First Grade Essentials

Graphic organizer designed to help students organizer their thoughts before and during their writing of a fairy tale

This rubric has helped my parents and students so much. Knowing exactly what's expected is so beneficial.

After going through multiple documents for writing conferences I decided that the simpler the better. This one has been working great!

A three day close reading lesson for the book, Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch There are also suggestions for small group instruction.

This is a practical close reading lesson with well prepared questions that meet all of the literature standards. Each question is correlated to a standard. I also notated the level of difficulty of each question based on Webb's Depth of Knowledge.

This year we're going to have a Frozen Christmas Party. All of my party stations are based on activities that match song titles. I had lots of fun creating them and can't wait for the party. I will have parents who volunteer to work each station. The kids will be split into groups and they will rotate through each station. Station descriptions are given in this document.

This made comparing and contrasting a little easier when initially teaching the concept.

We use this graphic organizer all the time. It's great to use in all subject areas.

My students do an amazing job retelling nonfiction after a couple of weeks worth of explicit lessons using this graphic organizer.

This is a document that has every volunteer needed and item needed for my entire year. You'll see the type of parties I host as well as the items that I need for them. You'll see other special things that go on throughout the year too. Giving the document to my room mom and having her contact parents to fill the needs has saved me so much time over the years! This document can easily be edited to meet the needs of your room.

Before I have my students compare characters they have to complete a character traits web. This makes comparing and contrasting much easier.

A graphic organizer to help students organize their thoughts while retelling

Here's a detailed plan for teaching procedures to first graders on the first 2 days of school. This document is available for editing, so you can make it completely your own.

This is a form used to analyze a child's reading after they've completed a running record with the teacher. It gives parents an insight to the areas they need to be practicing with their child at home.

This is an explicit lesson on prefixes. Teachers will have to make index cards for word sorting. Sentences for reading practice are included.

This rubric has helped my parents and students so much. Knowing exactly what's expected is so beneficial.

This is a quick form to keep track of where students are in the writing process. It also allows you to quickly note areas of weakness.

An editable template to make weekly newsletters a little easier. Change the font and add new details weekly.

This is an explicit phonics lesson for the /sh/ sound. It's tiered for low, medium, and high groups.

Students use this template to create a portrait of their mom. I use these as decorations for Mother's Day Tea.