Sarah Mackey

This is a must have dictionary for any primary classroom. Do your students constantly ask you how to spell certain words during writing time? This dictionary was made with you in mind and to help your students become independent writers!!! Here is what you will get when you purchase this spelling dictionary: 1.) Cover pages for Kindergarten, First Grade, or Second Grade {depending on what grade you teach} 2.) Each letter of the alphabet gets its own page with plenty of room to add new words.

This craftivity is sure to please your kiddos and warm your classroom with pinks, purples, and reds!!! This is a craft project that your kiddos will fall in love with all while learning their fact families!! I have included a sample picture in the previews so you can see what the craft looks like. I would love for you to check it out! I also included a center activity where students can extend their learning of the facts. ENJOY!!

This packet is centered around the common core math standards and includes a bonus writing activity. Clip art is centered around "Smores" with cute marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate. This packets contains: 1. "Smore Sums Please": Students will work on finding sums using a ten frame mat, double ten frame mat, and counters. All are included with answer sheet. This is also a great review of the commutative property. No matter what order the addends are in, the sum remains the sam

This would be a fun addition to your unit about shapes. Students will fill out the shape booklet by writing in the shape name, number of sides, and number of vertices. This would be great for whole group, small group, or individual assessment tool. Pick and choose what shapes you want to include in the booklet depending on your student's needs! I have included the following shapes: circle diamond heptagon hexagon octagon oval parallelogram pentagon rectangle square trapezoid triangle

This packet is to provide interventions to increase student's performance on AIMS web assessments as well as overall math fluency for the common core standards. Packet includes: Boot Camp Drills for the following interventions 1. Counting by 1's Drill 2. Counting by 2's Drill 3. Counting by 5's Drill 4. Counting by 10's Drill 5. Adding 0's and 1's Drill 6. Ten Pairs Drill 7. Comparison Drill 8. Doubles Drill 9. Doubles Plus One Drill This item includes recording sheet for each drill

This packet will keep your kids motivated through the month of March with a cute leprechaun/St. Patrick's Day theme. Each activity is in both color and black/white and address common core standards. {I did keep the base ten blocks in color and the center cover pages.} This packet contains 6 center activities plus 3 additional activities that could be used whole group, small group, or individually. Center Activities Include: Lucky Three Leaf Clover {CC.1.OA.2} This is a fact family activity

This packet would be a great way to start April. It is packed with four math and four literacy centers. Aligned to common core standards!! Math: 1. True/False Addition and Subtraction Sentences. Students decide if the sum or difference is true or false and sort them on the workmats provided. 2. Bunny's Eggs: This activity uses Easter baskets and bunnies to compare which bunny has more or less eggs in their basket. Greater than, less than, and equal symbols are provided. 3. Adding an

This packet would be great for the month of March. This packet contains four math centers (aligned to common core standards) and four literacy centers. Math Activities Include 1. Luck O' the Draw: greater/than less than activity with game board. 2. The Clover Family: Fact Family Activity 3. Double the Irish: Doubles/Doubles Plus One with work mats. 4. Beary Good Time: An analog/digital clock matching activity Literacy Centers Include 1. ABC Lucky Words: Alphebetical Order Activity

These common core math work mats would make a great addition to any primary classroom. These can be used year round when introducing a new concept, reviewing math concepts, whole group, small group, center work, or individually. Each work mat comes in the following colors: blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, turquoise, and yellowish green. Work Mats Included: * 5-Frame in chevron and stripes *10-Frame in chevron and stripes *Double Ten Frame in chevron and stripes *Part-Part-Whole Mats

This cooking/chef theme revolves around the common core standards and contains six math center activities. Activities Include: 1. Cooking by 1's to 120 (Count by ones to 120) 2. Cooking by 10's to 120 (Count by Tens to 120) 3. Cooking with tens and ones (Understanding and Making Tens and Ones) 4. Cooking Up Greater Than/Less Than (Algebra: Use Symbols to Compare) 5. Cooking within 20 minutes (Addition up to 20) 6. Cooking for the family (Fact Families) Common Core Standards: CC.1.NBT.1

Need to spruce up your calendar area! This product is for you! This 71 page packet includes: 12 headers for each month Numbers for each day of the month with cute graphics that follow a pattern such as ABAB Activity sheet so students can fill out the pattern for each month View the download preview to see samples and pictures of calendar being used in my class.

This is a fun common core based game that students can play in partners or small groups. Each student will take a “Fill your cup” work mat. Each student will draw a number card; students will compare all cards drawn. The student that has the greatest or least {depending on what version being played} number card wins that round and places the card on the work mat. Students repeat the process until all cards have been used. At the end, the student that has “FILLED THEIR CUP” with the most car

This fun Valentine's Day themed packet includes four center ideas. Two Math Centers and two literacy centers. Math: 1. "Pieces of my Heart": This uses the common core part-part-whole relationship using story problems. Part-Part-Whole workmats are included in product. 2. "Our Hearts Belong Together": Common core fact families. 3. "Which Heart Belongs": Long A/Short A Word Sort Center. 4. ABC's of Valentine's: ABC order activity. All centers inlcude a student recording sheet and a ti

This is a sweet place value packet that is aligned to the common core standards. Standards addressed: CC.1.NBT.1 CC.1.NTT.2 Enjoy!!

I just love the HOLIDAYS!!!! This packet will help your kiddos stay focused through those crazy weeks before Christmas. Here’s what is included!!! Santa’s Helpers {1.OA.6} Students will place 10 counters that are included in the ten frame below Santa. One by one, they will move one present from Santa to under the tree. After they move each present, they will record the addition sentence. Once Santa has delivered all the presents, Santa will have no presents in his ten frame and the tree wi

Your students will have a blast with this "skunk" of an idea. Students will practice matching their numbers to the correct number word. This can be used as a center activity or a small group activity.

This is a fun little mini pack to work on the week of Easter. This packet includes one math activity, one writing activity, and one phonics activity. Here is a description of each activity. How To Dye Easter Eggs {Writing} Students will have fun by dying easter eggs in the classroom and then complete the "how-to" booklet! {CC.W.1.3 & CC.W.1.7} Easter Math Activity Booklet: Students will solve Easter themed word problems using the part-part-whole work mat provided. To make it even more fun,

Students will love this activity to get them in the mood for Valentine's Day. This activity can be used whole class, small group, or center activity. Students pull out the heart shapes with three numbers on them. They will come up with all the facts that are related to each heart, those that go in each fact family.

Start 2012 off right by teaching your kids how to put numbers in order from least to greatest, and greatest to least. This can be used as a small group, math center, or whole group activity. The kids will love working on their number workmats.

These are math counting sheets that can be used as bell work, small group, whole group, or independent practice. Students will start at the random number given and continue counting on. Activities include counting by 1's, 2,'s, 5's, and 10's.