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Click here to get your first few weeks of school planned with these fun and interactive back to school activities and games, team building activities, ice breakers and more! These beginning of the year activities are great for 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade. Don't forget to grab the FREE bucket filler activity!

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Fall Themed SIGHT WORD Coloring Pages Use these FREE, fall themed, coloring sheets to give your primary learners fun practice with sight words. The 31 high frequency words are from the Dolch lists. Kindergarten, first grade, & second grade students will use the Coloring Code on each page to com...

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A 2nd grade fall early finishers science worksheet focusing on matching animals to their habitats.

The first day of school is always chaotic! Follow this simple trick and use playdough on the first day! Learn how and why it works here!

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Teacher Truth- I used to despise teaching Writer's Workshop. I understood the structure of the workshop model and the focus of each grading period, however, I didn't really know WHAT to teach each day during my mini-lessons. Fast forward a couple of years, and I had an amazing opportunity to visit an amazing teacher's classroom and observe her in action and I fell in love with her writing instruction! And then the next year, my amazing team and I decided to each tackle one subject and share our plans. I chose writing (even though it still wasn't my favorite) so I could spend more time learning about teaching writing and *hopefully* fall in love. It worked! Now that I LOVE writing, I wanted to share what I currently do to launch Writer's Workshop! I've taken pieces from what I love from different resources to make what works for me and my students. This post is a little peek into my mini-lessons, anchor charts, and mentor texts that I love! I posted them in the order that I usually teach each lesson, however you can change them around to make it work for you and your group of writers! For each lesson I shared an example of an anchor chart! In my classroom, I always prepped the anchor charts with the title and an image first, but added the content WITH my students during the mini-lesson! The books that I have posted are linked to my Amazon affiliate store. If you purchase them through the link, I will receive a small commission! This might just be one of the most important lessons to launch Writer's Workshop because it explains exactly what it is and what students can expect from their teacher and their own expectations. This is always the very first lesson that I teach when beginning Writer's Workshop and I love using the pie chart as a great visual! I begin this mini lesson using the book Arthur Writes a Story to get my little writers thinking about writing! After we complete the large anchor chart together, my students completed their own mini-anchor chart to glue in their writer's notebooks! I love using these mini-anchor charts because my students can reference them at anytime, even if the large anchor chart is not visible in our classroom anymore! After this lesson, I continue to follow this model for our writing instruction each and everyday! The independent writing time is always the most important and longest part of our writing time! For the next mini-lesson, we discuss WHAT writers actually write! Some groups do a great job at brainstorming different types of writing, while others need a little push! This would be a great mini-lesson to bring out different types of writing to show your little writers! Think cookbooks, Christmas cards, printed e-mails, grocery lists, newspapers, magazines, etc. You can put all these items in a basket to have your writers explore independently, or pull them out while you are making your list as a class! After creating a list as a class, students can either create their own list OR they can simply glue in a similar list into their writer's notebooks or folders! This is another important mini-lesson! It really allows your little writers to think about WHY writers write and why they should write! I love using the book Author A True Story by Helen Lester because it is a story from an author's point of view and allows writers to hear why an actual author chose to write! In my experience, sometimes writers have a difficult time determining WHY they write and might need some guidance to brainstorm ideas for the anchor chart! This particular mini-lesson sets up your expectations for HOW students behave during Writer's Workshop. Using the book Ralph Tells a Story, you can show students what not to do during writing time. This really allows them to brainstorm ideas of what they should be doing during writing! I always teach this lesson right after the {What Good Writers Do} lesson because it always focuses on writing behaviors. For this particular lesson, I reference back to Ralph Tells a Story to help my writers determine what writing should look like, sound like, and feel like in our classroom! For this mini-lesson, I always ask my writers what our classroom would look like, sound like, and feel like if one of our administrators walked into our classroom during writing time. Depending on your class and group of writers, you could complete this in one lesson or split it up into three different lessons! This particular mini-lesson discusses the tools that writers need in order to write. I'm going to be honest, if I'm struggling with time this is probably the first lesson that I would cut out because you could also discuss it in the What Good Writers Do mini-lesson. But, this is a good lesson to go over all the tools that your students can use in your classroom and your expectations for using them. Writing journals or folders? Pencils, erasers, pens for editing? Extra graphic organizers, writing pages? Writing prompts? Word wall or personal dictionaries? There are TONS of writing tools for the writers in your classroom! It's really important to talk about your expectations and even discuss with your writers how they should set up their writing journal or folder! It's common for little writers to not able to keep their belongings organized, so this is a great lesson to really focus on that! Using the book The Day the Crayons Quit is a fun book to use for this lesson because you talk about what would happen if you didn't have access to certain writing tools! "Mrs. Dills, I'm done!" If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that statement, I would probably own my own island! I don't know what it is, but at the beginnin writers always think they are completely finished as soon as they finish with one writing piece! This anchor chart stays up in my classroom for a very long time and I reference it A LOT! This book is a great story to read for this mini-lesson because they are SUPER short stories and allows you to discuss how writers could add lots of details to complete their story!. Then, you could