About the store
Hello and welcome to my page! I’m Amanda Terhune, a teacher, blogger, TpT’er, firefighter wife, mother to three amazing kids, and life-long Oklahoman.
From an early age, I always knew I was born to be a teacher. My earliest childhood memories include spending hours in my bedroom, perfecting my teaching skills with my stuffed animals as my students. Following my childhood dreams, I earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Oklahoma in 2006. If you are a football fan, you may have seen me spinning my flag during OU football games as part of the Pride of Oklahoma colorguard.
I was lucky enough to begin my teaching career in the same district I grew up in and was offered a first grade position at the school where I completed my student teaching in Moore, Oklahoma. Teaching first grade, while challenging, is incredibly rewarding, especially witnessing how much students grow both independently and academically throughout the year. I firmly believe first grade curriculum builds the crucial foundation that every child needs to grow and thrive as a student - ultimately preparing them for a bright academic future.
My passion for curriculum led me to create creative and fun resources for not only my own classroom, but for my fellow teachers. In 2011, I started a teaching blog to share what I was doing in my classroom with other first-grade teachers. That same year, I opened my Teachers Pay Teachers store after I was encouraged by a teammate to share my creations.
My Life Outside of Education:
In 2010, I married my high school sweetheart, Nick, who is a fire captain. Like so many, we struggled with fertility and it took more than six years before we welcomed our first child, Landon in 2016. Once I was finally pregnant, I decided to take a leave of absence from teaching to focus on my health and raising my son. In June 2020, we were blessed to welcome our twin girls, Eva and Ella.
If I’m not running after my three children, you are likely to find me behind my laptop, continuing to follow my passion of education by creating resources for all of you!
I love connecting with other teachers, sharing ideas, and seeing how you use my resources in your own classrooms. Be sure to follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers, Pinterest, TikToc, Instagram, and Facebook for more tips and ideas. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at amandaterhune1@hotmail.com.
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DIGITAL Morning Meeting Calendar Lessons for the Smartboard {in Google Slides}
Transform your morning calendar time by going DIGITAL! Use this Google Slides calendar lesson to make your morning meeting time engaging, interactive, and FUN for all of your students. This download includes over 200 slides to help you cover and practice numerous skills such as math, language arts, reading, and social studies during your daily calendar time. Pick and choose from the wide variety of slides to complete each day based on your class schedule, skills you have taught, skills you a
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math, Reading
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+65
DIGITAL Morning Meeting Calendar Lessons for the Smartboard FREE SAMPLE SLIDES
This file contains sample slides from my Morning Calendar Lessons for the Smartboard file for PowerPoint, Google Slides, Smart Notebook, and ActivInspire. Find which computer software program your computer has and open the sample file you need! Test out the slides, interactive tools, links, and more! Make your calendar time each morning engaging, interactive, meaningful, and fun by purchasing the FULL VERSION of my interactive whiteboard calendar lesson! The full version has over 200 sli
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math, Reading
DIGITAL Morning Meeting Calendar Lessons for the Smartboard {in PowerPoint}
Transform your morning calendar time by going DIGITAL! Use this interactive whiteboard calendar lesson to make your morning meeting time engaging, interactive, and FUN for all of your students. This download includes over 200 PowerPoint slides to help you cover and practice numerous skills such as math, language arts, reading, and social studies during your daily calendar time. Pick and choose from the wide variety of slides to complete each day based on your class schedule, skills you have
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math, Reading
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+65
Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
This download includes different math, language, writing, craft, and center activities that are perfect Dr. Seuss book companions. These are great to use during Read Across America week!
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Math, Writing
List Writing Prompts and Extension Activities {Writing Station/Literacy Center}
This list writing pack makes writing lists simple and fun for your primary students! It is also a teacher friendly unit that requires no prep, simply print and use!
This pack has over 130 different list writing prompts that include topics from phonics, language arts, math, science, social studies, seasonal, and more! There are also 5 different blank list writing templates for the teacher or student to fill in their own prompt!
