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Gift Giving Day activities

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

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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!” LinkDM *214*
I know we all love the Jory John food series… but I know we all love the Jory John food series… but have you read Something’s Wrong? I am OBSESSED with this book and the powerful message it teaches. 🐻💛 This sweet story follows Jeff the bear, who leaves his house knowing something feels wrong—but he can’t figure out what it is. As he walks through the woods, no one tells him until his true friend Anders steps in with the most heartwarming act of kindness. It opens the door for such meaningful conversations about friendship, empathy, and helping others. I was so excited to create a companion for this story! This resource includes differentiated reading comprehension activities, writing, word work, math games, and an adorable bear underpants craft your students will love. It also includes bulletin board letters to create the perfect display. Comment bear or wrong for the link! 🐻✨ LinkDM *574*
Have you read A Bad Case of the Tattle Tongue with Have you read A Bad Case of the Tattle Tongue with your class? It is the perfect story for teaching the difference between tattling and telling. 👅 This companion pack brings the story to life with engaging reading comprehension activities, SEL sorting cards, writing, word work, math games, and an adorable Tattle Tongue craft. Students will learn when it is important to report something and how to be responsible members of your classroom community. It is a must have resource for building strong reading skills while teaching important social emotional lessons your students will use every day. 👅Comment tattle or tongue for the link. LinkDM *174* "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!"
The Invisible Boy is one of the most powerful stor The Invisible Boy is one of the most powerful stories for building kindness and classroom community. 💛 Brian feels invisible until one small act of kindness changes everything. This meaningful read aloud opens the door for important conversations about including others, friendship, and empathy. It is perfect for back to school or anytime you want to strengthen your classroom family. This companion pack includes comprehension activities, writing, word work, math games, and a beautiful shooting star craft with bulletin board letters that say “We Are Shining Stars.” It is the perfect SEL resource to help students learn how their actions can make others feel seen and valued. Comment invisible or kindness for the link. “Great resource with lots of activities. Students really enjoyed the story and activities.” “Thank you so much for this amazing resource! It is awesome!” LinkDM *575*
If you’re looking for an easy way to strengthen de If you’re looking for an easy way to strengthen decoding and spelling without adding more prep to your plate, these Word Ladders were a game changer in my classroom. 🪜✏️ Students spell a word, change just one sound or letter, and work their way down the ladder—building phonics skills step by step. The picture clues make it possible for students to work independently, which makes these perfect for centers, morning tubs, or small-group phonics instruction. I usually preview the pictures together first, and then they’re good to go! With 117 printable ladders covering everything from CVC words and blends to digraphs, long vowels, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels, this set fits beautifully with Science of Reading instruction. Answer keys are included, so it’s truly grab-and-go. 💛 Comment word or ladder and I will send you the link! 💛 If you want meaningful phonics practice that actually sticks, these ladders are a must. 💛 "Word ladders are very fun for students and great way to practice phoneme substitution. My kids love them and are very excited when I pull one out." “I use these weekly to review the pattern we have been working on all week. My students enjoy doing them. I will continue to use all year.” “I like to use these for small groups/tutoring. I love that they are fun and engaging, and make this concept fun!” “Love using these word ladders with my first graders! The pictures help students Great product!” LinkDM *016*
Do you need some text packed decodable readers? Th Do you need some text packed decodable readers? These would be perfect for kindergarten or back to school in first grade. 📚 📚These 12 page decodable books target short a, short e, short i, short o, short u, and mixed CVC words, helping students build decoding skills and reading fluency. Each reader includes controlled sentences, comprehension practice, and an extra phonics activity to reinforce the skill. Simply print, fold, and staple. No cutting required. These readers are perfect for small groups, literacy centers, interventions, morning work, or sending home for extra practice. They support Science of Reading instruction while helping students feel proud to read their own books. 📚Comment cvc or read for the link. "My class is enjoying these decodable readers! They get to color the picture on Friday after we have used them in small group reading. Thank you!" "I can’t wait to use these with my new first graders. They love to have their own decodable books to read. " “I use these as a homework resource. The students are always proud when they can take a book home to read to their parents.” LinkDM *169*
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