discuss what else writers could do when they think they are done! Because of course, they've really just begun! In my first and second grade classroom, it was very common for my writers to freeze when they couldn't spell a word correctly- especially at the beginning of the year! Some would ask how to spell the word and some would just sit there and not write anything else! This mini-lesson really focuses on stretching out their words the best that they can instead of focusing on spelling the word perfectly. For this mini-lesson, I don't read a mentor text but instead I really focus on modeling how to stretch out words by listening for each sound and then writing them down. I go over each step with the students and then model writing my own story using this strategy. There are times that my writers still have a difficult time stretching out words for their writing, so during this lesson I also give them a personal dictionary. I didn't have a word wall in my classroom, but instead each of my students received a personal dictionary to keep in their desks. I like printing this 2 pages to a sheet and allowing them to keep it in a pocket in the back of their writing journals or folder! And FINALLY, it's time to really dig into story writing! I absolutely LOVE hearing from my little story tellers and I really look forward to teaching them HOW to write a story! This can definitely be broken into multiple days if you want to focus on modeling each step! However, it can easily be taught in one lesson! A Squiggly Story is such a fun little book about a little boy that is learning how to express himself, just like your writers as they learn how to write a story! This is another important anchor chart that I refer back to a lot during my writing instruction. A lot of times writers want to skip right to the writing part, but it's important for them to realize that there is a process! This is a great introductory lesson to the writing process for your little learners! I model this a lot in my classroom! This lesson really focuses on allowing students to come up with their own ideas for writing. I teach this after the {How to Write a Story} lesson because then I can really focus in on the first point, which is thinking of an idea! I like to reference the book Ralph Tells a Story again because the character in that book really struggled with thinking of an idea to write. The character in The Best Story has a similar problem, but she figures out that she should write from her heart! After reading the book, we talk about what is in our heart. Then, we talk about maps and their purpose. It would be really great to show students a picture of an actual map during this lesson! Then, I begin creating my own heart map and have students create their heart maps to keep in their writing journals to use throughout the year! Oh my goodness! I always, always, always have writers that get stuck or frozen and just don't know what to do! Stuck is the cutest book about a little boy whose kite gets stuck in a tree and he is determined to get it out! For this mini-lesson, I really like having my students brainstorm ideas for what they can do when they get stuck during writing time! So the anchor chart will look different each year because it really depends on the ideas that the group comes up with! Then, during independent writing time my students get to practice using those ideas if they get stuck! This might be one of my FAVORITE writing mini-lessons, which is crazy because not a lot of writing actually takes place! This mini-lesson shows the importance of illustrations and having them match your words! All of these book options are great because they have very little or no words at all, and students have to look at each illustration to tell the story. For this particular mini-lesson, I did not create an actual anchor chart with the students. Instead, I drew a simple picture and had students tell me what was happening in MY story! Then, my writers had to do the same thing! I had their return to their desks and they drew a detailed illustration. Afterwards, in pairs, students had to look at each other's illustrations and try to explain what was happening just from their drawings. This really helped them see the importance of their illustrations! To introduce the Writing Process, I like reading the book Rocket Writes a Story and discussing each part with my writers. Of course, this is truly just an introduction and students will not go through the entire writing process in one lesson! However, it is good that they have an understanding of each component and are aware of the process as they begin their writing units! I allow my writers to glue this mini-anchor chart into their writing notebooks so they always have a visual reminder of the writing process even if it is not currently displayed in our classroom! After students have an understanding of the writing process, we spend more time on how writers can fix or "fancy" their writing using the book Fancy Nancy! Although we go over editing and revising in a mini-lesson, this is definitely not the last time that my writers are introduced to this concept. I model editing and revising throughout the entire year and they have A LOT of practice working independently, with writing partners, and during writing conferences! For these lesson ideas in one easy FREE document, click here or the images below! For the mini-anchor charts click here or the picture below! For the personal dictionary click here or the picture below! For the FREE writing notebook cover and dividers, get the password to my Resource Library here! Or click on the image below to get the password emailed to you! Send it my way! Powered By ConvertKit For all of the subject covers click here or the image below! For the books click here or the image below for my Amazon Affiliate storefront! How do YOU launch Writer's Workshop in your classroom!? I hope this post gave you some ideas for your classroom! 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Item description You will find eight worksheets for the au diphthong phonic sound and eight for the aw diphthong phonic sound in this product. These activities are fun and easy to implement into your reading or spelling lessons. Use in Literacy centers, intervention units or for early finishers. These ready to go worksheets are a great resource for your First or Second Grade class.   Each sound includes the following activities: Complete the word by filling in the diphthong sound under the picture and rewrite the word. Match Up – cut, match and paste the picture next to the word. Dray lines to join the word and the picture, write the word next to the picture. Build the word with beginning, middle and end sounds. Fill in the sounds and rewrite the words. Look at the picture and write the word. Read the word and draw the picture. Read, trace, cover and write. Spell the words by filling in the sound boxes. Say, Tap, Map and Write the word. (Orthographic Mapping) Answer Keys Included   Ready to use, no prep engaging worksheets! Don’t forget to follow my store for updates on new resources.

