Falling for First

This product is a simple and great way to do research or fiction writing in the classroom. It contains templates to write an informational text with text features or blank templates to create whatever type of book you wish (personal narrative, fictional writing, realistic fiction, poetry, etc.) I am personally using the book for my students to become "specialist" or "experts" on a non-fiction topic that they have passion for. They are going to do research and then combine their new found inform

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their math fact fluency from #1 to 15. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Work with Someone center in Daily 5 Math. You can even use at the teacher-guided math table for a quick authentic assessment. • The rules are easy for them to read and understand. I usually say only 2-4 kids get to play per game. • I have included a 3 response pages that you can laminate

With help from the Sister’s CAFÉ system, these are reading strategies put into rubric format to take the guess work out of tracking progress and internalize student learning. This unit includes all of the comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary strategies that children need to be successful readers. I made these rubrics in order to visually track my students’ progress not only in whole group, but in small groups as well. These rubrics are in kid friendly language, correspon

With help from the Sister’s CAFÉ system, these are reading strategies put into rubric format to take the guess work out of tracking progress and internalize student learning. This unit includes all of the comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary strategies that children need to be successful readers. I made these rubrics in order to visually track my students’ progress not only in whole group, but in small groups as well. These rubrics are in kid friendly language, correspon

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other (small or whole group) and practice their mental math skills with adding and subtracting a ten and a one.. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Work with Someone center in Daily 5 Math. However, I first play/introduce the game as a whole group activity on the rug. • I purposely did not put numbers in the game just visuals, because I wanted them to practice with the visuals so

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build practice with the addition of 2-digit numbers. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I included a recording sheet and answer key for accountability. I personally put this game at my Work with Someone center in Daily 5 Math. • I purposely did not put numbers in the game just visuals, because I wanted them to practice with the visuals so they will begin to create the visuals in their heads automatica

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their math fact fluency. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Work with Someone center in Daily 5 Math. You can even use at the teacher-guided math table for a quick authentic assessment. • The rules are easy for them to read and understand. I usually say only 2-4 kids get to play per game. • I have included a response page that you can laminate or make copies of

The Power of Tracing Build letter and sound knowledge by creating this alphabet book and implementing this tactile experience (touching the letter with your finger). In her book The Next Step in Guided Reading, Jan Richardson, shares how important it is to trace the alphabet.  After 10 years of research, she was able to conclude that tracing is the fastest and easiest way for children to learn their letters. How to Make: -Simply print pages on white paper and fold on the black line. -Staple or

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their knowledge about plants. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Science center which the children know they can use during Daily 5 time at Read to Someone. • I usually say only 2-3 kids get to play per game and I tell them the cards are points so whoever has the most cards/points at the end wins. (This gets my sports freak students invested in the game.) • Teac

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build or practice their knowledge about weather. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Science center which the children know they can use during Daily 5 time at Read to Someone. • The game includes an answer key and a blank set of cards if you want to write your own personal questions. • I usually say only 2-3 kids get to play per game and I tell them the cards are poi

Studying life cycles? This game includes facts about the life cycles of plants, reptiles, frogs, birds and butterflies. This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build or practice their knowledge about life cycles. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Science center which the children know they can use during Daily 5 time at Read to Someone. • The game includes an answer key. • I usually say only 2-3 kids get to

• Need a new game to gain interest in practicing sight words? Well this is the game for you!!! Made by popular demand in my classroom, this is the SNOW MUCH FUN! Sight word Game. • This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their sight word fluency. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Word Work center in Daily 5. I also put my game in a cute little container for easy clean up. • The rules are easy for them

• Need a new game to gain interest in practicing sight words? Well this is the game for you!!! Made by popular demand in my classroom, this is the SNOW MUCH FUN! Sight word Game. • This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their sight word fluency. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Word Work center in Daily 5. I also put my game in a cute little container for easy clean up. • The rules are easy for them

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their knowledge about the solar system. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Science center which the children know they can use during Daily 5 time at Read to Someone. • I usually say only 2-3 kids get to play per game and I tell them the cards are points so whoever has the most cards/points at the end wins. (This gets my sports freak students invested in the game

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their rhyming skills. The words I picked have various spelling patterns, thus children need to be able to read the word and listen to which of them rhyme (not just look at the spelling of the word). • All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! I personally put this game at my Word Work center in Daily 5. I included 2 response sheets and the answer key for accountability. • The rules are easy for them to

This is a great Writing Craftivity to do during fall. After learning about Thanksgiving history, Pilgrims, Native Americans, etc. this can be a culminating activity to have children show what they have learned and put it into writing. There are several options for the writing portion: -All About Pilgrims -My Pilgrim Story -Blank Template

I created this product for many different uses. I wanted to teach text features effectively and with a little bit of creativity. Thus I made this document so after learning the different types of text features my students could create something of their own. 1. You can use this as a class book where pairs or groups of children come together to complete a page and create their own text feature. 2. You could have each child create their own book and examples of these text features. 3. You co

• I made this game specifically for my resistant readers mostly my boys. The football field and objective that they need to get to the end of the field, really sparks their attention.The rules are easy for them to read and understand. I usually say only 2-4 kids get to play per game. • They have two piles of cards to read from Blue (Silent E words) and orange (Vowel Combination) words. The spaces on the game board tell them which cards to read and also have some special instructions to engage

• This is a perfect game for students to cooperatively work with each other and build their math fact fluency. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut! • I personally put this game at my Work with Someone center in Daily 5 Math. • I purposely mixed up the missing addend and the position of the equal sign to build that understanding of a balanced equation (Big with Common Core)! • The rules are easy for them to read and understand. I usually say only 2-4 kids get to play per game and I t

These are just simple question stem cards that you can adapt to use for any read aloud. These stems were created by modeling the stems on certain standardized reading comprehension test for first grade. Reading these cards ever so often to your students will help them become familiar with question formats and vocabulary. I personally printed, cut, laminated, and placed these cards on a ring for easy access. I posted it as a powerpoint, so you could go in and change the wording to any of the ca