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This easy to implement mini lesson focused around "The Blind Men and The Elephant" will be time well spent and fun for your students. Parents enjoy seeing the product and it makes for a great bulletin board! This 7 page PDF includes: -A lesson plan for comparing two versions or "The Blind Men and The Elephant" and ART project. (see sample) -Write up for bulletin board with description of what students have done and a quick version of the story -Checklist for art project -Sample of art project

Get To Know You Bingo is a great activity for September! Students will walk around and find classmates for each box. It will spark conversations and students will quickly realize how much they have in common. This is not only an ice breaker but also a community building activity. I encourage teachers to discuss management before starting the activity. This is a great way for teachers to also see how students approach others, manage their bodies during these types of activities and see how each i

This ocean unit is great for grades 1-3. This 30 slide powerpoint covers the ocean layers and the life that lives there. It also teachers coral reefs and bioluminescence, Your students will be engaged throughout the entire unit. This unit includes: -prior knowledge activation (what do you think you know) -gathering what your students want to learn -informational slides -science journal prompts -fill in the blank worksheets -links to national geographic images -coral reef reading guide -ocean

These passes are a great nonverbal way to implement the responsive classroom behavior strategy of take a break and buddy room. I keep many passes around my room (make sure they are laminated for durability). I hand students the pass and the designated take a break seat has a pass taped to it. At the take a break location put up or have as a card to hold the thinking sign that is included. By using these nonverbal cards students are less resistant to taking a break and it decreases the back and

Students will cut key vocabulary words about germs and glue them in the correct empty boxes throughout the written text to make the sentences true. This activity is a great way to introduce germs or as a end of a unit activity to summarize as well as review. I have used this lesson in both whole class settings where students take turn reading one sentence at a time and also as a science center in which students complete it independently.

In this 180 slide deck you will be provided a range of quick images to use! Each quick image has a blank slide before and after to make it easier to flash the quick image on the screen. You can easily duplicate a slide to adjust quick images for your students as you see fit. Included: Quick Images With Shapes Quick Images With Ten Frames Quick Images With Double Ten Frames Quick Images With Dice Quick Images With Rekenrek Quick Images - How many are hiding?

This 33 page PDF presentation is packed with SEL work focused on positive affirmations. It is perfect for grades K-3. Included: Lesson script and plan for introducing, practicing, writing, and having a closing circle about positive affirmations. Positive affirmation cards focused on: confidence boosters, feelings, learning & growing, happiness & self-love, kindness & friendship, worrying thoughts, and blank templates. Art project with step-by-step directions (self portrait with positive affir

ACTIVITIES: • Interactive notebook papers showing parts of plants (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) • Information pages about the purpose of each part of the plant (Would be great for shared reading) o Roots o Stems/Stalks o Leaves o Flowers o Fruits o Seeds • Interactive notebook pages for each plant part – writing prompt • Colored poster categorizing parts of the plant we eat (words and pictures) • Interactive notebook pages for categorizing the parts of the plant we eat These activities

This Common Core word problem bundle addresses 7 common core standards! Students are expected to solve many problem types (See table of contents). This bundle includes 10 problems for each problem type. They build from simple to complex. Common Core Standards Addressed (1st grade): • CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positio

This powepoint teaches what realistic fiction and fantasy is. It provides definitions for each genre in kid friendly words, has a slide where students sort the pictures of books we have read into either realistic fiction or fantasy boxes, and gives a writing prompt for defending if a book is realistic fiction or fantasy and why. This powerpoint can easily be adapted to fit the books you have read with your class (just copy pictures of the books you have read into the slides) or this will give yo

This lesson plan includes LOTS of visuals and hands on learning to investigate sinkers and floaters as well as practicing predicting & recording scientific observations. Students will be guided step by step to predict (holding up a prediction card) record prediction, investigate/experiment and record their observations with words and pictures. This lesson will fulfill many common core and MA state standards: Predicting Recording Scientific Observations Matter (solids, liquids...) Inquiry bas

Long Vowel Materials • Long Vowel ABC activity – sort pictures and write • Long Vowel pocket chart: recording sheet and pictures • Long Vowel read around the room: Long A Materials: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-A-vowel-sound-literacy-center-activities-worksheets Long I Materials: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-I-vowel-sound-literacy-center-activities-worksheets Long E Materials: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-E-vowel-sound-literacy-center-

These materials make it easy to teach the new common core persuasive writing unit. These black line masters include: -letter to families describing the unit and requesting their participation if their student writes to them -brainstorming sheets (topic and audience) -practice ideas to think about the appropriate audience for letters -letter planning sheet (beginning and advanced) -writing paper -address forms -transitions -list of mentor texts -revising and editing checklist

Long A Materials • Short A and long A ABC activity – sort pictures and write • Long A ABC – sort ay, ai, a_e pictures and write • CVC/CVCe ABC sort • Identifying and coloring long A and Short A words • Long A word families • Read around the room: Long A • Read around the room: cvc and cvce • Reading long A cvce words • Long A pocket chart: recording sheet, pictures, answer key • Highlight long A word patterns Long I Materials: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-I-vowel-sound-liter

These digraph worksheets are great for literacy centers! Pages included: (see preview) -Write the digraph you hear when saying the picture (2 sheets) -Read around the room sheet (ch/sh) -Read around the room sheet (ph/sh/ch/wh) -Read around the room sheet (ph/f) -New Shoes Poem with prompts to highlight words with the sh sound and write about their own shoes. -Pocket chart recording sheet and pictures

These PDF includes ALL lowercase and uppercase letters. On each page you will find: Example formation Verbal pathway (from HWT) Picture to link to the letter sound Line to trace the letter Three lines to practice the letter

Common Core 1st grade lesson plan and worksheets for solving and identifying equations as true or false. This lesson plan and included materials explicitly teach the equals sign, the meaning of true, the meaning of false, and provides the students with step by step directions to solving these types of math problems. This will help you teach and meet this new Common Core standard (1.0A.7) for first grade. This PDF includes: -Lesson plan with Common Core standard, step-by-step directions, teacher

Posters: Adding Subtracting Comparing Numbers Greater Than Less Than Reading Equations Equal Equations That Are True Equations That Are False Measuring Short, shorter, shortest Long, longer, longest Geometry Vertex, side, face Triangle, Rhombus, Circle, Trapezoid Square, Rectangle Exploring Triangles Fractions Time, Clocks Each poster is easy to print on 8.5 x 11 paper.

A complete hot chocolate theme day ready to go! Schedule includes: Read: How is chocolate made? Watch How Cocao Powder is made Write about chocolate Write the recipe for your group Make Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate Math Drink Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate Freeze Dance Write a hot chocolate acrostic poem I highly suggest making hot chocolate using a slow cooker in the classroom! Enjoy :)

Students will say the picture and listen for the short vowel sound. This worksheet reviews the short a,e, and o vowel sounds. You will be surprised how effective this form of review is! Please rate this worksheet. If you like this worksheet, more of this kind can be found at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Circle-The-Short-Vowel-You-Hear