https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/easy-end-of-year-themed-days monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9c92c96e-5f35-45a7-b057-d3d5344eff2c/Slide1.jpeg Blog - Easy End of Year Themed Days - What’s included in each day? Each day includes over 25 activities for you to choose from for your class! There are also special snack suggestions and read aloud lists for each day. Each day includes: -A sign for your classroom door (color and b&w) -Student crown/headband templates -Student folder covers for their activities -Student certificates -3 Grammar activities (nouns, verbs, adjectives) -Literacy/Read Aloud activities (with a suggested book list) (story map, retelling, main idea/details, making comparisons) -Writing activities (how-to, narrative, opinion, informational, and list writing) -Writing craftivity and pieces -3 Phonics activities -3 Math activities -Class graphing activity -Shape math craftivity -5 Senses science activity -DIY easy themed snack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/701ba964-5b5a-4870-8d78-59f987048aba/IMG_5483.JPG Blog - Easy End of Year Themed Days - Beach Day Hip, hip, hooray! It’s beach day! Grab a beach towel and get ready for lots of fun beach/ocean themed activities. 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This pack is filled with fun lemonade themed activities. Don’t forget to make lemonade and munch on some lemon creme cookies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/552fbc6a-2fb2-4139-a806-d0a02d2a543a/IMG_5841.JPG Blog - Easy End of Year Themed Days - Popcorn/Movie Day Pop into popcorn day! This day is filled with popcorn and movie themed activities. Make sure to have popcorn as a themed snack- and watch a movie at the end of the day. 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My FAVORITE end of year read aloud is Goodbye For Now and I may be a little biased because it was written by ME! I couldn’t find a book that said everything that I wanted to say to my sweet students at the end of the school year, so I wrote one myself! This sweet book is sure to make you and your students reminisce in your sweet year together (and it might even make y’all shed a few happy tears together)! The activity pack featured above pairs perfectly with the book and it’s FREE! Click here to download it! You can grab the Goodbye For Now read aloud HERE. 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I love having a different themed day for the last few days of school, but I like to keep them super low-prep so that I don’t have to do too much! I always keep a couple extra coloring books, packs of bubbles, chalk, and board games on hand for some of these fun days that I plan. This “Hooray for Summer” page is editable so that you can insert your own fun days and you can grab the FREEBIE HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/e7a8415d-93bf-40ab-97b1-549d64b80767/Untitled+design+%285%29+copy.png Blog - The BEST End of Year Activities for K-2 - Student End of Year Awards End of Year awards are always exciting, but they’re even sweeter when each award is perfectly tailored to each student! These super fun student awards come with TONS of options and choices to fit all of the personalities in your classroom. They’re all editable, but there’s even a special template for you to create your own if you would like! 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Students practice writing word family words, phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, word wall words, or whatever words your class is currently working on! You can grab this word work HERE. You can read more about my word work station HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5288f838-2af5-4cfe-afe0-eba9bb11de36/IMG_5145+2.jpg Blog - The BEST End of Year Activities for K-2 - Summer Color By Code These color by code pages make the perfect end of year review! Review phonics and math concepts with this fun pack! I always print this as a packet and staple it for students to keep in their desks at the end of the year. They can pull out the packet and work on it as a fast finisher activity. Super fun! 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Make your hat at this fun party station! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8003a5c9-ab8e-47fb-9753-acf92b20befb/IMG_0418.JPG Blog - Throw a Low Prep End of Year Party! - Sunny Shapes Stick these printables into dry erase sleeves and let students use snap cubes to build each shape, and write the number of cubes used on the page! So fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/cffa492c-f84e-4a22-9fd8-14fefc7a8e76/IMG_0414.JPG Blog - Throw a Low Prep End of Year Party! - Build a Boat STEM Challenge Give students materials that you have laying around (foil, straws, tape, paper, cardboard, etc.) and let them build a boat for their plastic bears! Students can test it out to see if it floats by putting their boat in a bin of water. Students always love this one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6b52bc67-c764-4704-96ea-f2529bbd5b67/IMG_0410.JPG Blog - Throw a Low Prep End of Year Party! - Sandy Sculptures Let your students build fun Summery shapes with PlayDoh! Who doesn’t love PlayDoh?! So easy and so fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/404b6b36-5c61-4489-be44-a3b0ae66db54/IMG_0407.JPG Blog - Throw a Low Prep End of Year Party! - Beachy Bingo A beachy twist on a fun classic! Play for fun or play for fun beachy prizes from the Dollar Tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/051b8807-50b6-46e5-816f-9454f5876cb0/IMG_0405.JPG Blog - Throw a Low Prep End of Year Party! - Super Sandcastles Make a shape sandcastle! I love seeing students’ creativity shine through this one- plus they get to practice using and counting shapes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8eba81d3-a2d1-46bf-a452-7e0cc9cc0655/IMG_0398.JPG Blog - Throw a Low Prep End of Year Party! - Surfin’ Sundaes The EASIEST class party treat! Give each student a mini ice cream cup, and let them choose their toppings. No more scooping ice cream out and making a melty mess! 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Show kindness all day long to their peers. Receive a “good class report” from their Specials teacher (art, PE, music, etc.) If students do these three things during the day, they can earn $3 a day (3 Super Bucks). I have students write their names on the backs of their Super Bucks, and keep them in their “wallets” (just a white business envelope that I give them to decorate). I also may hand out Super Bucks randomly throughout the day to people going above and beyond in their jobs. This gives students the opportunity to earn a little extra money, and it helps keep students on track all day long. Students earn Super Bucks for 2 weeks, and at the end of the 2 weeks, they get to shop in my Super Store! