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Celebrate winter holidays, or a unit about the gingerbread man, while reinforcing shape identification and counting! This low-prep math craftivity uses art supplies found in most classrooms: construction paper, crayons or markers, scissors, and glue sticks. Simply print out the shape page, and you're good to go! I've included a page with images to assist students who may not have background knowledge about gingerbread houses. I ask students to brainstorm shapes they see in the images, then elic

Kids and parents love this gift! Dinner conversation starters are a meaningful, easy and inexpensive student-made gift that is sure to become a family keepsake! In class, students decorate a container to be filled with 30 strips of paper, each printed with a thought-provoking dinner topic. These conversation starters add novelty to the dinner table and encourage meaningful, imaginative communication. They provide a fresh new way for families to enjoy each other’s company. At home, family member

These open-ended STEM projects address science standards K-2-ETS1-1 and K-2-ETS1-2, Engineering Design. They are great extensions to children's Thanksgiving books, and can also stand alone. I love connecting literature to STEM! You can use little turkey erasers to test out students' creations. How to Catch a Turkey, by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton, provides the backdrop for the first project. Students will use various craft and classroom materials as they follow the steps of the project to des

These open-ended STEM projects address science standards K-2-ETS1-1 and K-2-ETS1-2, Engineering Design. They are great extensions to children's Halloween books, and can also stand alone. I love connecting literature to STEM! For the first project, you will read the book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. Challenge students to design a broom that protects the witch from the wind. Students will use various craft and classroom materials as they follow the steps of the project. This can also be

Add an element of fun to learning sight words with the colors of the rainbow! Here are the first 150 of Fry's sight words in lists of 25. Includes color and black-and-white versions of all lists. Each list also has a grid for cutting and sorting, and there's a worksheet for sorting the sight words by number of letters. A larger-font list allows students to make flashcards and practice tracing each sight word. Print out the blank certificates of completion for each list to add your students' name

These fun, open-ended STEM projects address Next Generation Science Standards in Engineering Design, as well as Common Core standards in reading and writing. They are great extensions to children's books, and can also stand alone. I love connecting literature to STEM! You can use little snowman erasers, or have students make cottonball snowmen, to test out their STEM projects. Please note that students are NOT all creating the same exact thing. The focus is on problem-solving, creativity, and im

These 18 pages of Christmas-themed alphabet review can be stapled together into a student booklet or printed and handed out separately. Perfect for center work, morning work, early finishers. Nice to have on hand during the hectic holidays. Skills include: * identify and color Christmas-themed pictures containing 1 of 6 target letters: C, B, S, L, P, and R. * two variations - capital letters only, and mixed capital with lower case letters * fill in the beginning letter of each Christmas word * f

For this print-and-play activity, you'll need two dice per student (or group of students), plus crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Each student will roll two dice, count the dots (or subitize), find the number on their paper, and color in that part of the picture. Play continues until all numbers have been rolled and colored in. If students roll a number they have already rolled, you can have them color in one of the Christmas Tree ornaments.

These open-ended STEM projects motivate children with a literature-based challenge. Each student's project will be a unique product of their own problem-solving strategies, just like real engineers! No cookie-cutter results here! Plan for several days (or longer) to allow kids the time to establish, design and implement their ideas. The projects are great extensions to children's books about St. Patrick's Day, and also stand alone. I love connecting literature to STEM! Project #1's read-aloud is

97 pages of fun winter and snowman math and literacy activities that can be used for centers, small groups, morning work and early finishers. 5 literacy and 13 math activities can extend any snowman story, or incorporate into a winter theme. Included in this pack: Winter Patterns, with extension worksheets for differentiationSnowman Missing Numbers 1-20, with extension worksheetSnowman Roll and Decorate, with recording sheetSnowman Race to 30Snowman Soup "recipe" cardsSnowman Bump for 1 or 2 dic

Celebrate Hanukkah while reinforcing shape identification and counting! This low-prep math craftivity uses art supplies found in most classrooms: construction paper, crayons or markers, scissors, and glue sticks. Simply print out the shape page and you're good to go! Students first color all of the shapes and cut them out. Then they cut along the dotted lines to separate the words. Next, students glue the trapezoid at the bottom of their page as the menorah. The rectangles are glued perpendicu

Home learning science experiments! Parents can do simple science experiments at home with their child. Here are 5 easy experiments for Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade, using household ingredients. Done one per day, children have time to discuss results and the theme lasts a week. Children work alone or with a partner to ensure that each child gets hands-on experience. You will need to copy one student booklet per child to record the results of the experiments. Fold each page in half verticall

"Magic" potions that fizz, bubble, change color, and dissolve are the perfect instruments to get kids interested in science! Here are 5 simple science experiments you can do at school or home using household ingredients. Done one per day, children have time to discuss results and the theme lasts a week. Children work alone or with a partner to ensure that each child gets hands-on experience. Copy one student booklet per child to record the results of the experiments, or use the information on yo

This is a quick and easy activity to reinforce making connections to a text after reading Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. Also makes a great tie-in to a unit on traditions and culture, or holidays around the world.

These fun alphabet hats add student excitement and motivation to any classroom letter/sound study! Hats and pictures for A-Z are included! To use: Copy all letter and picture pages, one of each for each student. I cover one letter per day for 26 days. You can also do one letter per week, or any variation that works for your students. 1. Students trace inside the letter, using rainbow writing. 2. Students cut along the dotted line on the letter page. 3. Students color the pictures for the letter

Fun home learning project! Utilize these ABC book templates for numerous activities! Project Based LearningLetter of the Week Alphabet reviewClass booksTheme researchDictionary skillsOlder students authoring books for younger studentsUse drawings, magazine cut-outs, or stickers to depict the alphabet. The primary grade template (Pre-K through grade 2) features dotted lines for writing the chosen word, and ample space for a corresponding picture. The upper grade template (grade 3 through 12) pr

Shared reading has never been easier! Read one nursery rhyme per week with your class, and this resource has got you covered for 3 1/2 months! The printable sentence strips and student booklet encompass 14 classic nursery rhymes. The sentence strips have been done for you! No more meticulously hand-writing sentence strips for each nursery rhyme, because now you can print, cut, tape, and go! Laminate them for sturdiness. I like to glue them to store-bought sentence strips, then laminate them for

Add an element of fun to learning sight words with gemstone colors! Here are #401-500 of Fry's sight words, in lists of 25. Includes color and black-and-white versions of all lists. Each list also has a grid for cutting and sorting, and there's a worksheet for sorting the sight words by number of letters. A larger-font list allows students to make flashcards, and there are pages to practice tracing each sight word. The certificates of completion for each list are fillable. These lists allow for

This meaningful, easy and inexpensive student-made project will give families and students a fun way to connect throughout the year! Some families make a tradition of opening their memory holder on Valentine's Day and reminiscing after a year of filling it with memories. The holder can be as simple as you desire; even a paper bag can work in a pinch. Materials needed for this project: One container per student (jar, can, box, or paper bag)Cardstock or paper to print memory cards (2 pgs per stude

This New Year's STEM project is a great extension to children's books, and can also stand alone. I love connecting literature to STEM! Students gain skills by working on an authentic, real-world challenge for an extended period of time. We start with a class discussion and create a chart of how my students celebrate New Year's. Then I read a book about a New Year's party or celebration, such as: P. Bear's New Year's Party: A Counting Book by Paul Owen Lewis New Year's Day (Celebrations in My Wor