T. Hutchens

Discover Fingerprints in a fun, hands-on science center that is appropriate for students in the primary grades. Students are asked to use hand lenses to examine their fingerprints and those of a partners. Students will then lift their own fingerprints and compare and contrast them with partners. They will also find out the "pattern" type of their fingerprint. Included is: full teacher directions and discussion masters, student activity sheets, a center sign, center directions, and a fingerpri

Go-FIsh With The ABCs is a cooperative game through which students can practice letter recognition and beginning sound recognition. This is a traditional favorite of primary teachers with a new look, clean design, and crisp graphics. This package includes two card decks. The first set shows images of uppercase and lowercase letters. Students use their letter recognition and partner letter matching skills to match pairs of cards. The second set of cards includes letter visuals and a picture gra

This packet provides assessments that gage knowledge of the beginning sounds of the alphabet. Students are provided pictures on the assessments. There are two versions of the tests. The first version asks students to circle the letter that the picture name begins with. The second version requires students to write the letter that the picture name begins with. These multiple choice and open response formats are great for mid-year and end-of-year assessments. The tests also come in different fo

This is a large collection of helpful forms, checklists, summary reports, and graphic organizers for use with Balanced Literacy. Included: T-Chart, Story Map, Daily Reading Logs, Reading Skills/Strategies Checklist, SSR Checklist, Reading Workshop Conference Form, Writing Checklist, Writing Record, Writing Conference Form, Writer's Checklist, Word Wall Alphabox, Classroom Library Sign-Out Sheet, Student Conference Summaries, Conference Planning Schedule, Reader's Notebook and Journal Topics,

This is just the cutest idea for a Kindergarten Keepsake. Kinders will dip their hands in finger-paint and then put their handprint next to the poem. Every year that we do this, the parents send in letters or come up to me after school and just thank and thank me for giving them this little something to keep forever. This is truly one of those "send-homes" that no Kindergarten teacher should be without.

The Student-Made Tactile Alphabet Book introduces students to the letters and sounds of the alphabet by taking them on a journey into the book creation process. Students will create pages for each letter of the alphabet by attaching tactile clipart and materials that they can see, touch, and feel. Common lessons over Print Concepts become a thing of the past as your students learn the inner workings of creating book pages, attaching covers, binding the spine of a book, and begin practicing readi

The Everyday Math Journal is a daily activity journal that correlates to the Everyday Mathematics program for Kindergarten. For each activity in the Teacher's Guide to Activities, there is an accompanying journal activity. The activities in the journal reinforce and expand the skills taught through the lesson activities. The final page of the journal reviews the skills introduced through the Section Project. These activities can also be reproduced as single worksheets or used for homework exerci

The Everyday Math Journal is a daily activity journal that correlates to the Everyday Mathematics program for Kindergarten. For each activity in the Teacher's Guide to Activities, there is an accompanying journal activity. The activities in the journal reinforce and expand the skills taught through the lesson activities. The final page of the journal reviews the skills introduced through the Section Project. These activities can also be reproduced as single worksheets or used for homework exerci

The Alphabet Activities Freebie includes a collection of tried-and-true classroom activities for expanding alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness. These activities are student favorites and are quick and easy to assemble. Use this resource packet the next time you need a quick center idea, a small-group game, or an alphabet art project. This activity pack includes 33 activities that are grouped together by common themes, including: Beginning Letter Recognition, Alphabet Art, Alphabet Games,

Sending home a certificate on the first day of school will inspire and motivate your students, while at the same time providing a sense of satisfaction for their efforts on the first day. This is a copy master that includes a border, a line for students to print their names, and a sentence that reads, "I had a great first day of school!" The copy master is available in color and in black-and-white for your convenience. Send this home with students on the first day of school and let them

This is a real-life investigation of mathematics for students in grades 1-5. Students will learn, or review, estimation, data collection, organization, logical reasoning, data construction, and data analysis. Students will estimate the number of chocolate chips in a cookie. Then students will count the actual number of chocolate chips. Students then display the data in a bar graph and view the relationships and trends. An independent activity sheet allows students to practice their data ana

This cobbler recipe has been used throughout elementary schools for years. I remember mixing this up when I was in Kindergarten. This is a great recipe that will actually give students a reason to get their hands dirty. Each small group crumbles cookies into a bowl, then they add the pie filling, and then more cookies on top. Microwave for just 5 minutes, and VOILA! Make this Classroom Apple Cobbler for your Thanksgiving Celebration. Your students will eat it as fast as they made it!

SNIPS is a classroom/behavior management technique that is fun for both students and teachers. This approach to discipline brings a hands-on and visual association that is suitable for any early elementary classroom. How It Works: Students are provided with a SNIPS behavior card each week. Each card is divided into the five days of school while holding 3 SNIPS per day. Each time a student breaks a rule, the teacher will use a hole punch to take a SNIP from their card. Punishment and reward

Skills Review Sheets are designed to provide students with a thorough review of key concepts and vocabulary through the use of visual models and skill examples. The practice portion of the review sheet provides a generous amount of dynamic and high-interest skill practice problems as well as real-life applications. Teachers are provided with complete answer key for all the practice problems in the packet. These sheets are perfect for use as in-class practice, independent practice, math review

Safety for Trick-or-Treating is often overlooked by teachers and parents. This bulletin board and classroom craft idea is the perfect solution to ensure your students will have a fun and safe Halloween night. This activity set includes a sample bulletin board layout, teacher directions including a materials list, and copy masters in both black-and-white as well as color. Blank masters are included so that you can add your own rules. Teachers have many options for this craft. It can be compl

Kick Start Kindergarten is a collection of resources for little learners. These printable worksheets and activities are designed to help younger students learn and master their letters, sounds, sight words, numbers, shapes, colors, and other basic skills that are essential to Pre-K and Kindergarten curriculums. Set A: LettersIn this set of activities, students are introduced to the letters of the alphabet and work to match uppercase and lowercase letters, recognize letters, put letters in alphab

Find and Color is a method used to practice and reinforce skills in beginning sound recognition. These worksheets require students to search for and color pictures whose names begin with a specific letter sound. There is one activity sheet for each letter of the alphabet. Each sheet provides students with a visual of the letter (uppercase and lowercase), and 8 pictures for beginning sound recognition practice. Use these activity sheets after introducing new letters and sounds to practice alphab

This printable book contains all of the 10 basic colors taught in Kindergarten. The book is designed to print onto standard 8.5 x 11" paper, and then each single page is cut in half. Each page includes a crayon with the color word, an appropriate picture for students to color, and lines for students to practice writing the color word. There is a title page, the color pages, and the last page includes a review of all of the colors from the book. The handwriting font within the pages follows th

This collection of progress-monitoring assessments covers the essential phonics skills students are expected to master in Kindergarten, including letter-recognition, initial consonant sounds, final consonant sounds, medial short vowels, medial long vowels, and high-frequency words. Multiple versions of each assessment are provided so that individual skills can be assessed at different points throughout the year. Most assessments also include differentiated skill levels, with some versions using

Let your students internalize addition with this fun hands-on activity. Students will use paper clips attached to number cards to represent addition facts. Each card contains a target number. Students should use the paper clips to find different combinations for getting to the target number and then record their findings on the recording sheet. This is a great springboard for introducing or reviewing the Commutative Property of Addition. Take the math a step further by incorporating place v