Looking for fun Comparing Numbers Worksheets and Center Activities for Kids? These hands on, interactive ideas are engaging and fun while working on skills.
Celebrate the 100th Day of School with these engaging fine motor activities for kids! Super simple ideas, like a 100 punches booklet and 100 sticker mat!
Get these FREE, You are the Pot of Gold St. Patrick's Day Printable Tags. Very cute for a simple DIY classroom gift idea.
My little sweeties are always forgetting to raise their hands for permission to speak out and it's been about to drive.me.plumb.CRAZY! Enter the handy, dandy ..... ("Did you say I can win a prize?") Blurt Chart! I saw this Blurt Chart awhile back and decided to whip one up. Mine is not as cute but it serves its purpose. Thank the good heavens! Here's how it works in my room. Each number represents a child. Beside each number I have one blank post-it note. The original chart I saw used 3 but I needed less to offer that more instant gratification feel for my little ones. Whenever someone blurts out they have to go remove the post-it beside their name. Whichever student is the last one with a post it left beside their name is the winner and gets a special treat! Do you ever have a problem with your students blurting?
If your child needs to work on beginning letter sounds, these turkey beginning letter sound sorts are such a fun way to practice doing it!
Four years ago when I took a leap of faith into an intervention position, I realized how few resources there were out there for reading and phonics intervention groups. I read SO many books about developmentally appropriate phonics and how to go through the proper foundational steps in order for students to master phonics and […]
I am linking up again with 4th Grade Frolics for another Made it Monday! This week I started on more bee stools for my bee themed c...
Zoom Games With Students During Distance Learning shares a variety of games, many familiar from the classroom, that you can play with students virtually.
Get those kiddos up and moving with these scavenger hunts! We have over 100 scavenger hunts that we've shared now! From holidays to math, we have it all!
These task cards are perfect for early finishers to independently review phonics and math skills! You'll find 72 different language arts fast finisher activities and 72 different math activities to last the entire kindergarten year! Having an early finishers system in your classroom will be an organizational game-changer! Students will love these game-like task cards, and you’ll love how this system frees up your teacher time to work with struggling students and complete other important tasks. This early finishers bundle includes the following months: ⭐️ August and September ⭐️ October ⭐️ November ⭐️ December ⭐️ January ⭐️ February ⭐️ March ⭐️ April ⭐ May Each month increases in rigor but the activities follow a familiar pattern so that fast finisher students will be able to use the task cards independently. Your early finishers will get a spiral review for both language arts and math skills. The skills covered in this resource are listed below: Language Arts Skills - Letter Recognition, Letter Formation, Sight Words, Beginning Sounds, Medial Sounds, Ending Sounds, CVC Words, Blends, Digraphs, CVCE Words, Rhyming Words, Simple Sentences, Punctuation Math Skills - Number Recognition, Counting, Number Formation, Patterns, Number Order, Teen Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Ten Frames, Number Bonds, Tally Marks, Skip Counting, Making 10, Decomposing Numbers, Word Problems, Number Words, 2D and 3D Shapes Included in each month you will find: 8 literacy task card activities (approx. 12-16 cards per activity box) 8 math task card activities (approx. 12-16 cards per activity box) Student directions for each activity Just print out the task cards, laminate them, and use them for years to come! It was important to me to keep the supplies needed to a minimum! For each month the only thing you will need is the boxes, some dry-erase markers, and clothespins. With just three supplies you are ready to go! While these task cards work perfectly for an early finishers activity they can also be used in many different ways! Use them for: Guided Reading Morning work Literacy and math centers ( especially paired with the companion worksheets) Early Finisher Activities Assessment RTI Classroom Volunteer Activities Do you need a little more information about how this fast finisher system is set up and the benefits of this type of organization? Check out the following posts about how I use these task cards in my classroom! Early Finishers - Setting Up for Success 5 Reasons Why You Need An Early Finishers System TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Trisha said “I used this resource as a game for my centers and my kinders loved it! I usually have to create games for them but this was so easy and had so many skills that we have covered. It was perfect for them to review. I also was observed during the time that my students were using this resource and my admin was impressed! Thank you so much for this!