B pick a number. Then they have to decide if student A’s number is greater than or less than student B’s. I plan on using a pocket chart to display the comparisons. :) This packet contains: * Number cards 1 - 36 * Greater Than & Less Than sorting cards Hope you enjoy and can use this in your classroom too! Lov

This chart has come in handy many times in my classroom. I typically keep it at the front of the room where it is always visible and use a clothes pin to indicate the desired voice level. The voice levels are: Excited Voice Normal Voice Partner Voice Whisper Voice No Talking

This is a set of 24 addition and subtraction cards with matching answer cards. These can be used in a math tub or for additional/intervention instruction materials. There is a recording sheet included to help keep kids accountable! Sums and Differences are through 11.

These are the spelling word cards for Unit 6 of Grade 1 Texas Treasures. They are sized 3x5 for ease of use in the pocket chart or more! Unit 6.1 - Vowel digraph (oo) Unit 6.2 - Vowel digraph (aw/au) Unit 6.3 - Two syllable words with prefixes (re/un) Unit 6.4 - Open & closed two syllable words Unit 6.5 - Two syllable words with final stable syllables

These are the spelling words for Grade 1 of the Texas Treasures reading adoption. They are sixed 3x5 to work perfectly in pocket charts. Unit 5.1 - R-controlled (er/ir/ur) Unit 5.2 - R-controlled (ar) Unit 5.3 - R-controlled (or) Unit 5.4 - Vowel Dipthongs (ou/ow) Unit 5.5 - Vowel Dipthongs (oi/oy)

These are the spelling words for Unit 4 of Grade 1 Texas Treasures reading adoption. They are sized 3x5 to work perfectly in pocket charts! Unit 4.1 - Long A (ai/ay) Unit 4.2 - Long E (ee/ea) Unit 4.3 - Long O (oa/ow) Unit 4.4 - Long I (y/igh) Unit 4.5 - Long E (y)

These are the spelling word cards for Texas Treasures Unit 3. They cover the following patterns: Unit 3.1 - Long a Unit 3.2 - Long i Unit 3.3 - ch, tch, wh Unit 3.4 - Long o & u Unit 3.5 - 3 letter blends These cards are sized 3x5 to easily use in pocket charts or on word walls. :)

These are the spelling word cards that go with Texas Treasures Grade 1 reading program. These words are for Unit 2. They cover: 2.1 - Short O 2.2 - Short E 2.3 - S & R blends 2.4 - Short U 2.5 - Digraphs sh & th

* This contraction match activity is great for helping students recognize and match word pairs to their contraction counterparts. * There is a cut & paste recording sheet included to extend students' understanding * Tested out with the "Adventure Kiddos" and they loved using this in the pocket chart! * Great for mid-year (and up) first graders and second graders!