First Things First

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Use these posters to teach sequential order. There is also a worksheet to reinforce the strategy.

Use this book with students after reading "The Three Little Pigs." 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. Retelling is a comprehension skill that is essential to all students. Have fun with this writing activity!

An author's sort that may be used whole class. Students can sort the sentence strips into three categories: persuade inform and entertain. This can also be used as a center activity!

Use this book with students after reading "Goldilocks and The Three Bears." 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. Retelling is a comprehension skill that is essential to all students. Have fun with this writing activity!

These story problems can be used for many different types of practice. Included: -18 addition story problems -18 subtraction story problems -In color and black and white -addition story problem worksheet (write-on/wipe-off page) -subtraction story problem worksheet (write-on/wipe-off page)

Cut out the cards and laminate them to use in a word work center. You may also use the cards for a whole group activity. There are 45 words. Included is a second set with *symbols for differentiation. There is also a worksheet for extended practice! Enjoy! *Symbols in the differentiated cards set don't necessarily relate to the word cards. It is a way to help the student find the cards more easily if needed.

Included: 10 writing sheets with pre-made topics, 2 generic informational writing sheets and 1 compare and contrast organizer. These sheets could be used to teach informative writing. They may also be used as part of a writing center or independent work.

A fun way for students to research their animal! This listing includes 7 different activities to help students get to know their animal. -web graphic organizer -animal diagram -animal habitat poster -animal life cycle (3 and 4 stage worksheets) -animal research comprehensive page -flip book -foldable mini book

A writing activity with a clown theme. Included: 3 graphic organizers, 3 writing pages and a color by "clown word" picture. Idea: * Use this with any clown props. Take pictures of your students (individually) with props and have them write about what type of clown they would be and why. I found cute props at Michael's craft store for under you could use (or think about props used in a photo booth). My first grade students had a lot of fun with this activity!

This pack has 46 printables included! It can be used with any lesson teaching various comprehension strategies. The directions are easy to follow and the worksheets can be used over and over again! This pack is aligned to the majority of the RL and RI standards.

This pack includes 9 color, cut and match activities! The vowel teams included are ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe, ue, and ui. There are two worksheet options for ui (full or half sheet). This activity is perfect for a whole group OR center activity! Students color the pictures, cut them out and paste them to the matching word. This can also be a fun "early finisher" activity! Perfect for ESL students and beginning readers with using pictures relating to the words! As an option, the teacher can cre

This is a fun way to practice the comprehension skill of cause and effect!This activity can be used as a whole group activity or literacy center/Daily 5 station. Students will match up the cause and effect and construct a paper chain (pattern: cause, effect, cause effect…). Materials needed are scissors and glue.

This listing has supplemental worksheets to go along with teaching students about life cycles. It includes graphic organizer pages to go along with the life cycle of a plant, frog, butterfly, chicken and sea turtle. There is also a worksheet that can be used to describe and inform about any life cycle as well as a book suggestions page to use along with the graphic organizers. These would be great to use to incorporate science into a writing unit, or to for work on writing literacy stations.

Reading, Writing, Student Behavior and Student Forms included! Use these forms to track reading and writing conferences as well as whole class and individual student notes. A great way to organize student data!

These story problems can be used for many different types of practice. Included: -18 addition story problems. -18 subtraction story problems. -In color and B & W. -Addition and Subtraction story problem worksheet (write on wipe off -when laminated-)