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stacy said “This resource has been a game-changer for my classroom. I took a risk on such (what I thought was) an expensive resource, but my goodness gracious it has come through like a clutch! My kiddos are intrigued and challenged. I love how it will change each month and that it aligns with my district's curriculum map.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nicole said “These are a great set of activities to have for fast finishers! They are so easy that the students are able to complete them completely independently once they are finished working. I bought this set and also the Pre-K set so I would have some for all my student's levels. Absolutely love these!!” Do you have students who need a little more assistance or ones that are advanced? Check out my Early Finisher Task Cards for these additional grade levels: • Early Finisher Task Cards for Pre-K - Year Long Bundle • Early Finisher Task Cards for First Grade - Year Long Bundle • Early Finisher Task Cards for Second Grade - Year Long Bundle Do you need some extension activities to go along with the task cards? Check out my companion worksheets! • Kindergarten Early Finishers Worksheets - YEAR LONG BUNDLE If you only need the language arts or math components of this bundle separately you can find them here: Early Finisher Activities - Task Cards for Kindergarten - LANGUAGE ARTS ONLY Early Finisher Activities - Task Cards for Kindergarten - MATH ONLY Connect With Me! Mrs. B's Beehive Blog Mrs. B's Beehive on Facebook Mrs. B's Beehive on Instagram Mrs. B's Beehive on TPT Copyright © Cori Blubaugh @ Mrs. B’s Beehive Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
Teach little kids counting and numbers 0-10 with these fun printable numbers Fall Preschool Worksheets. Adorable pumpkin clip art gets preschoolers excited about learning and the large print gives them confidence as they start writing numbers. You’re
Work on retelling the Gingerbread Man with your kindergarten and first grade students with this Gingerbread Man retelling bracelet!
This fun environmental print activity is used in September to jump start our reading. Most of my kindergarten students say "I can't read!" And I prove them wrong with this environmental print project. It gives them the confidence to understand that letters come together to make words and that you can be a good reader by looking at the picture or symbol that goes along with the word to figure it out. These are environmental words/symbols they have seen and are usually familiar with. They CAN read!!! Environmental Print Parent Letter I send home a parent letter (click here for free download) asking for examples of environmental print. We use these to make a chart to use in our classroom. We talk about the beginning sounds of these words, how many letters they have, and practice sorting them by color, beginning letter, places/food/toys, etc. Students cut out their own environmental print pictures and practice reading/sorting them independently. They talk to friends to tell how they sorted the pictures. Then we make an environmental print student reader. Students pick the environmental print cards they want to glue onto their paper and use writing skills to write "I can read" and glue the environmental print picture into the box provided. This activity is great for working on the sight word can! Then, students find a friend to "buddy read" their sentences to. They loved this activity! Click here to download
Let’s get ready for back to school time together! These first week of school charts are perfect for your first week back with your students this school year! Prep ahead and have them ready to pull out for easy community-building lessons! Good-bye summer! Hello new school year! Tomorrow is my first day of Pre-Planning. Of […]
These candy corn activities have certainly been a hit for fall-themed centers! They are perfect for our kindergarten and first grade kiddos just learning the concept of rhyme and sound-symbol correspondence. For sure you’ll want to differentiate this activity by choosing how many and which candy corns to use within your centers. When you download the […]
For years I have had some word wall chants in my school binder. I either wasn’t sure how to do the chant or forgot they were there. This year I wanted to spice up our review of the word wal…