Low-prep, free sight word games makes practice fun for kindergarten, pre-k, & first graders. Print printable pdf file for reading activities!

You just found out you are teaching a split grade class next year. For most teachers the idea of teaching a split is overwhelming. You have twice as many

Cause and Effect can be a tricky lesson to teach. It usually takes students multiple exposures to understand and master it. I want to share with you how I teach it. I use multiple resources, including several read alouds, picture sorts, flip books, and writing. Pin Me This Cause and Effect Activity pack has everything ... Read More about Cause and Effect

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I love October! Although it’s still 89 degrees in Texas, I am official celebrating all things fall. From pumpkin spice lattes to visiting pumpkin patches, I LOVE FALL! This month I wanted to bring you activities that are an easy alternative topic to Halloween and engaging for all of your students. As always, all the […]

Created with the help of a REAL Zookeeper! You are set with activities before, during and after your zoo visit with this 145 page activity pack. Prepare with Animal Fact Cards as well as animal classification, diet, and habitat activities. Inspire your students with the Build a Zoo activity. Use the Zoo Masks for a fun and interactive craft. On zoo day, use the Zoo Field Trip Booklets and Signs to organize your students into groups while making the visit engaging and fun for everyone with scavenger hunts. After your trip, construct a Zoo Memory Book with room for a photograph to remember the day. Included: ♥ Where to at the Zoo? ♥ Habitat Match ♥ Food at the Zoo ♥ Animal Classifications ♥ Build a Zoo ♥ Jr. Zookeeper Flip Book ♥ My Animal Flip Activity ♥ Animal Fact Cards ♥ Coloring Sheets ♥ Zoo Bingo ♥ Zoo Field Trip Booklets and Signs ♥ Zoo Animal Masks ♥ Zoo Trip Memory Book ♥ Zoo Animal Report Planner ♥ Zoo Animal Reports You may also like: Endangered Animals Information Posters and Trading Cards I L♥VE The Earth Unit Rainforest Animals FLIP Book See the preview for more details! Don't forget to leave feedback and follow my store to be the first to know about sales and new products! Check out our store with more great products! Connect with me! 1st Grade Pandamania Facebook Page 1st Grade Pandamania Blog *************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ ***************************************************************************

If you’ve been here a little while, you know that I’m a big fan of keeping things simple. This includes all centers. Especially your writing center. I just don’t believe that students need a new writing center activity every week. It doesn’t give them time to engage deeply with the task. I also

Assess your students’ ability to write uppercase letters using this quick alphabet writing exercise.

