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ABC Countdown

ABC Countdown to Summer End of Year Theme Days

Elf Day

Elf Day

Halloween Snack Activity Monster in a Cup

Monster in a Cup: A Halloween Snack Activity

6 Fall Picture Books Your Students Will Love

6 Fall Picture Books Your Students Will Love

comparing two-digit numbers

Comparing Two-Digit Numbers

teaching about commas

Activities for Teaching About Commas

Happy Camping Classroom Theme

Camping Classroom Theme

Top 3 Building Community in the Classroom Activities

Top 3 Building Community in the Classroom Activities

end of the year activity popcorn day

Popcorn Day: An End of the Year Activity

camping theme day

Camping Theme Day

Beach Day at school

Beach Day at School

Top 5 Earth Day activities for 1st Grade

Top 5 Earth Day Activities for 1st Grade

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A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue is a great back-to-sch

A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue is a great back-to-school read-aloud for helping students learn the difference between tattling and telling. During those first weeks of school, this is such an important conversation as you establish classroom expectations and begin building a kind, responsible classroom community.

Students can learn when a problem is something they can handle, when they should use their words, and when it is important to tell an adult because someone is hurt, unsafe, or needs help. ❤️

This companion pack brings the story to life with differentiated reading comprehension activities, SEL sorting cards, writing, word work, math games, and an adorable Tattle Tongue craft your students will love!

It’s a fun way to build reading skills while teaching a classroom lesson your students will use all year long.

👅 Comment TATTLE or TONGUE for the link!

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"This resource was exactly what I needed! It’s clear, easy to use, and very well organized. My students were engaged, and it saved me a lot of planning time. I appreciate the quality and attention to detail, definitely worth it!"

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🦈 Subtraction doesn’t have to mean worksheets, wor

🦈 Subtraction doesn’t have to mean worksheets, worksheets, worksheets!

Get your first graders DOING math with this Guided MASTER Math Subtraction to 10 Unit! Students build a strong understanding of subtraction through hands-on activities, manipulatives, games, technology, teacher-led small groups, enrichment, and review. 🙌

Throughout the unit, students practice counting back, using number lines, solving number stories, writing subtraction sentences, building number bonds, exploring fact families, and discovering subtraction patterns.

With 10 ready-to-teach lessons, digital activities, assessments, rotation centers, and more, your subtraction unit is planned and ready to go! 💛

The best part? Students aren’t just memorizing facts—they’re building the number sense and strategies they need to truly UNDERSTAND subtraction.

🦈 Ready to make subtraction more hands-on and engaging?

👇 Comment SUBTRACTION or MATH and I’ll send you the link!

#FirstGradeMath #SubtractionStrategies #MathCenters #PrimaryMath #TeachingMath

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“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!”

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Those first weeks of school are BUSY enough withou

Those first weeks of school are BUSY enough without spending your evenings figuring out how to teach each reading skill. This 5-Day Making Predictions Unit gives you the teachable Google Slides, printable activities, guided practice, interactive lessons, and even an original song to help your students really understand how good readers make predictions! 🔎📖

Just grab the suggested read-aloud and TEACH! ❤️ This week features A Bad Case of Stripes, Something’s Wrong!, Neck & Neck, The Name Jar, and The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do—such FUN books for the beginning of the year!

Want to use your own favorite read-aloud? You can! Flexible templates are included, so you can use the same lessons with other books too.

Five days. Five amazing read-alouds. One important comprehension skill. And most importantly...the planning is DONE! 🎉

📚 Comment PREDICT and I’ll send you the link!

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🍎 Johnny Appleseed Day is coming! 🍎 If you’re pla

🍎 Johnny Appleseed Day is coming! 🍎

If you’re planning an apple unit this September, this adorable Johnny Appleseed craft and writing activity is the perfect addition! 🍏🌳

The best part? You can pair it with your favorite Johnny Appleseed book or read-aloud, so it easily fits right into the lessons you already have planned! 📚🍎

Students can learn about Johnny Appleseed, activate their schema, record new learning and misconceptions, and complete fun writing activities—all while creating the cutest fall display!

You can turn it into a meaningful kindness lesson, too! 💛 Students write ways they can be kind on little seed templates and add them to a bulletin board that says “Planting Seeds of Kindness.” 🌱

Or celebrate with a “Johnny Appleseed Day” display!

It’s an easy way to combine reading, writing, social studies, kindness, and a craft into one fun fall activity. 🍎

Perfect for Johnny Appleseed Day, apple week, September, or your fall bulletin board!

🍏 Comment JOHNNY or APPLE and I’ll send you the link!

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🍂 Singular or plural? One acorn or LOTS of acorns?

🍂 Singular or plural? One acorn or LOTS of acorns? 🌰🌰🌰

Make teaching singular and plural nouns easy and engaging with this 5-Day Singular & Plural Nouns Mini Unit! Everything is planned for you, with a full week of explicit instruction, interactive practice, independent work, centers, and a fun fall craft.

This unit includes 60 digital Google Slides™ that you can project right onto your interactive board. Each day includes instruction followed by “We Do” and “You Do” practice, making it easy to model the skill together before students try it independently.

After the digital lesson, students can reinforce their learning with daily printable worksheets and a colorful center sorting activity. At the end of the unit, bring everything together with an adorable foldable acorn craft where students can practice the difference between an acorn and acorns! 🌰

You’ll also receive bulletin board letters so you can display those cute crafts with “Nutty for Fall” or “Nutty for Acorns!”

And because I know planning time is precious, I’ve included a weekly lesson plan template with standards and book suggestions to make your entire week even easier. 🙌

🍂 Included: 60 digital slides, 5 days of printable activities, a color center activity, foldable acorn craft, bulletin board letters, and a complete lesson plan template.
Perfect for your first grade grammar block, literacy centers, small groups, morning work, or fall language lessons!

🌰 Teach it. Practice it. Sort it. Create it!

Comment Plural and I’ll send you the link! 🧡

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🕷️🕸️ Spiders might be creepy and crawly…but first

🕷️🕸️ Spiders might be creepy and crawly…but first graders LOVE learning about them!

One of my favorite ways to take that excitement and turn it into meaningful learning is with a nonfiction spider study! National Geographic Kids: Spiders is a great anchor text for introducing informational text standards while teaching students how to identify a fact and find details that support it. 📚

Throughout the week, students become spider experts as they learn fascinating facts, build new vocabulary, explore nonfiction text features, and practice finding information directly in the text. We work on facts and details, captions, diagrams and labels, table of contents, fact and opinion, schema, misconceptions, and so much more.

Students also get to put their new knowledge to work with informative and opinion writing activities. 🕷️✏️

And you know I LOVE adding a craft! Students create a Label the Spider Craft that is perfect for showing what they’ve learned AND makes an adorable “Spooktacular Spiders” fall bulletin board! 🕸️

This unit is part of my Spiders Fact & Details Week and is also included in my YEAR-LONG Reading Comprehension with a Purpose Bundle.

Perfect for your October nonfiction studies, spider week, or Halloween learning! 🎃

🕷️ Comment SPIDER or WEB and I’ll send you the link!

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