I’ve been thinking a lot about reading challenges this year and what I wanted to do for one. I’ve never actually completed one. Often because the requirements are so specific, that if I…
These free phonics reading passages have it all: phonics skills, fluency practice and comprehension questions. Plus, students love them!
I love teaching students to make inferences in first grade. They feel like detectives as the search for what the author hasn’t said in the text. I thought I would take some time to share with you some of my favorite activities for teaching students how to infer. Using Photographs: When we begin making inferences, […]
actions, voice, fluency, wiggles, support, goal
Planning for the first week of school can be overwhelming! Here are my first week of school lesson plans and resources.
Reading response journals are the perfect way to make sure your students are on track when doing independent reading- whether in class or at home. However, you may have many questions when setting up your journals for the first time. How will you come up with the prompts? How will students know how […]
I have always assigned nightly reading. Why? I don't assign nightly reading because I want to give students "reading homework." I don't assign nightly reading
Are your students struggling with retelling a story? These retelling ropes are easy to put together and will help cue your students! Several activities and organizers are also included to round out your retelling and sequencing unit. ⭐I've included 4 different ways you can set up your retelling rope: 1. Characters → Setting → Beginning → Middle → End 2. Characters → Setting → Problem → Beginning → Middle → End → Solution 3. Characters → Setting → Conflict → Beginning → Middle → End → Resolution 4. Characters → Setting → First → Next → Then → Last Of course, you can mix and match and come up with your own order as well! However, the graphic organizers, foldables and bookmarks all come in the four options listed above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ Here's what this pack includes: •Directions on how to create your retelling ropes •Graphics for a Large Teacher Retelling Stick/Retelling Rope •Graphics for a Smaller Student Retelling Stick/Retelling Rope •Retelling Bookmarks for Students (Color and B&W) •Differentiated Retelling Graphic Organizers
Todas las imágenes y Doujinshis Yaoi de Kagehina ( haikyuu )
Learn about Mexico for Kids with these free printable Mexico Worksheets and printable books with cute clipart and information to read, color, and learn!
My favorite first grade Back to School Activities in my classroom! These are my go-to activities for the first week of school!
Throwback! This is the ~*Retro Flower~* Bundle! Perfect for DIY projects on cricut, silhouette, printing on products, and all your personal projects! Combine shapes to make your own unique designs. You receive an instant download of 13 hi-res graphics in the following formats: ★ SVG ★ PNG ★ EPS Graphic files include a single color black version only; colored versions not included. All items in my shop are custom original designs made by myself. TERMS & LICENSING - This listing is for "Personal Use" and "Limited Small Business Use". - First 50 commercial sales permitted with purchase of this listing. - Physical product only, no print on demand. - Somewhere in your listing you must credit "Design by Y2K SVG". *** If you wish to sell more product, or prefer to not require attribution, purchase an extended "Commercial License" listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/982411413/commercial-license-one-per-listing Receive a 10% discount when you spend $5 or more at my shop! ･:*･ﾟ★｡･:*･ﾟ★｡･:*･ﾟ★｡･:*･ﾟ★｡ FAQ ★ How do I download after purchase? Desktop: www.etsy.com/your/purchases Mobile: The Etsy mobile app doesn't have download functionality, however you can still download on your phone via web browser. In your preferred web browser, go to www.etsy.com: - Tap your profile picture > Purchases - Select the tiny grey ">" arrow to the right of the item you wish to download - Tap "Download Files" - Long press tap or right click to UNZIP ★ Are these original designs? Yes! I'm a designer and illustrator. Designs are made by me, allowing me to offer them to you for art licensing! ★ What is "Personal use"? Personal use is any use that doesn't involve paid advertising or selling product. ★ Do you give refunds? I cannot offer refunds unfortunately, due to the nature of the product being an instant download. If you're having trouble in any way, please reach out, I'd love to help you! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Kindly note, any files within my shop are original designs and cannot be re-sold as digital assets or digital products. Copyright restricted by Y2K SVG.
