This is a simple and easy to use weekly spelling template for students to record 10 weekly spelling words and then write sentences for each. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a 4 page booklet designed around a lesson about keeping teeth clean. Students will make a statement about what will happen to teeth when we don't clean them, and will write a question about the experiment. Then students will each take an egg and coat it with a mixture of crushed cereal and milk or water. The mixture needs to be quite sticky so that it creates a coating on the egg shell. The crushed cereal mixture is to simulate "chewed food" while the egg represents a tooth. Once the egg is coated, students place the egg in a cup or bowl and leave it to dry. This may take about 3-5 days depending on the room temperature, so it is best to start this experiment at the beginning of the week. On the final day, students examine their eggs, and feel what happened to the food (it should have solidified). They then take a toothbrush and try to brush as much of the food off as possible. This should be quite challenging and may require excess force. If some students are too rough, the egg will break, which can simulate tooth decay in real life. Students then complete the rest of the experiment booklet.

This Homework Survey was created with a student's home life in mind in addition to trying to make a teacher's life a little bit easier. Many times teachers go back and forth regarding homework: assign it and no one completes it, or enforce a zero homework policy and upset parents that there isn't any practice to be done at home. This survey allows teachers to assess a student's home life and activities away from school to determine what kind of homework might be best, how long it should take, in what form a student should complete their homework, etc... Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is the first 10 books of the Harcourt Storytown Kindergarten guided reading set. This pack includes: Sentence Strips Word Grids Word Building Cards Sight Word Cards Sight Word Bracelets Word Strips Vocabulary Cards Sequencing Flow Maps Differentiated Writing Extensions Home Connection Activities

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 10 Come in the Barn. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Cut, sort, and paste photos of animals that go in a barn and animals that do not go in a barn Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 9 Sam Canl. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Cut, sort, and paste photos of things you can do and things you cannot do Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 8 I Like School. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Draw and write about what you do before school and after school Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 7 The Bus. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Draw and write about where you would take a bus? Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 6 I Can Nap. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Draw and write about your dream bedroom Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 5 The City. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Take home activity with graphing and counting Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 4 The Party. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Decorate and write a birthday card Draw and write about your perfect birthday present Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 3 My Body. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Take home drawing and labeling activity (differentiated) My Body Writing tree map Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 2 A Kitchen. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Take home activity with writing and/or drawing Labeling activity Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a full pack of activities for using with Storytown Kindergarten Book 1 Get Ready. This pack includes: Guided Reading resources Sentence strips Word grids Word recognition strips Sight word cards Photo vocabulary cards Literature Extensions Story writing prompt Story sequencing flow map Home Connection Take home activity with photo or drawing and labeling Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a great hands on activity for K-2 students, perfect for back to school. Students will read the story "If You Take a Mouse to School" and discuss what are some things we need to bring to school, the main one being a backpack. Students will discuss what a backpack looks like in terms of design, and then will create their own from provided materials. Once the backpacks are complete, students will measure them, and then test the backpacks to see which typical school items they can fit inside. ***Please note, additional materials are needed for this activity*** Sentence strips/strips of construction paper, construction paper, masking tape, pieces of cardboard. This packet includes: Cover Page Introduction and Set up Page 3 pages of ELA, Math and Next Generation Science Standards for K-2 Lesson Procedure Teacher Preparation Sheet Backpack Poster Labels for Backpack Building Backpacks Differentiated Self Assessment Building Backpacks Differentiated Writing Extension Building Backpacks Brainstorm/Design Sheet Building Backpacks Differentiated Math Extensions Building Backpacks Material Total Sheet Building Backpacks Testing Sheet Building Backpacks Banner for classroom display Mice to decorate backpack Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a 12 sided dice featuring all 11 of the Prompts of Depth and Complexity, and a Literacy Menu of Responses, including a FREE CHOICE spot. Students can apply this to any book they are reading or working on. Simply make the dice, and as students roll the dice they answer the question on the menu that relates to the Prompt of Depth and Complexity that they rolled. These are also great to use in a literacy center. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

A great independent or partner activity to retell the parts of a story. Comes with original clipart characters from my Book Literacy and Activity Packs. Also aligned with Common Core Standards for Kindergarten and 1st Grade. This packet includes: 1 brick road to be cut and pasted together (laminate for durability) A set of characters from popular stories, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Goldilocks, Gingerbread Man, and Elmer the Elephant. Students can use the characters and have them walk along the brick road retelling the parts of the story. Great visual to get students focused on this particular element of a story. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

Another great literacy pack available. This one is wonderful to use while working with the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". Check out the free preview to get an idea of the contents. (Please note that not all items included in this pack are displayed in the preview). Here is what is included in this pack: 1 large coconut tree (to be assembled, should be 2ft tall) 1 set of display coconuts with 26 letters 1 set of colored letters to place in the coconut tree, or to act out the story for sequencing 12 pages of word family activities with writing 1 letter sort cut and paste 1 coconut tree designing activity with cut and paste letters 1 name writing with sentence stems 1 creative coconut tree writing 1 display banner Note: I do not own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, I merely created these resources to aid in teaching the fabulous book. Please purchase Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr to use in your class! FEEDBACK PLEASE!

This is a packet based around the GATE unit of "Thinking Like a Disciplinarian" designed for K-2 students and aligned with CCSS. Students step into the role of being an Astronaut and complete a series of stations based around things a real Astronaut would accomplish. While working on the stations, the students will document their progress in a packet. Once the packet is complete, students will create a poster about "I am an Astronaut", to describe and share their experience. This packet includes: Cover Page Lesson Outline Teacher Notes CCSS Page Parent Letter for Donations/Explanation What is an Astronaut? Display Card Astronaut Definition Display Card Astronaut Badges for lanyard (Color and BW) Station Signs/Subesquent Printables Research Packets Differentiated Self Assessment I am an Astronaut Poster Explanation Thinking Like an Astronaut Display Banner Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This Valentine's themed literacy center features 15 mystery message cards, each containing a code. Students must use the decoder to figure out the mystery sight word on each card, and then record it on the worksheet. This pack includes: 15 Valentine's themed sight word mystery cards 2 Valentine's decoders 1 recording sheet Answer key Great to use for literacy centers and aligned with Common Core! Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!