This is a great hands on unit for K-2 students that is aligned with ELA and Math CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will design and build Valentine's Mailboxes to meet specific requirements. ***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity*** Shoeboxes with lids (1 for each student), colored paper, Valentine's stickers, glitter, and any other themed decorating materials. Students will also need glue and scissors. This packet includes: Cover Page Introduction and Objective Page 3 pages of ELA, Math, and Next Generation Science Standards for K-2 Lesson Procedure Valentine's Mailboxes Differentiated Self Assessment Valentine's Mailboxes Differentiated Writing Extension Valentine's Mailboxes Measuring Explanation Valentine's Mailboxes Differentiated Math Extensions Valentine's Mailboxes Banner for classroom display Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a great hands on unit for K-2 students that is aligned with ELA CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will read a story, identify the problem, and conduct an experiment to solve the problem. They will also determine and explain if the experiment was a sample of a "fair test". This will follow the process of the scientific method. ***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity*** Conversation Hearts hard candies, lollipops (all must be the same type and flavor), M&M's, and Russel Stover's chocolates (you can find these at the Dollar Store or Target). CCSS Standards Covered: W.K.1, W.K.3, W.K.8, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.1.8, W.2.2, SL.K.1, SL.K.3, SL.K.5, SL.K.6, SL.1.1, SL.1.5, SL.2.1 This packet includes: Cover Page Introduction and Objective Page 2 pages of ELA and Next Generation Science Standards for K-2 Lesson Procedure Valentine's Candy Differentiated Self Assessment Valentine's Candy Differentiated Writing Extension Valentine's Candy Display Cards for Cups Valentine's Candy Observation Notes Valentine's Candy Fair Test Explanation Valentine's Candy Prediction Card Valentine's Candy Banner for classroom display Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a set of 4 mini instruction books explaining with pictures how to build 4 different types of circuits. Most circuit kits at schools come with these items, but I purchased each item from Amazon, Home Depot and Radio Shack for my circuit centers. My students will each have a box to work with containing different parts of circuits, and they will then use the instruction book to assemble the circuit. ***PLEASE NOTE: Additional materials are needed if you want to set up your own circuit centers*** Light Circuit: Low watt bulb, matching bulb holder, 2 alligator clips with wires, and a 9V battery Solar Light Circuit: 3v solar panel (Amazon) and a 3v LED light Motion Circuit: 3v motor (Amazon) and a 3v coin cell battery Sound Circuit: 3v buzzer (Amazon) and a 3v coin cell battery Simply print out the pages, cut, laminate, and bind to make mini books. Each book contains visual steps, as well as a description of what to do. Set these up in an independent science center as well! Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a great activity as a summative assessment for a space unit. The brochure should be folded into thirds, featuring "Space Travel Brochure" as the front. This brochure includes: What to bring in space? activity where students name 5 things astronauts need, and then will draw lines to match the words to the astronaut picture. What will we see in space? activity where students will write the names of the 8 planets. Some planets we will visit are? map where students shall draw the 8 planets and label them in their correct order from the Sun. There is a sample brochure included for reference. Please make sure to check out my blog and see ideas from my "Space Day". http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/2013/05/sublime-space-unit.html

