I am currently teaching 1st grade in middle sized district in Illinois. I student taught in 1st grade and spent a year in kindergarten. First grade is my dream grade and I have loved every moment of my career so far!
In 1st grade we are studying "What is a scientist?".
This packet includes:
* A scientist is web
* Scientists' tools
* Types of scientists
* Scientists' senses
* Scientist vocabulary
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2022. Update includes easier to read fonts (and cuter!) as well as cute, covers that students can color at the beginning of the month. I've been using this version for 1.5 years in my classroom and my students defintely enjoy the upgrade! Here is 11 months (no July!) worth of Daily Calendar Activities! Each set is priced at $4.00 for a total of $44. THIS BUNDLE costs only $12 which is a savings of $32!! This is over 55 pages of daily calendar skills for your students!! The da
Check out some of my 'part of the whole' worksheets that I've been doing with my first graders.
Great introduction to fractions!
Check out my Shapes Equal Parts Task Cards! My *best seller*!
Shapes Equal Parts Task Cards
This is my first bundle set! Each individual set is sold at $2.00 so this bundle is a 75% savings at $4 for the entire bundle!
It includes 70 practice pages for centers or individual work.
15 School Supplies
10 Fall
15 Christmas/Winter
15 Spring
15 Summer
Students circle groups of ten items. Then they record how many groups of ten, how many left over, and how many in all.
I use this with my first graders as a Math Center!
Check out my store for the individual sets! :]
Groups of Ten Schoo
Need a fun activity for March?
Here is a Hidden Picture activity where students have to color the corresponding numbers to uncover the picture.
This set includes 2 levels for each picture- one that has numbers and one that is blank!
There are 5 different pictures :]
My students love these and almost can do independently!
This set includes 60 different story problem cards! Each story problem involves students doing repeated addition or beginning multiplication if they know how!
There is an answer sheet for students to record their answers as well as the answer key is included!
There are 4 work mats also included for students who are using repeated addition to show their work.
Enjoy!
This set includes 90 task cards. Each card has a 2D shape that is divided by a line. Students need to determine whether a shape is split into equal parts or not equal parts. Then the student will place the card under the correct group card
**I have included alternate directions that include "symmetrical" and "not symmetrical" for those districts that use those terms!
Can be used in small group or in math centers. My first graders love!
Students will circle groups of ten with remainders on this activity. My students did this in the fall and loved it! Can be used as an assessment to see which students know how to find groups of ten.
Looking for a cute way for your students to work on fairy tales!? There are journals I made to use with my first graders during our fairy tale unit. Bundle includes: 26 slides Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood Three Little Pigs Princess and the Pea Three Billy Goats Gruff Activities include character and settings, problems and solutions, beginning middle end, and a few other cute activities specific to the stories.
This is a resource that I created to use with my higher first graders. I absolutely LOVE it this year! I make a class set of each page (hole punched!) and when a guided reading group is ready for the activity, I will pull out a few and use it with the texts that we are reading.
This resource includes responses for:
Boy and girl cover
Two pages to record what books read and genre
Describe a character
Character characteristics web
Character growth from beginning to end
Character emotions
Major
This is a great activity to use before your students start guided reading with you. Give students a ring of words to practice-- there's short vowels, long vowels, and blends! Have students start at the bottom of the card and read upwards to "pop" the popcorn. There is 24 short vowel cards, 24 long vowel cards, and 48 blends cards. I put each 'set' (short vowels is a set, long vowels is a set, blends is a set) on a ring for students to practice through.
Do you love celebrating Apple Day (Johnny Appleseed) with your students? It's one of my favorite "holidays" to celebrate with my students. Included in this purchase is both a COLORED and BLACK AND WHITE version! Activities include: Journal Cover Apple Tasting Adjectives Life Cycle of an Apple Things We Can Make with Apples Johnny Appleseed Reading Johnny Appleseed Response/Questions Spin Apple Subtraction Game Spin Apple Addition Game Make 10 on Ten Frames Apple Graphing (Red, Green, Yellow) App
I LOVE lapbooks! I think they are a fantastic way to get students engaged and excited about a unit.
This lapbook is all about ponds! There is a colored version with real pictures as well as a black and white version where students can draw or color the picture.
It includes:
* Cover for the lapbook
* I wonder (fill in 2 things student wonder about ponds)
* Toad and frog compare
* Vocabulary pocket
* 20 vocabulary cards
* Definitions for all 20 words
* Flap chart for pond plants
* Food chain bo
Game is played with 2-4 players.
72 word cards to read- 12 cards for each vowel pattern.
Vowel patterns: ai, au, ew, igh, ou, ow
Game board, 2 spinners included.
COLOR and BLACK AND WHITE version available!
Start by separating the colored word cards into six piles (red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple).
Put the label above each color -> ai = red pile, au = orange pile etc.
Players spin or roll dice to see who goes first.
Student with the highest goes first.
Student rolls/spins
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Here are 90 task cards for students to practice converting time!
INCLUDED:
* 45 purple cards where students convert a minute amount to hours and minutes.
* 45 green cards where students have an hour and minute amount and need to convert to minutes.
* Response sheets for both sets of cards
* Answers to all the cards
* Helpful conversion chart (how many minutes = 1, 2, 3, 4 hours)
Enjoy!
There are THREE differentiated versions of this game.
18 Shapes for each version, or 36 cards per version!
Version 1: Match shape to word
Version 2: Match shape and word to shape and word
Version 3: Match shape to shape
Students take turn picking 2 cards. If the shapes are a match, student gets to keep that pair and go again. If it is not a match, student places their cards back and next player gets a turn. Player with the most pairs wins.
I use this as a math center game with partners or g
BOOM is a favorite! This set is all short vowels. WHAT’S INCLUDED: 54 playing cards All cards include short vowels HOW TO PLAY:Place all cards in a pile, facing down. Partners take turns taking a card and reading word. If they get BOOM, all cards go to the bottom of the deck.
This set includes 108 cards for students to play with. The coin amount goes up to $1.00.
I use this with my first graders as a card came similar to war. They absolutely love it and beg me to bring it back every time I change centers!
HOW TO PLAY:
Have students divide the cards equally. Students will flip their cards at the same time. Then, have students count up the amount. The student with the higher amount wins the cards for that round.
Do you have a superhero theme? These cards are perfect for displaying a daily schedule in your classroom!
Included
*30 cards
* 4 blank cards
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Experience
I am currently teaching 1st grade in middle sized district in Illinois. I student taught in 1st grade and spent a year in kindergarten. First grade is my dream grade and I have loved every moment of my career so far!
Teaching style
I have a mix of styles. I love any time I can implement technology into our day. I use a lot of audio and hands on lessons throughout my day.
My own education history
I graduated high school in 2010 from an Illinois high school. I attended UW-Whitewater where I majored in Elementary Education and minored in Spanish. I graduated in 2013 and spent a semester subbing in my home district before I was hired to my current position :] I currently have a masters in Literacy and am working on my reading specialist endorsement.
Additional biographical information
I live in Illinois with my husband and toddler son. We have a boxer named Larken who is a ball of energy. In my "free time" I love to go sailing, do crafts, play soccer and tennis.
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