Extension activities are also included in the download. These in
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
L.K.5a
, L.1.5a
, L.1.5b
+1
DIGITAL Morning Meeting Calendar Lessons for the Smartboard {in ActivInspire}
Transform your morning calendar time by going DIGITAL! Use this interactive whiteboard calendar lesson to make your morning meeting time engaging, interactive, and FUN for all of your students. This download includes over 200 ActivInspire Flipchart slides to help you cover and practice numerous skills such as math, language arts, reading, and social studies during your daily calendar time. Pick and choose from the wide variety of slides to complete each day based on your class schedule, skil
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math, Reading
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+65
One Graph, Two Graphs, Three Graphs, More! {Goldfish Activities}
The following activities and worksheets are perfect to use after reading the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. These activities are also great to pair with your math lessons! This download includes: - snack bag topper for Goldfish crackers - making estimations worksheet - making a pattern worksheet - comparing numbers worksheet - writing a simple addition sentence worksheet activity - simple subtraction worksheet - making fact families worksheet activity - making fracti
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Math
Also included in: Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
Activities to use when Mr. Cat Comes Back!
These activities are perfect to use after reading the book The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss. This download includes four different fun activities for your students! Activity 1: Venn Diagram comparing stories Activity 2: Writing Prompt Activity 3: Comprehension Crossword Puzzle Activity 4: Word Search
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts
Also included in: Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
The Alphabet Book Activities
The following activities are perfect to use after reading Dr. Seuss's ABC Book. This download includes a parts of speech word search, a make your own class alphabet book activity, a classroom A through Z word scavenger hunt, list your own words worksheet, and a big/little letter puzzle matching activity.
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts
Also included in: Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
Up, Up, and Away We Go! Hot Air Balloon and Suitcase Craft with Writing Prompts
The following activities and worksheets are perfect to use after reading the book Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss. Your students will write about what they want to be when they grow up and/or somewhere they would like to go. After the students are finished answering the writing prompt, they will create a hot air balloon or suitcase to display their writing prompt in! Check out my other products that are perfect to pair with Dr. Seuss books:One Graph, Two Graphs, Three Graphs, More!There’
K - 3rd
Writing
Also included in: Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
Feet, Feet, Feet - Antonym, Adjective, and Math Activities
The following activities and worksheets are perfect to use after reading The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss or any other antonym book of your choice! The download includes: Antonym Definition Poster Antonym Brain Storm T-Chart Antonym Foot Activity (with 44 different antonym choices) Antonym Foot Match Worksheet Left & Right Antonym Foot Match Adjective Definition Poster Describing Words Chart Describing Words Worksheet Nonstandard & Standard Measurement Activity with Feet Skip Counting by 5's and 1
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Math, Measurement
CCSS
L.K.5b
Also included in: Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
DIGITAL Morning Meeting Calendar Lessons for the Smartboard {in Smart Notebook}
Transform your morning calendar time by going DIGITAL! Use this interactive whiteboard calendar lesson to make your morning meeting time engaging, interactive, and FUN for all of your students. This download includes over 200 Smart Notebook slides to help you cover and practice numerous skills such as math, language arts, reading, and social studies during your daily calendar time. Pick and choose from the wide variety of slides to complete each day based on your class schedule, skills you h
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math, Reading
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+65
Even and Odd Numbers Math Unit
This bundle is an all-in-one comprehensive math unit! This unit includes a Smartboard Lesson that teaches the concept of even and odd numbers. It also includes worksheets of various levels, whole-group and/or small-group activities, math centers for continued practice, and assessment pages to check your students’ knowledge at the end of the unit. This unit will make planning so easy! It makes things so easy you could leave this unit for a sub to teach! Click the preview to view everything includ
K - 2nd
Math
CCSS
2.OA.C.3
Skip Counting by 2's, 5's, & 10's Math Unit
This bundle is an all-in-one comprehensive skip counting math lesson! This unit includes an interactive PowerPoint lesson that teaches the concept of skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. It also includes worksheets of various levels, whole-group and/or small-group activities, math centers for continued practice, and assessment pages to check your students’ knowledge at the end of the unit. This unit will make planning so easy! It makes things so easy you could leave this unit for a sub to te
K - 2nd
Math
CCSS
2.NBT.A.2
, 2.OA.C.3
Counting and Writing Numbers 1-120 Math Unit
This bundle is an all-in-one comprehensive math unit! This unit includes a Smartboard Lesson that teaches the concept of counting and writing numbers 1-120. It also includes worksheets of various levels, whole-group and/or small-group activities, math centers for continued practice, and assessment pages to check your students’ knowledge at the end of the unit. This unit will make planning so easy! It makes things so easy you could leave this unit for a sub to teach! Click the preview to view eve
K - 2nd
Math
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+1
Addition with Three Addends Math Unit
This bundle is an all-in-one comprehensive math unit on teaching addition with three addends. This unit includes practice worksheets of various levels, whole-group and/or small-group activities, math centers for continued practice, and assessment pages to check your students’ knowledge at the end of the unit. Also included is an interactive PowerPoint smartboard lesson that helps you teach the concept of adding with three numbers. This unit will make planning so easy! This is a great lesson
K - 2nd
Math
CCSS
1.OA.A.2
Who Saves the Day? {Elephant Craft}
These activities are perfect to use after reading the book Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss. This download includes two elephant crafts and writing prompts, a Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How anchor chart, character trait poster and worksheet, as well as two venn diagrams.
