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  • These Chrysanthemum activities are perfect for kindergarten and first grade and include fun crafts and name activities.

    Chrysanthemum Activities for Kindergarten & First Grade: Name Crafts, Glyphs, and More for Back to School

  • Your students will love these first day of school icebreaker games.

    First Day of School Icebreaker Games Your Students Will Love

  • Learn how to set kindergarten writing expectations without the tears or chaos.

    How to Set Kindergarten Writing Expectations (Without the Tears or Chaos)

  • First Week of School Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade (The Whole Week, Already Planned)

  • These back to school spelling activities practically prep themselves!

    Back to School Spelling Activities That Practically Prep Themselves

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Scholastic Book Clubs have many perks for teachers, but they can also create positive home-school connections. Scholastic Book Clubs Letter to Parents provides and easy way to communicate with parents throughout the school year and promote a love for reading at home.

    How To Use Scholastic Book Club Letter To Parents

  • Use these 5 fun activities to help your students get to know each other and have fun during the first week of school.

    5 Fun Activities for the First Week of School

  • Use these ideas to make your first day go smoothly!

    What To Do On The First Day Of School

  • Memory books are a wonderful keepsake for your students and their families. Your students will love putting the books together.

    Memory Books Made Simple

  • Get your kindergarten students excited to start writing by beginning with a coloring lesson they will love.

    The First Kindergarten Writing Lesson Of The Year

  • Classroom Expectations and How to Teach Them

  • Back to School Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade

    Back to School Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade

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Knowing the phonics skill is only the beginning. Knowing the phonics skill is only the beginning. Students need chances to actually use that skill while they read, and that’s where decodable text can be so helpful. They can practice the phonics pattern in real text, work with it as they read, and still build comprehension at the same time 👍 Comment DECODABLES and I’ll send you the link to the passages 🫶🏼 #firstgrade #iteachfirst #firstgradeteacher #firstyearteacher #teacherspayteachers
They know sh says /sh/… but then get to ship and s They know sh says /sh/… but then get to ship and suddenly they’re stuck 😅 That’s usually a sign they need more practice seeing the digraph in actual words... not just naming the sound. Lots of spotting it, blending it, and reading it in real text is what helps it start to stick. Save this for your next digraph lesson! And if you’re teaching digraphs right now, I have a whole series of posts on the blog with more ideas. Comment below and I'll message you the 🔗
Independent reading over before it even starts? 😅 Independent reading over before it even starts? 😅 At the beginning of the year, I used to spend a lot of time talking about what strong readers actually do. What helps them keep reading, what gets in the way, and what they can try when reading starts to feel hard. Reading stamina isn’t something we can just assume students know how to do. It has to be taught! Comment STAMINA and I’ll send you the link to the mini lesson, activities, and everything you need to actually teach reading stamina! #tpt #readingteacher #iteachfirst #iteachk #firstgrade
Fact families can be such a tricky concept for kid Fact families can be such a tricky concept for kids. They might be able to solve the addition fact or the subtraction fact, but still not really understand how the numbers are connected. That’s why I wanted this resource to have more than just worksheets. You can use it to teach the relationship first, give students lots of different ways to practice it, and then check to see if it’s actually clicking. There are options for facts within 10 and within 20, so you can use what makes the most sense for your students. And since it’s brand new, it’s 50% off for the first 48 hours! 🎉 Comment FACT FAMILIES and I'll message you the link 🫶🏼 #factfamilies #firstgrademath #firstgradeteacher #elementarymath #mathactivities #teacherspayteachers

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