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Did you know that September is National Drug and Alcohol Addiction month? Have you heard of Ribbon Week which takes place this year from October 23-31st and focuses on drug, tobacco, alcohol, and violence prevention and awareness? Do you acknowledge these campaigns in your school or classroom? I’m guessing a lot of schools don’t do so. Talking to young children about big topics such as drugs and alcohol can be difficult, awkward and often uncomfortable. But just because something is difficult

Teaching kids to tell the time can be a pretty daunting task, even for the most seasoned teachers! It’s such an abstract and far-reaching topic, that knowing how to make it interesting is hard. There are plenty of visual supports out there to help kids, but how do we make telling the time a fun topic? We’ve gathered 36 of the most fun and creative ways to teach time so that this concept sticks! Which ideas will your class love? Read on to find out!

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At the start of every year there is a slight panic: What will they read that is decodable? How will they get going on paragraph writing? What the heck, a "sense of closure"? What will I put on my bulletin boards? It's all done for you! FOR THE WHOLE YEAR! Fall Bundle {click HERE} Winter Bundle {click HERE} Spring Bundle {click HERE} Year- Long Mega bundle at 50% off {click HERE} Let's focus on Back to school. Each of us start school at a different time of year, with some teachers, who are year-round, starting in JULY! Here is how I start my year! I tap into the not so distant memories of happy, hot summer days. You and students are going to LOVE this literacy unit! What relief to have it planned for you! These download(s) contain everything you need to address: The three text types of the Common Core writing starting with personal narrative because kids love to write about what they know BEST, themselves! The informational reading that supports writing and reading skills. Shared reading / Fluency passages and fluency charts. The art that makes school fun and your classroom beautiful. Let's talk about "Back to School Emotions" It is easy to feel "strung out" and your kids feel many of the same emotions. This unit is one for my absolute favorites. It teaches the many emotions we might have I have my kids read the emotions with a matching voice, so that later when we read a "sad sentence" our voice is "sad" The predictable and decode-able text ENSURES success. The writing and art are quick and easy for this unit. This "We Love to Eat" shared reading / writing / art resource has a focus on color words. All units even have a comprehension passage with questions on the bottom. This will expose first graders to Common Core style testing in small doses. Plus, we need these grades in our grade book! Later in January, you have full-sheet quizzes are designed in true Common Core format with multiple correct answers, bubbling in, and free response. All reading passages are available in 3 formats. Easy Reading with 1 sentence per line. Comprehension passage. Fluency passages with numbers.These formats also feature the OPTION to have parents sign off in the corner for homework use. Learning to tie your shoes is a freaking "Back to School" MUST HAVE. The Laces Poem is a perfect passage for your 1st and Second Graders! Why? Because every first or second grader has had to learn (or is still learning) to tie their shoes. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! It's differentiated for 1st-2nd. The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful! We memorize this together over the month. At the end of the month I allow them to recite. Farmer, Farmer, What Do You See? is a perfect passage for early readers because it is: Modeled after Brown Bear, Brown Bear Pictures on every line Easy writing and art If they love Brown Bear, Brown Bear, then they will LOVE THIS! The adorable art makes a beautiful bulletin board and showcases the learning happening in your classroom! Checking for Understanding: Now let's talk about back to school checking for understanding. The kids are TOTAL squirrels this time of year and if we cannot make things engaging we will lose them and experience behaviors we don't want. Enter these FREE true and false cards. These True/False or Yes/No cards are a quick, fun and easy way to have kids show their understanding. And they are FREE! Here's how I use them: Say a statement They show their card to answer. Cards are not folded, they are rotated to show yes or no to your statements. Little kids eat this up, and since I use them only about 1x a week they stay novel and super fun! Keep a class set near your carpet time area and quickly pass these out to check for understanding. PRO Tip: Have kids hold the card near their chest so that they cannot see the other kids' answers and you actually have a very fast informal assessment! Just print, laminate and go! Homework Folders: Kill me now... they are a lot of work. But they are less work with this Free homework folder for first grade. I call my folders "kid helpers", not "homework folders" because we use them in class too! These are what my students use every day in class and at home. I placed these pages into sheet protectors, and that makes them erasable and reusable if the kids use an Expo marker. These folder activities and reference pages rock! This is