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: Reading in America Book Activities {BUNDLE}
Exploring the 5 Senses with Watermelons
This is a great unit to kick off your school year! This unit offers weeks’ worth of fun! This unit has activities and practice pages for your students to learn and practice with their 5 senses. It also incorporates the learning of watermelons. The students will put their 5 senses learning to practice on fun watermelon activities!
Included in the Unit Is:
Sense of Sight student activities with worksheet pages
Sense of Smell student activities with worksheet pages
Sense of Hearing student ac
K - 2nd
For All Subjects
First Grade Yearly Spelling Unit
This unit contains 34 weeks worth of spelling worksheets, activities, and teaching materials. Each week's spelling list contains ten words. The words are grouped together with eight words that share a common phonics pattern and two sight words. The way the words are grouped together makes it a great way to align your spelling with your phonics and reading instruction lessons. Each week's spelling lesson contains multiple worksheet practice pages. The practice pages cover vocabulary, parts o
1st - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling, Vocabulary
First Grade Writing Unit
This first grade Common Core aligned writing unit contains 49 mini-lessons to help your students become successful writers! This unit starts your students off writing and learning very simple concepts. The unit slowly builds them up to writing much harder pieces such as Opinion, Informative, and Narrative writing. I use this unit over the course of the entire school year. Some mini-lessons may take only a day to teach and practice while others may take weeks. This unit allows you to work at
K - 2nd
Writing
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Hello and welcome to my page! I’m Amanda Terhune, a teacher, blogger, TpT’er, firefighter wife, mother to three amazing kids, and life-long Oklahoman.
From an early age, I always knew I was born to be a teacher. My earliest childhood memories include spending hours in my bedroom, perfecting my teaching skills with my stuffed animals as my students. Following my childhood dreams, I earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Oklahoma in 2006. If you are a football fan, you may have seen me spinning my flag during OU football games as part of the Pride of Oklahoma colorguard.
I was lucky enough to begin my teaching career in the same district I grew up in and was offered a first grade position at the school where I completed my student teaching in Moore, Oklahoma. Teaching first grade, while challenging, is incredibly rewarding, especially witnessing how much students grow both independently and academically throughout the year. I firmly believe first grade curriculum builds the crucial foundation that every child needs to grow and thrive as a student - ultimately preparing them for a bright academic future.
My passion for curriculum led me to create creative and fun resources for not only my own classroom, but for my fellow teachers. In 2011, I started a teaching blog to share what I was doing in my classroom with other first-grade teachers. That same year, I opened my Teachers Pay Teachers store after I was encouraged by a teammate to share my creations.
My Life Outside of Education:
In 2010, I married my high school sweetheart, Nick, who is a fire captain. Like so many, we struggled with fertility and it took more than six years before we welcomed our first child, Landon in 2016. Once I was finally pregnant, I decided to take a leave of absence from teaching to focus on my health and raising my son. In June 2020, we were blessed to welcome our twin girls, Eva and Ella.
If I’m not running after my three children, you are likely to find me behind my laptop, continuing to follow my passion of education by creating resources for all of you!
I love connecting with other teachers, sharing ideas, and seeing how you use my resources in your own classrooms. Be sure to follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers, Pinterest, TikToc, Instagram, and Facebook for more tips and ideas. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at amandaterhune1@hotmail.com.
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