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Mental Math Strategies for First Grade

Telling Time Activities for First Grade

Telling Time Activities for First Grade

True or False Equations Unit

True or False Equations Activities for Deep Understanding

addition and subtraction to 20

Addition and Subtraction to 20 Activities for First Grade

winter olympic activities for the classroom

Top 5 Winter Games & Olympic Activities for the Classroom

Valentine's classroom ideas

Valentine’s Classroom Ideas to Make Learning Extra Sweet

Gift Giving Day activities

Gift Giving Day Activities: Celebrate Kindness, Gratitude, and the True Meaning of the Holidays in your Classroom

Sleigh Day

Sleigh Day Activities: A Cozy, Snowy, High-Engagement Winter Classroom Celebration

holiday lights theme day

Holiday Lights Theme Day Activities: A Bright and Festive Way to Boost Learning This December

holiday sweater day activities

Holiday Sweater Day Activities for the Classroom: A Cozy, Festive, and Educational Celebration

Pumpkin Activities

Top 10 Pumpkin Activities To Do After Halloween

dramatic play pizza shop

Welcome to Mama Mia’s Pizzeria! A Dramatic Play Pizza Shop for Little Learners

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✨ The Magical Yet is one of my favorite growth min

✨ The Magical Yet is one of my favorite growth mindset books for the beginning of the school year!

This powerful story teaches students that mistakes, practice, patience, and perseverance help us reach our goals. It's the perfect way to start conversations about learning, trying new things, and believing in yourself.
This companion is packed with engaging comprehension activities, goal-setting writing, word work, math games, a Magical Yet craft, and even a special bookmark and poem gift for students. Everything you need to inspire a classroom full of learners who believe they can do hard things... they just can't do them yet!

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"This resource has so many different activities that go along with the book perfectly. They are ready to print and use. My students love your resources. "

“I chose this book for my Day 1 read aloud and new theme! These ready-to-use resources were fun and engaging! Thank you!”

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✏️ Looking for a meaningful way to kick off the fi

✏️ Looking for a meaningful way to kick off the first week of school?

Names are one of the first words students can read, write, and recognize, making them the perfect tool for introducing important literacy skills! This engaging Name Activities Mini Unit helps students learn about vowels and consonants while exploring their own names and getting to know their classmates.

Students will practice sorting letters, identifying vowels and consonants, interviewing friends, creating graphs, analyzing data, and participating in fun word work activities centered around names. The included editable pencils and name tags make classroom setup easy, while the colorful vowel posters and songs provide extra support for beginning readers.

This is a fun, hands-on way to build classroom community, introduce foundational phonics skills, and sneak in some math practice during those important first days of school. Your students will love learning about themselves and their new classmates while building skills that will support them all year long! ❤️✏️📚

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"Great resource for beginning of the year! Reviewing letter sounds, syllables, counting, and number representations! Thanks!!"

"This was a great resource to add in with the first couple of weeks of lessons. Vowels vs consonants, and learning their classmates names. "

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Looking for an easy way to teach types of sentence

Looking for an easy way to teach types of sentences at the beginning of the year? ✏️💚 This mini grammar unit gives you FIVE days of ready-to-use lessons to introduce students to sentences, subjects and predicates, and the different types of ending punctuation.

With interactive Google Slides™, daily “we do” and “you do” practice, printable activities, hands-on sorts, and the cutest pea pod punctuation craft, students will learn how to identify and create different types of sentences while building a strong grammar foundation. 🌱

It’s perfect for those first weeks of school when you’re introducing your grammar routines and expectations. Everything is planned for you—including lesson plan templates, book suggestions, activities, and standards—so you can simply open the lesson and TEACH! 🙌

Start your year with engaging grammar lessons that make learning about sentences FUN!

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"Another great resource! We love using the Silly Sentence activity and have chosen to use those everyday along with the other set from the previous Subject and Predicate lesson. "

“Your resources are so helpful. I love them all and so do my kiddos. Thank you!”

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🚌🥨 Need a FUN first-day activity your students wil

These engaging School Safety Mini Books help stude

These engaging School Safety Mini Books help students learn important rules and routines both inside and outside the classroom while strengthening nonfiction reading skills. You'll introduce topics like hallway behavior, recess safety, lunch procedures, listening, school supplies, trusted adults, and safely entering and exiting the building—all while reviewing nonfiction text features.

The resource also includes comprehension activities plus colorful and black-and-white sorting activities that are perfect for whole-group lessons during the first week of school.

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"Love that this resource comes with a whole group and individual companion worksheet option. It was very helpful in establishing expectations at the beginning of the kindergarten year."

"I loved using this resource to talk about safety in general. My school has character traits each month, and this month was safety. I wanted to make my lesson more interactive, so I got this resource. My students loved it."

“This resource is so helpful at the beginning of school when going over rules and routines. It helps answer the question of why we have rules...so we can stay safe. It helps reinforce the rules and how to stay safe. Students are able to take them home and review them with their families. Thank you for such a fantastic resource.”

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🍎❤️ Want your students to know from DAY ONE just h

🍎❤️ Want your students to know from DAY ONE just how happy you are that they’re in your classroom?

A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen is such a sweet back-to-school read-aloud for easing those first-day jitters and beginning to build a classroom where every student feels welcomed, valued, and loved.

This companion is packed with fun activities for those first days together! Students can create All About Me pennants, complete class surveys and graphs, make a class book, sort, play a first-day board game, and practice reading comprehension skills while getting to know their new classmates and teacher. ✏️📚

One of my favorite parts is the “I’m Glad You Are Here!” bulletin board. ❤️ It creates the sweetest display and sends such an important message to your students from the very beginning: You belong here!

It’s the perfect way to combine back-to-school fun, classroom community, and meaningful learning during those busy first days!

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“This goes really well with the book. The kids enjoyed completing these activities on the first day of school!”
“We used this at the start of the year during the first week of school. It was a good ice breaker.”
"I love everything I get from this seller. Always packed with lots of activities, writing, and a craft."

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