a freebie (for now), but will become a paid product SOON. Enjoy! Moveable / Useable Sound Wall I have my sound cards hanging off of a push pin. I can grab sounds and the kids can build words using our real sound cards! Getting the cards back up on the wall is less of a mystery because I have small circles up on the wall to mark their place. It's not like it's hard to put the cards back, but this allows me to not have to think about it. I use these to make my phonics wall interactive! Now we can do making words activities with our giant phonics cards. Talk about fun! ABC and Digraphs are the only cards included. This freebie is not editable. Sight Words This sight word program comes in two versions. Version 1: Benchmark Advance First grade words spread over 30 lists. Version 2: Benchmark Advance words plus bonus words spread over 30 lists. I use the second version because I wanted to add in bonus words that help students learn those tricky contractions, math words and more. This program focuses on reading growth and also helping children experience less stress while being tested. How you ask? Check out the preview for a quick explanation with pictures. I have them for Benchmark Advance and Dolch Words. This sweet little freebie can be used to support or coordinate with Benchmark Community Helpers Unit 1, Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Showing Texas and Florida Love. I hope you enjoy these pages that are perfect for 1st grade readers. Page 1- I Can Help: Defines community Page 2- Am I Helping?: Kids read and sort short scenarios Page 3: We Can Help Read and Match- Easy reading comprehension Download, enjoy and come back to tell me how much you like it! Other Shared Reading Options: Community Helpers is a perfect passage for early readers! One sentence per line Picture clues on each line to help your youngest readers. Wash Your Hands - Germs is a perfect passage for early readers! One sentence per line and picture clues to help your youngest readers. 1st grade July, Aug, September Kindergarten Spring Spring 1st grade / Second Grade more complex passage is provided Better Printing FREEBIE Journal Paper Looking for paper that helps your students print more neatly? You have found it with this freebie! Illustrative Math The unit is for extra practice / homework and is carefully designed to be Illustrative Math friendly. Extra Practice / Homework : 1 extra practice page per lesson Supports vocabulary Lesson format is extended here Supports game-play Can be sent home as homework or used in class Can also be used as a quiz Can be used outside of the IM program as standards-based math practice. Will you be making other units? Yes! I need this extra practice as much as you do! I plan to post a unit every few weeks. Will you bundle? Yes, but I will not bundle until all the units are completed. Please enjoy them "hot off the press" until then. Free Resource: Manners in the Bathroom! Do the little kids on your campus often struggle with how to behave in the bathroom? Mine do! They scream, run into the WRONG bathroom on purpose! They don't flush because their parents do that for them in a public restroom The bathroom crisis is endless. This book was written to help! We have to remember that most first graders came from kinder classrooms with a private bathroom. This means that many of our first graders have never been in a public bathroom alone. This FREE book teaches them how to be quiet, clean, and safe. There is even a little poem at the end of the book that helps them bring it all together. Check Your PLAN: Want a freebie that cuts down on the amount of teacher nagging you have to do? This is it! Nobody wants to nag so acronyms really help. I simply teach the acronym PLAN and it helps my students get into a self-controlled learning mode I teach the WHOLE acronym day 1, then spend time focusing on each letter for the next 4 days of school. Before I release them to do anything, I say check your PLAN or PLAN to "do it right" as I point to the chart. When they are at the carpet or their desk, I say, "Oh! Nice PLAN" or "Check your PLAN" if a child needs redirecting. It works wonders! It also helps me give out PBIS points. Good PLAN = Me giving a compliment and students earning points. I print these posters at Staples. You can even make this into a game! I call it Noodles: Tell the kids to "check your PLAN". The should fall into the expected behaviors. Then say "noodles" Kids act like noodles without falling on the floor or touching others. Then you say "Check your PLAN" and they come back into the expected behaviors. So this game takes seconds to play. It still takes seconds even if you are playing a few rounds, but the impact is JOYFUL and effective! Times to play Noodles with your class: In line At desks At the carpet Before an assembly is starting and other classes are filing into the auditorium. Parents love to see kids having fun with their teacher while still learning how to "do things right". Anytime. This a way to review expected behaviors without nagging or taking up valuable time. Well that was a LONG POST but I sure do hope you got an idea or two, LOTS of freebies, and that you "Teach With Me" this month. Click the image above to grab freebies from my store or click {HERE} I wish you the best of luck with Back To School. You ARE a Teacher to the Core of your heart. You have GREAT instincts, and you have got this. Trust yourself and have fun!

