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Friend-Diagram FREEBIE

Hey y'all! I've got a fun little freebie for you to use when you teach comparing and contrasting! Friend-diagrams! Pair your students up and have them create their face and hair. They can also add their eye color by tracing around the black circle on the eyes with a crayon or maker. Afterwards, have them write how they are different from their friend on the outside circle of their face and how they are the same as their friend on the inside … [Read more...]

Inferencing FREEBIE!

Hi teacher friends! I hope you all had an amazing break...some of you may still be on your break, and for that...I am jealous! There is just nothing better than staying in pjs all day and soaking up every bit of family time! I wanted to share a little freebie with you all that I shared on my story on Instagram.  This can be played whole group, in pairs, or in stations....all you need are these cards and headbands! You can use the headbands … [Read more...]

How to Catch Santa FREEBIE!

I love Jean Reagan's whole "how to" book series. They are THE cutest ever! When I came across her, How to Catch Santa, on Amazon...I knew I had to get it! It is just as precious in real life!  Last week we read the book and then came up with a plan on how we would catch Santa if we could. I got so tickled at some of these!!  Afterwards, my students wrote out their steps of how they would catch him on this little … [Read more...]

Elf FREEBIE!

December is by far my most favorite time of year....EVER! I love crafts and all things Christmas, so tying that into any lesson in my classroom makes me giddy! I wanted to pop in and share a quick, FREE elf drawing and writing activity with you all. These are great to use after your classroom elf makes their appearance, a follow up activity after reading an elf book, or for a quick writing! I always like to complete … [Read more...]

Bat Research FREEBIE

Bat Research FREEBIE Last week, we covered our research TEK, by researching bats. Between wearing costumes to school and having our Bat Museum, I failed at snapping pictures of us completing our research. #bummerinthesummer While completing our research, students recorded their learning in these bat foldables.  We worked on gathering information for these foldables all throughout the week. We used non-fiction books as well as Epic to complete … [Read more...]

Apple and Pumpkin Freebie!!

Hey y'all! I wanted to stop in real quick and share an apple freebie that I made several years ago in case you missed it.  You can read more about how we used this apple craft (2 years ago) to describe apples and sequencing applesauce here.  We have also used this apple craft when learning about pumpkins.  We wrote adjectives to describe pumpkins using this writing paper. I printed the face on orange paper … [Read more...]

Building Numbers FREEBIES!!!

Last week in math we worked on building numbers to 20. I have several freebies that I wanted to share with you all.  I'll link them all at the very end of the post :)  We spent the whole week as construction workers while we "built" our number sense.  I found construction hats for 99 cents at Hobby Lobby as well as the construction cones. I'm tellin' ya....throw in some real hats and accessories....and your kids attention … [Read more...]

Handwriting Sort FREEBIE

We hit the ground running with handwriting expectations at the beginning of the school year. After spending the first few weeks reviewing our letters and how they are formed, we then move on to discuss the expectations for our handwriting.We started off creating an anchor chart together. I told my students that we were going to make a chart with the same word...written 3 different ways. I also let them know that every letter in the word has to … [Read more...]

Teacher Gift FREEBIE

This week was my official week back. If you are still on summer vacation, we can't talk right now! Just kidding!  Incase you're anything like me and you're checking off last minute "to-dos" off your list, I have a cheap and cute teacher gift FREEBIE for you! This weekend while I was at Hobby Lobby, they had all their metal decor half off! Mmmhmmm, that's exactly what I said!!!  I came across these small metal letters that … [Read more...]

Prefix freebies and Adverbs!

After wrapping up suffixes last week, this week was all about prefixes. We kept our focus just on prefixes un- and re-.  I wanted to pop in real quick and share a few freebies with you all.  Most of our activities were the same as the activities we did with suffixes. We started off by playing Match It. Each student got a base word card or a prefix card. They had to walk around the room to find their match. After finding their … [Read more...]

Suffix sorts with lots of freebies!

We have been working on suffixes over the past few weeks. Suffixes can be somewhat tricky for first graders, so having them apply the skills in as many hands on ways as possible....the better. I start our learning off with -ed and -ing. I introduce the rule with this flip anchor chart that was inspired by Amy Lemons a few years ago. After introducing the rules, I give each student a sticky note with a base word on it. The students … [Read more...]

Cause and Effect FREEBIE

Last week we reviewed cause and effect with the story The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall. After listening to it, we listed the different causes and effects from the story and made these flip flaps.  After making the flip flaps, we glued them down to construction paper.  I had my students work in groups to complete the sorts, but each person in the group completed their own. I paired up a struggling … [Read more...]

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