Community Helpers: People in Our Community Chit Chat Cards-For Social Studies 'n Writing Activities: This resources contains picture cards with vocabulary that can be used for both Social Studies and Writing activities. They are great for stimulating ideas and focusing students on community-based themes. The set contains 12 pages each containing 6 cards. That is a total of 72 cards. There is also 1 blank page for any additional pictures you may want to include. (C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea

Sentences: This is sentence building with fun! fun! fun! Your kiddos will make their sentences and do their own checking and editing. They will also challenge themselves into making more than one sentence using the picture prompt and words provided. At the end they will tick or x their creative abilities, of course with guidance from you. Those that were not sentences would be taken over to the ‘Fix It Up Revision Sheet’ for fixing up of course! This is another great addition to your literacy centers and your Keepin’ Busy corners! © 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher’s Idea I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the “Ask a Question” section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Are you looking for ideas to teach cause and effect to your students? Look no further that these Activities and Posters. This skill always seem to be a difficult concept to teach to the young ones. This is why I created this resource which will help to bring about a greater understanding for your students. I suggest that you start with the Effect then Cause rather than Cause and Effect to get them to start with the facts first then think creatively to give a reason behind the facts. My set includes the following; 2 Posters 24 sets of effect/cause cards 1 matching mat 1 mix and match writing sheet 1 blank printable for students to draw and write their own sentences The matching capabilities and possible crazy sentences is all but funny and enjoyable. This is a fantastic addition to your literacy center and game corners.

Rhyming Words It's Henny Penny's Rhyming Cards for Little Readers: It's Henny Penny's Rhyming Cards For Little Readers is the perfect resource for both individual and group work in your literacy center. Ideally created for budding readers, this set contains 44 word cards to match. The cards contain both words and pictures for easy reference and associations. Also included are two rhyming mats, one for two-word rhymes and the other for a challenging three-word rhyme. All you do is copy , print, laminate and cut out cards which can be placed in a container or ziplock bag for easy storage. (c) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ��� ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

It's A New Year Mini Book For Serious Kids **Revised for New Year 2018** This mini book helps kids to understand the meaning of resolutions and how important it is to make one. Your kids will enjoy coloring activities as they explore different aspects of resolution making. Although the poem may be difficult for some kids to read, its flow and rhyme makes it a great piece for guided reading activities. Nicole A Teacher's Idea

Numbers 1-20: Leap Frog's Number Line Fun! Numbers 1 to 20: Place Value. My Leap Frog’s Number Line Fun! is a fantastic set of cards and NUMBER LINE Posters to get your students learning numbers. It is perfect for your bulletin board and math centers as students get to play and interact with numbers in all different aspects. This number activity set contains: Number Line Poster Set 1 to 10 to assemble (6 pieces) Number Line Poster Set 11 to 20 to assemble (12 pieces) 5 Individual Student Number Line Desk Strips Nos. 1 to 10 5 Individual Student Number Line Desk Strips Nos. 1 to 20 1 Leaping to 10 template 1 Leaping to 20 template Number Cards 1 to 20 Position Cards 1st to 20th Object Cards Benchmark Activities (12 cards) Your kids can use this activity set to perform the following skills: Count forward along the number line. Count objects and locate numerals. Match Ten Frames with Number Cards. Match Ten Frames with Position Cards and Number line. Count backward along the number line. Locate numbers on the number line. Read numerals aloud using Number Cards. Identify ordinal positions along the number line Identify ordinal positions using Position Cards. Ordering Numbers using Number Cards. Benchmark activities using 5 and 10 as benchmarks. © 2012 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea

3D Shapes Mini Book 3D Shapes: My Book of 3D Shapes:This 3D shapes mini book is a bright and poetic way to introduce the concept of 3D shapes. It is a wonderful little book for your kiddos to use and keep in their backpacks. This resource contains a shape poem which highlights the following in its definition of 3D shapes: Cone Sphere Prism Cylinder Cube I included a grayscaled version of the pages. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Vowel Sorting Vowels: Vowel Throwdown! is a Short and Long Vowel Matching Activity for Grade One. There are 144 words to sort in the following categories: Short a words / Long a words Short e words / Long e words Short i words / Long i words Short o words / Long o words Long u words / Long u words The long sounds are influenced by the magic ‘e’ at the end of these words. Students will enjoy reading the brightly illustrated cards. They will sort the cards according to the vowel sounds read and place them on the appropriate mats. As an advanced activity students can choose to find short and long vowel pairs, e.g. short ‘a’ as in ‘at’ and long ‘a’ as in ‘ate’. This activity is great for both individual and group work in your literacy centers. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the “Ask a Question” section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Christmas Activities: My Christmas Handwriting Sheets is a 28 page handwriting printable. It contains practice sheets for pre-K to Grade 1 students.

The vowel digraphs depicted are only those that can be explained using the rhyme “When two vowels go walking, sometimes, the first one does the talking.” These are:- ai ay ea ee ie oa ue These are ready for you to print out, place on your word wall as an easy reference for your students. Also included are blackline versions and a notebook version in black and white.

