I have spent over fourteen years in education as a first grade teacher, a K-2 literacy teacher, a substitute at a local K-2 school, and a curriculum developer. I currently teach first grade in Massachusetts!
I am LETRS and OG (IMSE) trained.
This writing sentences unit helps students identify what a sentence is, the parts of a sentence, how to write a complete sentence, and also how to add details to make a SUPER sentence! This unit is jam-packed with anchor charts, ideas, and activities for K-2 kindergarten, first grade, and second-grade students to start feeling confident writing their own sentences and begin to add more to their stories. This unit includes printable activities and worksheets as well as digital activities to be us
Help Your Students Master Paragraph Writing with Ease!Is the transition from writing sentences to writing full paragraphs feeling a bit like a hurdle in your classroom? I created this scaffolded paragraph writing unit specifically to help 1st and 2nd-grade students build the confidence they need to become independent writers! Still focused on sentence writing? Check out my Sentence Writing Master Bundle!This comprehensive unit is printable and digital (pre-loaded into Seesaw and Google Slides)
Looking for an engaging, no-prep way to start your day? These Morning Meeting Slides for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade are the perfect solution! This Yearlong GROWING Bundle provides a predictable, daily structure that will save you prep time while building a strong classroom community. What's Included? This editable template is designed to provide a cohesive and meaningful start to every day with a focus on Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Your students will love the engaging activ
These FUN phonics slides are the perfect way to guide your teaching of Level 1, Units 1-14. These are Google Slides which are designed to accompany every part of the lesson, each day. They are interactive and provide students a visual support while learning. These phonics slides also make it easy for teachers to follow along and guide the lessons each day! Please take a look at what's included:UNIT 1: In unit 1, you will find over 100 slides designed to do the following:explicitly review letter
These phonics beginning reading comprehension passages are perfect for kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade students who are working on their decoding skills and reading comprehension. I made this set specifically for distance learning so students can easily access this in Seesaw, Google Classroom, and there is also a printable version as well! PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A GROWING BUNDLE. LOOK BELOW TO SEE WHAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED & WHAT IS COMING SOON!There are now 64 different passages incl
K - 2nd
Close Reading, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
These writing warm-up digital slides provide effective, engaging, and *quick* practice for students to work on daily writing skills! These were created to start our writing block with syntax and grammar practice and to work on skills at the sentence level. Throughout the slides, students will practice their syntax knowledge (among other skills) to complete, produce, expand, fix, and rearrange sentences! How do you use these in your classroom?These slides are used in a whole group setting to allo
This interactive place value game is a FUN mystery-type game for students to identify numbers 0-120 using place value blocks. Available pre-loaded into Seesaw, Google Classroom, and in a hands-on printable version, students will have a blast as they solve this mystery. The premise: Zoey works at a zoo and on her first day, all the animals escape from their exhibits! You must help her solve the clues hidden all over the zoo to figure out which exhibit each animal belongs in! Other math mysteries
Stop the Sentence Scramble! Get the one, all-in-one 1st & 2nd Grade Sentence Writing Bundle designed to transform choppy thoughts into confident, correct sentences. This isn't just a collection of activities—it's your complete, data-backed roadmap to sentence fluency. I've compiled four cohesive units that move your students from simple sentences all the way to combining complex ideas, complete with: ready-to-use centers, engaging whole-group lessons, and explicit grammar instruction.What's
Looking for a complete solution for teaching number sense? This money-saving bundle is packed with everything you need to build a strong foundation of number sense in your classroom, from engaging games to comprehensive lessons! This bundle includes these six popular, ready-to-use resources:Number Sense Activities (0-20): Hands-on centers and printable activities that make learning number concepts from 0-20 fun and interactive.Number Sense Task Cards: Perfect for math centers, small groups, or
This double-digit addition and subtraction game is an interactive and FUN mystery-type activity for students to solve double-digit addition and subtraction problems WITHOUT REGROUPING. Available pre-loaded into Seesaw, Google Classroom, and in a hands-on printable version, students will have a blast as they solve this mystery. The premise: In this mystery, a bunch of friends decide to have a summer picnic at the beach! While they are swimming in the water, a big wave comes and mixes up their pi
This fun and interactive subtraction mystery game is great practice for students working on subtraction facts within 20. Available pre-loaded into Seesaw, Google Classroom, and in a hands-on printable version, students will have a blast as they solve this mystery. The premise: someone stole 8 dogs' bones and in order to find them, you must search the park for clues. Students will solve each clue to find out which bone belongs to which dog! Other Math Mysteries:The Snowy Switch Up (Number Sense)
