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These holiday gifts for students are the perfect way for teachers to provide their kiddos with a small dollar store treat while awarding them for good behavior, academic achievements, or personality traits that shine. They're inexpensive, kid-centered, and are sure to cheer students in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade.

November 22, 2017

Holiday Gifts for Students

Do you find yourself wondering what you’ll gift your kiddos this holiday season? While I LOVE gifting students books, I think there is so much value in giving them something personalized and meaningful. However, I also want it to be affordable because hello there’s twenty-five-ish of them. Enter: Dollar Store Holiday Awards. Each award can be…

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This is a set of 25 no-prep literacy centers activity posters. These were designed to compliment Kindergarten in a Flash and First Grade in a Flash flashcard sets, though you can use them with existing flashcards you already own OR you can easily use index cards to create your own flashcards specific to your curriculum. They're perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students and can easily be incorporated into you daily center rotations, small group activities, or ELA curriculum. The targeted skills include phonemic awareness, letter identification, letter-sound correspondence, writing, grammar, word families, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, digraphs, diphthongs, homophones, antonyms, synonyms, and more!

November 7, 2017

25 Free Literacy Center Activities

If you’re anything like me, you LOVE a good literacy center. You love seeing your kiddos engaged, exploring new skills, and excited about their learning. You’re also probably like me in that you’re a big fan of centers that are easy to introduce, skill-oriented yet basic enough for kindergarten and first grade students to complete…

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It's time for fall themes! Make your apple unit studies even more fun and engaging with these ten apple activities perfect for kids in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade! Your elementary students will love the various apple activities that enhance ELA, math, and science curriculum. They'll learn about fact versus opinion, traits of fiction, counting, Johnny Appleseed, and more! Plus, check out the FREE apple unit lesson plans, five frame activity, and apple craft!

September 14, 2017

Apple Week Activities Resource Round-Up for Kindergarten and First Grade

Is there any better theme to kick off the start of the school year than apples?! It’s definitely one of my favorites. You can use this theme across curriculum and have SO much fun with it. Here are some fun-filled activities perfect for your apple unit! FYI: Most of what you see below is found in…

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This is a set of twenty different activities that you can use with any vocabulary word with students in grades kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. These engaging activities will give your students the opportunity to choose how they interact with their vocabulary words, giving them greater authority over their learning!

August 16, 2017

Vocabulary Activities for Any Word

I have always loved words and am a self-proclaimed word nerd. I actually read the book Word Nerds, met the authors at a conference a few years ago, and got to lead a PLC in my school all about it! Research shows that a child’s vocabulary is a key component to their success in school, on standardized tests, and…

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This is a FREE set of D'Nealian letter practice worksheets that can be used in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classrooms for students who are learning the alphabet. Each page includes a corresponding picture and lined spaces for practicing letter formation. They're perfect for back to school, handwriting practice, morning work, letter formation practice, intervention, RTI, and more! Download your FREE set today!

July 30, 2017

Free Letter Practice Worksheets

Grab a FREE set of Manuscript and D’Nealian letter practice worksheets that can be used in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classrooms for students who are learning the alphabet. Each page includes a corresponding picture and lined spaces for practicing letter formation. Click the corresponding graphic to download your set! Be sure to save this…

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This set of goal setting worksheets is perfect for personal, professional, and educational use. They're FREE to download and include editable text boxes so that you can add your own content to the template. You can use them digitally or print them out and write directly on the resource. Teachers will love how easy they are to use! They're perfect for organizing your monthly to-do list at school or at home!

May 31, 2017

Free Download: Goal Setting Worksheets

I’ve taken a month-long hiatus from blogging to catch up on life and the end of the school year, so I’m popping in real quick to let you know I’ve created a Facebook group to connect with y’all on a more personal level. I might even get brave and try a Facebook LIVE. #gulp I…

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Want a fun and FREE Valentine writing activity? Then you must check out this companion activity to Before You by Rebecca Doughty, with an extension to use with Melanie Watt's You're Finally Here! These are perfect for your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students.

February 13, 2017

Free Valentine’s Day Book Activity

This post originally appeared on Teachers Love Amazon! Be sure to check them out! Children’s literature is one of my absolutely FAVORITE things to shop for because there’s so much value in a well-written, perfectly illustrated kid book that I always feel like I get my money’s worth! It, literally, took me a hot second…

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Grab this FREE number sense toolkit that includes a five frame, a ten frame, number cards 0-20, and a set of ten frame cards 0-10. Simply stash them in a gallon sized baggie, clear plastic sleeve, or dry erase pocket for simple storage and organization. They're perfect for small or whole group math activities in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classrooms!

February 6, 2017

Free Number Sense Toolkit

Do your kiddos have a number sense kit at the ready for use during small or whole group math activities? If not, I’ve put together a FREE number sense starter kit that you can download, print, and start using NOW! I find that they store VERY easy in a clear plastic sleeves, gallon-sized baggies, OR…

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Teaching letter writing to kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students is even more fun and engaging with this Valentine Day activity! Your students will love selecting a staff member to send a poster-sized Valentine to, all while learning the parts of a letter and the letter writing process. Follow it up with a writing activity where students get to send a Valentine letter to someone special!

January 26, 2017

February Activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade

I know plans for February are well underway, so I wanted to pop in to share a few things you might find helpful as you prepare your units! I’ve elaborated on some of these in previous posts and have other posts scheduled about others, so this is simply a Cliff Notes version 😉 First up,…

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This fun little Groundhog Day activity makes the perfect addition to your anchor chart or class posters about Punxsutawney Phil and his springtime predictions! Or, use the templates to let your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students make a fun little groundhog craft peep-over to adorn their school work, your hallway, or classroom walls!

January 26, 2017

Groundhog Craft

Omigoodness, I’m relying HEAVILY on Punxsutawney Phil to NOT see his shadow this year. I NEED SPRING! We’ve just endured an eternity of germ bugs at our house, and I am ALL THE OVER IT. I need fresh air and sunshine, wagon rides around the neighborhood, and the color restored to the outside baaaaaad. So, I…

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This is such a GREAT at-home activity to help your littles learn their letters! AND - it'll get them on their feet to burn some energy.

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These twenty-five FREE literacy center activities are easy to introduce, skill-oriented yet basic enough for kindergarten and first grade students to complete independently, and low-prep. Does it get any better?!

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Kids LOVE these highlight-a-letter activities, great for extra practice when learning to identify the letters of the alphabet!

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