The School Belle

Do you love centers but hate the time, money, and energy used creating and preparing them? Are you tired of losing pieces to your center activities you spent countless hours working on? Are you looking for a way to simplify your center activities? Then this packet is perfect for you! After struggling to get my centers together and keep them together for years, I finally decided it was time to simplify the process! I created this packet of engaging digital centers to be used independently or in

Planning amazing and engaging lessons to help your students master those tricky standards can be difficult to do, and assessing their knowledge at the end of those lessons can be a daunting task. Exit tickets are a fantastic way to assess your students' understanding of the material you presented to them without taking up lots of precious instruction time, Thats why I created this packet of standards based exit tickets! Simply print them out and you are ready to go! This packet includes exit t

2nd grade math is an absolute joy to teach! I have always loved the fun and engaging activities that go along so perfectly with the 2nd grade standards. However, I haven't always loved the closing part of my lessons. After years of struggling to put together some form of self-assessment and exit ticket for each lesson, I finally had enough. I was inspired to create a packet of standards-based exit tickets that were ready to use at a moment's notice. That way, I could focus my attention on the ac

December is one of the most exciting yet chaotic times of the school year! To help keep my little ones busy and engaged, I created this packet of fun and hands-on center activities. Each of the activities have been aligned to the CCSS. The standard for each activity can be found on the instruction page included for each. The skills covered in this packet include: Literacy -synonyms/ antonyms -/ee/ and /ea/ words -sentence editing -contractions -adjectives/ adverbs -past. present, future tense

First grade math is an absolute joy to teach! I have always loved the fun and engaging activities that go along so perfectly with the 1st grade standards. However, I haven't always loved the closing part of my lessons. After years of struggling to put together some form of self-assessment and exit ticket for each lesson, I finally had enough. I was inspired to create a packet of standards-based exit tickets that were ready to use at a moment's notice. That way, I could focus my attention on the

Teaching reading is, in my opinion, one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of being a teacher. It's a BIG job and requires the mastery of a variety of foundational skills to be done effectively. One of those skills, segmenting sounds, is especially important in teaching students to decode words as well as to spell them! In an effort to provide my students with loads of fun and engaging practice activities to help them mastering segmenting sounds, I created this packet of goodies. In

It's no mystery to teachers that integrating curriculums help students maintain engagement and better retain the information they are presented with. When facing the challenge of teaching my 2nd grade students to count coins, I was desperate for activities that would make this process fun, effective, and engaging. Hence, this activity was designed to provide your students practice with spelling words as well as counting coins. I have provided both a black and white and color version of the activ

Teaching the concept of time can be challenging and boring. I found that my students often had difficulty mastering the standards set out for them. Therefore, I created a packet of activities to help my little learners tackle those tricky time concepts set before them in the CCSS. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m. This packet is filled with print and go activities, practice pages, partner games, and mo

Teaching math is one of the most fun aspects of being a teacher! However, keeping track of our students' progress and ensuring they all meet grade level standards can often be a daunting task! It can be tiring to search for activities to meet the needs of all the little learners in your classroom, and that makes math intervention and small group much more difficult and less effective! To help make my teaching life easier, happier, and much more fun, I decided to create this thorough math packet

Help your students master their multiplication facts with this hands-on, no-prep, fact fluency unit!! In this packet you will find: -multiplication flash cards -multiplication timed tests -teacher log -awards certificates (3 options) ** Do NOT purchase this product if you have already purchased my "Mastering Multiplication" packet **

Spice up your math instruction with this hands-on activity pack! This packet will provide you with hands-on games and activities to help your students master those multiplication facts. By providing students with engaging activities that allow expose them to various problem-solving strategies, their understanding of multiplication will be deeper and stronger than ever. You will also find several "print and go" practice pages that are perfect for centers, small group instruction, homework, revie

Producing and identifying rhyming words sounds simple enough, but for struggling readers it can be one of the trickiest skills to teach. After years of searching for engaging activities that provided my students with practice on these skills, I finally decided to create my own. The resources in this packet were all created to provide students with hands-on opportunities to produce or identify rhyming words. There are a variety of activities to choose from, ensuring that you will find the perfec

Back to school just got easier with this engaging packet of math and literacy centers! Aligned to Common Core State Standards, this packet of 12 math and literacy activities was created to help you get through the first weeks of school. Through these fun and engaging activities you can help your students learn the procedures and flow of literacy and math center rotations. Activities you will find in this packet: -long vowel/ short vowel sot -Magic "e" spelling and reading - Rhyming words -No

Make phonics instruction easier and more effective with this packet of hands-on activities for teaching "r" blends (gr,pr,tr,cr,dr,br,fr). The activities included in this packet were created to supplement your instruction on "r" blend sounds, and were created to meet the needs of all learn styles. Activities included in this packet: -read and write the room "r" blend pictionary -"r" blend puzzles -connect five -practice pages

Teaching our students to read is one of the most important and challenging tasks a teacher faces. Year after year, I have found myself stressed and frustrated at the resources I have to help my students succeed. In order to streamline my phonics instruction to ensure that my students were always presented with engaging and challenging materials, I created this packet of hands-on activities to suit the many types of learners we meet each year! The activities you will find in this packet were cre

Introducing synonyms and antonyms in your classroom has never been easier! This packet is full of engaging activities to help your kiddos master synonyms and antonyms through anchor charts, puzzles, matching games, practice pages, and more! For a closer look at this unit, or for a closer look at my classroom, you can visit my blog at : www.theschoolbelleblog.blogspot.com

This "Summer Games" themed unit was created to meet all your back to school needs in 2nd grade! Aligned to the 1st grade Common Core State Standards, these activities are great for review during the first few weeks of school as you establish routines in the classroom. Each activity comes with an instruction page with Common Core State Standard alignment. The standards covered in this unit include: -Syllable counting -Rhyming -Phoneme Segmentation -Medial Vowels -Punctuation -Synonyms -Additio

Make October easy as pumpkin pie with these hands-on Math and Literacy Activities! In this packet you will find math literacy center activities, all aligned to the Common Core State Standards for 2nd grade. Each activity comes with an instruction sheet (with standards listed) as well as a recording sheet to help hold your students accountable. Download the preview for a closer look. The activities in this packet cover the following skills: -Addition and Subtraction within 20 -Place value

Spice up your sight word center this holiday season with this packet of hands-on activities! Peppermint scented clay, ornaments, magnifying glasses, and more make these sight word activities endlessly fun for students. As teachers, we all know that when our students are bored, they aren't learning. By providing students with engaging and interactive sight words centers, they will find a new love of learning! For a closer look at this packet, please download the preview. To take a closer look

As teachers, one of the most important aspects of our job is making sure each and every one of our students is challenged. With the million other things teachers must do, differentiation is often easier said than done. That's when I decided to create "Math with Meaning". In each "Math with Meaning" packet, you will find meaningful, challenging and differentiated activities that are aligned to the Common Core and created with teachers and students in mind. Each math activity in this packet comes