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/11512ab3-8a85-4cfd-867e-19a4d6f58cae/3.png Blog - Classroom Super Store! - Setting Up the Super Store When I set up my Super Store on the last Friday of the 2 week period, I set it up on my small group table. I always put a fun table cloth down on the table (mine is from the party section at Target), and I put my Super Store sign out on it as well. I organize the different Super Store merchandise in colored trays that I found at the Target dollar spot. All of my merchandise is from the party sections at Walmart, Target, or Dollar Tree. It doesn’t have to be expensive- some of the most popular items that sell are my classroom printable coupons that I put in the Super Store. Those coupons can be found HERE. There were a few years where I had families donate the different items, but I found it was more exciting for the students to not know what would be in the store instead. When pricing the “merchandise” I use the table tent prices from my Super Store Pack. You’ll have to think about your class and which items you think they’ll like the most and price those the highest (every class is different each year- some years they love the light up bouncy balls, and some years they love the glittery lip gloss rings! hahaha!). Think about how much money the average student in your class has earned, and price your items so that each student is able to buy 3-5 things (depending on what they pick out). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1612a2e2-ddd9-4792-895f-ad14acb084b0/2.png Blog - Classroom Super Store! - Letting Students “Shop” in the Super Store On the morning that the Super Store opens, I have students browse the table as they come in to the classroom. Once everyone arrives and unpacks, I have them count up their money and tally it on a piece of paper to count it. Then I have them write the amount on their “wallet.” After counting their money, I bring them to the small group table and have them sit on the floor around it. I explain each item (super quickly) so that they know what everything is and so that they can also begin thinking about what they want the most. I give the class a task to do (something to work on, or do centers, etc.) while I call 4-5 students at a time to the table to shop. I set a small timer for 5 minutes and when the timer is up, the shopping needs to be finished for that small group. To make things easy, I give shopping students a brown paper bag to put their Super Store purchases in, and when they are done shopping and spending all of their money (yes, have them spend it all unless you plan on doing the Super Store again) their brown shopping bag has to go right into their backpack and can’t be opened until they get home. I just set that rule and stick to it so that I don’t have littles playing with toys all day long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f524eb69-0ac2-48a0-b90e-5351025c089b/Screenshot+2026-03-31+at+7.41.48+PM.png Blog - Classroom Super Store! - Full Economics Unit If you’re looking for a fun, zero prep way to teach your economics standards, this unit is loved by many and only takes 15-20 minutes a day to complete! What's Included? •Lesson Plans for each day •Teaching slides for each day with real photos •Vocabulary cards •Student vocabulary pockets •Student activity pages •Student flip books •Culminating class quiz slides (movement game) •Culminating craftivity (can be used as an assessment!) Topics Covered in this Unit: Working jobs for an income Earning, spending, and saving Needs and wants Goods and services Producers and consumers Bartering and trading Charity and donations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/55a6cb2c-2f05-4c51-9a95-d007d69dec9e/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Classroom Super Store! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/three-ways-to-use-fun-shaped-easter-eggs-in-the-classroom monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741291242681-EGP9IIVFZP7X461DW9N9/IMG_4711+3.jpg Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741291243157-Y2OCDH2XNQVRCZE4KCOS/grab+and+go+place+value+%281%29.png Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741291480456-7HAOBDM5PU0LWE0U532P/1.png Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741291480350-ZKHQ6MF8WTWRRFISKTFT/2.png Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741292079452-OF4OE37A4MTQV7G6R6QX/IMG_8102.jpg Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741292079338-30NK4OAVYPQ8LT9856DK/IMG_9919.jpg Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741292080951-RIO4KBVMQQ4T52GUU3Y0/IMG_0120.jpg Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1741292081279-JQN76RRNEBWU41JPSO4D/IMG_5196+2.jpg Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f9481629-eddf-4153-bba1-c94cef65f79f/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Three Ways to Use Fun-Shaped Easter Eggs in the Classroom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/easy-spring-activities-for-k-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/91385e0c-1c3f-4270-aef7-c72616837db2/IMG_9519.jpg Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1677522707225-KGIRP2EVIKELWA6NBZV2/IMG_9500.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1677522707379-39NKU07CAQSSN8XFP8TP/IMG_9503.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7d8304a8-cb79-41fc-9df0-11c7d376fcd0/IMG_0089.jpg Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - April Read Alouds There are so many sweet Spring read alouds that you can do this month! I have all of these read alouds (plus many more that are not pictured here) linked on my Amazon list HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/b53f4b67-1073-4638-9bfc-713b78a2316a/IMG_0098.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Egg-cited For Spring Anchor Chart This anchor chart is one of my faves. We fill this one out before we do our Spring Chick Writing Craftivity (see below). This anchor chart is from my Project and Trace Chart Pack that can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/99ee8427-33ef-45c8-9ddd-b36dd99ac588/IMG_9255+2.jpg Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5f760d12-ad13-4535-89dc-f8bcaa1b716e/IMG_1295+2.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7faf960a-3c22-4487-9549-9925e76e36cc/IMG_9660.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Place Value Peeps Craft I love incorporating crafts into math time! Practice place value, fine-motor skills, and following directions with this activity! Grab the Place Value Peeps craft HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/3c6c2f3b-ce12-402f-9bb9-563f3d0dde77/IMG_9666.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - How to Catch the Easter Bunny I love the “How to Catch…” book series! This fun flip book activity includes several writing options for your students to complete to practice “how-to” writing after reading this fun book. If you are unable to mention the word “Easter” in your classroom, this pack also includes an option without the word “Easter bunny” and it just says “how to catch a bunny” instead. Grab this fun flip book HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/924c837d-b00d-45de-b1e9-3a7abb58dca5/IMG_9272.