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This document includes two different beginning, middle, end graphic organizers. The first beginning, middle, end organizer features a description of which key elements (character, setting, problem, and solution) student's should look for in the beginning, middle, and end of a story. The second organizer shows students that the middle is where the plot commonly occurs. Both organizers are great resource to use when heading towards teaching retell. *If you have purchased this item, please rate

After teaching word problems for a couple of years, I noticed that students see word problems as a very abstract process. When given a word problem, students often choose an operation and solve. It seems like they have little understanding/reasoning on how and why they chose that specific way to solve. This unit is meant to help students realize (through naming, identifying, creating and solving) that there are six different types of addition and subtraction word problems (Result Unknown, Chan

In teaching number sense it is important to provide instruction on friendly numbers. Sums of 10 are one type of friendly numbers that students love to rely on, when solving addition problems that feature multiple addends. This document is intended to train students to identify two numbers that make ten, when presented with a string of addends. My students enjoy searching for the sums of ten, identifying the two addends that make ten, and then correctly coloring the sums of ten. I tell my stude

This is a great supporting document when teaching character and setting. This graphic organizer can be used at a listening center or a comprehension center. Additionally, the organizer highlights that setting is made up of two parts; where and when. (Images: openclipart.org)

This graphic organizer is a great tool to get students organizing their ideas before asking them to formulate a paragraph. The descriptive writing organizer has students use their senses to come up with 'juicy adjectives' to help describe the item they are writing about. After the organizer is complete, student take their 'juicy adjectives' and make them into complete sentences. (Clipart: openclipart.org)

This document is intend to help students form a complete retell on informational text. This document guides students through the retell process by explaining the important characteristics that make up a complete retell (i.e stating the topic and supporting details).This document also highlights and introduces the fact that informational text often includes text features (specifically table of content, bold print, headings, diagrams, and charts). Please note: The first page is the graphic organ

This 36 page document is filled with common core assessments. The assessments specifically assess 'operations and algebraic thinking, numbers and operations,place value, and comparing and ordering numbers. This comprehensive assessment heavily relies on the '8 standards for mathematical practice in first grade.' Unlike the past assessments, these assessments are based on truly understanding your student's mathematical thinking. The assessments also help your students explain their thinking throu

This 12 page document is an excellent resource to use when teaching informational/explanatory writing. The document includes two posters that show students that this genre has two purposes (first to inform the reader and second to state a procedure). The document also includes two note taking sheet, so when students receive information pertaining to a topic they have a way of recording facts. The document also includes four different graphic organizers. These organizer are highly scaffolded, mee

This document includes two standard and expanded form match sets. The first set is intended to introduce your students to expanded form through the use of numbers in the tens place (or double digit numbers). The second set is intended to be more challenging; it includes numbers in the hundred's place (or triple digit numbers). You can play both games together or separately. Each set includes 32 cards. Additionally, students can self-correct by making sure their match has the same zebra graphic.

Hey Followers, Thank you so much for all the positive comments on the writing units I have prepared! I know a lot of my followers have been requesting an opinion writing unit, so here it is! After a lot of research (and much creativity), I am excited to release this unit. This 30 page document includes: Seven Teaching Posters - Defining Opinion Writing - Defining What Makes a Strong Argument - Three Ways to Create a Topic Sentence - Transitions for Every Level - Helpful Starters

This 16 page document features a variety of activities that help to better prepare your students for performance based task assessments. This packet includes: 2 inquiry questions that you can begin and end your unit by answering. 3 performance based tasks where students have to ponder and discover all the ways/combinations to make ten. 2 tasks that ask your students to explain their mathematical thinking. (To better support your student, sentence starters are included.) 14 days of warm ups

This online scavenger hunt has students search for answers on the U.S. Mint's kid friendly website. This project is intended to teach your students the history of our money. This project also heightens engagement as students search for answers behind what our coins use to look like, were made out of, and even called! Students also get to choose one rare coin that they found interesting and present the history of this coin to their classmates. Many of my students actually had a coin collection

This six page document is intended to help teach text connections. The document features 'ask your brain' questions to get students thinking about ways they can connect to the text. Additionally, the document features sentence starters to help better support student responses when asked to answer text connection questions. * Helps fulfill Common Core Standard 1.RL.9 Includes: 1 page: text-to-self graphic organizer 2 pages: text-to-text graphic organizer 1 page: text-to-world graphic organizer

This document features two personal narrative graphic organizers. The first graphic organizer is to be used when teaching your students how to write a personal narrative. The graphic organizer teaches students how to structure a topic sentence by using descriptive words or adjectives. This also helps your students learn how to hook their audience into their story. The graphic organizer explains rising action, climax, and falling action. The graphic organizer also teaches your students that a c

This 18 page document is an excellent resource to use, when teaching fictional narratives! It features 4 main graphic organizers that will have your students writing advanced fictional narratives in no time! The document also features activities that teach your students that setting can parallel a character's mood or signify that a climax is ready to unfold. (Yes, my first grade students understand this concept and know how to embed this element into their writing.) The two page fictional narra

How many times have you taught comparing numbers and your students can state which number is bigger but they lack ways to support/prove their thinking? To often enough, we hear the answer, “well the number is greater because it is greater.” If you have heard this response before and want to help your students develop ways they can prove their thinking, this unit is for you! This 25 page document begins with an inquiry question. This question gets your students thinking about ways to prove that a

What happens when you mix mustaches with sums of 10??? Total engagement is the answer! This highly engaging unit includes: 1 silly sums of ten poem (which will help your students memorize their sums of ten), 3 sums of ten games, and 2 assessments! Games Include: *Partner Match: This match allows 36 player to play at once. Each player gets half of a sum of 10 mustache. Players have to find their sum of ten mustache partner. *Bingo: The teacher calls out one addend used to make ten and stude

In teaching number sense it is important to provide instruction on friendly numbers. Doubles are one type of friendly numbers that students love to rely on, when solving addition problems that feature multiple addends. This document is intended to train students to identify doubles, when presented with a string of addends. My students enjoy searching for the doubles, identifying the doubles, and then correctly coloring the doubles. I tell my students that this activity 'trains their eyes' to f

The document is intended to teach students how to form a complete retell on what they read. This supporting document also helps student identify all the major events that happened in the story. This document can also help build a student's comprehension. (Font borrowed for kevinandamanda.com) *If you have purchased this document, please rate me :D Thank you!

This 30 page document includes common core student friendly kindergarten standards. The document specifically pertain to the common core literature and information reading standards. Literature standards are featured in a pink and orange format. Informational standards are featured in a blue and green format. (This helps the little ones know instantly what type of text they are reading.) Key words are in colored font to help highlight the focus at hand. Enjoy! :D