Stephanie Kaefer

Show what you know! This resource is a test (50 questions) on the 50 U.S. states and capitals. Includes fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple choice. Can be used as a pre-test, activity, or cumulative exam after going through units on the regions of the United States of America. 5 sections, 10 questions each: -Section 1: Matching -Section 2: Multiple choice (3 choices for each) -Section 3: Fill-in-the-blank (with word box) -Section 4: More matching -Section 5: More fill-in-the-blank (with

This presentation includes plants and animals that live in Missouri. It might be useful for lessons on food chains, food webs, adaptations, life cycles, or species identification. Each slide includes facts about the species as well as a color photo. We also recommend printing the slides as posters or for use on a bulletin board. A template is included at the end for students or teachers to create their own slide(s). We would love to see your creations, so please share! -Steph and Lizzy, nature l

There are 12 Next Generation Science Standards for 1st grade. In these slides the standards are organized by topic. After the standards, there are slides for the three K-2 Engineering Design standards, as well as the Crosscutting Concepts, which might be used for Science lessons or to make connections to Science in other subjects. The slides are designed to be displayed in a classroom setting or for use in virtual teaching/learning. Teachers can copy/paste a slide into their own instructional s

There are 14 Next Generation Science Standards for 2nd grade. In these slides the standards are organized by topic. After the standards, there are slides for the three K-2 Engineering Design standards, as well as the Crosscutting Concepts, which might be used for Science lessons or to make connections to Science in other subjects. The slides are designed to be displayed in a classroom setting or for use in virtual teaching/learning. Teachers can copy/paste a slide into their own instructional sl

Form for students to "rate" and reflect on a book. Can be used after a class novel study or throughout the year with independent reading choices and student recommendations. One year I printed a stack of blank book review pages and students could fill them out whenever they wanted to (with a small incentive!) Afterwards they were put into a class collection. By the end of the year we had a beautiful book full of reviews.

This product contains five sets of slides. One includes all 41 Dolch 1st Grade Sight Words. Then, I broke the list into four sets of 10 or 11 words intended for careful study, teaching, or practice. There is a 1st-grade-friendly example sentence and illustration for each word. You can preview this product with this free download: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/1st-Grade-Sight-Words-First-10-6333590

These slides include the names of the planets as well as one informational slide about each. The accompanying slide includes a cartoon picture and a simple sentence about the planet (for example "Venus is hot." and "We live on Earth"). They can be used to introduce the names of the planets, review the names of the planets, or to practice reading or writing the planet names.

This is a page I created to keep notes for students who are absent from school. It is simple to fill out and you can edit it to include your class subjects. I print a stack and put them in a folder to use for absent students. You could also fill it out digitally and e-mail to parents.

Fresh, simple test form to assess students. Ten spaces for a list of ten words. Coming soon- variety pack to account for lists of different sizes.

This is a PDF with the first 10 words from the Dolch 1st Grade Sight Word list. Each word has a sentence and picture to go with it.