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Egg-Citing Word Hunt Students love this fun addition to or Word Work station each April! Choose from one of 8 phonics skills, print your recording pages, cut out the words, and hide them in the eggs! Students will open each egg, read the word, determine the pattern, and record it in the correct column. Grab this Egg-citing Word Hunt HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5f03ccf0-7033-4933-899b-a938847ef809/IMG_2847.jpg Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Make a Bunny Burrow Snack Make this super fun and easy Bunny Burrow Snack and practice procedural (how-to) writing! There are lots of differentiated options and activity choices in this pack, and it comes with the easy recipe for Bunny Burrows (pudding, Oreo, green shredded coconut, and Peeps)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1677523799114-X8BEWVTNKD6H2JIZCL3H/IMG_8682.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1677523799223-L1A9Y52R0J8VGIEEQFJ5/IMG_3212.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bb5b8778-2b03-4640-af80-5025b2d1afe7/IMG_5764.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - Holiday Word Work for Any Word List Students always love these fun word work pages! I put a new one into our word work bin each week so students to have one choice that is a little more festive than the other word work that we usually do. Students practice writing word family words, phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, word wall words, or whatever words your class is currently working on! You can grab this word work HERE. You can read more about my word work station HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/520dcc50-1cad-46e3-80df-8499113c9225/IMG_6087.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - April/May Print and Play Math Games These print and play math games are the easiest math center to prep! They’re also great because they review lots of math concepts that students should be working on consistently. You can grab the math game bundle HERE. You can read more about my math stations HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/994dc3a8-b69d-4691-b9f9-3b4b71051122/IMG_7409.JPG Blog - Easy Spring Activities for K-1 - April Color By Code Color by Codes are perfect for reviewing concepts that have already been taught! I print these out and keep them in a “busy bin” for students to grab from if they are a fast finisher and have nothing else to work on. Each pack includes several math and phonics concepts. 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Print them on colored paper or have your students color them on their own. This activity comes with several writing prompt options for you to choose from to fit your needs. Grab the Rainbow Writing Craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/988f4c68-f3d8-4af7-af34-956797b65eb1/2.jpg Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - March Read Alouds There are so many fun leprechaun stories to read to your class during the month of March! Grab these and browse a few more of my favorites in my Amazon list HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1765b618-5895-4030-bae9-fb0a6bfba839/2.png Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - Silly McGilly! Have you heard of Silly McGilly? He’s the cutest little leprechaun that visits our classroom each year. After reading the book Silly McGilly with your class on the last day of February, they can expect a visit from him on March 1st! Silly McGilly is a little different from that pesky elf that visits in December because Silly just sits on a shelf (you don’t have to worry about moving him around). He DOES occasionally leave simple, sly tricks in our classroom for us to find (switching cubby name tags, switching calendar days, taping his picture on to our class photo, changing the “S” on the alphabet to SILLY, etc.)! Silly McGilly is always a class favorite. It’s just sweet to see your students get excited about something so small, and that takes little to no time for you to set up. We do a fun writing craftivity that pairs with this book (it has several writing prompts for you to choose from), and we keep track of his tricks by recording them in our trick journals! 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Grab the Project and Trace Anchor Chart HERE. Grab the Flip Book Here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/b8c15825-c8e9-4908-bc2d-d79ae520f084/IMG_0120.JPG Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - Lucky Word Hunt Add this Lucky Word Hunt to your Word Work station this month to spice things up! Students will grab a pot of gold (from Dollar Tree) or a rainbow container (from Walmart in the Easter section), read the word that is inside, and sort it into the correct column and record it. 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This Holiday Word Work for Any Word List can be found HERE and it can be used with phonics pattern words, sight words, word wall words, or whatever words your students are currently working with! You can read more about how I run literacy centers HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4873b0b5-6df2-4cfa-8a4e-812b2c8aa480/IMG_7401.JPG Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - March Color By Codes Color by Codes are so much fun, and they are a great way to review phonics and math concepts! Use these as independent practice, fast finisher activities (I keep mine in a “busy bin” for students to grab when they have nothing else to do after finishing their work), morning work, or leave them with a sub! The March Color By Codes can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bb401d98-1382-4def-a2d4-679d0a5840fe/IMG_6089.JPG Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - March Print and Play Math Games These are the lowest form of low-prep! Just print and play! You can print these fun math games and let students play them with crayons/markers, or you can put them into dry erase pockets so they can play them over and over. There are many different math skills in this set that are perfect for students to work on daily. I keep a stack of these math games in my math game center for students to play each day. These games can be found HERE. 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This is a great activity for students to recognize and count 2D shapes! I love how they somehow always turn out slightly different when students do them and put their own spin on them. Grab the Shape Leprechaun Craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bc5d74bd-0972-4456-b2a4-a5a339ef7dd8/IMG_8234.JPG Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - Behavior Incentive Charts No matter how amazing your classroom management is, students will start to get antsy for many reasons around the Spring Break time. Hey, I even start to get antsy myself! These Project and Trace (or print) charts are perfect ways to keep students on track. Each time students have a great transition, are all on task, etc., I’ll add a picture piece to the chart. When students earn all the pieces, they get a reward/treat. Rewards/treats can be as simple as earning an extra recess, having a dance party, or getting a little chocolate Hershey’s Kiss to munch on while they are working. Simple and fun! I also love leaving these charts for a sub because it helps to remind students to stay on track with the expectations I’ve set for them. This pack of charts can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c7d7fce3-6121-44f4-b43d-2af3a5b259af/3.png Blog - Fun March Activities for your K-1 Classroom - Roll a Leprechaun House This fact fluency activity is so much fun as a fast finisher activity or math center. There are two options included: an addition fact fluency version, and a number recognition activity. 