Finding Joy with Firsties

This unit and brochure project go hand in hand to help your students explore the regions of Kentucky!

This unit takes you and your students on a deep dive into Kentucky's different regions and all their unique histories! Each region has an informational article, as well as a sheet of comprehension questions that goes along with it. Also included is a vocabulary quiz, and a coloring map practice sheet and quiz. These lessons pair well with my KY regions brochure project!

This is the perfect, low-prep spring craft to accompany the read-aloud "The Big Umbrella" by Amy June Bates & Juniper Bates! Your students will love brainstorming how they can include others 'under their umbrellas' after listening to the heartwarming story. Students will design their own happy umbrella and decorate their page with raindrops or doodles, and then they will complete the writing prompt. This is a great craft for spring, when we see a lot of students struggle with kindness and beha

Use this activity to teach your students about gratitude! I love using this around the holidays each year to help my students see all that they have to be thankful for. Simple have your students list out things they are grateful for within the letters of the word joy. Challenge them to fill the letters as full as they can! It also helps strengthen your classroom community when used as an SEL lesson!

This resource is a great way to get lots of repeated practice in with high frequency/heart words! This resource includes one double-sided worksheet for nearly 100 high-frequency words commonly learned in the primary grades. The format remains the same for each new word, making this a wonderful option for a weekly literacy center activity! ***Please note that some of the words included are only temporary heart words until students progress through the more advanced phonics skills needed to spell

This resource is a great way to get lots of repeated practice in with high frequency/heart words! This resource includes one double-sided worksheet for 48 high-frequency words commonly learned in the primary grades. The format remains the same for each new word, making this a wonderful option for a weekly literacy center activity! ***Please note that some of the words included are only temporary heart words until students progress through the more advanced phonics skills needed to spell them! Wo

This resource is a great way to get lots of repeated practice in with high frequency/heart words! This resource includes one double-sided worksheet for 48 high-frequency words commonly learned in the primary grades. The format remains the same for each new word, making this a wonderful option for a weekly literacy center activity! ***Please note that some of the words included are only temporary heart words until students progress through the more advanced phonics skills needed to spell them! Wo

This resource is a great way to get lots of repeated practice in with high frequency/heart words! This resource includes one double-sided worksheet for 48 high-frequency words commonly learned in the primary grades. The format remains the same for each new word, making this a wonderful option for a weekly literacy center activity! ***Please note that some of the words included are only temporary heart words until students progress through the more advanced phonics skills needed to spell them! Wo

This resource is a great way to get lots of repeated practice in with high frequency/heart words! This resource includes one double-sided worksheet for 48 high-frequency words commonly learned in the primary grades. The format remains the same for each new word, making this a wonderful option for a weekly literacy center activity! ***Please note that some of the words included are only temporary heart words until students progress through the more advanced phonics skills needed to spell them! Wo

This graphic organizer helps your students feel more prepared for those big end-of-the-year assessments! Take time to talk about each test-taking strategy with your students and have them note examples of each. Then, have them decorate their wheel as a mindfulness activity to calm any nerves before testing!

This is the perfect goal-setting activity for the beginning of a new year, a new semester/quarter, or if your class just needs a reset! This activity pairs well with a read-aloud of the book "One Word for Kids" by Dan Britton, Jimmy Page, and Jon Gordon. Have your students choose their one word, write a definition, and explain why they picked their word!

Your students will love showing off their area and mathematical reasoning skills in this PBL that tasks them with creating a wildlife sanctuary! Kick-off this project with a real-life or virtual field trip to an animal sanctuary, and then watch your students' apply their skills in this real-world scenario. This product includes 6 animal information cards to be used as task cards or taped around the room in a scavenger hunt, a recording sheet, and a blueprint page for students to creatively demon

This brochure project was created to be used alongside my Kentucky Regions Unit. Each region has its own 2-sided brochure, which students can complete and decorate as they learn about each region during the unit. This is a great way to allow students to channel their creativity while also demonstrating their learning and progress!

This project makes such a fun quiet time activity each week, or even a special gift for grown-ups at home for the holidays! Simply search a directed drawing video on YouTube and enjoy the calm that comes over your classroom as your students focus on creating their unique calendar and take pride in the artwork they create! *Will be updated yearly!

Use this activity to engage your students in learning about the agriculture industry in Kentucky! Students will use their research and comprehension skills to find relevant information, and they will tie in their creativity in making this infographic. This is especially useful during Ag Week in October!

This Sunshine Binder set makes the perfect gift for a student teacher, a student moving away, or a teacher retiring/moving schools! Print the cover to stick in the front of a 3-ring binder, then have each student complete the other pages. Once it's complete, it creates a colorful look back on some positivity for whenever the recipient needs some extra sunshine!

Feel like your students are constantly crowding around you, asking for help? This resource helps to manage that by allowing students to take a letter and wait their turn! This resource assists with classroom management, while also instilling the important skills of patience and persistence through independent "struggle time." Simply attach clips or clothespins labeled with the letters of the alphabet, and students can grab one when they need help, then wait at their seat until their letter is ca

Use this Memory Book as a sweet gift to a student teacher, teacher, or student when it's time for them to leave your class or school! There are several different page designs, as well as two cover pages. Your class will love reflecting on their time spent with the special person they write this book about, and the recipient will always cherish this look back at your class!

This is the perfect activity for the beginning of the year, or for the end of the year to pass along to your students' next teachers! Students will love writing about themselves and thinking about what their teachers should know to help them be successful.

Use this resource to help your students with tracking their iReady Diagnostic scores throughout the year! This is such an easy way to work on goal-setting and recognizing growth, and it is a great visual to send home to families at the end of the year!