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This unit covers the investigation of pill bugs and sow bugs through various investigations. Students will label body parts, write journal entries based upon observations, investigate how the pill bugs and sow bugs react to light and dark and wet and dry soil. Students will be able to write about their isopods by using a can, have, are map and writing paper. I've even included an science simple reader about pill bugs! Also included is a journal cover, journal pages, science vocabulary cards,

This is a great little set of resources for a kindergarten unit that is all about being alike and different. I wrote it to better understand what I needed to teach in social studies and to better help my kinders understand each other. **You will need to pull picture books from your library or classroom to assist you in teaching the main objectives of this unit and the activities should go with most any books you choose that are about culture, self, and place in the world. Activities included: s

This file contains a 15 page book about the phases of the moon. It is intended for first and second grade but could also be used for third grade. It includes a moon calendar and a story vocabulary matching worksheet. Cut and staple the book pages OR fold the pages back and staple the open edges to make the book.

This is a fun science unit comparing land and aquatic snails. Students will enjoy observing snails, feeding them, and learning about their habitat through discovery. Included are snail facts, science journal pages, a science reader, vocabulary cards, snail craft, and snail writing paper. Enjoy!

This is a mini unit on key details, main idea, and story elements using the story Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. I have included resources to practice key details including: character study, setting, events from the beginning middle and end, and problem and solution. There are also some great posters (print on cardstock !) that could be strung together with grosgrain ribbon. Also, any of the pages can be used on the smartboard. So, lots of options! I hope you enjoy!

This is a bundle of unit resources to be used for teaching a unit about rocks, soil and water. Activities include: rocks, soil, water journal and pages, investigating 3 kinds of soil, growing seeds in 3 kinds of soil, pet rock project, making sedimentary playdoh rocks, salt water vs fresh water experiment, investigating sediment by using sediment bottles, and matching game- how animals use rocks. Any pieces of this bundle could be used by a K, 1, or 2 classroom. The standards for this unit me

This weather unit is designed to fit the needs of kindergarten science standards. Big Ideas include: Change happens to many things in the environment and can be observed by our senses. Weather changes from day to day and through out the year. Seasons occur in a particular order and have their own weather pattern. Weather can be measured. We dress for the weather to protect ourselves. In this unit students will observe, record, investigate and create as they study weather and subtopics includ

This is a great tool for learning more about your new students. I have parents fill out this paper on Meet the Teacher Night or as homework for them to complete and return the first week of school. I love reading what the parents have to say about their child and then I use it to get to know the child and the class as a whole...what they like and don't like, what their interests are, and what they are good at doing. I hope you enjoy it and make good use of it as well!

This packet contains 32 pages of materials to use with your kindergarten properties unit. Activities included are centered around sorting describing objects by properties (color, size, shape, texture, weight). They include: 5 senses posters 5 senses fruit activities how to make colored pasta sorting pasta by color, shape & texture investigating weight with everyday objects big, bigger, biggest, small, smaller, smallest sorting objects by materials (fabric, wood, metal, plastic, rock, paper Gol

This is the Charm Store Classroom Reward System. It is designed to compliment your regular classroom behavior management system. Students are rewarded with a shoe charm for their bracelet when they have demonstrated positive behavior throughout the week. I've included pictures from my classroom so that you can see just how I organize it. It has been a really fun addition to my classroom and I know your students will like it too! Included: DirectionsPicturesBehavior recording sheets for home

This 31 page unit covers animal comparisons of the goldfish and guppy. Students will investigate habitat, food, similarities and differences, locomotion, and social behavior of the two kinds of fish. Also included is a cute science reader with vocabulary cards, treat bag printable for the end of the unit, and a goldfish craft with many possibilities for a bulletin board display or hallway display. Enjoy!

This is a packet of resources to be used with a Communities unit. Included are big idea posters, journal pages/ response activities, homework activity, recycled box project, group activities and tips for making these resources useful in your classroom. The big ideas covered in this packet include: 1. What is a community? 2. Communities have leaders. 3. Communities have rules. We have rules in the home, classroom, school, and community. 4. Communities have celebrations. 5. Communities can chan

These pages are perfect for kindergarten and first grade. Included is a Spookley character bubble map, a label for making Spookley pumpkins, and story events. Enjoy!

This is a very easy to use map and globe unit focusing on skills needed in grades k-2. Big Ideas: Students can tell about maps and globes. Students can explain why maps and globes are important. Students can use a map to locate places in their home, classroom, and school. Students can locate water and land features and identify physical features on a map or globe. Students can use positional words to identify locations. Activities include: writing reading maps identifying water and land making

This is a collection of activities I have used to teach text features in first and second grade. It includes labels for an anchor chart that could also be used for labeling parts of a book, scavenger hunt recording sheet, My Favorite Text Feature worksheet, and text feature quilt activity. These 7 pages could be used whole group, in small group, as buddy group work, or in a work station. My students love these activities and I hope yours will too! Please remember that this is a single classr

This is a super cute opinion writing and craft for K-1. It includes a class graph for a pocket chart or chart paper, different writing papers, and the directions and printables for the hot chocolate mug craft. It can be used all winter even though I origionally made it to go with my Polar Express Unit. Tagged on the end are 2 Christmas writing papers...just because. 15 pages. Enjoy!

I created this set to help me teach growth mindset thinking to kindergarteners. I chose 2 books by Peter H. Reynolds to highlight. I have included 5 posters, several choices for activities and posters for a hallway display. I hope you enjoy! The big ideas for these activities are as follows: We use a growth mindset so that we stay open to new ideas and thinking. We can try our best without giving up easily. We can use drawings to illustrate our thinking. We can listen and respond to literatu

THis is a literacy center packet focused on more practice with glued sounds: ing, ang, ong, ung, ink, ank, onk, unk. The students will manipulate cards to make words, write words, write sentences, and cut and sort words. 9 pages.

This is a set of posters to help students remember their choices when they are finished with their work. These posters help solve the common words, "I'm done..." Poster cards include: read a book, write a story, color on the back, draw a picture, write in journal, practice sight words, and practice math facts. They are designed for the K-2 classroom. Each poster has a kindergarten version with a larger picture and less words. This download is for one classroom only. Please refer all othe

This is a pack of posters in BEE theme for what the children should do when they are finished with their work. Read a book, write a story, practice words, finished center work, draw a picture, color on the back, practice math facts, make a journal entry. Each card has a simpler version for kindergarten (larger picture and less words). Enjoy! This purchase is for one classroom only. Please refer all others to my TPT store or puchase the additional license. Thank you!