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I like to stick in a little cookie cutter with it so that students can use the cookie cutter with the Playdoh! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/42cdf08e-2c09-4f13-84d2-4dc61932a404/IMG_2799+2.jpg Blog - Low-Cost and Candy-Free Valentine Ideas - Fidget Popper Valentines Pair these Valentine cards with a fidget popper or fidget popper keychain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/3d22a25f-98a8-418a-a762-81cf91b569e8/IMG_8237.jpg Blog - Low-Cost and Candy-Free Valentine Ideas - Puzzle Piece Valentines Pair these Valentine cards with the fun hashtag blocks from the Target Dollar Spot (or pair with a mini puzzle from Dollar Tree). These tags are FREEBIES for members of my Firstie Fam! 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We complete this writing prompt and craftivity after reading the book “Love” by Eric Carle. Grab this super low-prep craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670618943058-DOOXPBLRT9SRY0GWS8T6/IMG_6687.JPG Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670618942657-NSQL4ZZBNFNAZEGKQKN6/IMG_6678.JPG Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6230aad0-506e-483d-b9ca-d14e90444b75/IMG_5156.JPG Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! - How to be a Great Valentine STOP THE SCROLL. This is the SWEETEST ACTIVITY EVER! We do this on the first day of February to kick off the month of love! We brainstorm ways to be a good Valentine as a class and write our ideas on sticky notes and add them to our anchor chart that can be found HERE. After brainstorming some ways that we can be a great Valentine to others (ex: listen to each other, help others, be kind, share with others, play at recess, smile at someone, etc.), then I pull out a special cup with each student’s name cut and folded inside. I tell students that we have a super surprising and sweet activity for writing today! Each student takes a turn and sticks their hand in the cup, pulls out a name, and then that child writes about why that person that they picked is a special Valentine. The best part about this activity is that I don’t have students take their own heart writing home, I have them take home the heart that was written about them! Imagine you are a family member of a child and you get to read a heart full of sweet things about them written by one of their peers! I’d cry!! It’s a great activity because it makes students think kindly about others, even if they aren’t particularly close friends with that child. I think it’s a good lesson to learn to be kind no matter what at such an early age! I cut hearts out of construction paper and also cut out heart-shaped handwriting paper for the center. Students glue sequins to the edges of the heart. 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Grab a bag (they come in individual packs as well- woo!) of the Mother’s Frosted Cookies in the “Puppy Love” shapes from Target or Walmart and let your students complete these fun hands-on math tasks! Practice graphing, tallying, addition, and ten frames! Grab the Sweet Snack Graphing Pack HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8c1ded54-707f-452d-be93-48877eae8a36/IMG_6480.JPG Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! - Kindness Isn’t Cheesy Craftivity We always do this activity during Random Acts of Kindness Week (it’s always in February but the actual week usually falls on the week of Valentine’s Day). It’s a low-prep but easy and fun way to discuss kindness with your class. I always pair a fun read aloud about kindness with this craft as well, and my kindness read alouds can be found HERE. The Kindness Isn’t Cheesy Craftivity can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/a2a37206-441d-44aa-b4c9-29fa55e7e608/IMG_8098.JPG Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! - Lovely Word Work Looking for a way to spice up your word work center this February? This LOVELY hands-on word hunt focuses on 8 different phonics skills, and it's super easy to prep! How to Prep: Pick your skill. Print out the word cards on colored paper and cut them apart. Fold each word card and place it inside a plastic Valentine's heart box (found at Walmart) or in a tray full of Valentine's pom-poms/glitter hearts/Valentine's bucket filler (found at Michael's). Print the recording sheet for the skill you are working on. Have students open each heart box, (or find a word in the lovely pile) read the word, and sort/write it in the correct column. So much FUN! 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This craftivity comes with the two cupcake pieces and the base 10 block "heart sprinkles." Use this math craftivity in your math centers, math stations, as a fast finisher activity, independent practice, or assessment! You can grab this math craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/aef93322-b38d-4a22-8933-46d411340674/IMG_7656.JPG Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! - Candy Heart Place Value This craftivity is easy to differentiate and it requires little prep! Just print the pieces and go! I love using craftivities on Fun Friday in our math centers. They make the best review activities! Grab the Candy Heart Place Value Craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/013f48c6-c591-4fdd-8df6-061eb64daffd/1.png Blog - Easy Valentine’s Day Activities for your K-1 Classroom! - Roll Cupid’s House Practice fact fluency with this fun print and go game! I love a good math center or station that requires zero prep, but is still hands-on! 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As students enter the room and begin their usual morning routine, they’ll get to color a fun 100th day crown to wear, tape a 100th day ribbon on their shirt, and they’ll see a fun certificate on their desk that they can take home to share with their families! All of these things are available in my 100th & 120th Day of School Pack HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/74df1395-b775-4150-976a-25f001b2da53/IMG_8063.