Our new math program is aligned to the Common Core Standards and my students needed fun math centers to reinforce the concepts taught our math lessons. The new math program contains mostly word problems and asks the students to use ten frames, find missing addends, and utilize fact families. ...
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Thanksgiving Free “Your Teacher is Thankful For You…” and Walnut Turkey Craft
To show how much I am thankful to you, my loyal followers and customers, I am posting two free activities from my Thanksgiving Art, Literacy, and Math Activities packet. Just click on the pictures to download. (It will say "no preview" because the file is so large. ...
Christmas File Folder Word Wall – FREE!
My Christmas File Folder Word Wall is FREE from my TpT store! Click {here} to download your copy today! I wish I could say I am so organized that I am done with all my Christmas/December creating, but I'm not. I am still wrapping up my Thanksgiving ideas. I actually, ...
My First Grade Plan Book
Update on 5/2/16: I have added the following updates to this post since the links below are no longer available. I modified Ms. M.'s template and sent it back to her. She now sells the "Erica" template in her store. You can get it here. I also sell a ...
Thanksgiving Art, Literacy, and Math Activities
My Thanksgiving Art, Literacy, and Math Activities packet is now posted on Teachers Pay Teachers. This 118 page packet is a cornucopia of Thanksgiving activities. There are three different types of math activities aligned to the common core standards. One activity comes in three levels of vary ...
Caught You Doing Something Nice! & Character Education
Caught You Doing Something Nice Cards Positive reinforcement goes a long way in promoting good behavior. I recognize students who have done something nice by presenting them with a "Caught You Doing Something Nice!" card. Sometimes, I like to note the positive behavior on the back of the card. ...
“Please, Take One Candy” Halloween Sign
If you are like me and don't plan on being home all of Halloween, print and place this sign on your door or above your candy. Hopefully, your trick-or-treaters will read the sign and take just one piece of candy. I hope you have Happy Halloween! Click on the picture to download. Graphics by ...
Bats Acrostic Poems & More Resources on Bats
Last week, we did a mini-unit on bats. We started with a KWL chart, filling in the "K" and "W." Then throughout the week we read non-fiction books on bats. Towards the end of the week we filled in the "L" of our chart and wrote Bat Acrostic Poems using our new knowledge. We decorated the poems ...
The Lost Tooth Club Take-Home Bag
When a student loses a tooth, he/she gets to take home The Lost Tooth Club Bag. His/her name goes on The Lost Tooth Club Bar Graph. I have uploaded The Lost Tooth Club Take-Home Bag Packet to TpT and you can purchase it for only $2 (click {here})! Here are some books I recommend ...
Selective Mutism
Have you heard of this before? Selective mutism is a condition where a child is unable to talk in certain social settings. The child is not deaf or totally mute and will speak where he/she feels comfortable, usually at home. In my ten years of teaching, I had heard of it and I had seen students ...