This is a set of Astronaut Kids, boys and girls, and rockets for commercial and personal use. Perfect for your space units. This set includes: 3 standing boy astronauts 3 jumping boy astronauts 3 standing girl astronauts 3 jumping girl astronauts 5 colored rockets 3 blackline masters 1 color astronaut without a head (use with photos of your students) Make sure to check out my SUBLIME SPACE UNIT on my blog. http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.ae/2013/05/sublime-space-unit.html Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a packet of morning work based around the principles of STEM for Early Childhood students K-2. Rather than having students complete only ELA or Math in the morning work, this packet incorporates reading and writing, and some math in the STEM activities. The packet starts in the first week of August and goes all through the school year until the last week of May, 38 weeks of STEM activities. Each week offers one STEM activity that is spread out over 4 days, with the 5th day being a reflection of the week's work. All activities are designed to have 15 minutes spent on them, as students are settling into the morning routine of school. Included in this packet is: Monthly table of contents Weekly STEM Packet Cover STEM activity titles for each month Needed STEM materials for each month Directions for STEM activities for each month Set up and prep directions for teacher for each month Weekly pages for STEM activities Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a complete set for Kindergarten/First Grade! It's a program for teaching the first 100 High Frequency reading words called "I Scream for Sight Words". Every child can earn a colored scoop for every 10 words they master reading by sight. The goal is to get 10 scoops signifying 100 sight words. This pack includes the following: - Set of colored scoops with corresponding numbers. - Set of colored scoops with first 100 sight words (for teacher). - Set of ice cream cones. - Set of take home letters identifying which colored scoop the students are working towards. - Parent explanation letter. - Graph for tracking progress (for teacher). - Display banner for the classroom.

This 64 page pack is themed towards "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" This pack includes the following: -Brown Bear pattern cards and independent pattern activity. -Brown Bear ten frame activity/scavenger hunt. -Brown Bear dice (2) and “Race to the Top” recording sheet. -Brown Bear color spinners (2) and sight word recording sheet. -Brown Bear 4-12 number mats and teacher addition cards. -Brown Bear template for class book with student names. -Brown Bear independent reader and sequencing sentences. -Brown Bear number puzzles 1-10. -Brown Bear pocket chart animal and color sorting cards. -Brown Bear counting cards. -Brown Bear story sequencing flow map. -Brown Bear M&M graphing activity. All of these activities are great to do either whole group, small groups, and/or independently. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a great resource for teaching the Very Hungry Caterpillar. This packet includes: All the types of food display puppets (can be re-sized for small centers) Caterpillar puppet Vocabulary words with ABC order activity Text-to-self writing Story sequencing flow map cut and paste Pocket chart words and picture match up The Very Hungry Student Class Book Cover The Very Hungry Student Writing Please make sure to rate and leave feedback

This is a 5 Little Monkeys Display and Activity pack for use when teaching the 5 Little Monkeys book. This pack includes: 5 Little Monkeys Bunting Display Banner All 5 Little Monkey Puppets (big and small) Bed Puppet Mama Monkey Puppet Plain Monkey Puppet 1 Color Printable 5 Little Monkeys Book 5 Little Monkeys Sentence Strips w/ Highlighted HFW (for pocket chart) Text-to-Self Connections Writing 5 Little Monkeys Bubble Map Please make sure to rate and leave feedback

This is a nice set of apple-themed task cards to support and encourage more speaking and listening in the classroom. Cards can be used during whole group, guided reading, or independent practice with fiction and some non-fiction texts. Each card contains a task that requires students to engage in some form of either speaking or listening. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback, and to check out some of my other great items on TPT! Task Cards include the following activities: *Peer Pair Share *Using Puppets *Tell Me Why *Who Am I? *Magic Mike *Swap a Scene *Be the Character *Teacher Questions *A Picture's Worth... *Four Words *Let's Take a Walk

These are two worksheets for making both your own addition and subtraction story problems. They also feature different math strategies to solve problems, to help teachers check for student understanding. Sample page is in red, gives an example of how to use the addition page. Strategies includes are draw a picture, complete the story problem, use a number line, make tally marks, use a ten frame and write the equation. MEETS COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR GRADE K!

I Have Who Has is a great game to play whole class to practice numbers, additions/subtraction fact, sight words, or in this case, the Arabic Alphabet. Each student takes a card and reads which letter of the alphabet they have, followed by who has the next letter. EX: "I have A, Who has B?" (English Version) The child that has the corresponding letter reads their card and so on, until every card has been read. This pack includes: 1 set of cards with all Arabic words and letters 1 set of cards with English words and Arabic letters Please make sure to rate and leave feedback, and to check out some of my other great products! Thanks!

