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Illinois, United States
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I have been teaching for 7 years and LOVE it! I am teaching first grade for my second year and am enjoying every minute of it. I have a background in special education and I just received my ESL endorsement. To teach is to live through an adventure day by day!
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Preview of Addition and Subtraction Vocabulary Sort

Addition and Subtraction Vocabulary Sort

Students should be familiar with these terms when learning about addition and subtraction. Here is a great way to reinforce the vocabulary! Cut and paste the words under the correct operation.
Preview of Addition (counting on within 10)

Addition (counting on within 10)

Use these worksheets and write-on/wipe-off activities to reinforce the addition strategy for counting on.
Preview of Christmas and Winter Break Countdown

Christmas and Winter Break Countdown

Count down the days leading up to winter break in a fun and festive way! Included is a Christmas countdown (25 days) and a winter break countdown (15 days). Students can use cotton balls, craft pom-pons, bingo markers or any coloring tools to fill in each number. They look really cute on lockers :)
Preview of Inflectional Endings Toss (-ed and -ing) A Literacy Center

Inflectional Endings Toss (-ed and -ing) A Literacy Center

This center is a fun way to practice understanding with inflectional endings. Roll the paper dice and rewrite the base word with the inflectional ending on the recording sheet. -4 game boards -4 recording sheets Enjoy!
Preview of Cinderella Retelling Book

Cinderella Retelling Book

Use this book with students after reading "CInderella." This is a fun writing activity to use as a supplement to a fairy tales unit, writers workshop, whole group or small group writing or for students to use as a choice during "Work on Writing" for Daily 5. It is a great way to scaffold for independent writing. Retelling is a comprehension skill that is essential to all students.
Preview of Thanksgiving Author's Purpose Sort

Thanksgiving Author's Purpose Sort

Use the following cards to teach or reinforce Author’s Purpose. They can be used as a reading center sort, whole class pocket chart activity, or cut and paste the cards to chart paper. The cards have a Thanksgiving theme. This activity is perfect for the week before or week of Thanksgiving! Includes color and black & white clipart
Preview of Blends and Digraphs Assessment

Blends and Digraphs Assessment

There are 5 passages in this listing: blends, th digraph, sh digraph, ch digraph and wh digraph. Assess each phonics skill individually using the color coded copy. This reading passage is a great way to assess students on their phonics skills while using the words in context! Included is a color coded teacher copy, black and white teacher copy and black and white enlarged student copy.
Preview of First Grade Dolch Unscramble the Sentences

First Grade Dolch Unscramble the Sentences

This is a great activity to use as a literacy center, or for 'word work' or 'work on writing' for Daily 5. It includes all of the Dolch 1st Grade list words as well as recording pages. This activity is great for sight word practice, recognition and spelling. It also acts as a supplemental activity for sentence structure and writing practice. Enjoy! Included: *40 sets of cards (equaling 40 sentences to unscramble) *20 recording sheets (10 in color and 10 in black and white) *1 generic recording
Preview of Is it Equal? Comparing Number Sentences (aligned with Common Core)

Is it Equal? Comparing Number Sentences (aligned with Common Core)

Included are 6 different worksheets to practice differentiating between number sentences that are equal and number sentences that are not equal. There is also some practice with greater than, less than and equal to. These worksheets are aligned to the CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.D.8
Preview of Work on Writing! {30 prompts}

Work on Writing! {30 prompts}

These prompts are great for whole group, small group or literacy centers. If your class participates in the Daily 5, these are perfect for the "Work on Writing" station. Included: How-to Sequence Lists Narrative Expository
Preview of CVC Words Assessment Passages

CVC Words Assessment Passages

There are 5 passages in this listing: short a, e, i, o and u. Assess each phonics skill individually using the color coded copy. This reading passage is a great way to assess students on their phonics skills while using the words in context! Included is a color coded teacher copy, black and white teacher copy and black and white enlarged student copy.
Preview of Place Value Puzzles (Math Center)

Place Value Puzzles (Math Center)

-10 place value puzzles -Can be used as a math center/station activity -Make learning about place value FUN!!! -CCSS aligned Feedback is always appreciated. Thanks for your download! *Print on card stock and laminate for longer use.
Preview of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie Retelling Booklet

If you Give a Mouse a Cookie Retelling Booklet

There are two versions of this retelling booklet. The booklet is 15 pages long. There is one version with no writing support, and another version with writing guidance where the student fills in the missing words. This is a great way to see what the students recall after listening or reading the story. This activity is great for writing centers/work-on-writing or whole group instruction for retelling stories. Enjoy!
Preview of Contraction Puzzles (50 word puzzles)

Contraction Puzzles (50 word puzzles)

This is a fun center activity to reinforce contractions ( 'll, 'm, 's, 've, n't, 're, 'd). There are 50 contraction puzzles included. Print on card stock and laminate for longer lasting use. Students will read the contraction at the top of each puzzle and find the two words that make up the contraction to complete each puzzle. The puzzles are color coded.
Preview of Graphing Class Activity (What's Your Favorite COLOR?)

Graphing Class Activity (What's Your Favorite COLOR?)

Enjoy this graphing freebie to use with your class! I appreciate your feedback!
Preview of Winter Work on Writing

Winter Work on Writing

These prompts are great for whole group, small group or literacy centers. If your class participates in the Daily 5, these are perfect for the "Work on Writing" station. All of the prompts in this pack are related to Winter events, holidays and activities. Included: How-to Sequence Lists Narrative Expository *bonus- 2 extra writing pages (For your writers who just can't stop!)
Preview of and sometimes y (vowel sounds for y)

and sometimes y (vowel sounds for y)

This cut and paste activity is a fun way to sort between the long i and long e sound when spelled with y at the end of words. It can be used as a whole group activity, literacy center or for word work with Daily 5.
Preview of Length and Measurement Assessment

Length and Measurement Assessment

This is a length and measurement assessment made for 1st grade to go along with the CCSS under Measurement and Data. It includes questions to test for mastery after teaching the skills of length and measurement.
Preview of Fall Work on Writing

Fall Work on Writing

These prompts are great for whole group, small group or literacy centers. If your class participates in the Daily 5, these are perfect for the "Work on Writing" station. All of the prompts in this pack are related to Fall events, holidays and activities. Included: How-to Sequence Lists Narrative Expository
Preview of CVCe Assessment Passages

CVCe Assessment Passages

There are 5 passages in this listing: CVCe long a, e/ee, i, o and u. Assess each phonics skill individually using the color coded copy. This reading passage is a great way to assess students on their phonics skills while using the words in context! Included is a color coded teacher copy, black and white teacher copy and black and white enlarged student copy.
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About the store

Experience

I have been teaching for 7 years and LOVE it! I am teaching first grade for my second year and am enjoying every minute of it. I have a background in special education and I just received my ESL endorsement. To teach is to live through an adventure day by day!

Teaching style

All students can learn. I enjoy using different methods and strategies to help my learners grow! Some programs I implement in my classroom is Daily 5, Guided Reading Plus, and Daily 3 Math. I also use strategies from "whole brain teaching" aka "power teaching." Brain breaks are also an important part of our first grade experience!

My own education history

I went to school K-12 in a west suburb of Chicago. Then went to college at University of Northern Iowa. I Graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education k-6 and Special Education k-12. I went back to school for my ESL endorsement as well!