Deana Thelen

There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes

This end of year packet is a fun way to say goodbye for the summer! Your kiddos will love these Hawaiian Luau themed activities. The packet includes reading comprehension, money skills, Hawaiian words and translations. Also included is an invitation for your students to have a Luau themed party on the last day of school! I have included a list of suggestions to make your party a day to remember! This packet was created by Deana Thelen from firstgradechatter.blogspot.com. It is appropriate

Your subs will love you! This packet will save you time and help you organize for a substitute. Cute stationery is included for you to leave detailed notes about daily routines.I also included four extra activities for your sub to use in case of emergency. Three hole punch the pages put them in a binder and you are ready! Make sure you tell a buddy where your binder is so she can pull it out when needed. Everything they need to know is in the binder and there are activities to fill time if

This little packet provides support for "Where the Wild Things Are". Skills covered are vocab., story elements, nouns, adding ending to verbs. It also includes a draw your own wild thing with a paragraph frame and stationery for writing a descriptive paragraph. Also included are three math activities. This printable packet was created by deana thelen from firstgradechatter.blogspot.com. It is appropriate for 1st, 2nd, and homeschoolers.

This fun popcorn craftivity helps kiddos practice rhyming. It may be used with a popcorn theme or circus theme! It's super easy and fun to do. This activity is also a part of my Popcorn Party mini unit available on TpT. It is appropriate for Kinder and first grade as well as home schoolers.

This beautiful student project can be a bulletin board or a class book. Students paint original illustrations to go with America the Beautiful. The set includes a cover page that may be used for the class book cover, directions, and 8 pages for students to illustrate. I also include ideas for the illustrations! This makes a wonderful display for February! Visit my blog at firstgradechatter.blogspot.com!

The CCSS state that first graders should "write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure." Let's celebrate what kids know about Lincoln and Washington! This product contains everything you need for a writing center. Included in the package are topic sentence cards to use for sorting the facts about the two Presidents, fact cards to sort, stationery to record writing, and a reference card for transition words.

My Tale of Peter Rabbit activity packet is just what you need for spring and it's just been reduced! I always like to do this unit the week before or after Spring Break but it's perfect anytime of the year. My first graders are always inspired to check out other Beatrix Potter books from the library after we finish this unit! I hope you enjoy it. This packet includes: Beatrix Potter biography and comprehension Information text and comprehension The Tale of Peter Rabbit Vocabulary The Tale of

Here's a little penguin freebie for you! This writing activity is great for word work or work on writing centers. Students can do it independently! My class LOVES it! Woohoo! Included in the packet are sentence building cards, student book cover, writing paper, and a sample sentence poster. Have fun!

Ahoy Matey! Sail into this fun spelling/reading activity for your little pirates. Your students can read the room to find hidden treasures-pirate cards with "ar" words-then record them on the super cute pirate paper.

Have you ever been sick and had to get to the computer and type up plans for your sub? This packet will save you time and help you organize for a substitute. Cute stationery is included for you to leave detailed notes about daily routines as well as extra activities for your sub to use in case of emergency. Three hole punch the pages put them in a binder and you are ready! Make sure you tell a buddy where your binder is so she can pull it out when needed. It's also handy for subs to have eve

Research indicates that students need to effortlessly recall basic math facts. Students rely on these basic facts to help them understand more complex math concepts. The Common Core Standards state that first graders should be able to add and subtract within 20 and demonstrate fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. This unit of math timed tests helps first graders achieve automaticity of the basic math facts. My firsties are totally motivated by the space theme. Each level of "Out

Just what you need for spring! This Make Way for Ducklings packet includes: Make Way for Ducklings Vocabulary Duck Cinquain Poem Directions and Example Cinquain Poem Stationery ABC Order with Duckling Names Mallard Ducks Informational Text with Comprehension Make Way for Ducklings Sequencing Compound Words Game Make Way for Ducklings Noun Search This packet is appropriate for first, second, and homeschoolers. It was created by deana thelen at firstgradechatter.blogspot.com. I hope you enjoy

Check out these two great March freebie pages! One page is leprechaun color by number and the other is a graphing activity. These pages are appropriate for first graders and homeschoolers. These freebies are from deana thelen. firstgradechatter@blogspot.com

This unit by Deana Thelen is based on the story "If You Give a Pig a Pancake" by Laura Numeroff. The pig activities include: three vocabulary activities, three writing activities, and three math activities: If You Give a Pig a Pancake” vocabulary search Pig Contractions Pig Syllables “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” design a tree house activity Amazing Animal Alliteration and writing paper Fun With Friends Alliteration and writing paper “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” favorite pancake topping graph

This Cinco de Mayo packet is perfect for teaching your students about Mexico. It includes a map activity, stories and comprehension, and three language activities to introduce your students to the Spanish words for the months of the year, numbers, and colors. This packet was created by Deana Thelen from www.firstgradechatter.com. Have fun!

Sing the song! Read the book! Make a "Down By the Bay" class book. Students make up a rhyme that wasn't used in the song to write their own verse for Down By the Bay. I suggest listing several animals and rhyming words on the board for students to choose from. My class reads (sings) this class book all year! On the last day of summer each year my class eats watermelon (makes super cute pictures), writes about it, and makes this class book.

This packet contains tons of apple themed activities! The best part...all of the student's apple themed work goes into a super cute "apple basket" to take home when the unit is done! My class loves it! Included in this packet is: apple basket organizer, original emergent reader, color words coloring page, word search, descriptive writing, apple art/craft (makes a super cute bulletin board), apple picking math facts to ten activity with recording sheet, directions for making applesauce, graph

This is a great packet to use with any frog and/or toad stories. Included are: wordsearch, two original, imformative stories with comprehension, Venn Diagram, story starters and writing paper, frog/toad craftivity, comparing words story and response page, non-standard unit of measurement, and clock craftivity. This packet was created by Deana Thelen from http://www.firstgradechatter.blogspot.com

This fun little packet of popcorn activities is fun to use in October or November. It's also great to use the week before Thanksgiving. Your kiddos will love the popcorn theme and the popcorn tasting activity as well as the other reading, writing, and math activities. The packet includes: Short Vowel Word Sort-Read Around the Room Popcorn, Popcorn Everywhere!-Class Book Crazy About Popcorn-Choral Reading Poem Popcorn Information and Comprehension Rhyme Time!-Make a box of “pop” and “corn” rhy