Relationship building is key to good teaching. This system will help you quickly get to know students and benefit from those connections all year long.
Mrs. Tanenblatt's personal teaching blog, filled with songs, games, and activities for the elementary music room.
With schools looking at the hybrid model for the fall, the flipped classroom is going to be pivotal for student learning. Learn more about it here.
Are your preschoolers constantly disagreeing and want your help to solve conflicts? Here are 5 easy steps on how to teach conflict resolution skills to them.
Hey, all! I hope you’re doing well! Summer has officially started in the Petty family, and we’re well, basically not doing anything differently than we were during self-isolation. If we’re able to safely have in-person classes this fall (fingers crossed!) I’ll need to retrain my teacher bladder and grow accustomed to NOT taking an afternoon ... Read More about MUST-HAVE Chrome Extension
The Fall Literacy Activities packet is filled with fun and engaging no prep fall worksheets that will save you time while covering essential Kindergarten skills and outcomes. These Fall Activities are ideal for morning work, literacy centers, homework, early finishers, and distance learning. All you have to do is print and you're ready to teach. Check out the preview to see all the pages in the packet! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A list of the Fall Literacy Activities: Alphabet and Letter Recognition Missing Letters Alphabet Sequence Puzzles Raking Letters I Raking Letters II Match and Write the Letters Identifying Sounds Rhyming Pumpkins Autumn Sounds Falling for Syllables Beginning Sounds Ending Sounds Vowel Sounds Reading CVC Words Real & Nonsense Words Let’s Read CVC Words: Short a Let’s Read CVC Words: Short e Let’s Read CVC Words: Short I Let’s Read CVC Words: Short o Let’s Read CVC Words: Short u Sight Words Colorful Leaves Leaf Colors Autumn Sentences I Autumn Sentences II Color by Sight Word (4 pages) Label the Picture Label the Scarecrow Parts of a Book Scrambled Sentences Scrambled Sentences (4 pages) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Other Fall Activity resources: Fall Literacy Activities for Kindergarten Fall Math Activities for Kindergarten Fall Literacy Activities for 1st Grade Fall Math Activities for 1st Grade September Math and Literacy No Prep and Digital Activities October Math and Literacy No Prep and Digital Activities November Math and Literacy No Prep and Digital Activities ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Keep in Touch: Follow me on Facebook for exclusive freebies and giveaways! Follow me on Pinterest Visit my blog •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
A fun recycling activity for preschoolers to learn about recyclable materials and learn to sort them! Download the free printable here...
As you age, your risk of experiencing a fall increases due to various factors, such as age-related changes, inappropriate footwear, environmental hazards, dehydration, malnutrition, and medical conditions. Falls in the elderly can lead to serious injuries, and understanding the most common causes can be crucial for prevention.
I am SO excited about our NEW Fall Math and Literacy Packet for 1st Grade! I have been working like crazy to get this packet finished and I am happy that
Learn about muscles in this human body for kids project . This is a fun, simple muscular system for kids activity to see how do muscles work.
Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!
Check out these fun activities from Award Winning Author/Illustrator Jarett Lerner to do at home or in the classsroom. Includes comics, drawing, and more.
In today's article: Fun back to school color by number worksheets! Back to school time is right around the corner. If you want your kids to get excited about going back to school, try these
Children with healthy social-emotional skills tend to lead successful lives. These activities will help improve your child's social-emotional skills.
