Welcome to First Grade Gems!
Many years ago, I wanted to find a way to create educational resources and share them with other Educators.
Joining the TPT family has helped me accomplish that goal.
I hope my 32+ years as an educator is evident in my resources and that you find what you are looking for!
Y Ending words - Y as a Vowel - Does the y make a long I sound or long E? ⭐ This y as a vowel resource includes activities designed to help students work on words that end in y. Students will become familiar with learning and practicing how to know if the y ending makes the long e vowel sound or if it makes the long I vowel sound. The March theme is perfect for a fun St. Patrick's Day activity!I have included ⭐ 4 different activities to help students work on y ending words and have a fun March
Y Ending words - Y as a Vowel - Does the y make a long I sound or long E? ⭐ This y as a vowel resource includes activities designed to help students work on words that end in y. Students will become familiar with learning and practicing how to know if the y ending makes the long e vowel sound or if it makes the long I vowel sound.I have included ⭐ 4 different activities to help students work on y ending words!I have included:⭐ A teaching or display rule poster⭐ Activity #1: 30 Y Ending Word
Students will have fun learning about the alphabet, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and initial consonant sounds with this fun Fall Halloween themed resource. Students will love the corresponding craft activity as a follow up! This is a great resource to use in the Fall and Halloween when your students are learning about the letters of the alphabet and consonant sounds and their thoughts are on all things Fall and Halloween!This resource works great in your centers, small groups, morning
This is a Halloween ABC Order resource that will reinforce alphabetical order and make it fun and engaging for the Halloween season! This fun abc order activity will help students understand the sequence of the alphabet and learn to compare words based on letter order! Your students will love learning about alphabetical order by using this activity as they work with the fun Halloween themed task cards and alphabet letters!I have included:35 Halloween themed task cards - You will be able to
Do you have fast finishers or early finishers and you wish they had something to do that wasn't just busy work but was great review work? Now you do!These Early Finishers task cards will keep your early or fast finishers busy with wonderful educational tasks. I have included reading, spelling, phonics, writing, math, and art!Just copy the task cards and place in a small basket or the photo keeper boxes sold at craft stores. I have included 8 different recording sheets that coordinate wit
Your students will love this editable Roll and Build a Flower activity! You get to choose the skill by using the flower themed editable task cards and your students will love rolling a die and building the flower of their choice!This activity is great for a center activity, partner activity, and small group work!So simple to prep for students! They will ask to use this activity over and over again and you can change the skill you want them to work on by using the EDITABLE TASK CARDS!I have incl
Your students will love this editable Roll and Build Earth Day activity! You get to choose the skill by using the Earth Day themed editable task cards and your students will love rolling a die and building the Earth!This activity is great for a center activity, partner activity, and small group work!So simple to prep for students! They will ask to use this activity over and over again and you can change the skill you want them to work on by using the EDITABLE TASK CARDS!I have included the foll
Your students will love this editable Roll and Build Easter activity! You get to choose the skill by using the Easter themed editable task cards and your students will love rolling a die and building an Easter basket!This activity is great for a center activity, partner activity, and small group work!So simple to prep for students! They will ask to use this activity over and over again and you can change the skill you want them to work on by using the editable task cards!I have included the fol
Happy New Year 2026! This January 2026 New Year resource includes editable bulletin board decor, student editable labels, and editable student resolution writing booklet! Your students will love the Space theme!This classroom, bulletin board, and decor resource includes everything you will need to ring in 2026 in your classroom! Students will love writing about their resolutions for 2026!Great for classroom doors, bulletin boards, and New Year Resolution writing!I have included:10 Differen
Gingerbread Counting to 20 with Number Matching and Ten Frames!Your students will love to work on counting (0-10 or 0-20) and number matching with these fun Gingerbread Man Kids and Houses. They can count the gumdrops on the houses and match to the corresponding gingerbread numbers. They can also work on ten frames!I have included the following:2 Sets of Number Counting Cards - 0-10 and 0-20- Each card is numbered so it can be used as a Read/Write the Room activity and to also use the recor
Phoneme Substitution Activity Task CardsThese short a and short e phoneme substitution task cards with a Christmas theme are a fun way to incorporate hands on practice changing the beginning sound of a short a and short e word to make a new word! Phoneme Substitution is a strategy to help students by deleting a sound and changing it to another sound to make a new word! This resource helps students change the initial consonant of a short a and short e word to a different letter and sound to make