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - A Hunt for 100 Hershey’s Kisses! Shortly after everyone arrives at school, we do one of the sweetest activities of the school year: a hunt for 100 Hershey’s Kisses! As students enter the classroom, I let them know that they are going to see sweet, shiny things “hidden” all over our room. I tell them to be careful not to touch, or they won’t be able to do the super fun activity with us when it’s time. It’s the 100th Day of school, but it’s important to still keep your classroom management in full force and to still set expectations and hold students accountable for their actions. The night before the 100th day, I write the numbers 1-100 on the bottom of each Hershey’s Kiss with a Sharpie. In the morning, I “hide” (really I just set them all over the room in visible places because 100 is a lot of Kisses to hunt for, and if you hide them too hard you’ll never find them all!) all the kisses around the room. When explaining the rules for the hunt, I give strict guidelines so that mad chaos doesn’t ensue. I stand by my small group table next to a giant hundreds chart, and I tell students that they are able to grab ONE Kiss at a time, bring it to the chart, find the matching number, and lay it on top. A line will begin to form at the hundreds chart as students find the correct spot for their one Kiss, and then head out to find another one. It’s good that a line forms because it makes the hunt last longer, and it doesn’t allow students to run around the room. I tell students if they run or grab more than one Kiss at a time, they’ll have to sit out at their desk for 10 minutes. I’ve only had 2 students break these rules and they had to accept their consequence. Most students do a great job at following directions! Once the hunt is complete, I divvy up the kisses and let students munch on them throughout the day. Rainbow 100 and 120 Chart Numbers can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6146ed38-4f41-41a9-bec1-466dd53ecfdf/IMG_7274.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - 100 Things We’ve Learned After our Hershey’s Kisses Hunt, we meet on the rug for our epic calendar time (because we count the days of school during calendar, and we finally made it to the big number 100!!!), and we do a fun morning meeting. Our morning meeting involves the 100 Things We Have Learned Anchor Chart, and sticky notes! I give each child several sticky notes, and they write down things that they have learned about so far during the school year. We share some of the responses out loud and stick them on our chart. So much fun! Read more about Calendar Time HERE, and grab my Project and Trace Anchor Charts Pack HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5270b744-310c-4543-9961-bd3b5020563b/IMG_8007.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536543749-RHI7T0RXU4DW70L7Z41X/IMG_6214.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536544007-FPT4RYGGNRNT6CE2XEMO/IMG_6217+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536546360-O05VS8YM1YEN6R8YL71B/IMG_6218.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536546913-F8R0VV1Q0X33RFIPJ30G/IMG_6220+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536549424-45WX2TD8YL4K4EQ01FC5/IMG_6223+2.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536550096-00AL3R1FB4P3FXNBS39Z/IMG_6224.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536552093-I54SP2XUYMX0JV2TABGM/IMG_6225+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536553552-XGK0WNBHC75IN518WSBM/IMG_6230+2.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536554852-DY7D31DEL9VZTJTPJLNL/IMG_6227.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536556621-HDJ0RIOMLL2I61BH23LH/IMG_6231.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536557873-DET2VC4TYLZ8G91SYNJ8/IMG_6234+2.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536638693-O21PQQ9KRC2KU2OR5CGC/IMG_6232.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536219965-17S7AWAXQ8HPM9Z9ACXA/IMG_8011.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536216007-82U4TKZI8E4WU6K1KLZS/100thday.png Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670536216844-BKOYT629JS0JYOE2Z4PQ/100thdayofschool.png Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/0d1177cd-7e7c-42b4-b941-1a2ad7c71c5b/IMG_3478.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - 100th Day Snack While students are still working on their free-reign tasks, I’ll have small groups come and make their 100th day snack. I created large placemat-sized mats with 10 circles, and students put 10 of each snack in each circle so that they have a total of 100 little snacks to put in their Ziploc bag. My 100th Day pack comes with a mini snack mat and a list of small snacks for you to ask for from families (donations) so that you can make this snack easily! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670538178068-Y1OGZ2IMVENBP96QB06Q/IMG_6236+2.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670538178571-JW5WRTL5USKXLYE4TGE5/IMG_8095.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670538434795-PMBE08SKSIWJDC5XQM8O/IMG_6243+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1670538435142-R9Z5FQZRLPFQHL6ZYRB5/IMG_8081.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/09f5b016-7a7c-474f-97ed-469a4ee3ade0/IMG_8026.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - Fun Computer Background I include some fun printable signs for your students to hold as photo ops in the 100th and 120th day pack! I screen-shotted one of them and set it as my computer background for the day for fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1debf908-5aad-4998-9e65-d8025df5c76e/IMG_7995.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - Old Lady Kit This photo is from the year that I was at a school that celebrated the 120th Day, hence the paper that I slapped on over my 100th day banner because ain’t nobody got time to make a brand new banner- hahaha! I’ve been at schools where we dress up as 100 year olds (is there anything cuter than a 7 year old dressed up as a 100 year old? The answer is NO) and I’ve also been at a school where we had students dress in bright clothes because they were 100 days BRIGHTER! Both were so much fun! My Old Lady Kit can be found HERE. Super cheap but so fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/84032adf-0d97-491c-a65f-dd0fc7644988/IMG_6248+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f676ead0-8ded-492e-b8a9-4581c1911e39/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Celebrate the 100th Day of School! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/january-and-new-years-activities-for-k-1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2b446f70-7c92-44eb-bca5-28d4e7c4df39/IMG_5730.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668628275486-8DU3Q5SG9NVG31FAL003/IMG_2610.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1733955403684-97MDHIGKT7JXNOJMKJGE/new+years+pack.png Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/a89566ef-9af0-4a01-a76b-9c498bb750a4/IMG_3777.jpg Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629716911-976SKJ5ZPZ66OZ7W6ZVF/IMG_6370.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629717049-M31IQG9X6U0NA37Z0J3W/IMG_6366.