Fanciful First Grade

A quick and simple (double-sided if you prefer) graphic organizer for vocabulary development with your students. Print them as single sheets to hand out each week (or as necessary) or print a "booklet" worth and create a vocabulary booklet for your students by binding them with binding combs. :)

Pet themed vocabulary words chart for your writing station or display. 16 pictures of different types of pets with labels. Aimed to develop your students vocabulary through themed focus. Colored pictures representing each pet is especially helpful for your ELL students. Enjoy! :)

State testing? Benchmark testing? Post testing on a unit? Here are 6 WONDERFUL letter-sized (AND POSTER-sized) test taking strategy posters that you can display as a bulletin board set or at the front of your room to serve as reminders for your students. Posting these test taking strategy posters will help your students to remember to "slash the trash" (eliminate silly answers) and "show your work" (to think through problems). These are only 2 of the 6 catch phrases that will help your class i

Student-friendly "just right" book report templates for guided reading levels A-H books and readers. No fuss printables for the busy primary teacher who also pulls small groups for guided reading. These easy to follow book reports can serve as either a guided reading small group extensions, to assist students in retelling a story, or as weekly send home book reports. The goal and focus changes in each of the 3 templates included. GENERAL FOCUS: -title -author -illustrator -characters SPECIFI

Differentiated 1-40 number charts that are pig/farm themed. You can use them as morning warm-up, math small group, number recognition review, homework, or monthly number writing assessment.

Do you need a quick math assessment to check your 2nd grade students' progress? The following skills are assessed: -comparing numbers (1.NBT.3/2.NBT.4) -numbers before/after (1.NBT.1/2.NBT.2) -number sense using tens and ones (1.NBT.2/2.NBT.1) -skip counting (2s, 5s, 10s off the decade, 100s) (2.NBT.2) -addition 1 digit/1 digit, 2 digit/1 digit, four 2 digit numbers (1.OA.6/2.NBT.5/2.NBT.6) -subtraction 1 digit/1 digit, 2 digit/1 digit (1.OA.6/2.OA.2) -related facts (aka fact family) (2.

An effective short /o/ word sort spelled with "aw", "au", "a(ll)", "ough", and "augh" letter combinations. Each saw clip art has a different word using one of the five different /o/ spellings. The headers have a matching picture to go with each specific spelling. This sort set includes the following: -cover page -5 header cards ("aw", "au", "a(ll)", "ough", and "augh" (half page headers) -3 pages of sorting words on saw clip art (26 words total) -1 page of blank saw clip art for you to write

Do you need a quick morning warm up or spiral review of the alphabets for practice in the class or at home? My kinder. team wanted a weekly sheet to review letters, but we kept using the same boring tracing sheet that just had letters. Looking to spice things up and embed my monthly themes, I created these alphabet charts. My students loved them! They also improved in their letter alphabet identification and...(gasp...) letter formation. I know penmanship isn't a part of the standards, but I

Use these charts as a daily warm-up for the beginning of kindergarten. Each chart has 4 rows. Same format to build independence. Row 1 read the number (and/or trace the number with pencil or finger) Row 2 count and color the representational picture Row 3 trace the number Row 4 independently write the number or draw a representational picture Check out my other themed number charts. =)

Differentiated 1-30 number charts that are Easter/spring themed. You can use them as morning warm-up, math small group, number recognition review, homework, or monthly number writing assessment.

Sight word practice for guided reading. These words are from Jan Richardson's book Next Step Forward in Guided Reading (lists A-C). What's Missing will allow your students to self practice identifying the missing letters in sight words she/he has been taught during class or small group guided reading. You may also use these for homework to scaffold sight word review. Let me know your thoughts. I'll be posting additional lists soon. Cheers! =)

A baker's themed vocabulary words chart for your writing station or display. 16 pictures of baking related words with labels. Aimed to develop your students vocabulary through themed focus. Colored pictures representing each word is especially helpful for your ELL students. ENJOY! : )

February themed vocabulary words chart for your writing station or display. 16 pictures of February related words with labels. Aimed to develop your students vocabulary through themed focus. Colored pictures representing each word is especially helpful for your ELL students. **UPDATED 2/6: 32 PICTURES of February related words with LABELS. Enjoy! :)

Do you need a THOROUGH math assessment to check your students' current math mastery? The following skills are assessed: -write #s 1-100 -comparing numbers -ways to make a given number (i.e. ways to make 7; 3+4 or 10-3) -number sense using tens and ones -identify coins -calculate sums of given coins -fact family equations -numbers before/after -10 less/10 more -skip counting (10s, 5s, 2s) -addition 2 digit/1digit (no regrouping+regrouping) -subtraction 2 digit/1digit (no regrouping+regrouping) -

Daily 5 listening station or partner reading or independent reading + RIGOR = comprehension questions leveled with BLOOM's TAXONOMY. :) This file consists of: -2 pages of comprehension questions for each story *"Winners Never Quit" by Mia Hamm *"The Kite" by Arnold Lobel ***UPDATED 2/23 (added): -"Homes" by Abby Jackson (Imagine It! specific) -"Finding Shelter" by Daphne Butler (Imagine It! specific) -"Homes Around the World" by Deborah Eaton (Imagine It! specific) These 2 (+3) stories are p

June/July or summer themed vocabulary words chart for your writing station or display. 16 pictures of summer related words with labels. Aimed to develop your students vocabulary through themed focus. Colored pictures representing each word is especially helpful for your ELL students. ENJOY! : )

An effective LONG E word sort spelled with "ee" and "ea" letter combinations. Each long E spelling has 8 picture word cards representing the given phonics spelling. The header, or sort guide, cards have a matching picture to go with each specific spelling. This sort set includes the following: -cover page -2 header cards ("ee": tree and "ea": beach) -4 pages of sorting words (differentiated into 2 sets) (16 words total) -2 pages of sort recording extension pages to write, sketch, and use the s

Imagine It!, Dolch words, Fry's list, and district mandated. These are the 4 resources that I based my first grade sight word list on this year. A quick list of 192 words AND individual take-home notes to test your students on at his/her independent level each week or bi-weekly. -2 pages that list the 192 sight words for the year -10 pages of "test lists" to send home and to keep records of testing Quick and easy for the busy teacher trying to manage sight word testing and individualize the l

A quick and simple (double-sided if you prefer) graphic organizer for vocabulary development with your students. Modified Frayer Model vocabulary template. Grammalogue means a word represented by a sign or symbol. Each box could be used as visual representations for lower grades or ELD students. Print them as single sheets to hand out each week (or as necessary) or print a "booklet" worth and create a vocabulary booklet for your students by binding them with binding combs. :)

Do you need a quick math assessment to check your students' progress? The following skills are assessed: -missing symbols in equations -comparing numbers -numbers before/after -number sense using tens and ones -10 less/10 more -addition 2 digit/1digit (no regrouping) -subtraction 2 digit/1digit (no regrouping) -word problems (add/sub) -counting (backwards) -skip counting (10s, 5s) This was also very helpful for sending home with parents as extra practice so parents can see firsthand what their