Julia Vans

A fun way to have your students record what they did over Thanksgiving break. I'm giving mine as homework, but it would also work well as a returning to school morning work or writing activity. Clip art from http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Prince-Padania

Help your students with their retelling and comprehension with this graphic organizer. Using the headings, students will record what they have learned in each section, using words or pictures.

These simple sentence starters are perfect for a writing center choice for Kinders and 1st graders to practice reading sight words and writing simple sentences. Dotted lines on the sentence starter help students practice letter formation and handwriting with sight words. Sight words included: I, see, like, can, have, play, saw

This is a counting and number sense mathematics assessment aligned with VA SOL K.4 Find out how much your students have learned or what they need to work on. Use this assessment with kinders at the end of the year, or 1st graders at the beginning of the year as a pre-assessment. It contains both whole group and individual components with an answer key and rubrics for scoring included. Questions target basic counting, more/less, equivalence, and skip counting through multiple verbal and non-verb

Use these pages to make an alphabet book with your kindergarteners or 1st graders! Brainstorm the letters and letter sounds as a whole class, then allow students to make their own page of the book. They will practice handwriting by tracing the phrase "--- is for" and write their own word. Compile the pages, laminate, and add to the classroom library for students to read all year long. You could also laminate these pages seperately and let students use dry erase markers to practice writing diffe

This is a 2 page set of worksheets where students write and draw the time to the hour using analog clocks. This is perfect for morning work, review work, or independent work during a unit on telling time. Can also be used as a quick assessment or as part of a more formal assessment.

Engage your class in hands-on science learning with this Science Circus all about the Four Seasons. In a science circus, small groups of students rotate to different centers and actively engage in a short activity. In this, there are 4 centers, each devoted to one of the four seasons. A science circus is also a great way to get parents who want to help out in the classroom! This circus includes the student information card, which is written in student-friendly language, to guide independent wor

In this game, students practice number recognition and counting on strategies to prepare them for addition by rolling dice and tracing the number that corresponds with what they rolled. Students work with a partner and take turns until all the numbers have been traced. Included are three versions for play with 1 dice, 2 die or 3 die (numbers up to 6, 12, or 18) VA SOL 1.1, 1.2

Help your students synthesize learning from a Time For Kids through this report. They will record facts they learned as well as make connections to the material. I use this in my students Reading Folders and could even be used as an assessment piece.

Use this fun sheet to display student pairs so that students can see. In my classroom, students have the same writing partner for a few months at a time so that they can develop a long-term bond with a particular student and watch and celebrate each others writing growth. Color and black and white versions are included. Clip art from Creative Clips: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden

Engage your students in learning about maps, natural resources, and planning by allowing them to design a park! This two page resource includes space for students to make their map and a map key.

This is a recording sheet to accompany a sink or float experiment in the primary grades. Students predict and then test if a quarter, leaf, stick, paper clip, cork and rock will sink or float in a cup of water. Clear illustrations for sink and float make this perfect for primary and ELL/ESOL students to use.

Goal setting empowers students to take ownership over their learning. I used this at Back to School night--it was a hit with parents! Help students begin the goal setting process with a simple goal for what they would like to learn or be able to do this year in school. At a parent night, leave the goal on the students desk and have the parents write how they will help their student achieve their goal. I have these on display in my classroom and don't intend to take them down until the end of the

Money set cards can be used as a math center or read around the room math activity. Students can use real coins to match each set, count and record the value. Includes cards and recording sheet.

Help students organize what they know about different animal habitats using this graphic organizer!

I use these mats in my classroom to introduce the concepts of geometry to my students and as a way for them to continue practicing identifying/describing shapes as an independent or partner center. 3 mats included: by shape name, by # of sides, by # of vertices (corners) Use with pattern blocks, shapes, or paper shapes that can be cut and glued (great performance task!)

A fun way to have your students record what they did over Winter break. I'm giving mine as homework, but it would also work well as a returning to school morning work or writing activity. Clip art from http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Prince-Padania

This pack contains a ballot, recording sheet and writing activities to be used in a class presidential election. It was designed using the books Duck For President, Grace for President and My Teacher for President. Read the books as a class, make campaign posters for each candidate, discuss character traits that make for a good leader, then engage students in the voting process! Enjoy the election fun with your class! This is designed and has been used with Kindergarten and 1st grade. It support

Use this pack to help organize book clubs or literature circles in your class! Sections for guidelines, a schedule to help groups plan reading and assignments, and a recording page for each group role. Fonts by Hello fonts.

Use this fun sheet to display student pairs so that students can see. In my classroom, students have the same turn and talk/conversation partner for a few months at a time so that they can develop conversational skills and a long-term bond with a particular student. Color and black and white versions are included. Clip art from Creative Clips: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden