Creatively Teaching First

This 85 page unit is designed around My Plate and the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy. The unit contains teaching materials, posters, handouts, hands-on activities, engaging worksheets, recipes, printables and a test with an answer sheet! See the preview and below for everything that is included! A Google Slides version is also included. Students can type and drag/drop.5 My Plate Teaching Posters (comes in color and black and white) 15 Food Group Teaching Posters

This is a great way for your students to organize their unfinished work! Sometimes the word “unfinished” can cause negative feelings. If students do not get finished with their work, simply tell them to place it in the “parking lot” and they can come back to it. There are many ways to organize this system! I use hanging folders and a file bin to organize. This makes it super easy to see who has unfinished work too!What is Included?#1 - 30 Colored Cars#1 – 30 Black and White Cars30 Blank Colored

These leprechaun trap stations and activities go right along with the book How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace and are perfect to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It is one of my favorite March books! My class and I have so much fun having a How to Catch a Leprechaun Activity Day. We read the book, eat a snack, and have a ton of fun with these How to Catch a Leprechaun stations and activities! There are 10 station signs and differentiated station activities included. The stations are engaging

Phonics Interactive notebooks are a great hands-on way for students to practice phonics/spelling patterns! This interactive phonics/spelling notebook is THE BUNDLE. All four phonics interactive notebooks are included. Each phonics/spelling skill has 2 differentiated lists and comes with 4 activities! Students color, cut, and glue the activity into their notebook. The following phonics/spelling skills are included:- Short Vowels (individual short vowels and short vowel word families) - Long Vowel

Make Dot Day an unforgettable experience in your classroom with this engaging resource inspired by "The Dot" story by Peter H. Reynolds. These activities are perfect to help students express their creativity, build confidence, and understand the powerful message of making their mark. Inside, you’ll find: ✅ Reading response activities for The Dot story ✅ Art projects and templates for students to create their own dots ✅ Hands-On Math with Dot candy ✅ Bulletin board ideas to display st

The school year is filled with SWEET memories! Celebrate the end of the school year with this adorable Lemonade Writing and Craft. Students will write a few of their favorite memories on the lemons and then turn those ideas into a writing that will go under the mason jar. This would make the perfect end of the year bulletin board too!What is Included?7 title options (JARS come in color and BW - for a total of 14 jars) -this year was filled with sweet memories -kindergarten was filled with sweet

Turkey Trouble Activities and Stations are perfect for Thanksgiving or any November day! Turkey Trouble is one of my favorite Thanksgiving and November books! My class and I have so much fun having a Turkey Trouble Activity Day. We read the book, eat a snack, and have a ton of fun with these Turkey Trouble stations! There are 10 station signs and differentiated station activities included. The stations are engaging, fun, and full of literacy skills, math skills, and STEM skills! All stations inc

Roll and Read Games are the perfect way to help young learners engage with phonics while having fun! Practice decoding, word recognition, and fluency with these Roll, Read, and Smash phonics games/activities! Roll and read games are engaging, fun, and aligned with the science of reading! Students will be excited to apply their decoding skills with these interactive and engaging phonics games. Each roll and read game board focuses on a specific phonics skill. There are 47 phonics skills included

This apple literacy unit and craftivity goes along with the story, Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship. The story is about an apple, named Mac, who meets a new friend, Will the worm! They become fast friends and enjoy doing many things together, but apples aren't supposed to be friends with worms. The story is a true tale of friendship! This literacy unit and adorable apple buddy craftivity are perfect to go along with the story! What is Included? -Apple Craft (pieces included: apple, stem, leaf, a

There are 18 math posters (9 color, 9 black and white) included in this product. Also included are 2 pages of mini posters (color and black and white) for student use or small group use. I designed these for my second grade classroom, but they can easily be used to enrich first graders or assist third graders! The following skills are included: -Place Value -Comparing Numbers -Addition -Subtraction -Addition with Regrouping -Subtraction with Regrouping -Money -Shapes -Time Math Vocabulary Cards