Teaching the difference between facts and opinions is such an important comprehension skill for students – actually, for all of us! Just because we saw it on TV or read it on the internet does not make it a fact. The first step in discerning the difference between facts and opinion is to understand what each […]
Disculpándome la demora en subir un nuevo post, les dejo este que es muy divertido para los niños, yo lo encontré cuando ya pasé esa unidad, pero lo hice y es re divertido.Cuando se hacen trabajos troquelados o manualidades con los niños se ve la emoción en ellos y que aprenden más rápido. A veces en mis clases, cuando no tengo una ficha o no quiero aburrirlos, simplemente les pido que hagan una apple, les doy papel rojo,dibujo una apple y la cortan, les doy papel verde ,le hacen las hojitas, las arman y luego la pegan en una paletita y si son mayorcitos escriben su nombre y se van felices con algo tan simple y lo aprenden más rápido que una ficha que diga "pinta la manzana..." Piénsalo la próxima vez que entres a tu clase, a mí me pasaba lo mismo el año pasado porque tenía un libro algo aburrido, ahora tengo la edición Smiling de Centauro y es una maravilla,entro al salón y los niños esperan felices qué obra haremos porque trae muchos troquelados y vienen en cartulina plastificada. Entonces les dejo esta casita divertida y fácil de hacer... Esta ficha para que la puedan pegar, la reducen un poco así entrará mejor en el lugar que corresponda. Estas son otras fichas que las pueden usar como diccionarios, o separas por cuartos, ya la imaginación vuela :) Esta es una ficha para armar una casa, cortar y pegar, el hecho de elaborar la casa armando y ubicando en el lugar que los niños deseen, también les es muy atractivo Y la última para dibujar y hacer la casita soñada, espero se diviertan con sus niños y les sirvan las fichas, gracias de nuevo por los comentarios y prometo no dejar de postear tanto tiempo :)
Mrs. Thompson’s Treasures is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. This post may contain affiliate links. Do you remember those Highlights magazine hidden picture pages like these? I remember always having fun with those in the waiting room at the doctor’s office. I wanted to create something similar, […]
Here’s an archive of our downloadable activities so far- feel free to download and print off any of these to use yourself or with your club / group / scouts troop / evil supervillain society&…
Should you need a fun Fall craft that involves leaves, this is the perfect activity to do! You can, Color by Number, and make your own exciting tree full of Fall leaves. Lake Union Preschool, Seat
Time to get a little silly, spooky and goofy with fun Halloween-themed printables created by the Super Smalls team!
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The Fall season brings with it all kinds of excitement and fun--including the holiday of Halloween! These free printable worksheets are as educational as they are full of spooky fun. Alphabet Match W
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Teaching essential literacy skills and outcomes is easy with this collection of no prep Fall Literacy Activities for 1st grade students.
These six free printable Human Body Worksheets contain activities to keep a child entertained while also teaching them everything they need to know about the human body. The human body is so important to learn about!
“Not even Snape could Severus apart.”
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Looking for a way to get students to have fun learning new words AND remember them longer? Try these brain-based vocabulary activities.
I am so excited to share that first grade no prep packs are here! This resource makes it so easy to teach the first grade standards for math, reading, phonics and writing. No more searching for high quality, engaging worksheets and activities.. they are all here. Plus I am sharing thr
Being mindful and teaching your students how to be responsible for their own learning and well-being in the classroom is so important.
Bullying is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days when anything goes wrong between peers. It is our job to make sure students und...
Make teaching about past vs present in your kindergarten social studies lessons a breeze with these fun and engaging resources.
A seriously silly and fun activity my students did at the end of the year-- I am also going to add it to my drawing activity binder for this upcoming school year. All of my grade levels were able to do this, including Kindergarten with just a little extra step by step how-to for them. I'm sure you have seen other versions of these "Roll-A-whatever" drawing activities, I created a blank "Roll-A" template on the computer so I can type titles and categories and then hand draw the rolls. Then I scan the finished one back into the computer and upload/print away! (My monster version was inspired by one created by Expressive Monkey) I HIGHLY recommend investing in foam dice. Makes a world of difference! FYI, one of my kindergarteners did the black and white drawing on top.
The FLOSS rule is a spelling rule that is known by other names in K-2 classrooms. Some call it Sammy Loves Friendly Zebras others call it the FLSZ rule, and others call it the Bonus Letter Rule. No matter what you call this rule, it means the same thing. The FLOSS rule is when you double the […]
One of my favorite parts of teaching first grade is I am SO excited how it all came together, and that I can finally share it with y...
Your first grade students will have a ton of fun while meeting essential math outcomes with these no prep Fall themed math activities and worksheets.
If you struggle with classroom management no matter how many different strategies you try, there's a chance you're doing something to get in your own way.