Hello Everyone! Next week we will begin a science unit on force and motion. We will investigate how things move and what changes can occur. I put together a quick little unit to help support the things we already do. I wanted something to spark the kids curiosity and scientific thinking. I love the activities included in the AIMS science curriculum, but wanted to put a little fall twist on them. So...Here are a couple of pics from the unit. If you need a few things to go along with your force and motion unit Roll on over and CLICK HERE!! :) Hope you're having a great weekend. Til next time, thanks for stopping by!! Joyfully! Nancy

A positive classroom is my #1 goal and I’m sure it’s your priority, too. Check out these 5 mentor texts and activities to build classroom community.

A 2nd grade fall early finishers reading and grammar worksheet using a color by code picture to sort nouns, verbs and adjectives.

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I DID IT! I survived the first week of second grade, again! It was actually probably my best first week yet! I spent lots of time at the end of the year preparing for back to school. Opening my Back to School box was such a relief, because so much work was already done! Of ... Read More about The First Week of Second Grade

As promised I am back to share my newest 3D shape product. WOW! I feel like I have been working on this packet FOREVER! One reason this took so long to create was because I took my first leap into creating clip art because I was not able to find any cute 3D shape clip art. This resource has TONS of cute stuff and I am so excited to share it with you! This 36 page 3D Shape Fun packet includes 6 posters to teach 3D shapes and one 3D shape attribute poster to help students with the vocabulary terms. A 3D Shape/Color BINGO game with calling cards and 7 different BINGO boards. A student book to learn about the 6 3D shapes, concentration game, 3D Shape Sort with Data Analysis and an "I Have, Who Has 3D Shape Game" WHEW! Stop by my shop to check out this fun packet!

Summer Theme Therapy Materials for Mixed Articulation Groups These materials provide you with quick and easy, 'ready in a moment' activities that are sure to keep your mixed articulation groups entertained during Summer. Best of all, they are easy to prep…simply print and go! ******************************************************************** This packet contains materials intended to be used in Summer. The 24 sounds included in this product are: /s/, /z/, /l/, /r/ (pre-vocalic), /r/ (vocalic), /s/ blends, /l/ blends, /r/ blends, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /J/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /v/, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /m/, /n/, /h/ & /w/ If you want resources to use all year round, your best option would be to purchase the money-saving value bundle. It has activities to cover Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter! ******************************************************************** Each of the packets included contains: ★ a set of easy cut articulation cards in full color and black and white - all sets have 15 cards representing initial, medial, and final word positions. (Blends sets actually include more cards - 5 per blend). ★ 3 Summer theme designs of game board (use with counters or crayons) ★ 3 Summer theme Roll, Say & Color Worksheets ******************************************************************** What Buyers Are Saying About the 4 Season Print and Go Value Bundle... "This is the perfect product for a busy SLP! I started using this immediately, and I am so pleased with how my therapy sessions have been going. My students are engaged, without the use of a board game! I love that they can all be using the same worksheets for their own sounds. My 4th and 5th graders aren't usually into coloring, but when it's turned into a game they love it! Thank you!" "This has been a lifesaver for me, and I just know that it is going to save me many times over next year, and for years to come! Perfect for those days when you just don't have the time to prep!" "Great resource! Easy to use and understand. This is a go-to therapy activity for me. I love that the kids can color their own Artic cards for extra practice at home!" ******************************************************************** Products in this Series: ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Spring ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Summer ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Fall ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Winter Or save some $$$ and you can own all 4! ★ Value Bundle Print and Go Articulation Activities for Seasons