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/e4a10e1a-bf6b-40b6-8579-66eb9064eda7/new+years+crown.png Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - New Year’s Crown Templates Who doesn’t love a good crown?! Just print, color, and stick these on a sentence strip to make a little crown/hat to wear. This crown template can be found HERE, but if you are part of the Firstie Fam, you get it for free! Firstie Fam members can find it in the Exclusive Freebie section of my website HERE. You’ll need a password to enter, and you can grab it if you sign up to join on my website! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/fb76e2e1-2861-4653-a4a6-edf845d13f3c/IMG_3788.jpg Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Winter Read Alouds There are SO many fun read alouds to do during the Winter season! You can grab any of these books (and so many more) all right HERE on my Amazon list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8e674d53-02a2-465f-81b2-4d9c3f4a6c36/IMG_0634+2.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Print and Go Snowman Writing Craftivity Students always love a sweet writing craftivity! All my craftivities come with the pieces needed to make them (they can be printed on colored paper or you can have students color them) and several different writing responses for you to choose from! You can grab my Craftivities for the Year Bundle at a discount HERE. Grab the Snowman Writing Craftivity Here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ba2608b6-57d4-40f6-a9ec-93c44031e0c4/IMG_5759.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Word Work for Any Word List Students always love these fun word work pages! I put a new one into our word work bin each week so students to have one choice that is a little more festive than the other word work that we usually do. Students practice writing word family words, phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, word wall words, or whatever words your class is currently working on! You can grab this word work HERE. You can read more about my word work station HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/44580894-a472-4496-acbc-fe59641fea6e/IMG_6090.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - No Prep Winter Math Games These print and play math games are the easiest math center to prep! They’re also great because they review lots of math concepts that students should be working on consistently. You can grab the math game bundle HERE. You can read more about my math stations HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4b721984-e8ad-466d-8a40-7ae092291cc4/IMG_6283.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Winter Color By Codes Color by Codes are perfect for reviewing concepts that have already been taught! I print these out and keep them in a “busy bin” for students to grab from if they are a fast finisher and have nothing else to work on. Each pack includes several math and phonics concepts. Grab the Winter Color By Code HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ced75f36-5da6-4894-b759-0b4fb7984e16/IMG_7651.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Winter Polar Bear Math Craft This craftivity is easy to differentiate and it requires little prep! Just print the pieces and go! I love using craftivities on Fun Friday in our math centers. They make the best review activities! Grab the Winter Bear Place Value Math Craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/738ed62f-3c49-48c3-ad4a-e1087c2f5e5e/IMG_9917_jpg.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Hands-On Winter Word Hunt Looking for some fun, low-prep, hands-on word work to add into your word work center? This one is sooo easy to prep, and students love it! Find the Winter Word Hunt HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2959471f-fd07-41ae-8461-b5d37dd289c1/Pop+Game+January+Winter.png Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - January Editable Phonics Game If you haven’t played my editable phonics games yet, you need to ASAP! This is always a class favorite and it’s SO easy to prep, print, and play! You can type in ANY phonics skill words (or any words that you’re working on) into this template to use for the game! How to Play: 1. Set the sand timer and make a stack of word cards 2. Take turns picking a card and reading the word 3. If you grab a sound word card (beep beep, boo, gobble, crunch, brrr, hugs, hee-hee, peep, or splash) card, all your cards go back in the stack! 4. The person with the most cards when the timer goes off is the winner! For a fun review, play this game as a class- students VS. teacher! Grab this fun set of games for the year HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629322543-SJF5Q3OMBCOQ66LQI600/IMG_3314.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629331774-MW6IZXHP365C9FVPWCAQ/IMG_2867.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629130379-JODQRMI7UY5E72W3ZF8U/IMG_5933.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629136050-V74NX7SPI1TG5TV3DB3C/IMG_5963.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629134188-TYZKNCU74VWVUND0FWCN/IMG_5962.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629536655-CILA01A9IPROOSCLVSU9/IMG_3157.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629535762-NMSWSWK3JZ99NKES8O6L/IMG_3161.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629539882-HPSPYD3XRYRX85SAHGXC/IMG_3162.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668629541186-Y4NCXIUPOOATPMURPF42/IMG_3163.JPG Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d6fafad6-e2b7-42f6-9157-91b2015fa815/xoxomadison.jpg Blog - January and New Year’s Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/gingerbread-week-in-first-grade monthly 0.5 2025-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d2438cde-9976-453d-ae75-53f687c83d69/IMG_1889.JPG Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - Gingerbread Door Decor To drum up some excitement for the fun gingerbread-themed week, I love to decorate my door to give my firsties a fun surprise as they walk into our classroom on Monday morning! I just used butcher paper and construction paper to create this door decor, and then I found candy clip art on Google Images to add some flair to the door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/49f44eca-30c5-4140-8966-d695446c0f36/IMG_3316.JPG Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - Gingerbread Incentive System Behavior issues always seem to be on the rise around the holidays because students are excited, and things feel a little more relaxed. I don’t like the chaos and I continue to run a tight ship while still having fun. I like using this incentive system to keep students on track! You can find this HERE and can project and trace it, or print it and hang it on your white board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/b9b1324e-d0b9-435a-8068-f8d42b3029de/IMG_3160.JPG Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - Positive Behavior Notes Home These notes are for students who went above and beyond during the day. They not only do what is expected of them, but they show extra kindness or helpfulness to their classmates and their