Wyckoff's Workshop

This is perfect to add to your emergency sub plans! Let your students write a story about why you aren't at school and what you might be doing instead. I always get the funniest and most creative responses from this activity! If you like this product, check out some other writing resources at my store. Follow me for updates and new products! My Store

This is a mini-unit designed to help you guide your students in exploration of different habitats around our world. The habitats highlighted in this product are:lakes/ponds, grasslands, oceans, polar regions, rainforests, and rivers. The activities and projects are geared towards 2nd grade, but can be easily modified to suit 1st or 3rd grade. Included: 1 whole group introductory printable 1 partner or small group discovery activity 1 individual or center activity 1 individual or center writ

I am constantly having parents asking what they can do with their children at home to help their children be successful. So I put this packet together to give them tools and ideas to continue the learning at home! Included in this packet: Reading Activities: Directions page with ideas on how to use the materials Alphabet Cards (a-z, blend cards, blank cards to make more blends) Sight Word Cards (32 beginning sight words, 8 blank cards to add new sight words) Reading Response Cards (11 fiction

This can be used as a whole group lesson or a center activity. The Common Core Standard does not specify that skip counting starts at 0. Students need to be able to skip count starting from any number. This activity includes: 4 different sequences for 5s (3 not starting with 0) 4 sequences for 10s (3 not starting with 0) 4 sequences for 100s (3 not starting with 0) 1 page to record patterns I started teaching skip counting this way, then moved this activity to centers. All my students hav

This is an activity designed to help students realize the difference between long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds. I noticed my second graders, although they knew vowel digraphs, still occasionally mixing up short and long vowel sounds. So I created this sort to help them differentiate between the sounds. In this sort, I included short and long patterns for each vowel. This has helped to improve my students' reading fluency. If you find this product helpful, check out my store for vowel

This fun ocean-themed printable is great for reviewing addition and subtraction word problems. All the problems contain operations within 20, but if you're looking for something more challenging for your students, here's a link to a pack with 2 and 3 digit operations: Full Ocean Word Problem Pack And here are a few different versions of the activities! Safari Hunt Word Problems Lost in Space Word Problems

I designed this unit specifically to challenge and engage my “Fast Finishers,” or students who need more enrichment. It’s purpose is to give them the opportunity to explore the things in which they are most interested, in effect, giving them the tools to take responsibility for their own learning. In this research section of the “Passion Project,” students are encouraged to explore many interests, then narrow it down to one particular interest to research and present. They begin by organizing

This printable pack contains some fun safari-themed addition and subtraction word problems. Each set contains 8 problems that are either about joining groups, adding to a group, comparing groups, or separating a group. The first set is adding and subtracting within 20. The second is adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping. The third is adding and subtracting with regrouping. The fourth is adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers. This is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core Stand

This is a mini-unit designed to help students understand beginning multiplication through repeated addition. It is aligned with CCSS 2.OA.4. Included in this unit: 1 Whole Group Activity 1 Center Activity 2 Student Practice Pages 1 Grading Rubric with a graph to track student progress 1 Common Assessment The Common Core Standards were written and developed by The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. © Copyright 2010. National Go

In this bundle are my themed addition and subtraction word problem packs. There is Lost in Space, Safari Hunt, and Castles in the Sand. Each pack contains 4 sets (8 problems each) of addition and subtraction word problems about joining groups, adding to a group, comparing groups, or separating a group. The first set is adding and subtracting within 20. The second is adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping. The third is adding and subtracting with regrouping. The fourth is ad

This printable pack contains some fun ocean-themed addition and subtraction word problems. Each set contains 8 problems that are either about joining groups, adding to a group, comparing groups, or separating a group. The first set is adding and subtracting within 20. The second is adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping. The third is adding and subtracting with regrouping. The fourth is adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers. This is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core St

I don’t know about you all, but my kiddos can never get too much practice with word problems! However, they can also get bored with the old run-of-the-mill, “marbles in a jar” questions. So I decided to create a set of themed and seasonal addition and subtraction word problems! Then I moved from teaching 2nd grade to kindergarten. They need different kinds of word problems, so I made a second set with less complicated number combinations. In this pack, I’ve included both sets. This way, you

In this mini-unit, you will find whole group and small group activities, assessments, and rubrics. These activities are aligned to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade Common Core Standards, and will help your students learn to divide shapes (specifically rectangles and circles) into equal parts. Students will also learn to use the terms "half, "third," and "fourth," as well as beginning simple fractions. Included: 2 versions of the whole class game "Scoot" 1 "Scoot" Recording sheet (can be used for both

This is a great game to play with your whole class to review place value to the HUNDREDS place. It is aligned to 2nd Grade Common Core Standards, but can be used with 1st or 3rd as well. I even use this in small math groups, and each child has 4 or 5 cards. My students have so much fun, and learn place value at the same time! Included: 26 game cards with hundreds, tens, and ones If you like this game, check out my store for more math and literacy games! The Common Core Standards were writt

In this mini-unit, you will find some great resources to supplement your instruction on simple machines (levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, wedges, inclined planes, and screws). Included is: Vocabulary Signs (work, force) What is Work? (introductory whole group or center activity) Make It Easier! (simple machines matching and sorting activity) 3 experiements with recording sheets (exploring inclined planes, levers, and wheels) 1 Design Challenge (students design a complex machine) These activ

This printable pack contains some fun space-themed addition and subtraction word problems. Each set contains 8 problems that are either about joining groups, adding to a group, comparing groups, or separating a group. The first set is adding and subtracting within 20. The second is adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping. The third is adding and subtracting with regrouping. The fourth is adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers. This is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core Standar

Just print, laminate, and go! Ready-made literacy center! There are 3 different levels of difficulty included in this product, each level has 11 sentence strips with messed up sentences. The mistakes are with capitalization, punctuation, spacing, and spelling. At the end of each sentence strip, there is a number in parentheses that tells how many corrections need to be made in that sentence. Students can either make corrections on the strip with a dry erase marker or rewrite the sentences c

This bundle is a compilation of my Long Vowel Small Group Plans. I use these plans to help me stay organized, effectively use my small group time, and stay on top of assessing their learning. You will find in this bundle: Long A Small Group Plans Long E Small Group Plans Long I Small Group Plans Long O Small Group Plans Long U Small Group Plans

In this pack, you’ll find resources and activities to help you explore healthy habits with your class. This is such important information and great life skills for students to learn, but we teachers can never focus on one thing at a time! So I created these activities to help integrate language and literacy skills with the life and health skills. In this product, you’ll find: 7 Themed Literacy Centers: Poetry Center- a poem about healthy habits, and a mixed up version for students to cut out

This bundle is designed to help you effectively teach your students vowel digraphs "ue" and "ui" in a small group. ALSO, I included materials and plans to teach "oo" and "ew"! Here's what it includes: Lesson Plan Guide Word Lists Word Sort Student Activities Assessment This is a great way to help you differentiate your instruction based on your students' needs. Some of the activities can also be moved to center activities.