Can grammar practice activities focusing on action verbs in your language arts ELA lesson be fun? Oh, boy... just watch your 1st and 2nd grade students use this movie clapboard craft. It's great for review as they show their knowledge of what action verbs are. Or use the anchor chart and worksheets to teach the ELA concept. Imagine yourself looking forward to this grammar lesson each year. Hook them with the clapboard craft. Your students will love making this craft to use while they apply what they know about verbs. Students open the clapboard for all action verbs but they keep it closed if the word isn't. This is learning in "action". You gotta make these! But there's more than just an interactive craft. Post the definition. Your students can get moving as they act out the list of action verbs provided. Let them apply their knowledge as they decide if the word is an action verb or not as they complete two worksheets (CVC words or vowel teams/digraphs) . On another day, use the two worksheets which let students draw pictures of verbs or brainstorm their own verbs to draw. There are many activities and ideas included to use during mini lessons over several days while your students learn, practice, and review. Try these with your kids and make grammar lessons more fun. Click on "PREVIEW" and view "PREVIEW VIDEO" as I share with you how fun yet educational this craft and the activities are. Included in your download: action verb definition (2 versions) pattern template for clapboard list of action verbs Act it Out action verb list Is it an Action Verb? list (nouns and verbs) 2 worksheets for students to decide - Is is an action verb? yes or no 2 draw the verb worksheets (1 blank version) write 10 action verbs worksheet worksheet to use to write a story with action verbs teacher tips and directions Standards you will be building towards: ELA Literacy L.K.1.B Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. (prep your students for ) ELA Literacy L.1.1.E Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future This is perfect for First Graders during the fall to review the concept of verbs so that students can then extend their knowledge to verb tenses in future lessons. Make a clapboard that supports a variety of concepts in your classroom: "Our School Rules" Library: pick (a book), carry, push in (chair), line up "What Happened in the Story" Goldilocks: eat, sit, sleep, run "What can you do with a Friend?" play, talk, share, take turns, laugh "Science Vocabulary" Moon: orbits, reflects (light), looks different (shapes - but doesn't really change), pulls you down (gravity- but less than Earth) MIND-BLOWING concepts that your students can learn! "Synonyms" look, peek, glance, stare (More GRAMMAR!) The possibilities are endless. Use this craft to support what you are teaching in your own classroom. Teachers who had their students create and use the clapboard had this to say.... ★★★★★ Dawn W. posted, "Fun activity to wrap up our unit on verbs! They looked great! Thank-You!" ★★★★★ Elisa C. commented, "My First Graders loved making these to learn verbs." ★★★★★ Teri V. stated, "My students loved this. They had fun while learning and acting out verbs!" Click to download now and have fun teaching grammar this year. Yes, grammar! If you have wished for a resource, you might find it in my store - Wendy Wished ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ Keep the learning going with more action verb activities: Action Verbs Task Card Game Irregular Past Tense Verbs Task Card Game ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ Your purchase grants you permission for single classroom and personal use only. Follow My Store: Save 50% the first few days on new resources and get a freebie from me now and then. Let me make teaching easier for you. (Just click the green link.) Get TPT Credits and SAVE money off future purchases! FREE! Go to your “My Purchases” & “Provide Feedback”. Just leave a rating and comment about your new resource. So Easy! You’ll earn TPT credits that can save you money off future purchases! Your feedback also helps me make more resources that suit your needs and gives information about the product to other teachers, just like you, who are considering the resource. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ © Copyright Wendy Wished. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original purchaser only. Copying for more than one teacher or classroom, or for an entire grade level, team, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view, uploaded to school or district websites, distributed via email, or submitted to file sharing sites. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Looking for some fun ways to practice punctuation? Check out these interactive sentence editing strips from the Kindergarten Connection. Head on over to The Kindergarten Connection to download this freebie! Yara Sea of Knowledge You Might Also Like:The Kindergarten Connection (Sea of Knowledge)’s Free Sentence Editing StripsSweet Cupcake punctuation centersLearning Punctuation in a Sweet Way!!!Punctuation ... Read More about The KIndergarten Connection’s (Sea of Knowledge) Free Fall Sentence Editing Strips

What is PBL? Project-based learning is an approach in which students explore real-world problems and challenges to acquire a deepe...