Raise your hand if you love a good (and easy to set up) classroom transformation! -Insert me holding up both hands- My first grade team and I typically planned one classroom transformation each quarter. In the spring, we created Camp Day for our students! A camping classroom transformation was all about review for us. The beauty of a Camp Day classroom transformation is that it can be done at any time of the year! The spring was a great time to do it for us, as we were preparing for testing. Therefore, we had A LOT to review! We set up reading centers for the morning, math centers for the…
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My Favorite First Grade Math Station
Do you ever feel like you are running out of creative ideas when planning your first grade math stations? I want to help with this freebie! I LOVED planning math. It was the one subject that I felt a lot of freedom in, but coming up with new math stations to put out at centers could feel overwhelming. I wanted to have math centers that reviewed the standards I had taught, but didn’t need me to use 15 minutes of our math rotation time going over directions. Time was precious! I also did not want to answer the question “What do I do with this center?” over and over again.…
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FREE End of Year Math Activity: Camp Theme Day
Are you planning any end of year theme days for your classroom? I loved every chance I had to do a theme day in my first grade classroom. Today, I am sharing with you a FREE end of year math activity perfect for a CAMPING theme day! Some popular end of year theme days include camp day, lemonade day, watermelon day, bubble day, movie day, etc. Each one can be a fun way to wrap up the school year and enjoy making extra classroom memories. I loved my class’ camp day! It was a great way to practice the skills we had been learning all year, and a fun way…
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FREE St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids
St. Patrick’s Day Activities for kids are perfect for the month of March! You can easily keep your young kiddos entertained with leprechauns, lucky charms, and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! I have put together a few FREE St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities perfect for Kindergarten and First Grade Students! Keep scrolling to get the free download! St. Patrick’s Day Graphing Activity If you have visited my blog before, you know I love uploading free stuff! Most things I post about here are samples of larger packets I have for sale in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. This freebie is a sample from a larger…
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FREE Valentine’s Day Graphing Activity!
I love creating fun and easy-to-prep math activities for Valentine’s Day! Really, I love math activities like this year-round. But Valentine’s Day is coming up, so grab this FREE Graphing Activity, perfect for your Valentine’s Day math centers! This freebie includes one of the fun graphing activities from my larger set of Valentine’s Day Graphing Activities that I have for sale on my TPT. With this freebie, you will get a dice to cut out and assemble, a graph for students to complete as they roll the dice, and a sheet of questions for students to answer! All for FREE! The colors are bright and fun, and the images are…
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FREE Math Centers for Kindergarten and First Grade
I love creating themed math centers that are easy to use and easy to teach! I want to help you cut down on your planning time by providing my latest set for free! You will get a math packet stuffed with centers that are mostly no-prep and ready to go! Plus, they are colorful and CUTE! Students will be engaged in these all month long! Keep reading to get the free download. What Math Centers are Included? When I started making these packets of easy-to-use math centers, I wanted them to cover a wide variety of math standards for Kindergarten and First Grade students. I have included activities that cover…
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Digital Escape Room Freebie!
I recently created my very first Digital Escape Room to be used in the classroom, through digital learning, or online lessons/tutoring sessions! And I want to share it with you! The idea came to me during an online tutoring session. I have been trying to come up with different ways to keep my younger students engaged with online learning. I decided to create a simple and easy-to-use digital escape room that we could play together during our session! Keep reading to find out how the game works and get this download for free! What is a Digital Escape Room? A Digital Escape Room is on online game that utilizes PowerPoint,…
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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. Your first week of school is so important for teaching classroom procedures. You are going to want to introduce math centers in a way that make it easy for you to set up your classroom expectations from the very beginning. That is why I have created a math activity packet full of print and go resources! Click the image to go ahead and grab it now! Setting Up Your Math Block Our…