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. :)

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.

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

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.

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

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

20 pictures for your students to make inferences with. Start with notice and wonder. The same 4 generic questions are posed each time to allow your students to think deeper rather than being guided or led to an inference. Teachers can modify and differentiate the questions as the image is shown or printed out and shared. If showing both at once, double bonus...compare and contrast the two images. Identifying similarities or differences includes another level of critical thinking. Let me know

Perfect station for students to practice breaking down numbers into tens and ones place! Each page in this PLACE VALUE math station has 3 numbers. Students must show each number as: -a whole number -as ten rods and unit cubes -an expanded notation -number of 10s and 1s -16 pages (3 numbers each, TOTAL of 48 numbers to practice) -1 page of suggested use -1 thank you page :) Teachers may provide manipulatives as further scaffolding for students that need actual ten rods and unit cubes. Or tea

If you teach 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or higher grades, you may want to consider dipping your toes into the world of...PODCASTS in your class! I am definitely a late bloomer in this area and am starting out by pre-listening and selecting Podcasts that are under 10 minutes for students to listen to. Students do NOT have to listen to the entire episode. The focus really is for students to practice listening and taking notes since the state assessments has a portion dedicated to listening for compre

Here is a book report template for a reader at level A-B/1-2 (depending on your guided reading curriculum). Very basic and EL supportive. The focus is on identifying: -title -author -illustrator -characters -main idea/focus of story -like/dislike story -favorite part with illustration box

Are you teaching about pumpkins? The life cycle of a pumpkin is a fun unit to teach in the fall! Included in this mini pack is: *Pumpkin Life Cycle writing templates (3 - scaffolded sequencing, blank sequencing, free writing w/vocabulary scaffold) *Pumpkin Life Cycle (whole class) sequencing picture cards (COLOR) *Pumpkin Life Cycle (independent/partner) sequencing pictures (B&W) *Pumpkin Booklet (Guided Reading EMERGENT level) - read, trace, color (sight words: I, can, see, the) *Pumpkin

Here's a quick missing beginning sounds practice set for the following letters: b c n p m r s t Some of my kindergarten students are still struggling with identifying the correct beginning/initial sound of a word and labeling it with the matching letter. This could be used whole class or in small groups. If used in small groups, I would actually give each student a set of the targeted letters to touch and use to place on each picture PRIOR to having them record the letter. Encourage y

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

Common Core State Standards has a huge focus on nonfiction text, but there isn't always a matching passage that supports core curriculum foci. This passage is meant to compliment, or provide an introduction, to comparing fractions with different denominators. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.A.2 Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3.

Quick reading reflections using beginning of the year read alouds. Just PRINT and GO! Stories: 1. The Recess Queen 2. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon 3. Have You Filled a Bucket Today? 4. The Rainbow Fish A sentence frame is provided to support your scholars in writing a complete sentence when reflecting on the suggested questions posed. You have the choice to use a pre-programmed trace/write template or the blank lines template. Themes: 1. friendship/recess behavior 2. family support/bein

Quick part-part-whole Valentine's themed number bonds. You can use them as morning warm-up, math small group, homework, or Valentine's themed math practice of putting together. Use candy conversation hearts as your counting manipulatives to go with the theme or use any math manipulative that you have handy in your class. 6 English and 6 Spanish pages are included. Also, blank templates are included for teacher's convenience in order to allow for differentiation for your class. Enjoy! :)