Your students Kindergarten and First Grade students will love working on their CVC words and sounds with this fun Christmas resource! Give your students a fun way to work on hearing initial, middle, and ending sounds of CVC words. This allows your students to look at the cvc picture cards and match them to the corresponding word cards.This would be easy to differentiate if you didn't want to use all 50 cards. Just use the cards you want to use and students will record that many words. Stu
⭐These editable Christmas classroom name tags or labels are the perfect addition to your classroom for name tags and labels as you decorate your classroom for Christmas!They can be used as name tags for your door to greet students or to label tables, supply bins, book boxes, coat hooks, etc. Use for things such as lunch check in or for your classroom door or bulletin board or even to display work on a bulletin board! I have included:⭐ Labels or name tags are in 18 different Christmas the
Christmas CVC Word Scramble!Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will love working on their CVC short vowel words and sounds with this fun Christmas themed resource! Each letter of the CVC word is featured on the chimney to help with hearing initial, middle, and ending sounds. This allows your students to put the letters in the correct order to spell the CVC word correctly. A picture of the cvc word is included!Each word card is numbered so that students can record the word on the c
Students will have fun learning about the alphabet, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and initial consonant sounds with this fun Fall Halloween themed resource. This is a great resource to use in the Fall and Halloween when your students are learning about the letters of the alphabet and consonant sounds and their thoughts are on all things Fall and Halloween!This resource works great in your centers, small groups, morning work, and partner activities!Put this into your centers and includ
It is almost time to VOTE FOR PRESIDENT!! During this election for President of the United States, you might want to focus on elections and voting with your students. This election decor resource is just what you need to get your classroom ready for Election Day! I have included posters (one editable) and editable labels with a patriotic theme!I have included the following:5 Classroom, Bulletin Board, or Door Posters**Every Vote Counts**Election Day!**Welcome to Our Class! - Editable**Our Ne
This is a bundle of all 9 months of my monthly reading logs for the months of September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May!Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a reading log at the beginning of the month! Each month, students can record (color a snowflake, leaf, candy cane, heart, etc.) for every book they read during the current month.Pick one of these monthly reading logs (or let your students pick!) and send it home for students to keep track
This is a bundle of my monthly reading logs for the months of December, January, and February!Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a reading log at the beginning of the month! Each month, students can record (color a snowflake, heart, etc.) for every book they read during the months of December, January, and February!Pick one of these monthly reading logs (or let your students pick!) and send it home for students to keep track of their at home reading during the month of your ch
⭐These editable Easter classroom name tags or labels are the perfect addition to your classroom or classroom door. They can be used as name tags for your door to greet students or to label tables, supply bins, book boxes, coat hooks, bulletin boards etc. I have included:⭐ Labels or name tags in 17 different options! You can print, laminate, and write student names or name of materials with a marker OR use the editable file to type names, etc.You will receive a Zip file. When opened, 2 file
Are you teaching students how to change y ending words to plural? It is such a difficult rule for students to learn! Do you change the y to i and add es or just add s to words ending in y?This fun March or St Patrick's Day themed resource will give your students the extra practice needed to master this difficult spelling rule!This summer themed resource would be great for literacy centers for extra practice, perfect for a small or large group lesson, or give to a para professional or vol
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Experience
Welcome to First Grade Gems!
Many years ago, I wanted to find a way to create educational resources and share them with other Educators.
Joining the TPT family has helped me accomplish that goal.
I hope my 32+ years as an educator is evident in my resources and that you find what you are looking for!
Teaching style
My teaching style is to use a good variety of activities including small group, large group, and fun activities to stimulate learning.
I love to use centers for both reading and math.
Learning must be fun and interactive!
Awards & shining teacher moments
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My own education history
Bachelor Degree in Education from Wayne State College.
Additional biographical information
My husband and I have been married for 40 years and we live in Omaha, Nebraska.
We have two sons and one adorable Shih Tzu named Gracie.
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