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Once students have completed your schools Handwriting curriculum, how can you continue to practice handwriting?! Use these interesting and educational nonfiction passages about animals. Students can read the passages to learn information and then copy the passages onto lined paper to practice Handwriting. Students can then keep these passages in their reading folders/baggies or turn them into a collection/nonfiction book about animals upon finishing.

If you are teaching a Character Study for Reading Workshop, this is the kit for you! You will find inventive whole class charts, individualized charts, worksheets for students, and more! This kit focuses on character traits, feelings, and the skill of INFERRING. I hope you find the resources as useful as I do :)

Use these kid-friendly strategies to make Writing Workshop more efficient for you! Choose from 5 writing strategies based on student need. Print them on labels to stick to student folders or strategy sheets to foster independence. These strategies align with Teachers College (TC) reading/writing curriculum and support student growth in language conventions and writing development.

Several individualized behavior plans and behavior management tickets to get your classroom started on the best possible foot! I have used these tools in my classroom for many years, and always find them to be super successful based on individual student needs.

A common core aligned math assessment packet to use for the end of first grade! This packet can be used to guide report card grades and comments, or simply to show progress to parents at the end of the year. This can also be used as a summer activity packet. This packet includes concepts such as: sequencing numbers, solving story problems, counting by 2's/5's/10's, and more!

Can be used with dot stickers or without! Simply reinforce one-to-one correspondence for learners by asking them to count the images and identify how many. You can either provide a sheet of dot stickers and have learners pull the correct sticker from the sheet to place in the circle or learners can write the numbers on their own, depending on their current skillset.

A great task to take on in your classroom, or to give to a teaching assistant or student teacher -- keep track of students performance outside of pure academics. Social/emotional learning is super important too!

Instead of labeling your library book bins by letter, use this color/number system to keep students from thinking that reading levels are a race! Use the red 1,2,3 to represent levels A, B, C and so on.

Use these math strategies as visuals for students to keep in their math folders! This is a quick and easy way to set different goals for different learners and hold students accountable for checking their strategy when problem solving. Copy and paste into a label format in Microsoft word to print onto labels and stick in students math folders.

Use this template to print out cute, kid-friendly labels for your Author Bins in the classroom library! Includes: Kevin Henkes, David Shannon, Leo Leonni, Mo Willems, Eric Carle, and more!

A 4-page packet of story problems including addition, subtraction, and how many of each! There are a few 3-part story problems included as well. Use these to support students who are beginning to master story problem solving through strategies like counting all, counting on, counting back, and using doubles!

Hang this mini chart outside of your classroom door and use a clothespin to indicate where your class is throughout the day.

Motivate your students with tickets or 5 minutes of "choice time" for achieving their goals! This is a 3 chart series - you can either use one chart for a few weeks at a time and then move into the next, or alternate the charts weekly to keep students engaged.

For the child who seems to always seek teacher assistance or reassurance, when he/she may not actually need it! Use the check-in chart and the teacher talk tickets to encourage students to try other means before coming to a teacher. This will help them to become more confident until eventually they are asking others for help or "reading the room" without the chart as a reminder!

For the child who is particularly chatty -- help him or her to monitor focus throughout the day!

Use these photos with lines underneath to do some Interactive Writing around some of the Historical Heroes to study during Black History Month!

A variety of nonfiction writing papers to choose from for your students in a Nonfiction Writing unit! Includes a Table of Contents, pages with different numbers of line, and an About the Author page!

Use this template for your choice time centers! The name of the center comes with a visual underneath to attach to a chart or print out on labels. I put Velcro on the backs of each center to attach to a small whiteboard, then let my students sign up for Choice Time with a dry erase marker on the whiteboard.

With this movement break plan, students who need to fidget or move around throughout the day can have the liberty to do so! Students choose from four different movement breaks throughout the day, circling the break that they take to keep track. This can also easily be shared with parents to show how their child is manipulating the chart in school.

With this chart, you can help support a child who struggles to listen on the rug. Use smiley faces, stickers, or check marks to observe good listening on the rug, and to share with the child. You can also teach the child to giving him or herself the check marks in order to help shape self monitoring skills.