I had sooooooo much fun doing this monster art project in my son Elliot's kindergarten class recently! I chose to do this project because Elliot LOVES monsters and he LOVES using his imagination to make characters come to life. We have enjoyed using popsicle stick puppets for many many years and he always enjoys both creating
What a beautiful weekend it has been here in Southern California! Today, we got our first hint of Fall. I love it! I hope everyone is doing well, especially all of our teaching friends who were impacted by Sandy. Things have been really getting exciting in my classroom. As I have mentioned before, we have been diving into non-fiction text features for quite sometime. We recently began writing our "Expert Books" on Bats. This theme was perfect for Halloween Week and we had so much fun doing research, making crafts, watching movies, note-taking, and discussing these fascinating animals. We should be finishing those up this week...I hope. We used this FREE CRAFTIVITY from A Cupcake for the Teacher to practice note-taking and summarizing our learning from a Discovery Education video we watched together. I made the little lined-boxes you see on the wings, so that my students could write 1) one fact they learned, 2) one WOW!, 3) or a question. The kids really loved it. One thing I have been working on for what seems f-o-r-e-v-e-r is putting together some of the Reading Workshop lessons I like to do in the beginning of the year. I finally have my first one packaged-up and ready. This lesson is one of my favorites, and most powerful! “You can't know where you're going until you know where you've been.” - Unknown The idea behind the above quote was the inspiration for the materials enclosed in this packet. I needed my students to reflect on their current reading behaviors in order for them to understand how to improve as readers. Teaching my students to be aware, active, and self-reflective readers has been some of the most powerful teaching I have done in my 18 years in the classroom. I do this lesson in the beginning of the year, before we begin learning about meaningful reading strategies like Making Connections, Asking Questions, Visualizing and Inferring, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Included in this packet are: 4 reading posters (Title poster, High-Flying/Strategic Reader, Chug-Along Reader, and Racing Reader) A master text on snakes, and 3 reading scripts that allow you to easily mimic each reader-type's typical reading behaviors. I've outlined 3 types of readers in this activity: High-Flying: These students are your on-level, or above level readers. They read voraciously, fluently, and for meaning. Chug-Along: These students are struggling readers for whatever reason, be it, language or accuracy issues. Often, they realize when their reading is not making sense. However, they either do not stop to fix their comprehension, or do not know how to fix it. They just keep "chugging-along." Finally, the Racing Reader: This reader just reads the words, and usually not very well. They do not have the skills or understanding that their reading is supposed to mean something. A graphic organizer for noting Reading Behaviors, and Teacher's Answer Guide The general idea of this activity is to have students make note of what reading behaviors each reader-type has, and then suggest ways to improve the quality of reading. Finally, students complete a self-assessment sheet, and write one reading goal for themselves (primary and intermediate-lined included). I completed this activity with my second graders in three sessions. Each session lasted between 30-45 minutes. A detailed "Suggested Instructional Sequence" is included, as well. I cannot tell you what a difference this lesson has made in my students' reading. They are much more deliberate and aware, when they read. We discuss the strategies they are using on their own, everyday after "Reading to Self" (Silent Reading) time. I have students catch themselves being "Racing Readers"! They come up to me and tell me how they noticed they were just reading the words, and how they stopped and reread for meaning. It really does not get any better than that! You can find this pack in my TPT store, HERE. Oops, I almost forgot! These lessons have the students doing quite a bit of partner discussion. So, I have a little FREEBIE to offer. I adapted this from Jill deGoede, who presented a meaningful reading strategies workshop at my school several weeks ago. I hope some of you will find it useful. Click on the image below to get your copy. (Update: You can get a fresh, updated version of this poster by "liking" my Facebook page -just click the image below. Then, go to my FB page and you will see a tab that says "Fans Only Freebie.") A big "thank you" to all our Veterans, especially my favorite one...my dad! Have a great week.
Fall activities and ideas for second grade include place value scarecrow and free second grade math worksheets.
I am so excited to share that first grade no prep packs are here! This resource makes it so easy to teach the first grade standards for math, reading, phonics and writing. No more searching for high quality, engaging worksheets and activities.. they are all here. Plus I am sharing thr
From the Blogger: "This word search puzzle is just perfect for the fall season. This activity will be fun for adults and kids alike and will keep everyone busy for a while. There are 54 words in the list that we associate with autumn, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. The words can be found horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and sometimes even backwards, to make the puzzle more challenging. There is a PDF version available that can be downloaded and printed out for the best possible quality."
