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Editable Teacher Planner

Organizing lesson plans, small groups, student information, monthly calendar, meetings, to do lists, newsletters, field trip, planning and more can be overwhelming to say the least. This Editable Teacher Planner is a one and done planner/binder to keep everything all in one place. You can completely customize it to fit the needs of you and your classroom! *Post contains affiliate links* I earn a small commission when you use the affiliate … [Read more...]

Money Books for Kids

Identifying and counting coins are important skills for kids. I love collecting money books because you can use them all year long, just during a coin unit, in February for dental month, or keep them in your library center for students to access all year long! Here are 14 money books for kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade classroom. Find my favorite Coin Activites and Centers here . *Post contains affiliate links* I earn a small … [Read more...]

Counting Coins Activities and Centers

I personally believe the key way to teach coin identification and counting coins is by a lot of exposure throughout the entire school year. Many times the standard is taught once during the school year, we move on to the next standard, and students don't see coins again until the next school year. The activities below can all be used throughout the year since they do not have a monthly theme. This unit hits so many skills that it can be used in … [Read more...]

Back to School All About Me Activity

This Back to School All About Me activity can be used during the first day of school or first week of school to build friendships and celebrate difference or any time throughout the year to teach compare and contrast.  I have a whole line of themed venn-diagrams, too! Back to School All About Me Activity Group your students in groups of 2 and have them create their hair and face.  They can add their eye color by tracing around … [Read more...]

Earth Day Activities Crafts and Directed Drawing

I have some Earth Day activities crafts and directed drawing that I want to share today! I'm also resharing my absolute favorite activities and crafts from previous years. These were all created with kindergarten, first grade, and second grade in mind. Oh, and I have a free hativity for y’all too at the end! Whoohoo! Grab your teammates, planner, and favorite beverage and let’s start planning out some Earth Day activities for the upcoming … [Read more...]

100th Day of School Activities

I want to share my favorite 100th Day of School activities with you. I hope these are helpful to you! There are also some freebies at the end! I shared many of these a few years ago, here, but wanted to reshare! STEM ACTIVITIES First up are STEM activities!  These can be set up as stations that students rotate throughout the day! All you need are the materials (there is an editable parent donation letter … [Read more...]

First Day of School Lesson Plans and activities

My kids started back to school on Thursday. I actually really like starting towards the end of the week because it's only a few days until the weekend. There is no tired like the first day of school tired! I wanted to share some first day of school lesson plans and activities with you. I took previous years plans and tweaked a few things on them. These can be used as a sample to help give you some ideas for your first day or use them as is! … [Read more...]

All About Me Activities

Sharing one of the cutest All About Me activities with you today. These make the most precious back to school bulletin board (and keepsakes). These come with over 40 different all about me pages to pick and choose from and for differentiation based on the level of your students. To complete the books, I recommend completing maybe 1 - 2 pages a day depending on the age/grade level of your students. These can certainly be an activity … [Read more...]

Frog and Toad Activity

Frog and Toad Activity Hello Spring! We had beautiful weather this weekend! We spent most of the weekend playing outside. It was wonderful. How is the weather where you're at? Is it feeling like spring yet? I love this time of the year. So many fun thematic things that can be incorporated into learning standards! I’m sharing a new frog and toad activity to compare contrast frog and toads that can be used during your frog life cycle unit! This … [Read more...]

FREE Antonym Activities

Free Antonym Activities Hi, me again! I'm sharing two FREE antonym activities today! I shared this craft years and years ago, but I have revised it and make it printer friendly! One of my favorite type of activities is one that gets students away from their desks and moving around the classroom.  We did these Puzzles on the Move activities for years and years in my class.  After introducing the skill and showing examples, give each student an … [Read more...]

Compare Contrast Apples and Pumpkins

Happy Tuesday! It is finally starting to feel like fall here. This time of the year is so fun in the classroom; there are so many ways to incorporate themes into the curriculum. I'm sharing a new activity to compare contrast apples and pumpkins that can be incorporated now or in October! Compare Contrast Apples and Pumpkins This can be used for prek, kindergarten, 1st grade, or even 2nd grade! Depending on the level of your students, … [Read more...]

Back to School Read Alouds

Back to school read alouds are the perfect way to establish classroom community, acceptance, love, kindness, friendship, rules, and expectations. These could be used anytime during the school year.  I am going to let the pictures do the talking because there are TONS of them! Also, the books are linked in the titles below (just click the title), but I will also link up some online versions for you at the end of this post if you do not … [Read more...]

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