This set of posters is designed to help students develop and reinforce problem-solving strategies in mathematics. Each poster focuses on a different strategy, such as: Guess and Check Work Backwards Break It Down (Decompose) Solve a Simpler Problem Make a List Use Logic Reasoning Work with a Friend Act It Out Use a Number Line Guess, Estimate, and Check Check for Extra Information Use Equations The posters include helpful examples, visuals, and a “Thinking Out Loud” section to encourage students to articulate their thought processes. These vibrant and easy-to-understand posters can be displayed in classrooms to support students in using a variety of methods to approach and solve math problems. Ideal for elementary and middle school settings, they provide students with key problem-solving techniques that are essential for success in math. Also included are colored and black and white bookmarks.

Synonyms: SayNoName Synonym Task Cards: Here are 60 individual synonym task cards that are great for literacy centers and work stations for those students who are early finishers. Your students can choose to work together in cooperative groups to complete tasks. These cards can also be used for individual work. (C)Nicole Hernandez 2012 at http://nicadez.blogspot.com

This set of noun cards are great for reviewing the formation of nouns using verbs. The clear use of graphics can help your students to make connections between the verbs and the nouns. The noun endings are in red type to allow for easy visibility. This is a wonderful addition to any literacy center. (C) A Teacher's Idea 2012 http://nicadez.blogspot.com

Students will learn addition using the doubles and doubles plus one strategy. This mental strategy helps students to quickly add numbers without having to spend too much time working them out. I created this set to help introduce the strategy to students and to provide an eye catching visual reminder for them until they are able to master this mental strategy. This set includes: Doubles Poster (colored and black n white version) Doubles Plus One Poster (colored and black n white version) Practice Cards Hundred Chart Number line cards Ten Frame cards You might also be interested in: Counting Back and Counting Up Subtraction Strategies Mental Math SUBTRACTION Strategy - Doubles Counting On Addition Strategies Addition Strategies - Making Tens and Adding Nine I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Counting back and counting up are mental strategies that are used to subtract numbers that are close together. These mental strategies help students find the difference between numbers by counting up (on their fingers) from the smaller number to the larger number to keep track of the numbers or counting back from the larger number to larger number. The answer is the number of counts. I created this set to help introduce the strategy to students and to provide an eye catching visual reminder for them until they are able to master this mental strategy. This set includes: Counting Back Poster (colored and black n white version) Counting Up Poster (colored and black n white version) Write n Wipe Practice Cards Number line cards Ten Frame cards You might also be interested in: Counting On Addition Strategies Addition Strategies - Doubles and Doubles Plus One Addition Strategies - Making Tens and Adding Nine Mental Math SUBTRACTION Strategy - Doubles I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Distributive Property Distributive Property: Math Tricks Mnemonics-Distributive Law: Math Mnemonics helps students to remember basic mathematical concepts. **UPDATED 03/27/16 ***************************************************************************** You might also be interested in: Commutative Property. Associative Property. Distributive Property. ***************************************************************************** You might also be interested in this BUNDLED set : Number Properties - Distributive, Associative, Commutative BUNDLE I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Help students develop number relationships and the concept of number order with this simple math center activity created for beginning learners. This is a great activity that engages your students and provides a visual cue using an easy interactive slider. A black and white version is included in this set. HOW TO ASSEMBLE: Simply print on cardstock then laminate the pages. Cut out the pumpkins and the holes in each pumpkin slider. The students will slide the pumpkin along the numbers to find the numbers that are before, after or between any given number. I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Food Groups This sorting and classifying activity uses real photographs of foods to teach students about food groups and healthy/unhealthy foods. The mats are actually images of kids with shopping carts and are labeled as follows: Healthy Foods Unhealthy Foods Fruits Vegetables Milk & Dairy Breads & Grains Go Foods Glow Foods Grow Foods Meat & Protein Fats Junk Foods Sweets This resource is great for preschool, kindergarten and first grade students. I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Multiplication: Multiplying a Two Digit by A Two Digit: Math Mnemonics helps you to remember the steps in multiplying a two digit by a two digit.

Phonics Posters These are the 42 primary phonemes in English represented by a letter or sequence of letters and organized into the following 7 groups, to make it easier to teach and learn the letter sounds. SOUND SETS #1 = s, a, t, i, p, n SOUND SETS #2 = c, k, e, h, r, m, d SOUND SETS #3 = g, o, u, l, f, b SOUND SETS #4 = ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or SOUND SETS #5 = z, w, ng, v, oo (short) , oo (long) SOUND SETS #6 = y, x, ch, sh, th (voiced), th unvoiced) SOUND SETS #7 = qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar These large posters begin with the easiest single letter-sound grapheme/phoneme) correspondences and end with the more difficult letter combinations. I also included a black and white version for coloring activities or for printing on colored sheets for inserting in student work folders. I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!