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Author, Nicole Hernandez is a primary school teacher with 30 years teaching experience. Nicole completed a B. Ed (Bachelor of Education) majoring in Language Arts and graduated with a Masters degree in Literacy Instruction. Her passion for visual learning is woven into her style through the use of colour and kid-friendly graphics. She always looks for creative ways to make learning both fun and engaging.

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Author, Nicole Hernandez is a primary school teacher with 30 years teaching experience. Nicole completed a B. Ed (Bachelor of Education) majoring in Language Arts and graduated with a Masters degree in Literacy Instruction. Her passion for visual learning is woven into her style through the use of colour and kid-friendly graphics. She always looks for creative ways to make learning both fun and engaging.
Place Value - Lending a Helpful Hand Simple Story
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Place Value - Lending a Helpful Hand Simple Story

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Place Value: Lending a Helpful Hand- A Place Value Story for Kids: Here is an original story that explains the place value concept of ones, tens and hundreds using three characters. The story describes the 'carrying over' principle in a simple storyline with bright graphics. I also included a place value mat which uses the same characters from the story. The mat can be used to introduce the concept until your kids are able to explain the process clearly. I suggest that you use craft sticks as counters initially so that your students can role play the events of the story. Nicole
Writers Workshop - Writing Process Posters
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Writers Workshop - Writing Process Posters

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Writing Process Posters- The 5 Steps to Writing Success: Here are the 5 steps to writing success. These posters will be great for your writing centers or your literacy centers. These kid-friendly posters would give your students key reminders of the steps toward their writing success. © 2014 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Feelings - {We Let Our Feelings Show!}
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Feelings - {We Let Our Feelings Show!}

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Feelings: We have many feelings in common, some are good and some are bad. However, the difference lies in what we do with them. We must teach our kids to accept those feelings and to learn how to manage them well. We need to tell our kids that these feelings are shared and also that we must devise reasonable ways to cope with them. In this poster set there are 12 colored Feelings posters and 12 black and white posters all sized 8.5 x 11 for elementary classrooms. That is a total of 24 posters. These posters show kids who share common feelings and emotions using various facial expressions and body positioning. They are aptly named :- -Angry Ana -Confused Connie -Content Contessa -Embarrassed Emma -Excited Exodus -Proud Preston -Shy Shane -Happy Harry -Sad Sam -Scared Scout -Shocked Sheldon -Worried Wilma In this set you also get 12 Feeling Shuffle Cards that stimulate small group discussions. I also created a mini book that goes along with the characters entitled ‘My Feelings Matter’ This is a great chance to get your kids writing about feelings they share with the poster characters. You may choose to guide them with this activity to get the best results. You might also be interested in: Feelings Mini Book. Adjectives - {Words To Describe My Feelings}. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** Enjoy! Nicole Hernandez
Birthday Chart - {Big Cupcakes}
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Birthday Chart - {Big Cupcakes}

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Birthday Chart Big Cupcakes Birthday Chart: Candles and cakes are synonymous with children’s birthdays. So why not have a beautiful and brightly colored cupcake birthday chart for your kiddos? These will adorn your classroom display area. They will work wonderfully in cupcake themed classrooms as well.There are two ways you can hang them. You can either attach them vertically on ribbons or you can mount them side by side on your classroom wall. Also included are the colored candles which you will use to write the student name and the day of his/her birthday. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Seaside Alphabet Match Ups
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Seaside Alphabet Match Ups

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Alphabet Matching: Here's a sea themed alphabet matching cards set for your literacy centers. Match lowercase and uppercase letters using the wonderful sea life graphics for clues. This would be a very good resource for teachers of students who need more practice with the identification of upper- and lowercase letters. Simply print, cut and have your kiddos matching. It's as easy as A, B, C! © 2014 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Homophones - Posters Mini Books and Puzzles
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Homophones - Posters Mini Books and Puzzles

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Homophones This fantastic homophone pack is over 100 pages full of ideas. It contains 154 cards, 17 posters and 2 writing activities total. This pack features a range of 14 different homophone pairs for your kiddos. The pairs are: won/one nose/knows bear/bare blue/blew ball/bawl toe/tow see/sea flour/flower hair/hare mail/male pair/pear sale/sail night/knight ate/eight This resource contains the following: 28 picture cards (4 per print) 28 picture cards with labels (4 per print) 14 paired cards (4 per print) 28 Cards-Words only (8 cards per print) 3 Homophone Posters (with definition and Word lists up to Grade 6) 14 Homophone Pair Posters- Each poster features a different word with a colorful illustration and a helpful example to put the word into context 1 Concentration Game 1 My Pear of Pairs Student Book- Writing words activity 1 Homophone Fun Mini Book-Writing sentences activity 28 Popsicle Picture Cards 28 Popsicle Word Cards 2 Bonus Worksheets
Homophone Memory Sheets-Draw to Remember Set
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Homophone Memory Sheets-Draw to Remember Set

