Fry Bread is a great read aloud for any primary classroom. Students can learn about family traditions, cultures and being thankful. This book companion product features 8 different response activities and a home to school connection letter with QR code which will allow students to share the story with their family. *Designed with 2nd graders in mind*Response Pages Included:Writing about family traditionsConnectionsSocial Justice Standard: Identity 5 - I see that the way my family and I do thing
Creepy Crayon!, Creepy Carrots & Creepy Pair of Underwear are entertaining read alouds for primary students. Author, Aaron Reynolds creates silly problems for poor Jasper the rabbit. So many opportunities to practice literary elements with these CREEPY read alouds. This bundled collection features over 150 pages - resources that are ready to PRINT & GO! Reading response pages, flip book options (interactive notebook), writing response pages, and crafts. A wide variety of options including differ
March Madness fun for the primary classroom! Who loves a good theme day? This product brings a variety of engaging basketball themed, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan activities to your students. Great for a review day/test prep or theme day. Plenty of print-and-go activities to choose from! Click on each product to view sample pages of the activities included. Includes:Biography textsInteractive read aloud resourcesWorksheets/printables for ELA and MathWriting response pagesFun stuff (word sear
A collection of 5 book companions for Groundhog Day. Celebrate all week! These popular Groundhog Day read alouds include a QR code library for students and a variety of reading response pages. BONUS groundhog craft and writing prompt included! QR Code Read Aloud Books: Groundhog Day Substitute Groundhog Groundhog Weather School Who Will See Their Shadows This Year? Wake Up, Groundhog! Reading Response Pages: Main idea & details Recalling facts Paragraph writing Author's purpose Humorous storie
Creepy Crayon is such a fun read aloud! So many opportunities to practice literary elements using the hilarious text, Creepy Crayon. This collection features over 50 pages - resources that are ready to PRINT & GO! Reading response pages, flip book options (interactive notebook), writing response pages, and crafts. A wide variety of options including differentiated response pages. Creepy Crayon Activities Included:vocabulary (2)problem & solution (2)retelling (6)friendly letter (2)character trait
Holidays and Christmas Around the World is a great unit for students to learn about other cultures. Students will learn that some cultures may have similarities and differences from their own. This product will allow students to bridge and make cultural connections when learning about other countries' holiday traditions. Students can keep track of their learning materials by making a file folder suitcase (with world map attached) to store their passport, mini-books, and writing response pages. T
Learn about the famous Michael Jordan with this fun research unit. Students can read a short biography (or brochure), collect facts, answer comprehension questions, create a timeline, and write a mini-research report. Also included is a "Write around the Room" activity where students can be inspired by reading and collecting some of Michael Jordan's famous quotes! Looking for an interactive read aloud to go along with his? Check out Salt in His Shoes - a book about Michael Jordan's childhood.
Holidays Around the World (Chinese New Year in China) is a great unit for students to learn about other cultural traditions. Students will learn that some cultures may have similarities and differences from their own. Allow students to bridge and make cultural connections when learning about other countries' holiday traditions - specifically those in China. Learn about the 12 zodiac animals and the 2023 year of the Rabbit. This product will be featured in a GROWING bundle which will include 12 c
March Madness fun for the primary classroom! Who loves a good theme day? This product brings a variety of engaging basketball themed activities to your students. Great for a review day/test prep or theme day. Plenty of print-and-go activities to choose from! Target specific these learning goals:Adding sums (3 digit with regrouping)Even/Odd numbersMultisyllabic wordsGrammar: nouns & verbsCompound wordsPrefixes (-un, -re, -pre)PunctuationComposing & decomposing wordsMain idea and details using LeB
Turkey Trouble, The Amazing Turkey Race, and 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving are great November Read Aloud books for every K-2 classroom. This bundle features reading response pages for each of the three texts. Click each for preview. Happy Reading! Turkey TroubleThe Amazing Turkey RaceTwas the Night Before ThanksgivingResponse Pages For...Retelling story events Sequencing Friendly Letter Beginning, Middle, End Opinion: What are you thankful for? Making Connections Favorite Part Character T