So I am happily linking up with Farley over at Oh'Boy for Currently! I'm gonna double dip because I like a new little Monday linky so much. But I'll hold that till the middle so keep scrolling! I know I am LUCKY that the hubby does all the laundry. I have to help get it all down stairs and then it is also my job to put away, but he washes, dries, and folds. SO I can handle the put away! I took the little one to urgent care yesterday because she sky rocketed to 104 temp Saturday night. Also her throat looked dreadful. So looks like a touch of strep or tonsillitis. But we got some antibiotics down her and she is good as new. She is still a bit tired but that is all!! So glad it ended quickly. Don't you just hate when your kiddos are sick?? Sissy's birthday party is Saturday morning at the local children's farmstead. I have a TON to do to get ready!! SO today will be a busy day and I am sure it will continue through the week!! Now you see the desire for boots! Farm cowboy theme party!! Needing lesson plans finished! Have the week planned, but need to put it all on paper! Also no time for a pedi with my to do list but just need someone to stop by and slap a coat of paint on!! Lastly for my heart I need to get back to working out! So much easier to squeeze in a workout in the summer. But I feel so good when I get it in!! The organized thing....For me I start the school year and feel super put together and ready to go, then the year goes on and the unfiled paper pile gets higher and the staplers disappear...Anyone else feel my pain? So my goal is to keep up with all the organizing I put in place!! Now my post within a post! Linking up with a new linky that I really like! Here is my little motivation for Monday!!! I have finally converted my hubby to be a Duck Dynasty lover!! So let's not let Si down! Be a teacher that makes a difference Jack!! Much Love Autumn & Ruth
Morning Meeting is one of my favorite parts of the day. We have to start our day with it, or our day just isn't quite the same. Morning meeting is the time in which we start our day on a positive note, share with one another, go over what's happening that day, review rules and expectations, complete calendar, sing, and spiral review. It's packed full of fun! I have morning meeting files for ten months of the year, August through May. I will take you through the May Morning Meeting just to give you an idea of what we do in my classroom. I get lots of questions about how I display my morning meetings, since they are digital files. I do not have a SMART board, sadly. I just have a PC and a projector that projects onto a regular screen. My files are all PowerPoint files, so they are easily editable. There are slides that you may want to write on. So, what you can do is freeze the image with your remote and write on it that way if you have a Mobi like I have above. Or you could project it onto your dry erase board and write that way. You may have a way better idea though! We always start our morning meeting by telling each other "hello" and by sharing positive thoughts or something from the night before. I choose a student to go over our whole brain classroom rules. We also go over one of the essentials from Ron Clark's Essential 55. Afterwards, we sing our monthly song! I always have a themed song linked, as well, in the bottom corner. We do calendar during this time, too. It's a link to Starfall's calendar, so it's interactive. You can add student birthdays, special events, and who lost a tooth to that calendar. The students love getting to be apart of creating our calendar! I choose a meteorologist each day to check the weather outside. I choose by randomly pulling out a student number from this little bucket. Green side up means I haven't yet chosen those students. Red side up means they have already been chosen. They take my karaoke microphone to the door to give their weather report to the class. They take this job very seriously! There's also a link to check the temperature and the upcoming forecast. After the weather report, we graph our findings. Each day, we are getting to analyze data, which is great practice! I also include several slides for number of the day. These are the slides that you would want to write on! Secret Number is a class favorite! This is a great way to incorporate some review. I choose a number in my head and then give the students clues. Such as, it's less than 50, great than 40, an even number, and has a 6 in the ones place. What is my number? I give them one clue at a time, and we mark out the numbers that can be eliminated after each clue. Each month includes different slides that hit a first grade standard for review purposes. These are the ones that you could totally customize to fit what you are covering. This slide in particular covers retell and a writing standard, while incorporating some science. I always include a link to the stories on Starfall, which are great for hitting your phonics rule and practicing a reading skill or strategy. Finally, we end with a song! I get asked a lot about time. I spend 15-20 minutes on morning meeting. It's quick! I do not hit all of the slides each day; I pick and choose. You may have more and less time, but I promise you can make it work! I sell these First Grade Morning Meeting files separately by the month, or you can save by purchasing them as a bundle for the entire year. Do you do morning meeting in your classroom? I would love to hear all about it!
