This particular file is for teachers in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Each page is packed with tips to help you incorporate the Common Core standards into your classrooms.

In honor of Earth Day {April 22nd}, I’ve created a unit and our class is “going green” {your class can too! This is a multi-grade level unit}. This unit is full of Earth Day topics such as reduce, reuse, recycle, pollution, mother earth, and more!

Since I’ve been SO conscious of what I’m eating on this fitness journey of mine…I’ve decided to change some of the things I do in my classroom as well. My students will get PLENTY of candy and treats from their peers, so I decided to go the non-food route this year. Once I went to Target, Hobby Lobby, and The Dollar Tree…I was SO inspired! Hopefully you can use these ideas for years to come and never have to repeat. :) I wanted the Valentine cards to be simple, but fun (and to save ink because I’m offering BW as well).

There are 6 posters included: *Question Mark *Exclamation Point *Period *Comma *Quotation Marks *Apostrophe BONUS POSTER ADDED {1/4/14} *Bolded Words There are 7 recording sheets to practice each of the punctuations marks. The posters are aligned with the Common Core State Standards {language arts} for 1st grade, but will work in K-3 classrooms! :)

Have you read Wonder in your classroom? Or maybe you’ve read We’re All Wonders? These books are heartwarming stories of seeing the good in people and knowing that despite our differences…we are all wonders! This writing activity makes a wonderful bulletin board (letters included!).

This packet of reading responses will help your students comprehend when reading fiction, non-fiction, or even when they listen to a book/cd digitally. Perfectly aligns to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

This Halloween Word Search is a fun way to integrate language arts into this fun holiday!

Have a student who is going on a vacation? I have just the thing for them! Send your student with a Vacation Journal Pack! They can write in it like a daily journal and bring it back to class to share when they are home from traveling. It’s a great way to have a little academics on their vacation and to make a great connection with classmates when they are back! I send the student with a Ziploc bag with the journal (labels with directions for the student are included), a pencil, big pink erasure, and a new box of crayons! Journal Cover Journal Writing Page (handwriting lines) Journal Writing Page (lines) Labels for Ziploc (use Avery Template 5163)

While dressing up like a witch, turning out the lights, and using a flashlight; your students will be engaged the whole way through as you read the Witches’ Brew poem and add the ingredients! Witches’ brew is made with 13 different grocery store items, but with spooky names {witches’ fingers are Bugles, bat bones are stick pretzels, cat claws are candy corn, etc} your students are sure to be amazed! Included in this packet: *Witches’ Brew grocery list *Withces’ Brew poem *2 writing activities *Graphing *Ingredient labels *Graphic Organizer

Do your students have a hard time with the difference between there, their, and they’re? Included in this pack: There poster Their poster They’re poster Sentence sort Practice page

Have you ever wondered how to help you littles with their handwriting starting on DAY ONE? The Handwriting House is the perfect way to teach your students WHERE their letters fall on the lines. Roof: top line Window: middle dotted line Floor: bottom line Basement: below bottom line Teach them all about the handwriting house, work on each letter individually, and when they’ve “got it”, give them a Handwriting House bookmark to celebrate. To keep the momentum going, have them rate their own handwriting each month with a self-rubric.

This subway art comes in 5 different color combinations and are perfect gifts for that special teacher in your life! I gave one to each of my teammates at the beginning of the school year (frames in thumbnail are from IKEA). Prints in 8X10, but can be adjusted by going to your print setup and changing the percentage. Enjoy! -Rachelle Smith