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If you Take a Mouse to School!

Froggy Goes to School

The Kissing Hand

Wild About First Grade!

Ice Cream Day

Zebra Day!

Hippo Day!

Elephants

Giraffes

Mother’s Day Butterfly Ball!

Insect/Eric Carle Week

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Is your classroom a little louder than you'd like?

Is your classroom a little louder than you'd like? 📢 Help students learn when, where, and how to use the right voice level with this engaging companion for Decibella and Her 6-Inch Voice by Julia Cook!

This resource makes teaching voice levels fun and meaningful with colorful posters, interactive reading comprehension activities, vocabulary practice, writing extensions, and an adorable 6-inch voice craft. Students will explore character traits, sequencing, inferencing, problem and solution, main idea, and more while learning an important social-emotional and classroom management skill.

With voice level posters, sorting activities, matching games, a classroom pledge, letter home, and bulletin board pieces featuring the phrase "Turn Down the Volume, Turn Up the Respect," you'll have everything you need to build a calmer, more respectful learning environment.

Perfect for back-to-school, classroom community building, SEL lessons, and reinforcing positive behavior all year long! 💙

Comment VOICE if you'd like the link!

“I have such a chatty and "spirited" class this year, and I was desperate for something to help the noise level of the room. I came across this lesson, and it was great! I purchased the book to read, and then used this resource to teach voice volume to them. It really helped! Using this resource, I was able to refer back to the voice levels from the book when giving expectations.”

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Looking for a hands-on way to teach subtraction to

Looking for a hands-on way to teach subtraction to 10? 🦈 This MASTER Math Unit is packed with everything you need to help first graders develop a strong understanding of subtraction through games, manipulatives, technology, small groups, enrichment activities, and review. Students will practice counting back, using number lines, solving number stories, writing number sentences, building number bonds, exploring fact families, and recognizing subtraction patterns. With 10 ready-to-teach lessons, digital activities, assessments, rotation centers, SMART Notebook lessons, and an adorable Shark & Fish craft, you'll have an engaging and effective subtraction unit that keeps students learning in a variety of ways every day!

#FirstGradeMath #SubtractionStrategies #MathCenters #PrimaryMath #TeachingMath

Comment SHARK for the link! 🦈✨

“My students loved this resource. It was a great addition to my daily 3 math block. I love all of the activities and know that it is a resource that I will use again and again!”

“I love these math units! They have EVERYTHING you need! The activities are engaging and there are lots of different kinds of activities included!”

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🐶🐱 Need a movement break where EVERY student parti

🐶🐱 Need a movement break where EVERY student participates and no one is sitting on the sidelines? 🙌

Sometimes our students just need to get the wiggles out...but we also need them to stay in their own space! That's exactly why I love these Animal Adventure Movement Brain Breaks! 🐾

Students move, laugh, and learn as they explore adorable pet shop animals while practicing L-blend words. They'll decode words, strengthen their phonics skills, and burn off some energy—all at the same time!

The best part? Everyone participates the entire time! No waiting turns, no one is out, and your students will be asking, "Can we play again?" 🎉

💬 Comment "PETS" and I'll send you the link!

#firstgrade #kindergarten #scienceofreading #phonics #lblends #brainbreaks #movementbreaks #elementaryteacher #classroomfun #firstgraderoars
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✏️ Looking for a FUN read-aloud to kick off the sc

✏️ Looking for a FUN read-aloud to kick off the school year? 📚

Bring the laughs and learning of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt into your back-to-school plans with this engaging book companion!

It’s packed with reading comprehension, writing, word work, math connections, hands-on activities, and crafts that make those first weeks of school a little easier to plan—and a lot more fun! Your students can work on skills like sequencing, point of view, character analysis, and more while enjoying a story they’ll love.

Perfect for K–2 read-alouds, centers, or whole-group learning during those busy first weeks! ✂️🪨📄

Comment ROCK or SHOOT and I’ll send you the link! 🎯

"My students really loved this book and it had a great message in it. The activities that I purchased were fun and engaging. I'll be using it again next year!"

“A great resource filled with lots of activities that match well to the story!”

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Have you read The Smart Cookie? 🍪 This absolutely

Have you read The Smart Cookie? 🍪

This absolutely adorable story by Jory John and Pete Oswald shares the sweetest message about confidence, friendship, and finding happiness in who you are. Your students will be hooked as they follow the Smart Cookie’s journey!

This companion pack is packed with meaningful, standards-based activities that make planning easy and learning fun. You’ll have everything you need for deep comprehension — predicting, text evidence, point of view, main idea and details, problem and solution, retelling, character analysis, author’s purpose, and more.

There are engaging vocabulary lessons with words like supportive, distracted, confident, animated, and mesmerizing, plus word work activities, writing extensions, and colorful posters to support your mini-lessons.

Students can respond with opinion, narrative, and retell writing, complete hands-on sequencing and story mapping, and create the adorable Smart Cookie craft or Cookie Jar craft for the perfect bulletin board display.

And yes… there’s math fun too! Roll and Cover Cookies, addition and subtraction games, and a cookie tally graph to keep the theme going all week long.
It’s the perfect mix of literacy, vocabulary, writing, crafts, and math — all centered around one lovable cookie.

Comment cookie or smart for the link! 🍪✨

“This is one of my favorite resources. So much is included and it keeps kids very engaged. It goes with the Smart Cookie perfectly!”

“This resource goes perfectly with the story. My first graders had such a fun time using these resources!”

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🍎 September math practice made FUN! ➕🍂 These Domi

🍎 September math practice made FUN! ➕🍂

These Domino Addition Task Cards are an easy way to get your students practicing addition while keeping them engaged! Students will count the dots on each domino and find the total sum, building addition fluency and number sense along the way.

With 30 task cards included in both color and black & white, you can use them for morning tubs, math centers, Scoot, movement breaks, fast finishers, or even a quick assessment. Recording sheets and answer keys are included, too!

Easy to prep, easy to use, and perfect for September math! 🍎✏️

👇 Comment DOMINO and I’ll send you the link!

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