Intelligence Plus Character Teaching Resources

Trick your students with this cute April Fools joke. Use these editable Google slides to guide you through the story of the Lirpa Sloof bird. All you need is mini-marshmallows to give to your students so they can sing to the Lirpa Sloof bird as they try to get it to come out of hiding and land on their hands. Your students will have fun during and after the trick. There is also a brief video link explaining the history of April Fools Day at the end. Have fun!!

This Google Slide presentation includes all of the high frequency words ( sight words) in the Open Court curriculum for first grade. They are organized by unit and lesson in order. Words are presented sound by sound, and there are hearts above sounds that aren't decodable. This is science of reading aligned. There are 100 slides in this presentation.

This is a fun activity for the holidays. Students will get Math Practice with tallies and ELA practice with describing words/adjectives...all while eating pie!! This activity is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Pi Day or any time you want to have fun with your class! Google slides are editable/customizable.

This Google Slides presentation is a step by step explanation of how to write an opinion text. It supports the Benchmark Advance reading curriculum. It is 11X8.5 for easy printing. Enjoy this free resource! I use it in my first grade classroom.