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Thanksgiving Hundreds Charts Mystery Pictures

Learning numbers to 120 is essential in 1st and 2nd grade. These Mystery Hundred Charts sheets are a fun way to practice number order in an effort to memorize and recall number order quickly and easily. They are also a great NO PREP option for teachers! Please use this image

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2nd Grade Common Core Math Assessments

As teachers ourselves, we have made it our mission to help other teachers find exactly what they need when they need it. Having great assessments at your fingertips is a must. As teachers, you want to spend your time teaching not hours and hours on the web looking for exactly

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10 Earth Day Read Alouds and Activities

There is no bigger responsibility than educating our future generations on the importance of preserving the Earth. With April 22, just around the corner, let’s mark the occasion with some engaging ❤️ Earth Day read-alouds and Earth Day activity pages for your 1st or 2nd grade classrooms. Not only will

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First Grade Common Core ELA Assessments

As teachers, we need easy go-to assessments!! Trying to find the right assessment for a specific standard can sometimes take hours to find. I know being a First Grade Teacher myself the mundane task of finding just the right one that you can use year after year for the standard

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2nd Grade Common Core ELA Assessments

I have taught 2nd grade for 20 years and I know that having great assessments at your fingertips is a must. As teachers, you want to spend your time teaching not hours and hours on the web looking for exactly the right assessment or review practice for your students. Our

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Winter Activities and Resources for K-2

Word Work for any Word List Each week, surprise your students with a new page in their word work bin, filled with fun and interactive activities. Whether it’s practicing word families, phonics patterns, sight words, or word wall words, these pages are guaranteed to spark enthusiasm and improve vocabulary skills.

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Happy New Year Celebration and Freebie

Happy New Year to everyone. This week we celebrated the new year with many fun activities.We counted down as our ball dropped. I found some chocolate donut holes that were covered in sprinkles, used a coffee stirrer as our pole and used a cupcake as a base- The kiddos loved

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Polar Express Freebie Fun

Each year our classes enjoy a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows- they wear their pj’s and we watch the movie Polar Express- We give each student the day before a golden ticket which is their movie pass. Ms. Kristy makes it a prize for one of their A.R. goals to earn a highly

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Characters and Setting- Engaging Lesson Ideas

I love teaching story elements like characters and settings in first grade. Why are story elements so key at-this age? Well, I have come to realize over the years that if I want to make good writers, learning story elements along the way helps them bloom into wonderful authors. Reading

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Leaf Graphing- Great Hands-on Fun!!

Trying to come up with hands-on activities for graphing can be challenging- so we wanted to create something that would be easy, fun, and engaging for our students and yours. Our kiddos loved this activity and yours will too. Leaf graphing is fun and engaging for all ages.   Leaf

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Halloween-Let’s Learn Odd & Even with Mummies

Play with toilet paper and learn math all in one!!!  Odd and Even Math Mummy will have your kiddos all smiles and makes a great mini lesson with reviewing even and odd numbers with your kiddos.  Odd and Even Math Mummy can be for the whole class,  partner work or math station. Our mini lesson even has the

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