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Homophone Memory Sheets are a fantastic way to get your students to remember the spelling of confusing homophones. Research has shown that when students use drawings and illustrations with words they make meaningful associations thus facilitating easy recall. Let your kiddos draw their own pictures to remember the homophones. In the case of low imagery words that cannot be depicted students can either find their own unique way to remember the word or simple leave it blank. The trick is that the other word in the pair would help them to make that distinction in spelling. Students can compile the sheets and form their own homophone dictionary for future reference. Included in this set is a blank template for adding more pairs to the set.
Homonyms | Homographs | Multiple Meaning Words - Word Cards with Dual Pictures
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Homonyms | Homographs | Multiple Meaning Words - Word Cards with Dual Pictures

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** Fishing for Multiple Meanings** is the perfect addition to your literacy centers for both word work and writing focus. This handy set of 135 dual picture cards can be used to spark sentence writing and for your Homonyms | Homographs | Multiple Meaning Words unit. These words represent some of the many common words that can be used in different context. With multiple meaning words the spelling is the same and pronunciation are the same. However, some pronunciations may vary slightly. I included two graphic organizers for extended writing purposes.
Identifying Verb Tenses {Color Coded Cards for Practicing Simple Verb Tenses}
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Identifying Verb Tenses {Color Coded Cards for Practicing Simple Verb Tenses}

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Verbs: Time To Play!- Helpful Color Coded Cards for Practicing Simple Verb Tenses: Time To Play is a helpful set of color coded cards for reviewing simple verb tenses. It gives students the opportunity to review and practice inflectional verb endings, forming present tense, past tense and future tense using colorful illustrations in a way that your kids will have fun. Past tense pictures are grayscaled Present tense pictures are full colored Future tense pictures are blue scaled. This set is perfect for your literacy centers or for individual students. Simply print, laminate and cut cards either as formatted or you can cut them for sorting by tense. I also included a blank card for your students to make their own. A sentence worksheet is included for extended writing using their cards. The fifteen (15) words included in this set are: ask bathe cook dance drink exercise fix push run save sit swim walk won wrote Enjoy! Nicole
Problem Solving - {Key Words to Solve Math Problems}
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Problem Solving - {Key Words to Solve Math Problems}

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Problem solving: Problem Solving: Key Words to Solve Math Story Problems: This is a set of color coded math key word cards for all levels. This set contains addition, subtraction, multiplication and division key words that often indicate which operation you will use to unlock math story problems. ************************************************************************* PLEASE NOTE The use of the "keyword" method cannot successfully stand on its own. It must be coupled with good instruction in the reading and comprehension of word problems and student guidance. This pack does not contain any math story problems. ************************************************************************** To make the key word cards simply follow the instructions that are included. You may use only those words that are familiar to your students or you may choose to have all of them in a handy key set. This will surely help to get them more comfortable with the vocabulary associated with each mathematical operation. ************************************************************************** You might also be interested in: Addition and Subtraction Concept Posters BUNDLE Addition Concept Posters and More! Subtraction Concept Posters and More!. Problem Solving Strategies Posters ************************************************************************** Enjoy! Nicole
Addition and Subtraction Facts - Write and Wipe Mats
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Addition and Subtraction Facts - Write and Wipe Mats

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This set of Addition and Subtraction write and wipe mats are great for your back to school needs. Simply print on cardstock and laminate. Your kids will need dry erase markers and their knowledge of number facts to help them! I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Compound Words - Building Set and Worksheets
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Compound Words - Building Set and Worksheets

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Compound Words: This literacy center activity is a fantastic way to engage students in reviewing compound words. The set includes sorting cards, worksheets and a mini book to spark compound words creativity. The center includes: 36 sorting cards 1 sorting mat 4 worksheets 1 Silly Cone Mini Book writing template ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more Compound Words activity sets click below: Compound Words...I Have Who Has With Picture Cards Set Compound Wordpecker Fun! A Matching Activity for Elementary Grades ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enjoy!
Number Writing Practice - Starter Sheets (1 to 10)
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Number Writing Practice - Starter Sheets (1 to 10)

