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10 Days Snow Day Packet for First Grade

Are you preparing for the upcoming storm and need a quick packet to send home with students to do virtually? This packet has everything you need. Take it down to the printer and you are good to go! It has a login sheet for passwords that is so helpful, I use it all year round. This packet has literature, math, sight words, and more! It has a fun cover sheet that will be helpful for you to send multiple days home so you can keep track of the days for grading. Also, quick tip...I put in a page or two review from our math curriculum to keep students current with the standards we are working on.

-Don't be caught without a plan. Download it early, print ahead, and be ready for when a storm or weather event hits.

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-Don't worry anymore about an upcoming storm or weather event to where you need to scrounge to get materials to send home.

-Print this packet today and then relax! :)

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Snow Day Packet First Grade

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Skeleton Hiccups Comprehension Activities and More!

What you get with Skeleton Hiccups Comprehension Activities!

Imagine reading Skeleton Hiccups book to your students, and following up with comprehension questions, guided reading questions, and more! If you’re studying nouns, there is a nouns activity, or if you’re studying verbs you have verbs activity. Do you need a game that corresponds for your small group or stations? You got it! There is also an end of unit assessment, or running records. Have your students cut out the bones of a skeleton and label. You might also write about what a skeleton would do if he visited your classroom. This resource is so much fun and will give you many activities to choose from!

Don't be left without activities after reading this fun book, Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler. Click here for easy to print and ready to go activities! > Skeleton Hiccups

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Grab it now so you are ready to go when you read this book! :) Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler

Don't be left without activities after reading this fun book, Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler. Click here for easy to print and ready to go activities! > Skeleton Hiccups

Book Companion Bundle For Comprehension questions, Over 75 Resources!

Are you looking for quick comprehension questions for books you have? Here is a bundle with many books that are popular and may already be in your classroom. Print these, put them in folders and be ready to go with the book! Use as book companions for your class, small group, differentiated stations, and more! Books companions may also be purchased separately!

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No more wasted time or panic to have something ready, just print and go! Click HERE or on one of the following pictures to learn more or buy now!

Have you ever needed a math station activity and don't have the time to create it? This resource can help! Just print and go!

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Do you need math games for your small stations this week? I got you!

Addition Games will help you bring fun addition games into your classroom, stations, small groups or 1-1 tutoring, or homeschool! Teach simple addition with fun games using playing cards, dice, dominoes, spinner, or flashcards included in color and black and white.

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Addition Games Includes:

Ready to go Addition Flashcards 60 Black and White
Ready to go Addition Flashcards 60 in Color
Unboard Game Addition Activity Idea
Ready to go Addition Game with Playing Cards, cards not included
Ready to go Addition Game with Dominoes, dominoes not included
Ready to go Addition Game with Dice, dice not included

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Have you ever needed a math station activity and don't have the time to create it? This resource can help! Just print and go!

A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School AND A Letter From Your Teacher on the Last Day of School Book Companions!

Do you need a quick printable with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test for the book, A Letter From Your Teacher on the Last Day of School? This book companion will save you time and is great for guided reading or whole group! A Letter From Your Teacher on the Last Day of School was written by Shannon Olsen and must be purchased separately.

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Are you looking for comprehension questions to go with the book, "A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School?" This book companion has comprehension and so much more to help you teach the the comprehension strategies, vocabulary, grammar, and more! These activities will help you guide your students to understand and comprehend this text.

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Have you ever needed a math station activity and don't have the time to create it? This resource can help! Just print and go!

Do you Assess your Kindergarten or First Graders at the Beginning of the School Year?

How do you level your students so that you can work with them in small groups in reading? Here are a few things I look at to level my students!

