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Using Google in my First Grade Classroom to Build Phonemic Skills

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🐻 Bear is back and he is VERY hungry! Bear Wants 🐻 Bear is back and he is VERY hungry! Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson is such a sweet springtime story about Bear waking up from hibernation and searching for food with the help of his forest friends. It is the perfect read aloud for discussing problem and solution, friendship, and helping others. This book companion is packed with engaging reading comprehension activities that support Language Arts standards. Students will practice predicting, identifying character feelings, finding the main idea and details, sequencing events, and exploring problem and solution. The unit also includes writing activities, word work, and fun math games to connect learning across subjects. To wrap it all up, students can create an adorable Bear craft and display it with the included bulletin board letters. Comment bear or hungry for the link. 🐻 LinkDM *276*
🐷💦 Get ready for giggles, learning, and a little b 🐷💦 Get ready for giggles, learning, and a little bit of “stinky” fun in your classroom! Bring Pig the Stinker to life with this engaging book companion packed with reading, writing, math, and hands-on activities your students will LOVE. As they dive into Pig’s messy adventures, students will practice key comprehension skills like sequencing, main idea, text connections, character analysis, and more—all while exploring important lessons about manners and friendship. With fun word work, interactive math games, meaningful writing prompts, and an adorable pig in the tub craft, this resource makes it easy to blend literacy and social-emotional learning. Plus, colorful posters and lesson support help you create a purposeful and engaging literacy block from start to finish! Comment pig or stinker for the link! 🛁 "My students really wanted a Pig the Pug day at the end of the year and this bundle was perfect for it!" #firstgraderoars #readaloud #classroomfun #primaryteachers #literacycenters LinkDM *406*
Looking for the PERFECT way to wrap up the school Looking for the PERFECT way to wrap up the school year? 🫧✨ Bubble Day is such a FUN and engaging end-of-the-year theme that your students will absolutely LOVE! From blowing bubbles outside to exploring bubble gum and hands-on experiments, this day is packed with learning and excitement. Students will dive into reading comprehension with Pop! A Book About Bubbles and The Bubble Factory, practice phonics skills, complete writing activities, and review math concepts—all with a playful bubble theme! Add in a bubble experiment, class surveys, games, and even a Bubble Blowing Contest and Racing Contest (with certificates 🎉), and you’ve got a day they’ll never forget! There are also SO many hands-on activities like gumball math, digraph sorts, tally graphs, and adorable crafts like the bubble wand and bubble gum machine—perfect for your bulletin board displays! This is a must-have for the last week of school or even a summer camp week full of fun and learning! ☀️🫧 Comment bubble or gum for the link! “I absolutely loved these products. My students were very engaged for the entire day. They had so many different options of activities. I highly suggest for an end of the year theme day. “ “This resource was the perfect addition to our end-of-the-year themed days in my first grade classroom! My students absolutely loved the activities and crafts each day was fun, engaging, and meaningful. It helped create lasting memories and made our final days together extra special.” LinkDM *338*
Who is ready to stretch their learning to new heig Who is ready to stretch their learning to new heights? 🦒 Spring is the perfect time to learn about mammals, and giraffes are always a class favorite. This engaging Giraffe Nonfiction Unit is packed with activities that help students learn all about giraffes while practicing important informational reading skills. Students will read a mini reader about giraffes and explore a matching colorful book with real photographs that can be projected with the included digital link, downloaded as a PowerPoint, or shared as a PDF. You can even print it for your classroom library. After reading, students can complete fun comprehension activities, dive into a giraffe research project, practice word work and writing skills, and create an adorable giraffe craft. There are so many engaging activities in this resource to help your students become giraffe experts while building strong nonfiction reading skills. Comment giraffe or mammal for the link. 🦒 “I loved this giraffe book study. I thought it was great to have a focus on facts about elephants and text features. I purchased the elephant and the giraffe one and then had my students write an opinion piece stating if they liked elephants or giraffes better. The facts were very interesting and my students loved reading about giraffes.” “I used this for my science unit on comparing and contrasting nonfiction and fiction reading on giraffes with my 3rd-grade students. They were really engaged in the activities, loved the pictures of real giraffes, the vocabulary terms, and the reading level was great for differentiation. This was an excellent source for teaching nonfiction. “ LinkDM *268*
🔥🍫 S’mores in a Cup = the PERFECT end of the year 🔥🍫 S’mores in a Cup = the PERFECT end of the year treat! 🍫🔥 This no-bake, hands-on activity is a class favorite—especially for Camping Day or a fun summer theme week! Students follow along with a mini book to make their own delicious s’mores snack while practicing reading directions, teamwork, and sequencing 🏕️✨ But it doesn’t stop there… students will also predict, survey, graph, and write about their experience—turning a simple snack into a full day of learning! Plus, you’ll get crafts, class graphing tools, differentiated writing, donation letters, and recipe cards to send home 💛 If you loved Pumpkin Pie in a Cup, you NEED this one too! Comment smores or camping and I’ll send you the link! #firstgraderoars #endofyearfun #classroomsnacks #primaryteachers #themedlearning "My students and I loved this activity to go with our "camping" themed week. Such a great resource for reading and following directions, and then writing about it in a variety of ways. Great for differentiation and student choice. Bonus: a sweet treat to eat!" “My coteacher and I used this resource during our small group ESY sessions. We loved how many different activities could be done with this resource--math, reading, and writing. We ran out of time to do all of it but can't wait to do more of it next summer. The students loved asking their classmates if they liked the s'mores and completing the math worksheets.” LinkDM *373*
🌊🏖️ I just fell in LOVE with this “sandtastic” sto 🌊🏖️ I just fell in LOVE with this “sandtastic” story for the end of the year! Turkey’s Sandtastic Beach Day by Wendi Silvano is such a fun read aloud. �Turkey is tired of the petting zoo and tries EVERYTHING to sneak off to the beach… dressing up as a crab, seashell, shark, and even a surfer! 😂 This companion pack is packed with engaging comprehension activities you can easily differentiate for all your learners. �From predicting and sequencing to main idea, cause & effect, and character analysis… it’s all here! You’ll also find fun writing prompts, word work, and beach-themed math games to keep the learning going. �Plus, your students will LOVE creating the adorable turkey at the beach craft! 🦃🏖️ This is the perfect addition to a Beach Day theme and one of those activities your students will be talking about all summer long! ☀️ Comment beach or turkey for the link! 🏖️ "This was a fun resource to add engaging learning opportunities to a book! The resources were well thought out and great for k/1" “My students absolutely love the Turkey stories and this was no exception. I can't wait to use this from here on out in the years to come. Thank you for providing so many different resources to go with this book.” “WOW! This resource could be used to fill a whole theme day. I used it to supplement our beach theme day but will be utilizing more of it next year. The activities and pictures were great!” LinkDM *360*
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