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Number Writing: Here is a handy set of number writing sheets from 1 to 10 (added zero) to add to your early math units. The set includes large number mats that you can use as writing mats for number representations. Nicole A Teacher's Idea *************************************************************************** You might also be interested in: Alphabet - Letter Writing Starter Sheets (From A to Z). -This is a set of alphabet writing sheets, tracing mats and playdough learning mats for your young learners. Letters - Formation Visual Aids. These are a handy set of printables that serve as visual cues and reminds of the formation of letters for your beginning writers using the giraffe, chicken and monkey method. Alphabet Writing - {Visual Clue Posters and Cards}. These were created and inspired by my 5 year olds who showed some difficulty with the formation of letters. These are an enhancement to the sketches and visual images that I drew on the whiteboard to help them remember the directions and start points. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Classroom Jobs - {EDITABLE Nautical Theme}
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Classroom Jobs - {EDITABLE Nautical Theme}

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Classroom Jobs: There’s a classroom job for every child! In this NAUTICAL themed and EDITABLE set the following 48 jobs are depicted with kid-friendly illustrations. The job labels are: JOB TITLES (Editable) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Attendance Monitor 2. Banker 3. Bathroom Monitor (Male) 4. Bathroom Monitor (Female) 5. Board Cleaner 6. Book Collector 7. Caboose 8. Calendar Monitor 9. Center Inspector 10. Chair Stacker 11. Class Reader 12. Clean Sweeper 13. Computer Technician 14. Computer Helper 15. Dismissal Helper 16. Door Monitor 17. First Aid Helper 18. Hand Sanitizer Monitor 19. Homework Monitor 20. Journal Helper 21. Letter Vest Helper 22. Library Helper 23. Light Technician 24. Line Leader 25. Litter Monitor 26. Lunch Monitor 27. Material Manager 28. Mat Helper 29. Message Board Helper 30. Messenger 31. Nurse’s Aide 32. Paper Supply Manager 33. Pencil Patrol 34. Pet Helper 35. Plant Monitor 36. Pledge Leader 37. Recycling Monitor 38. Scrap Monitor 39. Sink Monitor 40. Snack Helper 41. Substitute Helper 42. Table Captain 43. Table Wiper 44. Teacher Assistant 45. Timekeeper 46. Water Fountain Monitor 47. Weather Reporter 48. Zoo Keeper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can edit the job titles using the embedded font. Simply click in the text box and rename the classroom jobs. I also included two extra card templates without images that you can customize at will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIPS: To ensure that every child has an opportunity and responsibility assign two students per job. This also encourages job-sharing or working together as a partnership. You can either designate the jobs to students, have them choose or apply for a position A good idea is to rotate the jobs either daily, weekly, or quarterly, it’s your choice. You can make the transitions easier by having a “training” session by the previous student to help the next student to do the job efficiently. If you want your students to become responsible while building a community spirit, give them responsibilities. Classroom Jobs are a great way for students to take responsibility for their classroom. You might be interested in: Classroom Jobs (Black and White Chevron) Classroom Jobs (Jungle Safari Theme) classroom Jobs (Colored Chevron Theme) Classroom Jobs (Honey Bee Theme}
Classroom Jobs {EDITABLE Honey Bee Themed}
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Classroom Jobs {EDITABLE Honey Bee Themed}