This double-digit addition and subtraction game is an interactive and FUN mystery-type activity for students to solve double-digit addition and subtraction problems WITH REGROUPING. Available pre-loaded into Seesaw, Google Classroom, and in a hands-on printable version, students will have a blast as they solve this mystery. The premise: In this mystery, a group of friends decide to go camping. While they are out hiking, a bear comes and ransacks their campsite! Everything is a mess, and they d
Phoneme isolation sorts to help your students practice their phonemic awareness! These activities are perfect for independent practice and can be used digitally or in-person! There are 22 different phonemic awareness activities where students will identify initial, medial, and final phonemes and determine if they match the target sound on each page! Available in printable version (cut and paste), and preloaded into Seesaw and Google!Enjoy! Susan Jones Teaching
This interactive addition game is a FUN mystery-type game for students to solve using addition facts within 20. Available pre-loaded into Seesaw, Google Classroom, and in a hands-on printable version, students will have a blast as they solve this mystery. The premise: Piper owns a pet shop where she grooms and cares for different types of pets. She lost their collars one day and needs to find out which pet belongs to each owner. Students will solve the clues they find in the pet shop to complet
These short vowel (CVC) reading comprehension passages are perfect for kindergarten, first-grade, and second grade students who are working on their decoding skills and reading comprehension. I made this set specifically for distance learning so students can easily access this in Seesaw, Google Classroom, and there is also a printable version as well! This short vowel (CVC words) set includes 10 different passages: 2 short a2 short o2 short e2 short i2 short uAll 10 passages are available in thr
K - 2nd
Close Reading, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
This first grade, end of year digital unit is the perfect way to have students review the skills they've learned all year while doing distance learning. There are 36 unique, interactive review activities included in this unit! This digital unit can be used in Google Slides, assigned in Google Classroom, or used in Seesaw where the activities are pre-loaded! In this unit:10 different interactive math activities (2 versions of each) to review: addition, subtraction, ordering numbers 1-120, solving
These FUN phonics slides are the perfect way to guide your teaching of Level 1, Unit 2 where students learn to read and write CVC words. These are Google Slides which are designed to accompany every part of the lesson, each day. They are interactive and provide students a visual support while learning. These phonics slides also make it easy for teachers to follow along and guide the lessons each day! If you like what you see in unit 2, check out the bundle here: First Grade FUN Phonics SlidesIn
These digital spelling slides are the perfect phonics activity for students to practice encoding independently. These slides are aligned with the Science of Reading and are available in both Seesaw and Google Slides format. How do these spelling slides help students?As we teach our students to decode words with new phonics patterns, we also need to teach our students how to encode those same words. When we have students encode, we are strengthening their phoneme-grapheme connections. These slide
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
These FUN phonics slides are the perfect way to guide your teaching of Level 1, Unit 3 where students learn to read and write words with digraphs. These are Google Slides which are designed to accompany every part of the lesson, each day. They are interactive and provide students a visual support while learning. These phonics slides also make it easy for teachers to follow along and guide the lessons each day! If you like what you see in this unit, check out the bundle here: First Grade FUN Pho
These long vowel (silent e and vowel teams) reading comprehension passages are perfect for kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade students who are working on their decoding skills and reading comprehension. I made this set specifically for distance learning so students can easily access this in Seesaw, Google Classroom, and there is also a printable version as well! This long vowel set includes 18 different passages to cover silent e and long vowel teams: 2 silent e (a_e)2 silent e (o_e)2 s
K - 2nd
Close Reading, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
I have spent over fourteen years in education as a first grade teacher, a K-2 literacy teacher, a substitute at a local K-2 school, and a curriculum developer. I currently teach first grade in Massachusetts!
I am LETRS and OG (IMSE) trained.
Teaching style
I believe in making learning tactile! Our young students need to see and feel their learning taking place in front of them. I like to give real world, applicable problems whenever possible so students can see the direct impact their learning has on them.
I believe our students should enjoy learning and have fun with it!
My own education history
BS in Elementary Education and Childhood Psychology from Salem State University & MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston University
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