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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