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  • Free Halloween Printable Book and Writing Activity

    Free Halloween Printable Book and Writing Activity

     This post contains affiliate links.   The Activities: Print a copy of this free Halloween book (focusing on double consonant words) for your classroom library or Halloween center!  Then, have your students write about what their teacher should wear for a costume! Getting Ready: To print the free book (and have the pages in the…

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  • Back to School Transportation Graph

    Back to School Transportation Graph

    This post contains affiliate links. Back to school season is upon us!  If you teach littles like I do, you know how crazy end-of-the-day transportation can be those first couple of days! To make things just a little easier, I always work in an activity on the first day to go over (AGAIN) how everyone…

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  • Free Penguin Number Bonds

    Free Penguin Number Bonds

    This post contains affiliate links. I have so many routines and procedures in my first grade classroom, so when fun holidays like Valentine’s Day roll around I love to break out of our normal routine and mix in some fun and cute work stations! I knew this FREE Penguin Number Bond Activity would be engaging…

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  • Buggy Partner Cards

    Buggy Partner Cards

    This post contains affiliate links. Routines and procedures are GOLD in my classroom.  My kids know what to expect, I know how to plan, and things just run smoother in general!  For the most part, my math block looks like this each day: Student-Led Math Calendar on the SMART board (5 min.) Teacher-Led Math Warm-Up…

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  • Contraction Conversation Hearts

    Contraction Conversation Hearts

    This post contains affiliate links. Contractions can be pretty tricky for first graders to nail down!  To make it fun and give my students a bit of scaffolding, I created this free Contraction Conversation Hearts literacy center. Since the “matching” hearts are the same color, the focus is less on students knowing the matches, but…

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  • Postcards for Free Writing

    Postcards for Free Writing

    This post contains affiliate links. Almost every day, my first grade students have a writing “job”.  We might be starting a week-long writing project, responding to prompts, adding a new entry into our independent journals, or we could be doing some sort of writing craft!  I like to mix it up, but regardless, my students…

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  • Blank Books for Writers’ Workshop

    Blank Books for Writers’ Workshop

    This post contains affiliate links. Every day my students have plenty of writing opportunities!  After putting their things away first thing in the morning, they know their job is to write in their “Morning Journal”.   Each day of the week has a guideline: Monday — Weekend update. Tuesday — True story Tuesday. Wednesday —…

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  • Gingerbread Sentences Literacy Center

    Gingerbread Sentences Literacy Center

    This post contains affiliate links. Even though my first graders have come such a long way since the beginning of the year, there is still so much room for them to grow their little literacy brains! I wanted to help my kiddos practice their reading and also take notice of the features of print– AKA…

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  • Free Pumpkin Writing Paper

    Free Pumpkin Writing Paper

    This post contains affiliate links. The other day I had a substitute and needed something fun for my kids to do during writing!  Since our theme was “Pumpkins,” I whipped up this free writing paper! When I returned from my all-day meeting, I was pleasantly surprised by the creative, great work I saw!  I considered…

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