Kids love music! I try to find ways to incorporate it throughout our school day. It is such an amazing learning tool. My Songs for the Year
During our literacy time we have been busy learning about beginning, middle, end and story elements. To be honest, this is one of my favorite units to teach! The students always get so excited to listen to the different stories and talk about the beginning, middle, end and story elements. I feel like it is...
Making inferences is an important skill that learners need to have as they comprehend text. Making inferences takes comprehension to a deeper level than just the surface. Find more comprehension strategies paired with picture books in our Comprehension Reading Strategies series. *This post contains affiliate links. Why Making Inferences Can be Tricky Now, making ... Read More about Making Inferences using “My Lucky Day”
When it’s time to teach my students to summarize, I love to use the Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST) strategy. Today I want to share a few tools you can use when teaching this reading strategy.
Informative writing can be tricky in first grade, but this all about book is the perfect way for students to research their own animal and publish a book
I am really looking forward to getting into the swing of things this week. Tomorrow, we’ll be reading one of my favorite books of all-ti...
What can you do to help children learn to listen to a lesson without interrupting? How can you give a lesson without allowing children...
Digital sheet music for bass (tablature) (bass guitar) NOTE: Tablature included.
As I'm sitting on the couch watching Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel, I'm thinking about Christmas in the classroom and how much fun we had discovering our elf this year! Let me just tell you all about it... We had been practicing our inferencing skills the past week and the bright idea came to me, what would be better than introducing our class elf than through a mystery box inferencing lesson of course!? First thing I did was find my mystery box and put our elf inside with his letter from the North Pole. Then I created 4 clues to describe our elf to use for the mystery box activity. I played this up BIG y'all. I was explaining the activity and looking at the clues (with this puzzled look on my face) and revealed to them that these were NOT the clues I had made for this activity! Someone must have came in and wrote new clues over the weekend...they flipped! So on we went.....each student got a recording sheet and 1 clue. They recorded their clue and then walked around to find and record the 3 remaining clues their peers had. Once they collected and recorded all 4 clues, they traveled back to their desk to put together the clues and visit their schema. They recorded their inference at the bottom of their paper. Let me just tell you how excited they were once they read all their clues and "thought" it was an elf!!!! We shared our inferences with each other and the time had come for me to reveal the mystery! We rationalized through why they thought it was an elf and why it couldn't be other things they may have thought. And there he sits, inside our mystery box. I can not imagine introducing our class elf any other way than this in the future. In fact, I was so excited I made it into a download just for you! Now you can introduce your class elf through the mystery box or just practice inferring. I've included 5 different sets of clues for the following mystery items: elf, candy cane, stocking, ornament and Santa hat You can find it available now in my Tpt store or by clicking on the product picture above.
Does your school use the NWEA MAP Test? This is a K-1 test practice set with 400+ question cards aligned with RIT Bands 121-200. This is a great option for test prep! This MEGA set of quick question cards feature concepts aligned with the learning continuum and RIT bands. Print out half-page cards OR full page to use as worksheets. Click here for the BIGGEST savings! K-1 Test Prep BUNDLE This pack of half-page cards will support all first graders, as well as provided rigorous practice for kindergarten and intervention skills for second grade. Use these black and white (for easy printing) cards with my students in the following ways: Activating prior knowledge before a lesson Check for understanding during guided practice "Show what they know!" exit cards (our favorite!) Divide the 400+ cards onto several book rings to make the learning portable! I printed the packet once and created multiple learning sets organized by RIT band. These half-pages would also work with as morning work, in daily journals and/or early finishers! I created these cards after observing a specific need with my own students: language! Many of my students weren’t able to fully demonstrate what they knew because they were confused by the language…this often led to incomplete or incorrect answers. These cards helped them gain confidence while developing language skills to fully understand the questions they would be asked on the assessment. Please note the following RIT bands are included in this set of reading cards: 131-190, with a major focus on phonics, phonemic awareness, and grammar skills. The preview lists the number of cards included in each RIT band range. These cards are half-page and black/white. Please follow my store to stay up to date on my newest products. The preview provides more information and a closer look at the learning materials. Copyright © Positively Learning. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. See product file for clip-art and font credits. #distancelearningtpt
"End the year with a fun art and writing activity that you and your kiddos will LOVE! I hang these in my hallway, and I can't tell you how many compliments I receive. They are SO DARN CUTE! My students loved doing them, and I loved reading them...and seeing them (of course). " Included, you will find: ★Project templates ★Detailed project instructions ★Writing prompts for both primary and intermediate kiddos
Growth Mindset: The Power of Yet Recently my 1st grade classroom has morphed into a K/1 combination classroom and then resulted in HUGE gaps (academically, socially, & emotionally) between my s…
It's that time of year! Magic e! I love teaching my kids about the magic e because it means they have really grown as readers! I know th...
