Teach Tiny Minds

Make tricky phonics concepts easy to understand with these Variant U Sound Slides! This engaging slide deck helps students learn the different sounds of u (such as /ŭ/, /ū/, /oo/) through clear examples, visuals, and guided practice. Perfect for whole-group instruction, small groups, or intervention, these slides support explicit phonics instruction and build decoding confidence. A time-saving, teacher-friendly resource for mastering an often-confusing vowel sound!

Fiction vs. Nonfiction Quiz

Use the around the room activity to hang the task cards around the room and have students fill in the blank on their grid!

Download this PDF to send home with students to create a cereal box book report! Can be used in any grade. We created reports and then ate cereal in class the day it was due!

candy hearts

These slides will go over three letter blends by having kids read and write words!

These slides will give an explanation and examples of comparing and contrasting.

This resource includes sentence or fragment worksheets I use with my first graders.

Here are a few worksheets for the prefixes re, un, pre, and dis!

oi and oy test

Silent letters test

Attach these to bubble wands for an end of the year gift for your kiddos!

Line a plate around with skittles, pour some warm water in the middle, and watch students be amazed with this fun experiment!

Use these slides to find the theme with a read aloud from Thelma the Unicorn. If you do not have the book there are lots of read alouds on Youtube!

Here are some activities I used for my restaurant room transformation. Contractions with s - students can glue elbow macaroni to make contractions. I printed this on card stock so it was a harder surface for them to glue. Short u foods - cut and glue for students Singular/plural plates - Students need to change the singular word into a plural and then glue the pieces on a paper plate Menu math - I used the diner menu from Scissors and Crayons TPT. It is a free download on her page. Students wil

Possessive nouns fill in the blank

These slides will go through the coin names and amount they are worth.

Magic Dough is the perfect first day or week activity. Making the dough is really easy and recipe is included. Students will find a color hidden in their dough once squeezed to show the year is going to be great.

Roll the dice and read a word!

Use this health choice board to get your students exploring health! If my first graders can do it then your kiddos can too!