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How to Make Back-to-School Night Less Stressful (and More Impactful!)

Get your school year started with ease, organization, and style using this Back to School Boho Forms Bundle! This bundle includes a collection of essential classroom forms designed to simplify your Open House, Back to School Night, Meet the Teacher Night, Orientation or the first week of school – all featuring a calming boho aesthetic vibe.

These editable and printable resources help you gather important student and family information, track transportation and event attendance, and build strong connections from day one.

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Unlocking Math Magic: Creative Ways to Use Pattern Blocks and Task Cards in Your Elementary Classroom

Discover the power of pattern blocks in building foundational math skills through hands-on learning! This post is packed with ideas for using pattern block task cards, fun classroom activities, and tips to keep your math centers engaging, organized, and meaningful all year long.

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Spooktacular Halloween Fun in the Classroom: Engaging Activities to Delight Your Students: PreK, Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade Activities

This engaging activity helps students practice reading and identifying blends while adding a creative twist. Whether you use these pages as part of a literacy center, an extension activity, or for student-created decor and bulletin boards, your students will be excited to learn while they color their way through the festive season.

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Back to School Made Easy for Elementary Teachers

Returning to school can be tricky for teachers, from curriculum updates to classroom management, but fret not! Our resources are here to simplify your transition and make the back-to-school process a breeze.

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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

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

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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Snow Monster Addition Puzzles

This post contains affiliate links. One math skill I always seem to forget about teaching my first graders is adding three numbers together. In my state, students are expected to be able to add three numbers together within 20, but I usually just start within 10. To teach this concept to my class, I simply…

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Free Fraction Puzzles

This post contains affiliate links. This past week, my first grade class learned about fractions! I started out with 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 using the language “one OUT OF two pieces,” and so on. This seemed to work best for introducing the concept, but as the week progressed I wanted my students to also use…

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