Fall is here and October is the perfect time to launch a pumpkin unit! This resource features an in depth 16 page student booklet which includes a variety of pumpkin activities and experiments. Also included are three read aloud text companions along with handouts for researching pumpkins using informational text and videos. So many PRINT AND GO resources to make learning fun this fall! Looking for more October learning fun? Check out my other products to keep your little learners engaged! Spide
This huge collection of February NO PREP Activities for Kindergarten, First grade, and second grade is FILLED with hands-on, engaging and FUN resources that cover core skills! The activities in this packet can be use for group work , centers, small groups, read alouds, crafts, homework and more! The BEST part is that there is NO PREP! JUST PRINT and Go! Huge collection of February activities. Read aloud suggestions, QR codes, writing prompts, crafts, math and grammar fun! Focus on themes
This October ELA Halloween Bundle (Grades K-2) brings you a full month of engaging literacy activities themed for October and Halloween: spiders, pumpkins, spooky read-alouds (Creepy Carrots, Creepy Pair of Underwear & Creepy Crayon), crafts, phonics games, reading passages, writing prompts, and research projects. Check out each item in the bundle by clicking on the preview. This collection of activities is sure to bring fun, engaging learning opportunities to your classroom! Designed with 2nd
Holidays Around the World (Christmas in Germany) is a great unit for students to learn about other cultural traditions. Students will learn that some cultures may have similarities and differences from their own. Allow students to bridge and make cultural connections when learning about other countries' holiday traditions - specifically those in Germany like St. Nicholas Day. This product will be featured in a GROWING bundle which will include 12 countries upon completion. Grab it now at a STEEP
Fall is here and October is the perfect time to incorporate pumpkins! This resource features 6 different fun rhyming activities including a memory game and write/read around the room! (33 pages!) Lots of PRINT AND GO resources to make learning fun this fall! What's Included:Reading and writing rhyming words Pumpkin Seeds poemWrite around the room activity (color and black and white posters included)Memory Matching Rhyming wordsLooking for more October learning fun? Check out my other products to
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Leprechaun on the loose! This fun and engaging "Catch a Leprechaun" challenge will bring so much excitement to your primary classroom (Designed with 2nd graders in mind). These ELA activities lead students to collect clues to a puzzle which will lead them to find a sneaky leprechaun that you have hidden at school! There are 6 preplanned missions to complete. On top of the 6 mission activities there is a collection of "fun stuff" as an added bonus! This item is part of my growing "Room Transforma
Ninja Bunny is a great read aloud to focus on character traits and author's message or lesson of the story. Even if you don't have the book, students can enjoy the story read aloud using the QR code included. A variety of response pages are included to fit the needs of your students along with flip book/interactive notebook resources. BONUS phonics pages if you're looking for some Easter Egg hunting fun in your classroom this spring! Everything is ready, just...PRINT- & -GO! Enjoy! Resources inc
🎈 Balloons Over Broadway Craft & Writing Project – Differentiated Balloon Craft + Writing Pages for Primary Grades is a fun seasonal read aloud for the primary classroom. Learn about Tony Sarg and how his love of toys, especially marionettes, led to the creation of one of the most iconic Thanksgiving holiday traditions in America. 📚 Product Description Delight your young learners with an engaging and meaningful craft + writing project that pairs beautifully with the picture book Balloons
A collection of Thanksgiving book companions, as well as several other reading, writing, word study and grammar activities for your primary classroom in November. Students can learn about family traditions, cultures and being thankful. A Wide variety of response activities as well as crafts! Everything you need for the month of November! Whole group, centers, and writing activities. I hope this product takes some stress out of your lesson planning this month. Enjoy! *Designed with 2nd graders i
Holidays Around the World (Hanukkah) is a great unit for students to learn about other cultural traditions. Students will learn that some cultures may have similarities and differences from their own. Allow students to bridge and make cultural connections when learning about other countries' holiday traditions - specifically those in Israel. This product is featured in a bundle which will includes 12 countries. What's Included:Student mini-book (print two-sided)Powerpoint/Google Slide presentati
Favorite practices: focusing on engaging topics to facilitate higher level thinking, cooperative learning, phonics skills based reading instruction, research, interactive read alouds, small group instruction, hands-on learning, SIOP for ELL students
My own education history
BS in Early Childhood Education
Masters in Teaching English Learners
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