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*****Updated as of February 2015****** This is a perfect way to help your students celebrate 120 days of school and practice counting to 120. This packet is perfect for all of us to celebrate 120 days instead of 100, especially since students are required to count to 120 in first grade. You can use these activities with the whole group, in centers, or individually. IF YOU PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT PLEASE FOLLOW ME FOR MORE UPDATES AND PRODUCTS! THANKS! The following items are included in this pa

This packet is a Opinion writing and Persuasive writing pack for grades k-3! The packet is aligned to the common core, which you will see below. I have included lesson ideas that correlate with children's books to help teach opinion/persuasive writing. It is packed full of templates to help students learn, write down opinions, and state reasons and examples as well. There are engaging and fun activities for students to create along with their writing pieces. You can use this packet throughou

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR A SMALL GLIMPSE OF WHAT YOU CAN GET! There is even more than what you see in the preview. Please keep reading for more info on this product!! You will find this packet helpful especially when you are writing out your lesson plans and keeping track of your students reading progress during guided reading. This packet will help you stay organized on a daily, weekly, or even monthly basis. These templates will be useful and will help you effectively plan each lesson for va

A lot of you have asked for a few editable pages from my planner I sell in my store. I created a few editable pages from my teacher planner (blue, pink, peach, lime, teal theme). The following pages from my planner are editable (I have not included everything from that planner)... 3 cheveron cover pages (blue, green, gray) 1 This planner belongs to page 1 Schedule page Dates to Remember Page (Jan-Dec) 2 Different Birthday pages Class list page Lesson Plans Page (spread over 2 pages) Mon-Fri

***UPDATED 7/14...this planner went from 57 pages to 92 pages*** Do you tend to have a lot of paper piling up on your table, in your binder, file cabinet, or work bag? If so, this planner is a perfect organizer to keep all of your important info in one place. My coworkers absolutely love their planners...they love that everything is in one place. They know exactly where to go when they need to look up parent contacts, notes from their last committee, to-do list, etc. This item is not editabl

This packet is a perfect way to help guide your students when writing realistic fiction stories. These templates can go along with the Lucy Calkins Units of Study or any other resource. You can also use these templates to write about realistic fiction mentor texts that are read within the classroom or at home. These sheets will help organize your students' thoughts and ideas. The following will be included: Cover page Posters: *Realistic Fiction *Characters *Main Characters

The reading Detectives Bundle focuses on making inferences, mysteries, and various comprehension skills. Students will be engaged when you use this packet during Reading Workshop and/or Guided Reading. Other options would be to use this packet during morning work, homework, for extra practice, and/or as a while class. I do sell the Reading Detective's Inference packet, Reading Detectives Mystery Packet, and the Reading Detectives Comprehension Skills packet separately. The following will be

This Personal Narrative Writing packet is aligned with the common core standards! Many of the sheets and anchor charts in this packet are aligned with the Lucy Calkins Units of Study: Personal Narrative Writing in Unit 1. Students zoom into small moments in their lives to help guide them in their writing. This packet includes many templates to help make the learning process easy for students and you! This packet is a great way to stay organized too. CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW to get a clear idea as

This packet is fun way to get your students engaged when learning about germs. My students love every page of this packet, especially the germ experiment. The primary use of this packet is for your class to use these sheets while they are learning about germs in your classroom. Use the templates after you read a book about germs or after a class discussion about germs. The following pages are included in this packet: Cover page for students’ germ book Germ KWL Sheet Germ Assessment Germ Acti

Are you a filler or a dipper? This packet has a lot of great activities to help my classroom community we learn about being "Bucket Fillers". Check out my teaching blog to get tips and ideas on how use this item in your classroom (link above). I usually use this item throughout the school year but teach about bucket filling in the beginning of the school year to correlate with my social skills and community building lessons. Don't forget to check out other items in my store. Included in this

This plant packet will have everything you need when you teach your plant unit! Writing, Science and creativity are all combined in this plants activities pack. The printable sheets will help guide your students in their learning about plants. Use all of the Plant Journal sheets provided or pick which ones will go well with your lessons that you teach during the plant unit. Students will love their plant journal and will be fully engaged when using their Seed Journal. Take a look at the previ

This packet is perfect to implement into your classroom when you teach "How To" stories during your Nonfiction Writing Unit! The procedural writing pieces will help your students use transitional words to teach their readers something new. I have included a few lesson ideas to go along with with this packet. It includes many templates to help make the writing process easy for students and you! Listed are items that will be found in this packet: Cover page for unit Lesson Ideas for this unit

These documents are perfect for parent/teacher conferences! Included in this product are the following: 3 Different Conference Forms (student grades and comments...fall and Spring) 2 Different folder/file covers 3 Different Self-Assessments for students to fill out to show parents 3 Different Parent Reminder Cards to send out before conferences (Spring and Fall). 3 different stationary sheets ( I have my students write their parents a note and then the parents write their child a note after th

32 activities for back to school in this 65 page packet...each one with a lesson idea! These lessons can be for the first week of school or even the second! There are lesson ideas for reading, writing, math, social studies, and extra activities to use when needed. This resource will not only help you, but help your students transition into a new school year. As a teacher you can use these activities to plan for the first week of school, spread them out into the 2nd week or throughout the sc

There are 8 dice with 6 comprehension questions. There is also one blank dice that your students or you can write in your own questions. You can use these dice during guided reading, reading with partners, or independent reading time. This is a fun activity to include during your reading block. Your students will be discussing characters, setting, problems, solutions, making predictions, inferring, asking questions and much more! Have fun and enjoy! ***THIS ITEM CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN MY GU

Fun with adjectives! This small packet includes the following: Page 1= Students describe an ice cream cone Page 2= Students describe a monster Page 3= Students will write 3 sentences including adjectives Page 4= Adjective and Noun Sort Page 5= Adjective and Noun Sort Words Page 6= Adjectives that describe me

This back to school activity is perfect for not only the first few weeks of school but for the whole school year as well. I use these question / task cards during my morning meeting. I have a few students pick a card. Then they get to answer the question or ask a friend. My students love wearing a mustache when they grab a card. I have also included mustaches for you to print out and glue onto a stick. Use as a prop when asking or answering questions. It's a perfect activity to use for The Qu

This Lemonade Stand Economics Unit is a great way to engage your students while learning about the economic concepts. Your class will be able to build a stand within your classroom or school. Your students will learn about: needs and wants, goods and services, producers and consumers, and opportunity cost. While you teach economics you can also implement other content areas such as social skills, map skills, and writing skills. This is the perfect unit because you are given daily lesson id

If you are looking for a creative way for your students to be engaged while learning about making inferences, this packet is for you! It is also common core aligned. You can use this packet with the whole group, small group, or independently. My coworker uses this packet to correlate with guided reading lessons. There are task cards that students can use in a center. Print out the task cards and laminate and keep them every year! The following will be included in this packet: Cover page Ta

This is a great way to keep track of all your students during writer's workshop. Your students can move their clip every time they complete part of the writing process. You can also print out a smaller version for your students to keep at their desks. This is a great visual and organizational took for your classroom!!! Not only do I love it, but my students do as well! Let me know if you have questions. ***Don't forget to follow my store for more product updates. If you do, you will be no