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MELTED! Popsicle Stick Literacy Game is a hands-on, highly engaging phonics and sentence-reading activity your students will love. In this interactive game, students read decodable sentences written on “melted” popsicle sticks. When they read a sentence smoothly and accurately, they keep the stick. If they draw a “Melted!” stick, all sticks go back — and the fun starts again. It’s simple, exciting, and keeps students motivated to practice reading again and again. This resource includes: • 50 uni

Help your students start the new year with focus, reflection, and perseverance using this Daruma Doll Goals activity! Inspired by the Japanese proverb “Nanakorobi Yaoki” (Seven times down, eight times up), this culturally rich resource encourages students to set meaningful goals and keep trying, even when things get tough. Pair this activity with the book Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll to learn about the resilience and determination necessary when meeting goals. Students will: ✨ Reflect on p

Your students will love the excitement of wandering the room looking for these Write the Room hidden clues!How to use:I use this as a part of my literacy centers, often towards the end of the week after students have practiced the spelling pattern as a class, in a word sort, or other related activities. I love it because it’s a low prep and engaging center.This aligns with Words Their Way: Letter-Name Alphabetic Spellers, Sort 15.How to prepare:Print a copy of the recording sheet for each studen

Your students will love the excitement of wandering the room looking for these Write the Room hidden clues!How to use:I use this as a part of my literacy centers, often towards the end of the week after students have practiced the spelling pattern as a class, in a word sort, or other related activities. I love it because it’s a low prep and engaging center.This aligns with Words Their Way: Letter-Name Alphabetic Spellers, Sort 7.How to prepare:Print a copy of the recording sheet for each student

Your students will love the excitement of wandering the room looking for these Write the Room hidden clues!How to use:I use this as a part of my literacy centers, often towards the end of the week after students have practiced the spelling pattern as a class, in a word sort, or other related activities. I love it because it’s a low prep and engaging center.This aligns with Words Their Way: Word Pattern Spellers, Sort 14.How to prepare:Print a copy of the recording sheet for each student. Then pr

Add a touch of winter magic to your classroom routine with these Seasonal Kindness Note Cards, perfect for classroom elf visits, kindness challenges, and more! These printable cards feature cheerful winter designs and are versatile enough to support a wide range of classroom activities—kindness challenges, daily task reveals, announcements, positive notes, behavior rewards, scavenger hunts, and more. Simply print, cut, and use in whatever way fits your classroom needs. Included: - 14 4x4 cards

This Here, There Chant Template is a powerful tool to help students make meaningful connections between their prior knowledge and new learning. With a simple, visual layout and simple structure, this resource guides students in building chants that boost academic vocabulary, content understanding, and oral language development. What’s Included: A black-and-white Here, There Chant printable template Labeled words for each line 4 options to choose from for easy differentiation - two templates

A GLAD inspired Narrative Input Chart for Teaching Parts of Speech: Bring grammar to life with The Adventure of Word Town! This engaging and interactive resource introduces students to the foundational parts of speech—nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions—through a fun and visually rich narrative. Perfect for 1st and 2nd graders, this lesson will captivate your students as they learn how words work together to build exciting sentences. This bundle also includes a sentence patterni

Use community helper clipart in your projects! Included are 22 different community helper people, and 22 community helper tools and vehicle, for a total of 44 images! These can be used for project-based learning, social studies, and so much more! Included are: Astronaut Baker Chef Cleaning Supplies Coach/Trainer Construction/Repair Crossing Guard Dentist Doctor Farmer Firefighter Garbage Collector Garbage Truck Gardener/Farmer Housekeeper Jet Pilot Judge Lawyer/Businessman Librarian Mailman Pa

Help your students ease back into school after winter break with this engaging, low-prep Winter Break Reflection activity! This one-page worksheet is perfect for 1st and 2nd grade students and provides meaningful opportunities for drawing, writing, and sharing. Students will reflect on their winter break experiences through simple prompts and visuals that support young writers. The page includes space for students to: Illustrate or write about what they read, watched, listened to, or did Share

