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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...]

Shape Sort FREEBIE

We wrapped up our 3D shape learning and have been knee deep in learning all about measurement. I wanted to share a few of our favorite 3D shape activities.  With Spring finally here, it was time we spruced up our hallway  We sorted the 2D and 3D shapes from Amy Lemon's unit here and made these flowers.  You can download the flowers here.  They really brightened things up in the hallway!  We also … [Read more...]

SomeBUNNY knows time FREEBIE!

In math, we have been working on time to the half hour. I was out of my room a lot this week due to DRA testing so I did not get many pictures....but I did happen to get a picture of one of my favorite things we did this week! Bunny clocks! I let each student choose their own time that they wanted to put on their bunny.  They thought it was hilarious that these bunnies were popping out of Easter eggs. You can download the templates … [Read more...]

Fraction FREEBIES

I wanted to stop by and share a few fraction freebies with you all. I love craftivities and always try to make any skill tie into a craft someway or another. There's just something about seeing a cute craft hanging up that makes your teacher heart smile big.  This week we wrapped up our fraction unit with these Pot of Gold Fractions.  Each student had to color and write the fraction under each flip. They also had to … [Read more...]

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