teacher. These notes can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8cc58a10-a122-4066-b9f5-927e71c01c16/IMG_4815.JPG Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - How to Catch a Gingerbread Man My littles love the “How to Catch a ____” series! This flip book comes with several different options. You can practice “how to” writing, or you can do a mini stem project where students plan, gather materials, and write the steps on how they will build their gingerbread trap. Grab this fun activity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8cffeec7-5f2b-48d9-ac8f-393b2ab1a3f6/IMG_9469.JPG Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - Gingerbread Science During gingerbread week, each day in science, we do a different exploration! We use our 5 senses, make comparisons, record predictions and results for experiments, and so much more! You can find this fun pack of lesson plans and activities HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f4609e67-5290-4646-8e23-934784b7e3fc/IMG_4585+2.JPG Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - Gumdrop Graphing Such a fun activity to practice collecting and graphing data! Use real gumdrops or the gumdrop spinners that are provided in this game that can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/017706ce-adbc-4487-a73c-87cb5801f76a/Pop+Game+December+Christmas+.png Blog - Gingerbread Week in First Grade - Editable Gingerbread Phonics Game This is my students’ FAVORITE game to play! This editable gingerbread phonics or sight word game is low-prep and super engaging for your kindergarten or first grade students! Simply type in phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, cvc words, and more, print, cut, and PLAY! Play this fun game individually, as a class, or with a partner! This game makes an excellent literacy center, fast finisher activity, and more! How to Play: 1. Set the sand timer and make a stack of word cards 2. Take turns picking a card and reading the word 3. If you grab a Munch, Crunch! card, all your cards go back in the stack! 4. The person with the most cards when the timer goes off is the winner! For a fun review, play this game as a class- students VS. teacher! 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Students measure how long each mitten is on each mitten card, and records it on their Magical Mitten Measuring recording sheet. I let students use mini-marshmallows as their unit of measurement, but this station also includes a strip of paper marshmallows to print and cut for students to use to measure as well. Super fun and easy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6540fdf4-8347-4231-a48d-fbfee0bf2007/IMG_4269+2.JPG Blog - Throw a Low-Prep Classroom Winter Party - Fabulous Frosty Hats In this station, students will create a little hat to wear at the party! Just print the hat pieces, let students decorate them, and glue them on to a sentence strip to fit around their head. Super cute and makes a great photo op! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6f05506b-43c1-4ec1-8ab1-28a637046f64/IMG_4263+2.JPG Blog - Throw a Low-Prep Classroom Winter Party - Incredible Igloo Inventing In this easy STEM challenge, students will use toothpicks and mini-marshmallows to create an igloo for polar bear. Students can work independently or with other students. I love a good STEM challenge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c24698c7-b0b1-4bfe-b68e-cf1ec3f2fd8d/IMG_4265+2.JPG Blog - Throw a Low-Prep Classroom Winter Party - Blizzard Bingo A classic! Print your bingo boards and cards, and use mini-marshmallows as the bingo card markers. This is always a student favorite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/150f0f2e-4bbd-4422-b9a5-2c2bfd1cd64f/IMG_4276+2.JPG Blog - Throw a Low-Prep Classroom Winter Party - Snowy Sculptures This station is a great fine motor activity! Print the Playdoh cards, and allow students to use Playdoh to make each winter animal shape. They love this one too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/15f061b3-fd1f-44db-b70e-98d1dbb448e0/IMG_4284+2.JPG Blog - Throw a Low-Prep Classroom Winter Party - Beary Cute Craft Of course I had to add in a craftivity! Craftivities help with fine motor and following directions. This beary cute craft comes with all the pieces that students need to cut and glue together this cute polar bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6500160f-8ff1-42b1-8248-0abc9e295ab1/IMG_4293+2.JPG Blog - Throw a Low-Prep Classroom Winter Party - Decorating is SNOW Much Fun This is the station that I usually ask families to help with by sending in donations. Each student gets to enjoy a decorated sugar cookie at the class party as a sweet little treat. I ask families to donate: plain sugar cookies, icing, sprinkles, mini marshmallows, paper plates, and napkins. It’s always a good idea to have baby wipes on hand at this station also because there will be messy fingers afterwards. 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This is always a class favorite. Plan all the activities for one day, or do one or two a day for a sweet week! Grab this pack HERE. If you want to know more about Gingerbread Week and what we do during it, you can read more about this specific week in this post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/96f71dff-d24c-4937-99b7-95ba83677357/IMG_4815.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 - How to Catch a Gingerbread Man I love the “How to Catch a…” series! Students always love this fun read aloud, and then they love working on their “how-to” writing flip books where they write detailed steps on how they would try to catch a gingerbread man. This fun activity comes with several options and can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9d337afd-600f-433d-8cc7-734eadef6fa8/IMG_4987.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 - Reindeer Directed Draw I absolutely love doing these reindeer directed drawings year after year! I have my students paint the backgrounds with water colors, and then we sprinkle the noses with red glitter. 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Making it is super simple too! To get this fun pack (recipe, writing activity, and bag topper) click HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d1615f49-f5cb-43f4-9ce4-22f28e3e5c94/3.jpg Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 - Merry Snack Graphing Grab a bag of the Mother’s Iced Animal Cookies in Reindeer Shapes and turn them into the funnest math activity ever! Practice tallying, graphing, addition, subtraction, and ten frames with this fun activity that can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2a467bc7-3c75-43ac-9157-881eace1c069/IMG_5573.jpg Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 - Christmas Wreath Place Value Represent numbers and practice place value with this fun and low-prep math craftivity! Use dice to differentiate and represent two or three digit numbers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668617310502-TSD01W5VQ1C5HD1VTDGB/IMG_3314.