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🎒 Who says math practice has to happen sitting in 🎒 Who says math practice has to happen sitting in a chair? 🏃

If your students need to get the wiggles out, this Back to School Math Movement Brain Break is the perfect solution! Students will go on a fun classroom adventure while practicing reading ten frames and identifying numbers. When a movement slide appears, they jump, stretch, and move. When a math slide appears, they solve the problem. It's the best of both worlds—movement and learning!

✨ Perfect for:�🍎 Morning meeting�💙 Brain breaks�📚 Math warm-ups�🏫 Indoor recess�🎯 Whole-group review
Your students will stay engaged, practice important number sense skills, and ask to play again and again!

💬 Comment MOVE and I'll send you the link!

#firstgrade #kindergarten #mathcenters #brainbreak #movementbreak #tenframes #backtoschool #elementaryteacher #teacherspayteachers #firstgraderoars

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🧩 Looking for an easy, no-prep phonics activity yo 🧩 Looking for an easy, no-prep phonics activity your students will actually enjoy?
These September Final Consonant Task Cards are a fun way to help students practice listening for and identifying ending sounds while staying engaged! With 30 picture-based task cards, your students will build phonics confidence as they identify the final consonant in each word.

✨ Perfect for:�
🍎 Morning tubs�
🎯 Literacy centers�
🏃 Scoot activities�
💙 Movement breaks�
✏️ Fast finishers�
📊 Quick assessments

Print them in color or black and white, pop them on a ring, or hang them around the room for an interactive phonics adventure. Low prep for you...high engagement for your students!

💛 Comment FINAL and I'll send you the link!

#firstgrade #kindergarten #phonics #scienceofreading #literacycenters #morningtubs #teachersofinstagram #elementaryteacher #backtoschool #firstgraderoars
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Looking for simple, effective fluency practice tha Looking for simple, effective fluency practice that actually aligns with the Science of Reading? These NO PREP decodable passages were created specifically to build fluency with DIGRAPHS SH, CH, TH, CK, and Mixed WH.

This set includes 10 decodable passages—two for each vowel pattern. Each story is short, systematic, and designed for repeated reading to support accuracy, automaticity, and confidence. Every passage also comes with a comprehension activity plus an additional phonics-based practice page so students can apply what they read.

Use these for whole group fluency, small group instruction, or targeted interventions. They’re easy to assign, easy to prep, and perfect for structured literacy classrooms. 

Included passages:
* CK: The Duck Pecks • The Sack
* SH: Shep the Fish • Tish & the Rash
* CH: Chuck the Pup • The Gifts
* TH: Hot Broth • Pads & Pens
* Mixed with WH: Big Fish • The Whack

Comment digraphs or fluency for the link! 📚🦆

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💛 Want to build a KIND classroom community? This e 💛 Want to build a KIND classroom community?
This engaging companion to A Little Spot of Kindness is the perfect way to model positive behavior and create a caring classroom environment.

Students will explore real-life kindness scenarios, reflect on their actions, and practice being thoughtful classmates.�From sorting activities and writing to crafts and discussion cards… it’s all meaningful and easy to use!

The kindness jar incentive system is a simple (and powerful!) way to encourage positive behavior all year long.�Plus, the posters, bulletin board pieces, and class displays help keep kindness front and center every day.

This resource is perfect for whole group, centers, morning meeting, or SEL lessons.
�Everything you need to build respect, empathy, and a classroom family your students will love. 💛

Comment kindness or spot for the link! ✨

“Such a wonderful companion to A Little Spot of Kindness! The activities are engaging, easy to use, and perfect for World Kindness Day or any SEL lesson. My students loved them and it sparked great conversations about being kind!”

“My students loved reading A Little Spot of Kindness and doing this activity to follow.  I had all students in grade K-2 do the activity during guidance class.”

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🦖 We Don't Eat Our Classmates is the perfect back- 🦖 We Don't Eat Our Classmates is the perfect back-to-school read-aloud for teaching kindness, friendship, classroom behavior, and treating others the way you want to be treated. This companion is packed with engaging comprehension activities, writing extensions, word work, math games, and an adorable Penelope Rex craft that your students will love. It's a fun and meaningful way to build classroom community while practicing important literacy skills during the first weeks of school.

Comment Penelope or Rex and I'll send you the link!

"The was such a cute and interactive resource from my second graders. We used it as a beginning of the year unit to build our class community."

"Thank you for sharing and creating resources to fill the gaps in the curriculum so students are engaged!"

“We Don't Eat Our Classmates is one of my favorite stories to share at the beginning of the year. I was really excited to find these companion activities. The kids had a blast doing them!”

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💛 Looking for a fun way to build classroom communi 💛 Looking for a fun way to build classroom community during the first weeks of school? 💛

Friendship in a Cup is the perfect hands-on activity to help your students get to know one another while learning what it means to be a good friend. As students follow simple step-by-step directions to create a delicious snack, they'll practice listening, teamwork, cooperation, and following directions—essential back-to-school skills!

The fun doesn't stop there! Students will make predictions, complete surveys, graph their results, sequence the recipe, analyze data, and choose from differentiated writing activities. You'll also receive a Friendship in a Cup craft, whole-class graphing activities, colorful friendship posters, a parent donation letter, and mini recipe cards to send home.

It's the perfect low-prep activity for building friendships, creating a positive classroom culture, and making lasting first-week memories! 💕

Comment FRIEND or CUP for the link! 💛

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