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This 2 page excel sheet allows teachers to enter in student names and document students' behavior each day. It has letters that stand for each type of behavior so that teachers documentation is quick and hassle free.

This lesson is great for a science or social living lesson on classifying animals: distinguishing between farm animals, zoo animals, and pets. The powerpoint opens with a motivating introduction of 3 silhouettes of animals. The students have to guess what they are, the teacher then removes the silhouettes to reveal the animals, and the students must discuss how these three animals are different. The next slide lists the daily objectives. The next slide provides higher order thinking prompts

The primary focus of this unit is to increase the understanding of days of the week and sequencing. The activities enhance student learning through areas such as weather, Louisiana food and culture, journal writing, and counting. This unit will give students an active learning experience with hands-on activities, group work, and experiments that will increase knowledge of days of the week and sequencing. This Comprehensive Unit Plan includes: lesson plans, activities, power points, assessment

This powerpoint takes the Houghton Mifflin Math Series Grade 1 Weeks 13-18 "Problems of the Day" presented at the beginning of each lesson and compiles them into one powerpoint file. This powerpoint contains 31 words problems with visuals and pictures. You can work them together as a class, or in groups/pairs. You can even print them out and have students complete in worksheet form. The word problems reinforce mathematical concepts such as: writing number sentences, addition, subtraction, f

This math powerpoint presentation teaches students numbers through fifty. This lesson is aligned with the skills covered in 10.3 Houghton Mifflin Math - 1st grade. The first page is a homework check aligned with the math book. The lesson opens with the "Problem of the Day" in which students are given a multi-step word problem. The next few slides are cuisenaire rods and individual blocks, along with tens/ones place mats in which students are to identify how many tens, how many ones, then det

This powerpoint teaches students the concepts of numbers 1-5 and how to count up on a number line. The lesson opens with a title page, then the objectives/importance page, and includes higher order thinking prompt. Next, the fun begins! A boy with a butterfly net appears and students count along as he catches one bug, and jumps to 1 on the number line. Then, catches another bug and jumps to 2 on the number line, etc. until he gets to 5. Last, it shows the number line and shows the amount of

This powerpoint lesson teaches students to identify and write the names of special places, people and animals with capital letters and use special names of places, people, and animals in sentences. The presentation opens with a title page in which the teacher can point to the pictures and say, for example, "This is a dog. Do you have a dog? Dog is the name of the animal, but what is the special name that you have for him?" The next slide is a picture of Sponge Bob and a regular sponge, this l

This powerpoint lesson teaches students to identify prime and composite numbers, determine whether a number is prime or composite, and to find the multiples of prime and composite numbers. It opens with a title page and lists the daily objectives. The lesson also states why this information is relevant (something students always tend to ask in math, 'why do I need to know this?'). Next, it discusses vocabulary "prime number" and "composite number" in great detail, along with examples. It the

This math powerpoint lesson teaches students to predict and determine the probability of an event. This lesson is aligned with the skills covered in 9.5 Houghton Mifflin Math - 1st grade. The lesson opens with the "Problem of the Day" reviewing fractions. Next, the objectives are listed, along with vocabulary terms: certain, impossible, probable, more likely, less likely, and equally likely. Then the lesson moves to an opener of probability giving students some events to discuss and the like

This is a great lesson on character traits to teach along with the story, "The Spider and the Beehive" a retelling by Kama Einhorn. It opens with a title page, along with the daily objectives and why these skills are important. Students are then introduced to this lesson by a reading of the poem "One Inch Tall" by Shel Silverstein (included in powerpoint). Then students are asked about character traits, and shown what it is, along with some examples. Next is a fun personality trait game to d

This phonics activity reinforces students' ability to blend short -ea words. This can be displayed on an overhead (electronic or paper form) or printed out and done in centers. It gives students a starter word "head," and asks them to change the "h" to a "dr" and asks them the new word (dread), then the first "d" to a "b" and asks them the new word (bread), and so on. The file includes letter tiles so students can cut and paste if done on paper.

This math powerpoint lesson teaches students to identify and represent one half, one third, and one fourth of a set. This flipchart is aligned with the skills covered in 9.4 Houghton Mifflin Math - 1st grade. The lesson opens with the "Problem of the Day" in which students are to use halves and simple to division to solve, the teacher can color in the appropriate pumpkins that the problem describes (if you are using a board to manipulate and color the objects). Then, the objectives are display

This math powerpoint presentation teaches students place value through 99. This lesson is aligned with the skills covered in 10.5 Houghton Mifflin Math - 1st grade. The lesson opens with a multi-step word problem in which students must a series of steps to solve, and can use manipulatives to check. Next is a review vocabulary page and objectives covered in the lesson. The next several slides gives students cuisenaire rods and individual blocks, in which they must identify the tens and ones, t

Parent-Teacher communication is important. If you're a new teacher, or just a teacher needing to compile a handbook with helpful information for parents, this back-to-school handbook is a good resource to help you develop your own. I've attached the one I used for the second grade, but it can be revised and adjusted to fit all grade levels. It gives ideas of what you need to include and communicate to your parents contact information, attendance requirements, homework and classroom expectatio

This powerpoint mini lesson teaches students rhyming words. Students are presented with 3 labeled pictures, and must identify which two are the ones that rhyme. It can be shown on the board and done as a class or printed out and put into a center or desk work.

This math powerpoint lesson is great for teaching students to read, write, and understand the concept of numbers 0-100. The slide opens with colored-straws to represent numbers 1 blue straw = one, 2 yellow straw = two, etc. The next slide shows numbers 1-10 represented with blue cubes. Then the next several slides shows how we count on from ten in a shorter form - for instance, what if a bundle of straws represents 10? So if we have one bundle and two straws on the side, that makes 12. The

This math powerpoint lesson teaches students to use data from a picture to solve problems, while incorporating probability. This flipchart is aligned with the skills covered in 9.6 Houghton Mifflin Math - 1st grade. The lesson opens with the "Problem of the Day" in which students are given a word problem testing their prior knowledge of the probability of an event. It then states the lesson's objectives and lists the vocabulary terms: certain, impossible, probable, more likely, less likely, eq

Toward the end of the kindergarten school year, rather than teaching one letter a week, the teacher will often group multiple letters each week - which this lesson is ideal for. This lesson teaches students to identify and discriminate between the /d/, /l/, and /k/ sounds, demonstrate phonemic awareness of "d", "l", and "k" words by identifying pictures and recalling the word. First, the lesson goes into the letter Dd, and the students are invited to make the /d/ sound with their mouths. Next

This presentation was designed to guide Early Childhood/Elementary Education majors in developing a discipline plan for their classroom. It based on the teachings of Thomas Gordon, and gives strategies for handling certain situations in the classroom, as well as suggestions for what needs to be posted on the walls of your classroom in order to properly execute the discipline plan. This presentation is a great supplement for a classroom management professional development activity.

This math powerpoint lesson teaches students to identify one fourth of a whole. This flipchart is aligned with the skills covered in 9.3 Houghton Mifflin Math - 1st grade. The lesson opens with the "Problem of the Day" reviewing halves. Next, the objectives and vocabulary terms (along with definitions are introduced): fourths, one fourth, thirds, and one third. This next part of the lesson requires this powerpoint to be displayed on a surface that can be drawn or colored on (either virtually