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…

Unicorn Spin and Graph Freebie

Unicorn Spin and Graph Freebie

This post contains affiliate links. My first graders are OBSESSED with our mini erasers from Target… maybe even more than me!  Is that even possible???  But really, during indoor recess, they just want to sort them, stack them, and put them in piles! To harness all this eraser love, I created this Editable Unicorn Spin…

Farm Animal Sentences

Farm Animal Sentences

This post contains affiliate links. After four weeks of school, my first graders are finally able to work independently during Reader’s Workshop while I teach Guided Reading groups!  Whew! To help my kiddos practice matching “what they see to what they say,” I created this fun and low-prep literacy center! Since my kiddos are working…

Color Word Clip Cards

Color Word Clip Cards

This post contains affiliate links. Clip cards are quickly becoming one of my favorite types of learning activities!  They are super easy to prep, and students know exactly what to do with them! These Color Word Clip Cards are a great way for kids to practice the reading strategy “Does it look right?” when learning…

Classroom Tour in March?!?

Classroom Tour in March?!?

This post contains affiliate links. We all know that teachers spend SO much time in their classrooms!  Knowing this, I wanted to make sure I loved walking into my classroom each and every morning.  Being a first-year teacher, it took me a while to settle in, but I figured a classroom tour in March was…