This is my bundle pack for my 3 student surveys. Buy them separately or all together in this pack to save $$$. Behavior Management: We all know the importance of differentiating curriculum to student learning styles. But how many of us actually apply that same principal to behavior management...not too many I bet. It is so simple to apply one behavior management system to the entire class, or sometimes our principal requires us to use a school wide model. However, we all know that our students are going to behave differently, and therefore we should be actively differentiating behavior management methods to best meet the needs of our students. Using this survey will give you additional data to help your classroom function more smoothly, and to show administrators why differentiating behavior management is important to the student development in class. Also a great thing to have on file during parent teacher conferences! Multiple Intelligences: This is a visual survey based on aspects of Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences I made for my ESL students to be used at the beginning of the school year. Given a language barrier it was a great tool that gave me insight into how my students like to learn, what materials they like to use, and what their favorite part of school is. While I used this survey for ESL, I feel it can be used for any mainstream/ESL grade level in the primary grades Each student completes the survey by either circling or coloring (whatever is easier depending on your students' abilities), one or more answer for each question. Make sure they understand not to circle every answer, but to pick only the ones that pertain to them. Once the survey is complete, you can use the teacher answer key to understand what the data means and how to effectively use it. I used my surveys to help me differentiate my lessons, how to manage my guided reading and writing more effectively, as well as how to motivate my students to complete their work. It also gave me good ideas about how to set up my seating chart, which students might work well together, and which of my more chatty students might need to be separated. And one extra bonus, this is a GREAT tool when it comes to observations and professional development, and you get asked about why you have differentiated in a particular way! Approaches to Learning: This survey allows you to best assist your students when it comes to their learning. It allows you to see if there are distractions that are slowing learning, how your students work at home, and where they feel most comfortable in class. This is a great assessment for data collection to justify differentiation in the class environment for administrators.

BEST BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SURVEY Owing to the popularity of my Multiple Intelligences Survey: How Do You Learn?, I created a new survey to be completed by students in class or at home with parents to show what they think and feel about classroom rules and behavior management techniques. We all know the importance of differentiating curriculum to student learning styles. But how many of us actually apply that same principal to behavior management...not too many I bet. It is so simple to apply one behavior management system to the entire class, or sometimes our principal requires us to use a school wide model. However, we all know that our students are going to behave differently, and therefore we should be actively differentiating behavior management methods to best meet the needs of our students. Using this survey will give you additional data to help your classroom function more smoothly, and to show administrators why differentiating behavior management is important to the student development in class. Also a great thing to have on file during parent teacher conferences!

This is a set of Valentine's Kids, boys and girls, for commercial and personal use. Perfect for your valentine's units. This set includes: 3 boys holding valentines 3 boys giving valentines 3 girls holding valentines 3 girls giving valentines 3 boys and girls exchanging valentines 5 blackline masters http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/ 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!

This is a display banner for your classroom Makerspace. Makerspaces, areas for allowing students to create and build with everyday materials, and they are growing ever more popular in classrooms around the world. This is a fun and engaging banner to have in your classroom's Makerspace area.

This is my "Testing Properties" experiment. Students will be shown 3 different types of materials: Plastic, stone, and wood. The students will do 3 tests on each materials to determine which one is the most useful in our day to day lives. They should test each material in flexibility, water resistance, and strength by having it support weight. Students will complete the first side of the activity together before the experiment, then do the experiment, and finally will write about their conclusions. The recording sheet follows the scientific method/process skills when conducting an experiment. Step One: Make Guesses Step Two: Determine if the test is fair Step Three: Experiment Step Four: Draw the experiment Step Five: Discuss findings Step Six: Suggest an alternative material

This is a nice cut and paste activity that allows students to match types of materials/rocks. Great for assessing how we use different materials in everyday life.