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Classroom Jobs: There’s a classroom job for every child! In this HONEY BEE themed and EDITABLE set the following 48 jobs are depicted with kid-friendly illustrations. The job labels are: JOB TITLES (Editable) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Attendance Monitor 2. Banker 3. Bathroom Monitor (Male) 4. Bathroom Monitor (Female) 5. Board Cleaner 6. Book Collector 7. Caboose 8. Calendar Monitor 9. Center Inspector 10. Chair Stacker 11. Class Reader 12. Clean Sweeper 13. Computer Technician 14. Computer Helper 15. Dismissal Helper 16. Door Monitor 17. First Aid Helper 18. Hand Sanitizer Monitor 19. Homework Monitor 20. Journal Helper 21. Letter Vest Helper 22. Library Helper 23. Light Technician 24. Line Leader 25. Litter Monitor 26. Lunch Monitor 27. Material Manager 28. Mat Helper 29. Message Board Helper 30. Messenger 31. Nurse’s Aide 32. Paper Supply Manager 33. Pencil Patrol 34. Pet Helper 35. Plant Monitor 36. Pledge Leader 37. Recycling Monitor 38. Scrap Monitor 39. Sink Monitor 40. Snack Helper 41. Substitute Helper 42. Table Captain 43. Table Wiper 44. Teacher Assistant 45. Timekeeper 46. Water Fountain Monitor 47. Weather Reporter 48. Zoo Keeper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can edit the job titles using the embedded font. Simply click in the text box and rename the classroom jobs. I also included two extra card templates without images that you can customize at will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIPS: To ensure that every child has an opportunity and responsibility assign two students per job. This also encourages job-sharing or working together as a partnership. You can either designate the jobs to students, have them choose or apply for a position A good idea is to rotate the jobs either daily, weekly, or quarterly, it’s your choice. You can make the transitions easier by having a “training” session by the previous student to help the next student to do the job efficiently. If you want your students to become responsible while building a community spirit, give them responsibilities. Classroom Jobs are a great way for students to take responsibility for their classroom. You might be interested in: Classroom Jobs (Black and White Chevron) Classroom Jobs (Jungle Safari Theme) classroom Jobs (Colored Chevron Theme) Classroom Jobs (Nautical Theme)
Newsletter Template {Editable Powerpoint}
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Newsletter Template {Editable Powerpoint}

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Newsletter Template: EDITABLE★★★★★★★★★★★ This is a kid themed newsletter template created as a simple format that is ready for you to add your own creativity of words. ★★★★★★★★★ *************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************
Alphabet - Letter Writing Starter Sheets (From A to Z)
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Alphabet - Letter Writing Starter Sheets (From A to Z)

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Letter Writing: Are you looking for alphabet writing sheets, tracing mats and playdough learning mats? Well you have found just that! These writing sheets were created with versatility in mind. You can print and laminate sheets to work in any of the three ways outlined above. Another option is to print and tie sheets together using punched holes then place in your early writing centers. All your kids will need to do is use the dots as a guide to begin writing each letter, getting as close as possible to the lines for uniformity. ***************************************************************************** You might also be interested in: Number Writing Starter Sheets (1 to 10). Letters - Formation Visual Aids. These are a handy set of printables that serve as visual cues and reminds of the formation of letters for your beginning writers using the giraffe, chicken and monkey method. Alphabet Writing - {Visual Clue Posters and Cards}. These were created and inspired by my 5 year olds who showed some difficulty with the formation of letters. These are an enhancement to the sketches and visual images that I drew on the whiteboard to help them remember the directions and start points.
Counting - Bee Themed Number Cards
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Counting - Bee Themed Number Cards

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Counting: Busy Bees Counting- Number Cards 1 to 10: Here is a beautiful set of bee themed cards for number focus. These large circular cards contain colorful images that is attractive and kid-friendly. ************************************************************************** Add Your Related Products Heading Here Related Product 1 Title. Related Product 2 Title. Related Product 3 Title. ************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************
Fractions - Let's Eat Fractions {Naming Fractions Set}
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Fractions - Let's Eat Fractions {Naming Fractions Set}

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Fractions Fractions is a fun filled activity for your students to get the hang of the identification of fractions. Your kiddos would find it very easy to name fractions after this fun set of task cards. All they have to do is determine how much of the food is eaten then record them on the cards. I suggest that you print and laminate the cards so that they can be used over and over, year after year. As a bonus I made some concept posters to go along with the theme for a visual reference in your classroom. I mostly included fractions up to sixths. This pack includes the following food fraction task cards and posters: 20 Pizza task cards 28 Chocolate Chip Cookies task cards 23 Chocolate Bar task cards 7 Waffles task cards 36 Apples task cards 20 Chewing gum strips task cards (Answers are not included) These set of six can be separated as different Math centers based on food type or they can be kept together as one fraction activity. 5 Fraction Concept Posters 4 sets of food cut-outs are also included. Enjoy! Nicole ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************
Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Fishing for Letters)
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Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Fishing for Letters)

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Alphabet: This is a wonderful way to get students to practice their letter identification and sounds. Simply cut out the alphabet fish cards and place a paper clip over each card. Fishermen (kids) will use their fishing line to catch a fish. The fishing lines can be bought commercially or made with a short stick, 20 inches of store string and a small magnet for the fishhook. Each child gets a turn trying to catch fish. If he can call a word that begins with the consonant sound on the fish he has caught, he may keep the fish. If he is unable to think of a suitable word he returns the fish, face down to the fishpond. This activity is for both small and large groups and is self-directed. Enjoy! Nicole A Teacher's Idea