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This math scoot game can be used as a review, pre-assessment, or post-assessement. It covers fact families, missing addend, doubles facts, fill-in part-part-whole mat, and fill-in number bonds. It reinforces the connections with math fact families. Included is a color copy, black and white copy, student recording sheet, and teacher answer key.

This book club guide covers several objectives, while helping your students grasp full comprehension of this fun-loving book. The guide helps students work through tricky words, sort through vocabulary through the use of synonyms, antonyms, analogies, while also exploring the meaning of idioms, homonyms and homophones. Cause and effect, as well as discussion questions are also included. Feel free to take a peek at the preview, as select pages are included. This pack also includes black and white

This book club guide covers several objectives, while helping your students grasp full comprehension of this fun-loving book. The guide helps students work through tricky words, sort through vocabulary through the use of synonyms, antonyms, analogies, while also exploring the meaning of idioms, homonyms and homophones. Cause and effect, as well as discussion questions are also included. Feel free to take a peek at the preview, as select pages are included. This pack also includes black and w

I used these tags at meet the teacher with a pack of bubbles. They print 9 to a page. The kids enjoyed the surprise gift and the parents liked that it was not candy. Included are two versions: I'm bubbling with excitement ... We're bubbling with excitement ... (for team teaching OR Cooperating Teacher/Student Teacher joint gift) I've also got an option where the Love, is taken off ... so you can choose to sign it or not. :)

This product was designed to cover all First 200 Fry sight words, plus extra that were required for my district. This is a quick print and go activity to practice recognizing the sight word, reading sight words within a paragraph, hearing and spotting rhyming words, as well as using the spelling strategy of using sight words to help us spell other words! This packet is a year long sight word study for 23 weeks, covering over 220 sight words in a quick print and go fashion, and it includes an ans

I created this product to help with a positive school - home connection. We discuss so many different strategies in school and when sending math homework home, often parents are unsure of how to encourage "showing your work." This is a sheet that is included in their daily homework folder to assist with ideas. I also use this as mini posters in the room for group work, as well as a large poster on display with my math anchor charts. There are 1/2 size pieces included if you are unable to make a

These cards can be used to help students create a visual using a 10-frame when using basic addition. They can play several different ways by simply matching them up or playing it like a memory game. Please check out the preview before purchasing. There are 4 different sets of cards, so it increases with difficulty. The cards are grouped by the outlining color, either green, blue, purple or orange. This makes it easy to accommodate different levels of students, as well as keep them sorted.

Please view the preview, as it includes something from each section of the document for you to see what you will be purchasing. This product has 8 sight word lists that are color coded and can be used as sight word recall and/or sight word spelling. A parent letter is included, along with a chart to be send to and from school as a communication tool for their progress with the challenge. A chart for each list can be copied and used by a helper or a peer to test them that list. It includes a s

I created these Clip Cards because they are useful for Independent Centers and/or Early Finishers. Ten frames are a great visual to help with number sense. You can use laundry clothes pins and if you put a check mark on the back, your students can self check! I created 3 different sets that vary with ability, so you can also use them for 3 different groups of students. I've included black and white copies, so you can print on different colored card stock if you want to save on ink. Enjoy!

This weather inquiry booklet includes information to research rain, thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards. Each type of weather has 2 pages that can be printed back and front. There is also a riddle, "If weather could talk" on each page that reviews the type of weather previously taught. There is an option of a black and white cover. Included are also sample lessons plans used with this inquiry unit to be used as a guide.

This has sight words cards used from the first 100 Fry, as well as sight words from the learning continuum with MAPS assessments. They are color coded by each list number. Get the Whole Product! Sight Word Reading and Spelling Challenge A complete package, including directions for how to use, parent directions for home, school-home connect letter and tracking chart, peer checking sheets, poster display, and certificates of completion can be purchased as well by visiting my store for product:

If you enjoy interactive pieces for your social studies journals, then this is a great addition. It covers different places in the school and rules for each. Simply print one for each child, have them glue the one on the left completely down and the cut the other so flaps lift for the rules. Enjoy!

I created this product to direct my students' attention to our math instructional time, as well as create a whole group "math talk" discussion. These questions are rigorous and help with MAPS test prep. It comes complete with directions on how to use and an answer key with suggestions for each problem of how to guide whole group math strategy discussion.

This file will help with preparation for parent-teacher conferences. Included you will find a sheet to send home to parents before conferences, to prepare you for any questions or concerns they may have. There is also a student goal sheet to have student complete before conferences, so the child is showing ownership of their personal academic and social goals. There is a black and white version for the student goal sheet.

This is a great tool to use for Parent-Teacher night. I used this over the course of 3 days during my writing time to teach how to sketch pictures and write words and times to complete each sentence. It helps the kids become familiar with the lingo used during the day and learn their schedule in the process. Parents loved reading all about their day at parent-teacher night. I created both a first grade and second grade cover, as well as the last page has both a first and second grade text so

This is a FREE product to try for 2 weeks. Try it out and see how convenient it is to have engaging activities for sight words. The full project includes the first 200 Fry words, plus some extras. This includes an ANSWER KEY! For the full product, as well as the sight word cards for your word wall, please visit my store.