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This pack of writing prompts is intended to help students practice process writing by writing about things they already know how to do. There are 33 individual printable writing templates with prompts on the top, with topics such as: -how to brush your teeth -how to make lemonade -how to take care of your dog -how to build a sandcastle Also included is a blank template for students to use for their own ideas, and two graphic organizers to help students think through all the steps in the process

Use this resource to teach vocabulary for the following first grade science units: -Seasons and weather (including states of matter, types of precipitation, and weather tools) -Light and Sound -Magnetism -Plants and Animals There is a slide with visuals for each vocabulary term, as well as a word wall you can print and post in your classroom. The word wall includes an editable slide for any other vocabulary terms you want to add. **This resource is based on the 1st grade science standards f

Use this resource to let students practice process writing about and illustrating some things we do on Thanksgiving! This pack includes five prompts: -How to Catch a Turkey -How to Cook a Turkey -How to Make a Pumpkin Pie -How to Make Cranberry Sauce -How to Set the Table Plus a blank template for your students' other ideas!

Use this fun activity to have your students practice reading number words, solve word problems, and close-read poetry all at the same time! This versatile pack can be used for a whole-group activity, as guided math, or as a self-checking math center. Includes: -7 poems with word problems embedded (all problems are subtraction within 10) -a set of answer cards

Let’s be honest - many of us wouldn’t give homework if we didn’t have to...kids need time to be kids! These choice boards are made to provide fun, engaging homework activities that won’t bog down your students and their families with tons of busywork. Some activities each month are designed to relate to fifth grade standards, while others are intended to encourage physical activity, scientific inquiry, self-expression, social emotional development, or just plain old curiosity and creativity! Th

Let’s be honest - many of us wouldn’t give homework if we didn’t have to...kids need time to be kids! These choice boards are made to provide fun, engaging homework activities that won’t bog down your students and their families with tons of busywork. Some activities each month are designed to relate to fourth grade standards, while others are intended to encourage physical activity, social emotional development, or just plain old curiosity and creativity! This resource includes: a choice boa

Let’s be honest - many of us wouldn’t give homework if we didn’t have to...kids need time to be kids! These choice boards are made to provide fun, engaging homework activities that won’t bog down your students and their families with tons of busywork. Some activities each month are designed to loosely relate to third grade standards, while others are intended to encourage fine or gross motor development, social emotional development, or just plain old curiosity and creativity! This resource inc

This distance learning project, based on GA 1st grade science standards, leads students to research an animal of their choosing. They will discover where it lives, how all of its needs are met, how its body parts help it move, and so on. There is a list of helpful websites for home research and a choice board so that students can present their research in ways that appeal to them. The zip file includes a PDF of the whole project packet as well as a PNG image of each page, so it's ready for you

This activity, which can be used for up to eight weeks, allows your students to plant a seed at home and record data about its growth, while learning about what plants need to survive. It is made to be flexible for use both as a paper packet (for children without internet access) and on online platforms. There are also ideas for seeds that your students can get from fruits and vegetables likely already in their kitchens. The zip file includes a PDF of the whole packet as well as a PNG image of e

Let’s be honest - many of us wouldn’t give homework if we didn’t have to...kids need time to be kids! These choice boards are made to provide fun, engaging homework activities that won’t bog down your students and their families with tons of busywork. Some activities each month are designed to loosely relate to first grade standards, while others are intended to encourage fine or gross motor development, social emotional development, or just plain old curiosity and creativity! This resource inc

These sub plans are no prep required and perfect to have on hand in your classroom in case of an emergency absence!All activities are based on the book Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola and are based on first grade standards. Print-and-go activities for each subject area, as well as easy to follow instructions for your sub, are included. The plans should be more than enough for two days of activities. Just print out the instructions page, make copies of the activities you want, and stick it all in

Use this center to have your students practice and review diphthongs ~ ew, aw, au, ow, ou, oo, oi, and oy ~ as well as consonant blends and digraphs. Also a good practice of isolating and blending phonemes. There is one sheet for each of these diphthongs. You can have students spin a paperclip on the biggest snowman on each sheet to make it more interactive, or let them color in the "slices" as they use them to build words. Most sheets require students to produce 8 words, but those with fewer

This center is for students just starting to learn to count coins, and to reinforce counting by 5's and 10's. It includes 18 task cards, with all "prices" $1.00 and under, which only end in 0's and 5's. Students choose a card, then use coins to count out the proper amount onto the cash register spot on the card. I would recommend starting with just dimes and nickels. ***You will need your own fake coins for this center!***

Use this resource to let students practice process writing about and illustrating some of the most fun parts of the holidays/winter! This pack includes ten prompts: -How to decorate a tree -How to make an ornament -How to write a letter to Santa -How to wrap a gift -How to ice skate -How to make hot cocoa -How to build a snowman -How to put up Christmas lights -How to make a gingerbread house -How to make Christmas cookies Plus a blank template for your students' other ideas!

The best way for students to learn new concepts is always through experience. So what better way for first graders to learn economics concepts than by having your own class store? Plus this project is super fun... Students get to make products, offer services, earn money and go shopping, and run their own store fronts! This pack can be used in versatile ways - you can start with brainstorming for the class store and introduce concepts as they are needed if you want to take the PBL route, or you

When your students use these skills-based reading logs during their independent reading time, you can rest assured that they will be actively engaged! Unlike traditional reading logs that simply have students record a list of books, these logs require students to actually interact with the text they've read. This pack includes a set of logs for use with fiction/literature and a set for non-fiction/informational text. I've pulled the skills from the CCSS reading standards. Each log has the stan

C.E.R. - or Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning, is an inquiry-based framework created for science instruction, but it can be useful in any subject area as a tool to facilitate critical thinking. It encourages students not just to answer questions, but to EXPLAIN and JUSTIFY their claims. I’ve removed the reasoning part of the framework here to make it more age-appropriate for littles. Thus it becomes QCE - Question, Claim, and Evidence! :) You can use this pack to introduce the CER framework to y

Let’s be honest - many of us wouldn’t give homework if we didn’t have to...kids need time to be kids! These choice boards are made to provide fun, engaging homework activities that won’t bog down your students and their families with tons of busywork. Some activities each month are designed to loosely relate to second grade standards, while others are intended to encourage fine or gross motor development, social emotional development, or just plain old curiosity and creativity! This resource in

This bundle includes both my CCSS standards for student mastery checklist (for keeping track of individual student progress on each standard) and my CCSS teacher checklist (to help you keep track of standards taught and reviewed, from a class mastery standpoint.) Editable versions of each checklist are also included, so you can keep track of other standards you use. Use both to help you stay organized, keep careful track of student progress, and have useful assessment info at your fingertips wh

This bundle includes both my CCSS standards for student mastery checklist (for keeping track of individual student progress on each standard) and my CCSS teacher checklist (to help you keep track of standards taught and reviewed, from a class mastery standpoint.) Editable versions of each checklist are also included, so you can keep track of other standards you use. Use both to help you stay organized, keep careful track of student progress, and have useful assessment info at your fingertips wh