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P lifecycle.pdf. Letter Name Alphabetic Sorts. Language Arts. After we sorted ee and ea words, the students made a sheep word sort mat.

Language Arts

They wrote ee words on the front and ea words on the back. The students looked up ea and ee words in our weekly decodable story. I gave each student an ea, ee card and an ea, ee flag. The students came up one at a time and read their word. The class had to decide if it was spelled with ee or ea and show it on their flag. Read to Self, to Someone & Listen to Reading. Reading Street Stories. These are the first grade stories from the Scott-Forseman Reading Street series.

Reading Street Stories

Reading Street Stories - 1st Grade Click below to view or download. When the print dialogue box opens, select "none" for page scaling. Welcome to Reading Street. Addition and Subtraction Activities. I Love 1st Grade. Behavior Coupon FREEBIE. <center><img src="cutecolorsfae8b.gif"><img src="welcomefriends.gif"><img src="cutecolorsfae8b.gif"> Mrs.

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Vensko's Reading Workshop: "With the introduction of choice, a child's world changes! " (Boushey & Moser, p. 20) The best way to become a better reader is to practice each day, with books you choose, on your just-right reading level. Clip Chart. Fall Into First. First Grade Brain: Scott Foresman Reading Street 1st Grade Roll and Read Fluency Practice for Units 2-5. I have finished the Roll and Read fluency practice sheets for Scott Foresman Reading Street Units 2-5 for first grade.

First Grade Brain: Scott Foresman Reading Street 1st Grade Roll and Read Fluency Practice for Units 2-5

I can’t wait to use these next year! “The Roll and Read sheets are leveled for differentiation: below level, on level, and above level. (These sentences come from the Monitor Progress section at the end of each week in the Teacher’s Manual.) Have students work with a partner. Partners take turn rolling a dice. To save on printing, consider laminating the sheets or placing them in a page protector and using Vis-à-vis markers or dry erase markers so they can be used again and again!” Sports Themed Classrooms. Throughout the month of June, I am going to run a Classroom Theme Series and feature a different popular classroom theme each day.

Sports Themed Classrooms

Themes are a great way to tie everything in your classroom together...you just have to be careful not to let them clutter your classroom :) Today we are going to lace up our sneakers for a Sports Theme! After gathering all of the ideas and creating my sports theme kit, I really want to use this as a theme. What a great way to emphasize teamwork and the importance of practicing something as a means of improvement. Use the acronym Together Everyone Achieves More Name your tables/reading groups sports or actual team names from your area.

Instead of referring to your centers as “centers,” call them “positions.” Buy inflatable balls and bats and hang them from the ceiling. Cover pillows with sports team T-shirts. Refer to the childrens’ seating area as “The Bleachers.” Label your desk area as “The Coach’s Corner.” Common Core Standards Connection. Domino Addition Parking Lot. Fry's Word List Activities. Label Love. These crazy, unorganized, messy, embarrassing baskets full of "stuff"-mostly crafts- finally got on my last nerve y'all!

Label Love

I couldn't take it anymore so.... I went out to Big Lots and bought a ton of these organizational babies....love me some plastic containers!!! I seriously had an adrenaline rush when buying so many at once! I knew it was worth every bit of my personal moola! What would go perfect with them?!?!?.... I laminated, cut out, and glued the sweet labels on the containers.

OMG!! They look so happy in my cabinet!!! Want the labels for your stuff?!?! Hope everyone is having an awesome week so far....only 3 more Tuesdays for me before summer....woooohoooo!!! First Grade Factory. Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog. 1 More, 1 Less. Here are two more concentration games that my students played last year to work on the skills 1 More and 1 Less.

1 More, 1 Less

You may want to add these to your collection. ENJOY!! Math Work Stations Chapter 3. Chapter three provided tons of ideas on laying the groundwork and getting your math station time off to a good start.

Math Work Stations Chapter 3

In reading this chapter I was reminded of the similarities between setting up Math Work Stations and starting the Daily Five. I thought about how I could bind the two seamlessly. Some of the same things Diller suggested with math stations were similar to how I begin Daily Five each year. Guided Math. Mrs. Tabb's First Grade Awesomeness. First Grade O.W.L.s.

It's Back to School time and I've been a shopping mama... taking my kiddos to buy school supplies, new shoes, clothes and all those things they "think" they need. I found some AWESOME sales today and my kids are all revved up for school! Now that I got my kids all ready for school ~ I'm so HAPPY I get to "back to school" shop tomorrow at TPT! {I have lots of items on my wishlist and tomorrow is my chance to get some goodies!} They are having a super duper sale. Not only do you get 20% off but use the TPT promo code BTS12 and you get another 10% off! Marcia's Lesson Links. Reading Fun, Grades K-2.