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Have students use their imagination to create a new (abridged) version of The Three Little Pigs. They can draw the pigs' houses made of different materials, a different villain, and a unique solution.

Great for Career Day or a community helpers unit.

Easy beginner poetry for first grade.

Students cut and glue the picture to match the CVCe word.

Students must cut out the words and put them in the right order. They must also choose the correct ending for the verb (-s, -ed, -ing) for the sentence to make sense.

This pack includes 3 pages of basic adding and subtracting tens from various numbers using base-ten blocks as concrete visuals.

Have students practice sequence events in order with a creative writing prompt that uses temporal words and sentence starters to get organized.

Students will be able to practice one style of how-to writing with this activity. The final product will show an age-appropriate visual representation of a recipe that uses basic temporal words. Students will have fun choosing and coloring their own ingredients for a taco. This cut and glue activity is also great for fine motor skills.

Students can decorate their blank snowman however they want, then use the temporal words first, next, then and last with sentence starters to practice writing the events in sequential order.

This cut and glue activity is a great hands-on for students to practice putting sequential steps in the correct order.

This cut and glue activity is excellent for hands-on practice with the butterfly life cycle, or recalling a sequence of events after a read aloud like ¨I´m A Caterpillar¨ by Jean Marzollo.

2 different versions of the same prompt, have students choose adjectives that describe a character and give evidence from the text to back it up.

This sentence starter writing prompt is great for student self-awareness and expression. Students will think and write about things at school or home that they put a lot of effort into. This can be a great precursor to goal-setting, or as a self-reflection piece in a social-emotional lesson.

This writing prompt gets kids thinking and writing about their feelings, and identifying and articulating how and why they are either happy or upset. Great for self-awareness, self-control, and social-emotional learning in a whole-group or individualized setting.

What would you do if you were a pirate? Use this prompt to spark student´s imagination and creativity. Great for descriptive and creative writing lessons.

This writing prompt is meant to get kids thinking and writing about their favorite type of pizza, or to create a fantasy-style silly pizza. Sentence starter plus a blank pizza crust to decorate with the student's favorite toppings, or whatever they can think of. Great to use for opinion writing, or getting-to-know-you activities!

This writing prompt is meant to get kids thinking and writing about their friend, a familiar and exciting topic for kids of all ages. Works well with writing lessons on adjectives and describing sentences, as well as getting-to-know-you and community-building lessons.

This prompt is meant to get kids thinking and writing about a pet, a familiar and interesting topic for young children. Good for practicing informative writing, opinion writing, adding details to writing, and an introduction to persuasive writing. Pairs well with Dr. Seuss´s ¨What Pet Should I Get?¨

A great way for students to practice writing with adjectives and add details to narratives. A word bank is provided.

Students can count the leprechauns, pots of gold and shamrocks and fill in the graph, then answer 3 questions regarding the data.