First Grade Essentials

This graphic organizer really helps my first graders organizer their thoughts.

This organizer really helps my first graders organizer their thoughts.

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

I wanted to give my young writers a little more direction for letter writing early in the year. It's worked well so far.

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.

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

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

I like to keep my math homework simple to ensure the kids aren't confused by different approaches for teaching various concepts. This math homework has been ideal.

We use this graphic organizer almost every week for retelling.

I use this graphic organize to help students summarize their learning as well as write a biography.

This is basic homework sheet that I use for reading. I keep it in my students' Take Home Folder. I check it every morning when they get to school.

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