This quick and easy resource includes 68 Snap Cube patterns for students to use during math time as an independent center or activity. These help students with fine-motor skills, counting, matching, and shape recognition. These patterns are in unique shapes and colors of different gems and rock-related objects. Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for students to use. In this packet are a: Rocks and Gems: - Diamond - Crystal - Emerald - Ruby - Sapphire - Amethyst - Citrine - Aquamarine

This resource bundle includes five essential templates to support content-area learning, language development, and student engagement—perfect for elementary classrooms that integrate reading, writing, and oral language into science, social studies, and other thematic units! Each template is thoughtfully designed to help students organize their thinking, build academic vocabulary, and express their learning in meaningful ways. What’s Included: Exploration Report – Guide students through resea

This quick and easy resource includes 3 versions of 18 Snap Cube patterns for students to use during math time as an independent center or activity. These help students with fine-motor skills, counting, matching, and shape recognition. These patterns are in unique shapes and colors of different tools and icons community helpers use, and there are two separate versions included. Realistic clipart are on each page for students to see the item. Choose between having students write the name of the c

This quick and easy resource includes 24 Snap Cube patterns for students to use during math time, social studies, as an independent center or activity. These help students with fine-motor skills, counting, matching, and shape recognition. These patterns are unique plants, animals, food, and objects related to Hawai'i. Realistic clipart are on each page for students to see the item. Choose between having students write the name of the object and total cubes or students writing the number of each

Help your students build a deep understanding of number structure with this engaging, interactive Place Value & Number Sense Calendar Set—perfect for the first month of school or to reinforce place value concepts throughout the year! This Bridges-style calendar follows a predictable number pattern and a 6-day rotation of number representations, making it easy for young learners to notice patterns, make predictions, and strengthen their place value vocabulary and thinking. Each day introduces

Your students will love the excitement of wandering the room looking for these Write the Room hidden clues! How to use: I use this as a part of my literacy centers, often towards the end of the week after students have practiced the spelling pattern as a class, in a word sort, or other related activities. I love it because it’s a low prep and engaging center. How to prepare: Print a copy of the recording sheet for each student. Then print one copy each of the key and graphics page, and cut out

This Story Map Template is a simple, effective way to help students organize their thinking while reading or retelling a story. With clear prompts for each story element, this resource is designed to support comprehension, oral language, and writing skills—making it a great addition to any literacy block or content-integrated reading lesson. Perfect for whole-group read-alouds, small-group instruction, or independent reading response! What’s Included: A printable Story Map template Sections

This quick and easy resource includes 68 Snap Cube patterns in both English and Spanish for students to use during math time as an independent center or activity. These help students with fine-motor skills, counting, matching, and shape recognition. These patterns are in unique shapes and colors of different gems and rock-related objects, Fruits and Veggies, Pollinators, Community Helpers, . Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for students to use. In this packet are a: Rocks and Gems:

Bring geometry to life with this creative and hands-on Geoboard Shape Design Set! This resource features 25 vibrant geoboard shape challenges that are perfect for developing spatial reasoning, fine motor skills, and shape recognition. What’s Included: 25 geoboard pattern cards using colorful rubber band outlines Clear dot grid backgrounds that match real geoboards Use of color-coded lines to guide or inspire student creations3 different versionsDesigns included: Mailbox (with flag)EnvelopeMa

Este recurso es rápido y sencillo para usar, e incluye 18 patrones de Cubos de Enlace para que los estudiantes los utilicen durante el tiempo de matemáticas como centro o actividad independiente. Estos ayudan a los estudiantes a desarrollar sus habilidades motoras finas, a contar, unir y reconocer formas, y aprender nuevo vocabulario. Estos patrones tienen formas y colores únicos de diferentes herramientas y símbolos que usan los ayudantes comunitarios de diferentes profesiones, y se incluyen do