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 set of Fall Themed STEM Challenges, designed to encourage young students to begin exploring the scientific method as well as working in groups with critical thinking, creativity, and problem solving. 1. Pumpkin Carriages 2. Comparing Cranberries 3. Turkey Transporters Each challenge includes directions, materials list, activity sheets (differentiated as needed), and self-assessment for students. Please Note: Additional materials are needed: Small pumpkins, pieces of cardboard, string, scotch tape or masking tape, fresh cranberries, dried cranberries or Craisins, cranberry sauce, cardboard boxes, large plastic container or clear plastic cups, water, wax paper, iron.

This is a perfect activity for the beginning of the year, that offers some simple guidance and explanation but also encourages natural inquiry. Students should understand that what they value about being at school by explaining what they feel is most important during their day. Similar to a "taxonomy" pyramid that organizes information based on importance, students will create a list of what they do each day at school, sort it based on the level of importance to them, and then create the pyramid. Once all pyramids are made, students will look at each others and complete a comparison recording sheet. This is also great at getting students to see how they each value the different parts of the day, and that the importance could be based on personal interests, what they find easy or challenging, or based on their level or creativity/logic. 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!

A collection of Pink Chalkboard themed bunting. Great for classroom displays; I personally use them to display my name and grade outside my class, as well as my calendar math wall. This packet includes: 26 large pink chalkboard bunting letters 26 small pink chalkboard bunting letters 10 large pink chalkboard bunting numbers 10 small pink chalkboard bunting numbers

This is a great hands on unit for 3-5 students that is aligned with ELA CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will discuss what they basic needs of people are, read informational text about how people around the world meet their basic needs, and then design and build a pair of shoes for themselves from everyday materials. The idea behind the lesson is not only engineering a solution to a problem, but becoming aware of how others less fortunate live and meet their basic needs in order to survive. Students will wear their shoes in a "fashion show" and will continue to wear them for one hour, to gain full perspective of how others might live. ***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity*** Thick cardboard, plastic bottles, soda bottles, plastic bottle caps, string, duct tape, plastic bags. Standards Covered: SL.3.1, SL.4.1, SL.5.1, W.3.1, W.3.3, W.4.1, W.4.3, W.5.1, W.5.3, RI.3.10, RI.4.10, RI.5.10 This packet includes: Cover Page Introduction and Set up Page 2 pages of ELA and Next Generation Science Standards for 3-5 Lesson Procedure Designing Recycled Shoes Teacher Prep Designing Recycled Shoes Parent Letter Designing Recycled Shoes Teacher Sample Photos Designing Recycled Shoes Informational Text Designing Recycled Shoes Writing Extension Designing Recycled Shoes Template Designing Recycled Shoes Explanation page Designing Recycled Shoes Student Checklist Designing Recycled Shoes Directions for Building Designing Recycled Shoes Materials Budget Designing Recycled Shoes Self Assessment Designing Recycled Shoes Posters Designing Recycled Shoes Display Banner Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a fantastic product to introduce to your STEM students, or eager engineers. Similar to "Story Cubes", these are "STEM Cubes". Students roll all the cubes together, and position them to be face up after rolling. Students will determine which materials they can select, how much of each material, how much time they have to build, and can even be suggested a topic to build. Set these cubes out as an independent center, team building, group work, etc... ***PLEASE NOTE*** You must provide your students with the variety of materials featured on the dice in order for them to complete the task successfully. All materials are easily accessible no matter where you are. This packet includes: 5 Materials dice (with varying materials) 1 Quantity dice (to declare how much of each material) 1 Minutes dice (to show how much time students have to build) 1 Design dice (with suggestions for students on what to build) 1 Blank Minutes dice (for teachers to choose their own timings) 1 Blank Quantity dice (for teachers to choose their own quantities) 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 follow up to my Billy Goats Gruff packet. After such great response to that one, I decided to make a similar one for Goldilocks. This packet includes: Display Characters (Can be printed in a smaller scale if needed) Display Bowls and Chairs Color Themed Vocabulary Words (blue=Baby Bear, yellow=Mama Bear, red=Papa Bear, pink=Goldilocks) 2 Flow Maps, for Goldilocks and the 3 Bears A Goldilocks WANTED poster and writing activity My Favorite Character graph and answer sheet Venn Digram for Goldilocks and the 3 Bears If you liked my Billy Goat Gruff pack, be sure to check this one out too!

First I want to make it known that I do not own Elmer. This pack contains my artistic rendering of the wonderful elephant for personal classroom use to aid in teaching the story. This pack includes: 1 Elmer cut out puppet My Favorite Elmer Color Graph Number 1-12 cards with recording sheet I am Unique Like Elmer writing page

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 is a set of clipart for use when teaching "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Clipart is for use in personal and commercial use. The pack includes color and black and white masters: Brown Bear Red Bird Yellow Duck Blue Horse Green Frog Purple Cat Black Sheep White Dog Goldfish Teacher Please make sure to rate and leave feedback. Thanks!

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 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

This is a nice set of First Grade CCSS I Can Statements for Language Arts and Literacy. Each card features an I Can statement in child-friendly, easy to read terms, also with the corresponding CCSS. This packet includes: Reading: Foundational Skills display cards Reading: Literature display cards Reading: Informational Texts display cards Language display cards Speaking and Listening display cards Writing display cards 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 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 candy boxes to hold the most amount of chocolates. ***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity*** Cereal boxes, cut to leave the 2 remaining large pieces of the box, masking tape, tin foil. This packet includes: Cover Page Introduction and Objective Page 3 pages of ELA, Math, and Next Generation Science Standards for K-2 Lesson Procedure Candy Boxes Differentiated Self Assessment Candy Boxes Differentiated Writing Extension Candy Boxes Measuring Explanation Candy Boxes Differentiated Math Extensions Candy Boxes Banner for classroom display Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

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 a Zoologist and complete a research study on an animal based on the story "A Kangaroo Has a Mother Too" by Eric Carle. This packet includes: Cover Page Lesson Outline Teacher Notes CCSS Page Animal Cards What is a Zoologist? Display Card Zoologist Definition Display Card Zoologist Badges for lanyard (Color and BW) Zoologist in Training Hat Animal Informational Text Pages Differentiated Research Packets Differentiated Self Assessment I am a Zoologist Display Banner 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 "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss, then will participate in hearing activities, and design a new type of hear that might help them hear better. Students will also look at and compare animals dependent on the size of their ears and how it affects their lives. ***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity*** Paper plates, duct tape, masking tape, styrofoam and plastic cups, tin foil, colored pencils, markers, sentence strips, string. This packet includes: Cover Page Introduction and Set up Page 2 pages of ELA and Next Generation Science Standards for K-2 Lesson Procedure Teacher Tips Building Better Ears Differentiated Self Assessment Building Better Ears Sample Ears Building Better Ears Headers for Thinking Maps Building Better Ears Animal Comparison Building Better Ears Hearing Graph Building Better Ears Writing Response Building Better Ears Design Sheet Building Better Ears Real World Knowledge Informational Text Building Better Ears Real World Knowledge Response Sheet Building Better Ears Classroom Display Banner Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!