First Grade Essentials

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

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.

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.

A graphic organizer to help students organize their thoughts while retelling

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.

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

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

This document helps me keep track of where each of my students are working. It's very useful for meetings and conferences. I keep it at the front of my assessment binder.

This form is editable. It has been the best I've used yet.

This product allows students to show learning of character traits, feelings, and changes. I mainly assess standard RL1.3 using it.

A pre-assessment designed for students to rate their knowledge of vocabulary prior to interacting with the words in text

My first year with the ELA standards I really struggled with a way to record grades. After much trial and error, I finally created a document that made recording/managing grades comfortable for me.