I am in my tenth year of teaching in Ohio. I taught in a third-grade classroom for two years, 1st grade for two years, kindergarten for two years and now am teaching 2nd grade!
This product is designed for the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). Use this quick checklist while completing the observation portion of the KRA in the beginning of the year. This checklist makes it easy to quickly observe and add data onto your KRA website!
This is a great tool to use when completing the observation portion of your KRA with your students! With this new editable version, you can type in your student's names, add their results electronically, and add or omit items that you need for the KRA version required by your school!
Do you do hopes and dreams in your classroom? This is a parent form for you to handout to parents at the beginning of the year in order to find out what their hope and dream is for their child! This can help older students understand the common hopes and dreams they may have with their parents, or aide your conversation during conferences on their child's success in achieving their hope and dream for the school year! I have left the grade level blank for you to type or write in for your particul
Get ready for one big chunky download! This bundle includes August-December morning work bins. All of morning work bins are geared towards an end of 1st grade to beginning of 3rd grade skill level in the areas of math and language arts. These easy to use morning work centers are perfect for an early finisher, center time, and even in replace of morning work handouts. Just print, laminate, and cut!
Here's a fun way to have students write about different ways to prevent germs. This resource makes a fun tissue box craft for students to take home and review the different ways to prevent germs. It also includes differentiated slides for your non-writers!
This reflection sheet is the perfect way to have your students look back and reflect on their hopes and dreams from the beginning of the year. The handout includes having students answer a yes or no question about their current hope and dream. From there, they have prompts to answer in order to decide if they are keeping their hope and dream or changing it.
This is a great Kagan inspired activity for your students to do to get to know each other. I chose activities that were general and mostly free so that your students would have a wide variety to choose from. Students simply walk around the room to see which activity their classmates did over the summer. Their classmate writes their name in the box of the summer activity they completed. The goal is to try and fill all the boxes for your students to get to know each other!
This worksheet can be used as an independent practice for students to learn concepts of print. This can be specifically used to determine the difference between letters and words. Great lesson for beginning readers!
Looking for an alternative to morning work papers? Or just activities for your early finishers? Well look no further! This product is perfect to use for centers, early finishers, or in replace of your morning work handouts. These activities are geared for 1st and 2nd grade and align to the CCSS. Included in this pack MathThanksgiving Subtraction with and without RegroupingPumpkin Pie FractionsReadingCvCe Solve and SpellTurkey Tom Contraction MatchPumpkin Articles A and An
December Morning Work Bins Are Here!! Get in the Holiday spirit with fun, print & go activities for your students! Common Core Aligned and this month with a !BONUS! activity! Language Arts Morning Work Bin Activities: Candy Adverb/Verb SortCoffee Cup Suffix MatchHoliday Silly SentencesMath Morning Work Bin Activities: Merry MeasurementEven & Odd Reindeer
Whether you need a time filler or an alternative to handouts, this resource allows you to do both! There are two literacy and two math activities. Simply print one for each table in your classroom, laminate, cut and you're ready! Activities include: Pumpkin ABC OrderCandy Corn Nouns (plural, proper, and possessive nouns)Regrouping/Non Regrouping Addition Spiders10 More/10 Less Eraser Counting
Want a fun new way to introduce yourself to your incoming students this school year? Look no further! This scratch and reveal student postcard for teachers is the resource for you! Using scratch-off stickers and card stock, you can make your own fun introduction postcard/letter to send to your students welcoming them back to school! Editable postcards for grades Pre-k through 8th postcards are included in this resource! Happy new school year!!
Need an additional resource to use in the hustle and bustle of the morning? These centers/activities are perfect for a morning work tub. These centers can be used as an addition to their morning work routine, or it can be their only "morning work". Simply cut, laminate and add to each table bin for an easy fun alternative to morning work! Inside the September bundle (2 math and 2 literacy): Place Value Match- expanded form, word form, and standard form match Missing Addend Write On/Wipe off- Ad
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Place Value
Love is in the air with these morning work bins! These activities are CCSS Aligned, and include both math and literacy activities. Use these for early finishers, after morning work sheets, or even in replace of the morning work handouts. Included are the following activities: LITERACY: Lovebug compound word match upPunctuation: Which Sentence Type is it?MATH: Money Match Up (Up to 99 cents)Mental Math Heart Bonds
This is a great way to get your students involved in their own data tracking for fluency! After your students complete a fluency test (addition, subtraction, or multiplication) they can add a ticket to their pocket and color their own tracking form.
Need a different way for students to share about themselves? Use my unique of the week student packet! This packet includes questions for your Unique to write, draw, or add photos to share with their classmates and post in the classroom! Responsive Classroom inspired :)
Ring in the New Year with brand new January themed Morning Work Bins! Would be great for math and reading stations, as a time filler, or to switch out your morning worksheets! Here's what's included: LITERACY: Polar Bear Parts of SpeechMitten Subject & PredicatesMATH: New Year's Place Value Match Penguin Time
You know when you see the morning work bins label it's gonna be.... MAY! In all seriousness, these busy work bins are perfect for center ideas, early finishers, or even in replace of a worksheet. The activities are geared towards 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. What's Included: MATH: Jellyfish Multiply & Match Poppin' Faces & Angles (with 2D & 3D shapes)LANGUAGE ARTS: Sunny Context CluesFishy ABC Order
These March Morning Work Bins are sure to make your class feel like lucky learners! Both literacy & math activities included in this morning work pack. Inside this pack: Place Value Pot O' GoldFour Leaf FractionsVisualizing Leprechauns"Bossy R" Rainbows
I am in my tenth year of teaching in Ohio. I taught in a third-grade classroom for two years, 1st grade for two years, kindergarten for two years and now am teaching 2nd grade!
My own education history
I received my bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Miami University, Oxford. I am currently working towards receiving my Master's in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati!
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