These Alphabet Task Cards are an engaging and fun way for children to learn their alphabet! These task cards fit perfectly in the 4 x 6 photo boxes. There are four activity for each letter included. Activities Include:Activity #1 - Build the letter with mini erasers, play-doh, etc.Activity #2 -Trace the letter with a dry erase markerActivity #3 -Identify uppercase and lowercase letters in a group of lettersActivity #4- Find pictures that begin with each letter soundCVC Short Vowel Task Cards

Word problems can be tricky! These visuals will help your students while they solve math word problems! I have included posters and bookmarks for two word problem solving strategies, CUBES and UPS Check. C- circle key numbers U- underline the question B- box key words E- eliminate the extra information S- solve and check U- understand P- plan S- solve Check All posters and bookmarks come in color and black and white!

These North Pole Express Stations and Activities go right along with the book, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. My class and I have so much fun having a Polar Express Day. We read the book, dress in our pajamas, drink hot chocolate, and have a ton of fun with these Polar Express stations and activities! There are passenger tickets, 10 station signs, and differentiated station activities included. The stations are engaging, fun, and full of literacy and math skills. All stations includ

Levels of Understanding Posters will allow your students to monitor their understanding of any subject and allow teachers differentiate and adapt their instruction as needed. This product includes 3 sets of large and small posters. One set is perfect for K-2 and the other set is perfect for 3-5. In my classroom I put clear dry erase pockets under each poster and students put their completed exit slip in the pocket that corresponds to their level of understanding. (See preview) This allow me to q

Students will love learning about money while doing these two fun and engaging activities! Students can go grocery shopping or become chefs by creating their very own menu from a large selection of items! Students cut and glue the correct dollar bills and coins under the menu or grocery items. Create a grocery or shopping list and a restaurant menu. Included: Shopping List Grocery List Grocery Items (color) Grocery Item Cards (color) Grocery Items (black and white) Grocery Item Cards (black

Students will love learning and practicing place value through these hands on math work mats for place value to 1,000. Each place value mat includes 8 numbers in standard form, a place for students to show or model the number (open space, and a hundreds, tens and ones chart), a place for students to write the number in expanded form, and a place to write the number in written form. Math manipulatives (hundreds, tens, and ones) are included as well!

Students will love learning about money while creating a Thanksgiving dinner menu! Students can go grocery shopping and become chefs while creating their very own Thanksgiving menu from a large selection of food and drink items! There are two differentiated levels included. **JUST ADDED** I add pages with blank boxes for you to print and write your own prices for the food items. Included: Teacher Tips and Examples Shopping List (with and without prices) Grocery List (with and without prices) T

Elf Applications are a great way to incorporate creativity and writing into your Christmas plans! Santa needs help at the North Pole! Santa is extra busy this Christmas season and is looking for a few elves to help him. Santa is looking to hire elves who like to make toys, bake cookies, make candy, wrap gifts and who love Christmas! Students will love filling out an application to help Santa. Students can choose from four different elf jobs; toy maker, candy maker, gift wrapper, or cookie baker.

This is a fun game where your students can practice their reading fluency! Students race around the board collecting tokens while practicing their reading fluency and expression. This can be used as part of centers/stations or a small teacher group! How To Play: Materials: 6 sided dice, player markers, game board, tokens and fluency phrases Directions: 1. All players place markers on start. 2. One player rolls a dice. Player moves that many spaces on the game board. 3. Player picks a fluenc

Monster Writing is a fun way for students to use adjectives to describe their monster! It is perfect to use around Halloween or ANYTIME! Students will create and color a monster, use adjectives to describe their monster, and write a story about their monster. INCLUDED•Monster Adjective Posters •Monster Parts to Create Monster •Monster Adjective Student Pages •My Monster Writing Booklet •Monster Coloring Pages for Writing •My Monster Differentiated Full Writing Pages •My Monster Differentiated Ha