Assess alphabet recognition and sounds. You may already have access to this from their kindergarten year. However, lots of things can change over the summer. I just give them an alphabet chart and point to random letters so they are not going in order asking the letters and then later with sounds. This will give you a great start for who needs help with letters. You may also do this with numbers to set up your math groups.
Sit down and listen to your students read. If you have leveled readers either guided reading or Lexile readers. Start out with a guess to listen to them read. If you aren't sure, start with level A. We use GR levels, so I can speak to that. I am not as familiar with Lexile system. If you student is reading at level A with great fluency, you may want to skip up to a level C, and so forth. If they are struggling at level A, then they are below level A. Begin to work more on continuing letter recognition and sounds, then putting these together in Consonant Vowel Consonants, CVC format. C-A-T, for example. I'll save more information on that for later.
Just watch them during their beginning of the year activities. Can they write their name? Are they already reading? It's ok if you haven't gotten to all your students. Even if you notice a few of your students skills, that gives you a good starting point for when you work with them 1-1. Grab a clip-board, write down what you notice on sticky notes when they are doing the fun, easy activities on those first few days of school. Transfer these to a student levels notebook.

Once you get an idea of levels, whether you write below level, on level, above level, guided reading level <A through G, for example. You will start to notice a pattern of students that fit together. Also, consider personalities and behaviors. Working in small groups has let me work with students right where they are.

If you need forms for the alphabet, I do have some available. But you can do this with any alphabet chart. Start backwards so they are not rote citing the alphabet, first with letters, then sounds. Do the same with numbers. Start with 20 and go backwards, or simple hop around, checking off all they know. Here is a FREEBIE if you are interested.

How do you level your students?

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How do I Prepare my Child for Kindergarten?

It's almost time for back to school. Many students are starting their very first year of school, and that will be kindergarten! Have you asked questions like, how do I prepare my child for Kindergarten? What should my child know before entering kindergarten or what is needed for kindergarten readiness?

👉Get Ready for Kindergarten-Summer Skills

10 things your child needs to know before kindergarten:

1. Be independent. The more your child can do for themselves, the better. Let them dress themselves, put on their own shoes, brush their own teeth and go to the restroom independently. If they can help prepare their breakfast such as pop tart or cereal, that's great! Being independent at home will help build confidence at school.

2. Keep routines at home. They will be on a tight routine at school. This will help them transition. Children on a routine at home will be able to deal with a routine at school.

3. Read! Read to your children, with your children, and let them read (or pretend) to read alone. They do NOT need to know how to read. Have books available for them. If you don't have many books, check out your local library. You can bring home books weekly and switch them out. Also, local thrift stores have inexpensive books to help build your library.

4. Practice literacy and math skills! Engage children in songs such as the simple alphabet songs. Start recognizing letters while out on errands, grocery stores, or road trips. Look for a, b, then c, etc. Count to 10, then 20! Count beans, macaroni, toys, etc. Also, count cars, people or signs when driving around. Click on the picture below for more practice in this summer readiness packet.

5. Recognize basic shapes. Know circle, square, triangle, and rectangle. Find these shapes around the house or on errands. Use those school supplies to draw and cut these shapes for a fun art activity.

6. Learn how to tie shoes independently or buy Velcro shoes. You want to run at recess but there are 5 children in front of you getting their shoes tied by the teacher.

7. Write their name. Give your child fun markers, crayons, or color pencils to make writing their name a fun activity. You may also want to use chalk or even water and a paintbrush on a sidewalk.

8. Buy school supplies early! Go ahead and get the school supplies early or even the year before. Let them color, cut, glue, and use pencils. When they get to kindergarten, they will be ready to go!

9. Be able to separate from parents. Be sure to go places without your child on occasion, leaving them with a family member or sitter. Separation anxiety can be an issue when beginning kindergarten. Practicing this activity will help build confidence before the first day of school.

10. Use zippers for coats, pants, or hoodies. Make sure your child can zip up their coat, pants, or hoodies. This makes it easier for them when going outside for recess or using the bathroom.

Ok, 1 more....Use the bathroom independently. 😅

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Get Ready for Kindergarten.

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