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Looking for a great activity that you can use to kick off the school year on a positive note? These first day feelings activities will help students to share their feelings and concerns so you can start building your classroom community.

First Day Feelings Activities To Kick off the School Year

Celebrate the end of the year with my favorite activity: Last Day Feelings!

My Favorite End of the Year Activity: Last Day Feelings

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End of the Year Math Crafts for First Grade

Your students will love these 5 ways to practice telling time in first grade.

5 Ways to Practice Telling Time in First Grade

Teaching vowel teams is easy with these 5 tips for teaching this important phonics skill in first grade.

5 Tips for Teaching Vowel Teams in First Grade

Engage students in math lessons using these 5 tips for teaching place value in first grade.

5 Tips for Teaching Place Value in First Grade

$My favorite Valentine's Day math craft helps students to practice place value.$

My Favorite Valentine’s Day Math Craft To Practice Place Value

$Make word problems fun with a winter math craft that your students are sure to love.$

Make Word Problems Fun With a Winter Math Craft

This photo showcases decodable texts focusing on different cvce word patterns.

The Best Decodable Texts for Teaching CVCE Word Patterns

Helping students learn about fiction and nonfiction books is easy with the ideas in this blog post.

Teaching Fiction and Nonfiction to Primary Grade Students

Embrace the power of editable spelling worksheets for grade k-2.

The Power of Editable Spelling Worksheets For Grades K-2

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Festive Fall Math Games for First Grade

Try using educational coloring pages to practice any skill with these winter themed color by code activities.

Using Educational Coloring Pages to Practice Any Skill

This image shows a digital weak choices and strong choices sort that can be used when teaching expectations in elementary classrooms.

Teaching Expectations and Rules at the Beginning of the School Year

$Use these back to school math games to engage and excite your students in skills practice as you begin the school year.$

Back to School Math Games for First Graders

Looking for a way to plan a year of first grade spelling activities without the stress? If so, this free reference sheet has you covered with ideas for first grade spelling units as well as resources you can use to target each spelling pattern!

Planning a Year of First Grade Spelling Activities

Read about how I use Decodable Reading Passages in my First Grade classroom. Get a free set to try in your own classroom!

How to Use Decodable Reading Passages in First Grade

Looking for a way to integrate technology in your first grade classroom and tackle spelling skills at the same time? If so, then these digital spelling games have you covered throughout the year with Boom Card decks dedicated to digraphs, r blends, cvce words and more!

Integrating Technology with Digital Spelling Games in First Grade

Grab these Free Summer Boom Cards to help your child practice important skills over the summer break!

Summer Learning Made Fun: A Parent’s Guide to Boom Cards for Skill Retention

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End of the Year Math Games for First Grade

This image says, "Using Word Searches to Practice Phonics Skills in Lower Elementary Classrooms" and features a photo of some examples of word searches. The activities in the photo focus on magic e and long vowels.

Using Word Searches to Practice Phonics Skills

The Best Spelling Games for Kindergarten and First Grade Classrooms

Best Spelling Games for Kindergarten and First Grade

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Engaging Spring Math Games for First Graders

Set the tone for an awesome year with these easy to implement behavior management strategies you can start using in your classroom today.

Behavior Management Strategies for the Primary Classroom