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The Best Classroom Management Strategy
I am so excited to share my favorite classroom management strategy! Bonus points: students love it! Partner Pairing Cards are perfect for morning meeting, brain breaks, partner activities, and more! Click to check it out!
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My Favorite Classroom Transformation: Camp Day!
I love planning a classroom transformation! My first grade team and I planned a Camp Day for our students, full of reading, writing, and math review activities! Check it out!
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Easy Summer Activities for Kids: Freebie Included!
Summer is almost here and it’s time for all the end of year planning in the classroom! Today I am sharing a free set of summer write the room task cards. Check it out!
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Grab a FREE end of year writing project and craft!
I love end of year theme days! And what could be more fun than a TACO DAY?! I am sharing a FREE taco themed end of year writing prompt and craft packet for you to enjoy with your students as you reflect on a great year together!
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FREE Spring Animal Writing Project: All About Bunnies
I am excited to share this Spring Animal Research Project with you! You and your students can research a popular spring animal together: bunnies! Check it out!
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Spring Activities for Kids: FREEBIE Included!
Spring is such a fresh time in the classroom! Maybe you like spending some lessons outside or opening your classroom windows. Spring activities for kids are an engaging way to enjoy this new season! I have a wonderful FREE spring activity to share with you today.
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FREE How-To Writing Prompt and Project for Kids
New free writing project on the blog today! Students will love writing about how to make an ice cream sundae! Click the image to check it out!
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FREE St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities
Grab this free sample of my St. Patrick’s Day Graphing Activities! Students will complete a Spin, Tally, and Graph activity and a Cut and Glue a Graph activity!
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FREE St. Patrick’s Day Activity! Write the Room Task Cards
I love write the room activities that are themed for holidays! Grab this freebie today!
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FREE First Grade Writing Prompt: How to Make a PB & J!
I LOVE How-To writing projects, and I want to share one with you for FREE! I have included so many writing template options and a fun craft for students to complete!
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FREE Valentine’s Day Write the Room Activity!
I love putting fun freebies on the blog! Here is a Valentine’s Day Write the Room FREE activity, perfect for the month of February! Students will love the cute task cards!
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FREE Valentines Day Graphing Math Activity!
I love created themed math activities! Here is a freebie from my set of graphing activities for Valentine’s Day! Grab it here!
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FREE September Math Centers for Kindergarten and First Grade
I love creating easy to use and no-prep math centers for kindergarten and first grade! Grab my whole set of September math centers for free! Click the picture to check it out!
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I have created my very first digital escape room, and I want to share it with you for free! This activity if perfect for first or second graders learning and reviewing addition to 20 word problems! Click the picture to check it out!
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I love back to school crafts! Check out this post to download a free crayon box name craft that you can complete with your young students. It’s bright, fun, and engaging! Plus, all the names will look so cute when you finish! Click the picture to check it out!
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Back to School Read Alouds and Activities
In this blog post, I am going to list my three favorite back to school read alouds! I have also created very full resource packets for each of these books! Learn how I would use them and why! And grab the activity packets! Over 20 pages of activities per book!
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An “Affirmation Station” is a perfect addition to your classroom decor! It is easy to set up, easy to include in your classroom management and procedures routine, and it looks adorable in the classroom! Check out this blog to download a free one!
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My Favorite Classroom Management Strategy: Partner Pairing Cards!
In today’s blog post, I am sharing my favorite classroom management strategy and 5 ways that you can incorporate it into your classroom! Huge plus to this strategy: students love it! It gets them moving, out of their seats, and interacting with each other. Also, the printable set for this strategy is AS CUTE AS CAN BE! So I would reach for it over and over again!
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Back to School Math Centers and Activities
Are you planning your back to school math centers and activities for your Kindergarten or First Grade students? Let me help! I loved incorporating easy, no or low prep math centers in my back to school lesson plans.
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First Week of School Lesson Plans Made Easy!
Lesson planning for the first week of school can be intimidating! I have come up with a First Week of School Lesson Planning Formula that works! Establish your classroom relationships, behavior management, and classroom procedures! Freebies included!