Getting ready for the week. I am working feverishly on my homework this week, so I didn’t get my picture done. But I did have a chance to snap a few pictures of my centers for this week! So I am going to link up with Deedee at So our centers for this week are: Pilgrim Tally Marks, students identify the numbers on the girls apron and write the number in the circle. My kids are ROCKING at CVC words right now! They have to identify the word on the turkey and stretch it out and write it in the boxes. Dessert Sounds, my kids have to identify the picture and write a sound (beginning or end sound depending on your students ability) This one is a little different than my other centers, the students have to identify if the corn or pumpkins have more, then write the number in the circle. And my favorite, cute little Indian boys with sight words, the students identify the sight word, and write it in the box. These are all in my “I am Thankful” unit. I hope you have a great Sunday, and if you have tomorrow off, don’t rub it in
Ok, so collecting and returning student work. There are many methods, ranging from trays to baskets, to throwing work at a child and saying, “OMG hand this out please, kthx.”But the me…
I am quite excited for the beginning of the school year! There isn't any project work hanging from the ceiling so it looks bare to me!! :) Hope you enjoy! 1st whole room view Please excuse the fact that some of the signs are not "straight." This is my center choice board. The kids have name tags that hang on the hooks. Computer center and word wall SmartBoard Calendar time! All of my bookshelves are polka-dotted! Writing Center Reading center I am super proud of my new chair pockets! My sweet mother made them! They are all blue canvas but they have different color polka-dot ribbon for each table! 3rd whole room view :) Hope everyone is having a great start of school!
Description Keep your Reading Groups visible and organised for both yourself and your students with these Tropical Fruit themed Reading Group Posters! Also includes matching Book Box Labels for your classroom. Includes: 10 various fruity themed groups - The Watermelons, The Pineapples, The Oranges, The Lemons, The Grapes, The Pears, The Limes, The Kiwis, The Blueberries and The Strawberries. (See preview) A4 sized colour posters - to display on your whiteboard or Bulletin Boards Square Book Box Labels - perfectly measured to fit the front of your Elizabeth Richards Book Boxes Editable student name tags - to fit both sets perfectly. To edit: You will need to have Microsoft Powerpoint installed on your computer. Choose any font you like (must be installed on your computer) and simply type in your text. The font I have used in my examples is AG Cash Me Outside
This teacher LOVES polka dots so much that she made her own polka dot bulletin board borders! Check out how she did it so you can make your own!
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My first grade teacher friends and I made these sweet paperplate Pilgrims. I can post directions if you would like, just let me know. girl Pilgrim boy Pilgrim I have no idea where I found my Mayflower bulletin board set. We labeled some basic features of the Mayflower.
This bulletin board kit is a must have for your classroom! Perfectly suited for bulletin boards of all sizes, or even your door, your kiddos and parents will love seeing this happy decor! Why a digital bulletin board? -Immediate delivery -Never wears out, just print again! -Convenient and easy to use -So much cuter then standard in-store options Included with this purchase: -3 Different Sayings in 3 Different Color Choices (Solid Black, Multicolor, & Black Outline) -Banner -Board Decor -At-Home Print: PDF (8.5x11) -Large Format PDF (24x36 inch) -JPEG files for Cutting Machines -Editable Nametags *Please note that the borders are NOT included in the purchase of any bulletin board. They are shown as part of the set, but must be purchased separately. Please contact me with any questions. *Please note that this is a digital item. Downloadable PDF files will be sent to your email. No physical item will be shipped to you. Terms of Use By purchasing from Creatively Taught, you agree to the following terms. All Creatively Taught designs are for personal or single classroom use. No product may be re-sold, uploaded to a shared drive or website, copied or shared with others. Even other teachers. All contents of this product are under copyright protection. Thank you for respecting my hard work in creating this product.
