Water Can Be… Drawing Activity Water Can Be…, by Laura Purdie Salas, one of my new favorite books. I shared this book the first time in our post, Beautiful Books about Water. Today I am sharing it again, with a … Continue reading
Spring Math Fact Game Here is my latest math fact practice activity. Continue reading for the details! Preparation Print and laminate enough templates for all students Materials templates dice erasable markers How to Play Give each student a copy of … Continue reading
Flower Pot Number Bond Game I really feel like students can never get enough practice with number bonds, so I created this spring flower pot number bond game. Preparing the Game Print the templates and glue the two sides of the … Continue reading
FREE Doubles and Doubles +1 Printables UPDATED TEMPLATES NOW AVAILABLE!!! Doubles and Doubles +1 Cards Doubles facts are important for students to know to help them solve other math problems. If a student knows 5+5 is 10, then they can … Continue reading
Questions, Exclamations and Statements Looking for a way to teach your child about the difference between a question, a statement and an exclamation? Well, look no further! Here is a fun way to teach this concept to your child. Materials … Continue reading
Short Vowel Sort and Bingo Game I had an opportunity to work strictly with our first grade students who struggle with basic phonics for a short stretch of time. I wanted to do some activities that really drove home short vowel … Continue reading
FREE Printable What Gets a Capital Letter? Book My students are first graders, so of course using capital letters correctly and consistently is a work in progress. I wanted to create an activity where they practice using capital letters in … Continue reading
Stories about Shapes Looking for some good books about shapes? Well, look no further. Here are my faves! The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns Triangle is bored with being a triangle so he visits the local shapeshifter and POOF! … Continue reading
FREE Valentine Ten Frame Playing Cards I have been having so much fun creating these themed ten frame cards. I used our football themed ten frame cards around the Superbowl and will bring these cards out this week for Valentine’s … Continue reading
FREE Penguin Place Value Game We started place value recently and I was in the mood to make a new game. I created this very simple Penguin Place Value game to play with my first graders. Not only was it … Continue reading
+10 Baseball Math Game We are working on our 10 facts in my class. Being about to count by 10s and count on from 10 is imperative for understanding place value. I am really driving this concept home this week. … Continue reading
Activities for Teaching Solid Shapes We just completed a chapter on plane and solid shapes in our math program. I created these activities to give our first graders extra practice with each of the concepts taught in the book. Solid … Continue reading
