Freebie Friday

Use this free download, "Find the Missing Number," to practice working with missing addends in equations. Use only addition, subtraction, OR mixed + and - equations.
Completely common core aligned 1.OA.8. Click the picture to download!

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Happy New Year!

New Year's Activities for Reading and Writing...
Includes classroom decorations and printable student gifts.Activities for Reading & Writing
with Classroom Decorations & Easy, Printable Student Gifts. Enjoy!

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Freebie Friday - On Tuesday

Use this activity to:

1. Learn the difference between two commonly mistaken words-- went and want!

2. Use context clues to determine the missing word! 

My kids always confuse these words! Even my strongest readers mix them up in isolation and in context... That's why I made this sort! Sort "went" and "want" as isolated words and in sentences using context clues.

2 versions included... One for stronger readers, one for newer readers.

1.RF.3.g 1RF3

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Freebie Friday!

Magic Word Squares are great practice for spelling patterns my kiddos have worked with before. They love these activities. The kids don't even realize the great practice they are getting! Here's one freebie. The rest are available at my TPT Store. Enjoy!

Non Fiction Text Features

We've all taught non fiction text features about 100 times... Table of contents, glossary, index, etc. My school has noticed that many of the grades teach the same features again and again. But never fear, Common Core to the rescue!

The CC standards indicate which features should be taught in which grades:
- Kindergarten - text, illustrations/photographs, front cover, back cover
- 1st Grade - headings, table of contents, glossary, electronic menu, icons
- 2nd Grade - captions, bold print, glossary, index, diagrams, electronic menu, icons

Anyone else notice the electronic features?? I've never taught them before! Have you??

I'll be spending some time on these electronic features and much less time on non fiction features. There are so many other standards in the CC that have nothing to do with the features! That will be a big change for me and my school. We've been very feature-heavy thus far.

Anywho... I've made a little something to align with the K-2 CC standards for nonfiction features. Check it out at my TPT store.

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Cyber Monday

Check out  my TPT store for BIG sales on Monday and Tuesday... 20% off most items!!

Also take a look at new winter, holiday, and Christmas themed items:

  

 

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Freebie Friday!

Who doesn't love FREEBIES?!


Did anyone else's jaw drop when they changed the school calendar to DECEMBER?? That's right! December. Time to put away the turkeys and pull out the snowflakes. Check out my winter newsletter on TPT. Type right into this document... In black and white to ensure no quality lost through photocopying... Space for upcoming events, dates to remember, classroom updates, homework, and reminders for each day of the week.

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Must Have Monday

I use this app every day during reading conferences. I select the child or children I'm working with and take notes on their strengths, my teaching points, and ideas for next steps. Then I can plan my small groups by having the app sort my notes by common teaching points and next steps.

Syllable Sorts

1st grade Common Core requires students to learn that all syllables have a vowel sound... Before my kiddos get there, we need to talk about syllables! We used our robot voices to hear how many syllables were in words. We started with one and two syllable words. They did a great job using the picture sorts below. Check them out at my TPT store:

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Freebie Friday!

Freebies are fabulous! This is my morning work for Wednesday... Kids can create place cards for the guests at their Thanksgiving feast. You can use it for school or home feasts. Enjoy!

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