Is Glasgow worth visiting? I hated my first trip to Glasgow, however the fault was all mine because I planned it all wrong...
This moon craft is great for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or older kids. It's a great art extension during a space theme in the classroom.
It is the first week of kindergarten! What do I teach? I get this question all the time! I am so excited to put together this page together for you. I’m sharing our favorite first week of kindergarten read aloud stories and the free coordinating printables I made to go with them. Plus I will s
Unlock the potential of your gifted child with our comprehensive guide. Dive deep into understanding their unique needs, the balance of nature
Inspiration, tips, and sources for creating a nature themed classroom for your middle school or high school students!
Sometimes you do a project with your students that is just so perfect for their age level and ability that everybody is happy with the outcome, this is that project. I started this project by reading "Color Blocked" to my first grade students. They loved the book!Supplies needed: "Color Blocked" Book, Sharpies, 12"x 18" paper, watercolors, watercolor brushes, containers for water, paper towels.Welcome your first graders into the classroom and seat them at the rug for a quick story. After reading
Happy Tuesday! It was a WHRLWIND weekend here for my little family. Remember my precious *little* sister?!?! Well…she tied the knot on Sa...
Procedural writing or "How-to" is one of my favorite units! Read this post to discover some fantastic mentor texts to use in your classroom!
Aren’t these posters gorgeous? They so clearly show the difference between b and d. Here is your free download ~ bed or deb posters Mari Saaiman created these lovely graphics. You can see my …
A collection of math and literacy FREEBIES for pre-k through first grade! Books, games, centers, activities and more! FREEBIES!
Maximize your first week of school with some amazing tips! Learn about the 5 essential must-haves every teacher needs for success.
It is the first week of kindergarten! What do I teach? I get this question all the time! I am so excited to put together this page together for you. I’m sharing our favorite first week of kindergarten read aloud stories and the free coordinating printables I made to go with them. Plus I will s
Hello Everyone! Hope you're having a joyfilled day!! I wanted to share my "Me and My Community" social studies mini unit with you. If you are one of my kiddos reading this, have mom or dad print it off for you and get busy!! :) We've done many of these activities already, but it is still a great summer time filler! The unit contains 30 pages of poems, drawing and writing activities, anchor chart activities, a mini book for kids to make, citizenship, community workers, map skill activities, and much more. I have loved having time to organize it. Don't you love summer for just that reason? Here are a few pics of what is included! Unit contains three poems An 8 page mini book for kids to make Our "Me on the Map" anchor chart Craft Connection Inspired by finallyinfirst.blogspot.com :) Mini poster "What will you be?" anchor sample- unit contains all 4 cardinal directions and a compas rose Since you are part of my community, here's your free 30 page printable unit. Click Here! Hope you can use a least a bit of this!! I can't wait to use it again this fall!! Have a great rest of the day! Joyfully! Nancy
