Robin Rutherford

I print this out 2 sided on card stock and assess each child monthly on the sight words they are able to read. I use a different color marker each month so that I can tell which month they learned each word. This has come in handy at conferences to quickly show times of rapid or slow growth. The children participate in coloring the goal graph on the back. I use card stock so that the kids' markers don't bleed through. They love coloring it to show their progress and sometimes it gets a

This is a 8 page Texas Symbol Packet. There is a half page coloring black line with half page summary about each symbol. There are several words missing in each paragraph for the children to write in on their own. It includes: 1 Texas flag 2. Bluebonnet 3. Mockingbird 4. Armadillo 5. Geography, rivers and borders of TX 6. Alamo 7. Stephen F Austin 8. Jose' Antonio Navarro Teacher answers are also included.

This is a 6 lesson hands on activity packet. All experiments have a few minimal supplies that you probably have around the house. s They are easy to do and for kids to understand big concept and start to learn science vocabulary they will need when they are older. Covers: 1. How things move, roll, spin 2. Push and pull 3. Friction 4. Inertia 5. Centrifugal force and centripetal force 6. Magnetic forces

This is a 14 lesson unit study on rock s and soil. Lesson plans are in a 5 E model. Highlights: -Sorting rocks -3 types of rock - How we use rocks everyday -Hardness field test for rocks -How is soil made - Which soils are good for planting - Investigate sand -Hand-on worm lab -Make terrarium -Erosion -Layers of Soil also includes journal pages, lab sheets, photos for rock size vocabulary, a link a free power point, photos for erosion vocabulary and much more. I have plans for an updat

This is a simple packet to help young kids collect facts about the eight planets in our solar system. It could also be used with older children as a scaffold for teaching them to take notes from a lecture. Each page contains a simple illustration for them to color and complete 4-6 sentences about that planet. Also included are Pluto as a dwarf planet and the asteroid belt. Please look at the sample pages. Answers are also provided for the teacher. Since science is always changing with ne

I have seen many photos of something like this on Pinterest but there is never a link to make it. I have made two sets of pictures to identify each kind of weather on a morning calendar board. I included both sets so you can choose. 1. weather symbols (sun for sunny- rain cloud for rainy) 2. set of children dressed appropriately for each type of weather. You will need to print and cut out the squares and then arrange them on a long sheet of construction paper or poster board then lami

This set contains 10 Lessons. Enough hands on experiments to keep little ones busy for 2 weeks. When I was making the lessons, I noticed how closely related the two were and decided to make it one set that would cover 2 weeks. Most of the ideas I found on Pinterest but I compiled them all in one place and in the 5 E model. There are several 18 photos of solids, liquids and gases for a class sort. Not all of the liquids are things your drink. (We tend to use so many of those that little o

Children will observe and describe a slice of white bread. They will notice that it is white, soft, and cool to the touch. There are 2 levels to differentiate. One has the step by step process typed in and they only draw pictures of the steps and another where they do the writing. Children can record observations on lab sheet. Then, they will dip a cotton swab into a cup of milk or water that has been colored with food coloring. They will decorate a simple picture on their bread. Now they

This is a lab designed for pre-K, kindergarten and 1st grade. Children will observe an apple that has been cut up. They will notice that it will start to turn brown. Pose the question to ask for ideas on what we could put on the apple to help it stay white and fresh longer. They will make predictions and then they will try milk, water, soda and lemon juice. They will make a plan, watch and record the results before drawing their conclusion. This was designed after a lab sheet my nephew broug

This is a 13 page Symbols of the U.S.A. Packet. There is a half page black line coloring page with half page summary about each symbol. There are several words missing in each paragraph for the children to write in on their own. The pages are not numbered so you can arrange them in any order or add or remove pages you may not want to use. I have also included 3 important early Americans that were not Presidents as well as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The notable America

This set includes 23 ready made assessments including graphs for tracking data and growth. There are several versions of assessments so that you can recheck kids that did not master the skill on the first assessment without having to remark the previous sheet. Includes: 1. letter ID 2. Letter sounds 3. Number ID 4. Counting 5. 2-D and 3-D shapes (separate graphs) 6. Sight words 7. Blending 8. Rh

This is a bingo game to practice phoneme blending. There are 11 cards in different patterns. The calling cards will be written out phonetically for the teacher to sound out the word. The children will blend it back together and find the picture for that word on their cards. The children can use pennies other small items to mark their card. This is a simple came format with only 4 by 4 rows to make it make it a bit easier for the beginning of the year.

Teacher Notes: This is a hands on science lab. Please discuss prior to handing out the worms how to treat the worm nicely when handling it. I quickly remove the worm if a child mistreats it and allow them to watch another child so they can still complete the lab. I have done it with my kindergarten class and also as an activity at Family Science Night at school. It was a very popular activity and was a hit with kids kindergarten to 5th grade. They came in and did the activity with their

The blue plates have a vowel on them and the donuts have initial and final sounds. When you place the donuts on the plates it completes the word. There are two literacy station work papers the children can fill out. On the 1st they can write real and non sense words and on the 2nd they can write cvc words. There is also an answer key for all the cvc words they can make.

This is a card game to play at teacher table with a small group. It contains many football cards where children read the silent e word at the bottom. If they can read the word, they can keep it. The game also includes many cards to add an element of fun to the game. There are cards that say they are sacked and have to give everyone at the table one of their footballs, cards to loose a turn, score an extra point and get an extra turn, score a touchdown and get a free football card that they

This package contains 3 science hands on lessons on investigating primary and secondary colors with students pre-K to 1st grade, photos to use for circle maps for each primary color, 2 literacy station ideas and one recording sheet, lab sheets, suggestion for an ipad app, and youtube video links to support lessons. All 3 hands on lessons are written in the 5 E model. There are minimal materials required. They will need clear plastic cups, ice trays, white paper towels, food coloring and pla

This file contains a sign in sheet for curriculum night and a set of matching water bottle wraps for all grades pre k through 5th. Back ground from www.mycutegraphics.com apple clipart from www.shopjwillustrations.com

This power point is designed to be used with each student having a lap sized white board and dry erase marker. A slide will appear with a simple graphic of a word that ends with silent e. The children write the word on their white board then the teacher or student can click and the correct answer will appear to let them check their work. This can be used whole group, a teacher table or as a self directed small group literacy station. I would use the first power point whole group so that the c

I have designed this sticker packet to be given out to parents at a Spring Kindergarten Round Up Event. Each kindergartener gets to be a Secret Spy, completing "Missions" toward being ready for Kindergarten! I will offer a prize on the first day back to school for kids who can return their completed spy package. It could also be used for a Kindergarten before school screening. I will design stickers and include those in an update tomorrow. I am planning on formatting them to print out on

This is designed for my school to use as a screener assessment given to the incoming kindergarten students at a brief 15 minute appointment during the summer. It will give a basis to help group students into classes or as a back to school assessment during the first few weeks of school. Contains: 1. Uppercase letter ID 2. Lowercase letter ID with typewriter style g and a added 3. letter sound ID 4. Number ID 5. rhyming- ID and provide a rhyming word 6. blend word parts/ phonemes 7. one to