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668617310769-DVGT9NK9D1OYVLD58Y6P/IMG_3316.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615815709-JJKLYUE0HC71FB9JMXJT/IMG_3156.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615816067-LOSCVV8XR6MMZL3NXL40/IMG_3157.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615821110-GBJIMFO0JUE3HJXZIPAZ/IMG_3158.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615820887-70YCCFJFBVY4T5ZPN53O/IMG_3159.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615827153-XWU877RIV9J9MOM2LSIZ/IMG_3160.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615827272-UWBJDDTTPD0Q2GPJC7T7/IMG_3161.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615831479-8HLDJOCFBS7OFWUOXF6B/IMG_3162.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1668615832470-NQ92C42HJBPKIAAWO272/IMG_3163.JPG Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2be86bc6-287c-4a2e-a3e0-c27305cbd5dd/xoxomadison.jpg Blog - Easy Winter and Holiday Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/class-election-day-activities monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666117734335-BBAAQ7HIAOZ0QR5X1DRT/IMG_2656.JPG Blog - Class Election Day Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666117734366-QHQB39ZB083BPLR1W9VW/IMG_2659.JPG Blog - Class Election Day Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666117928081-YSHYB3Y7ZD1FS1SM6A57/2.png Blog - Class Election Day Activities - Choose Your Candidates! Before your class election, you’ll need to take a trip to the grocery store to grab the candidates for your election. My kit includes ballots for Oreo Vs. Chips Ahoy, Wavy Lays Vs. Regular Lays, Salty Vs. Sweet, and it also includes an editable ballot if you’d like to enter your own candidates (maybe you don’t want to use food, but you want to use classroom rewards instead. Ex: extra indoor recess Vs. extra outdoor recess). I always do Oreos Vs. Chocolate Chips Ahoy but you can make the choice that would be best for your class! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666118240181-QT8W9KRKNLOA2H25KKMW/1.png Blog - Class Election Day Activities - Election Day Classroom Set Up On the day of our election, I have my room set up with the different voting and election signs in the doorway and around the room. I cover a large box in blue paper and cut a hole in the top and tape my ballot box or voting booth sign to the front. This helps to drum up excitement and curiosity before I even begin the Social Studies lesson later in the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666119082855-KGRX1KNTPSQC30QYA9C8/IMG_0676.JPG Blog - Class Election Day Activities - Explaining Voting and Elections I always read the book I Voted by Mark Shulman (you can grab it here) to help students better understand how an election works. This book has good vocabulary and it explains the process very well. We discuss some of the vocabulary and what it means. Then I let my students know that we will be having our own election in class today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666118272993-NLUYCFB6JCQ5LAQO84OM/3.png Blog - Class Election Day Activities - Making Campaign Posters After reading our book, I tell my students what we will be voting for, and I present the candidates (Oreo and Chocolate Chips Ahoy). I have my students design their own campaign posters and write about why others should vote for their candidate. If you have time, it’s fun to have a “gallery walk” where students walk around the room to see the finished campaign posters on each other’s desks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666118561059-T9DA4U0SWAHG75C29T2S/4.png Blog - Class Election Day Activities - Casting Our Ballots! Once it’s time to vote, I have students come to the voting booth to cast their ballot. Afterwards, I tally up the ballots on the board while my students tally along with me on their graphing sheets. After we reveal the winner, we enjoy that candidate (chip, cookie, or whatever it is that won!) and we talk about how even if our candidate didn’t win, it’s still ok! We are thankful that we get the right to vote for our choice anyways! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666118747232-47MAGJFTB9CUCUWPBGDI/IMG_2662.jpg Blog - Class Election Day Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666118788884-2ATGEFTMX5SGE4B99MVC/IMG_2666.jpg Blog - Class Election Day Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666119146018-H7P8Y47QZ9JIFT2UYC1Y/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Class Election Day Activities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/easy-ways-to-practice-fact-fluency monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9c78a140-0aeb-421b-85fa-b89cfec13334/2.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Grab and Go Fact Fluency Center Want your students practicing math fact fluency every day in math centers, but aren't sure how to do it in a low-prep way?! Practice addition facts, subtraction facts, and multiplication facts, and more with this Grab and Go Fact Fluency game that can be played individually as a math center or used as an independent practice activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/edf41cda-93ec-4224-9ca5-b2287082966c/3.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Fact Fluency Five in a Row This 5-in-a-Row game can be played individually or with a partner, and it is color-coded so that it stays organized for the years to come! I set this up as a center and let students play it all year long. You can read more about how to play it and set it up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c2b651c0-f0f3-4970-a2ea-04574f1fd42e/4.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Friends of 10 Activities Practice making 10 in many ways with these activities, games, and crafts! Make 10 on ten frames, with dominoes, number bonds, shake and spill, and more! Give students a fun and engaging way to practice their friends of 10 in math centers or have a fun-filled review day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bc34d873-e212-4ecd-a343-af34b06547a9/5.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Monthly Print and Play Math Games These games are perfect for students to play individually or with a partner! They are very low-prep also, just print and play with dice or a spinner! There will be a combination of dice and spinner games in each monthly game pack, with lots of opportunities to practice math facts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/096a7eb4-9b36-4f95-b957-1f07ff282a34/6.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Monthly Themed Math Around the Room Monthly Math Around the Room is super easy to prep, and it includes 22 math concepts for you to choose from each month! No matter what math concept you're teaching or reviewing, this resource can be used year after year because you have tons of choices! Allowing students to be up and moving is a fantastic way to keep students engaged! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/62f62381-f039-4af6-8070-a5b21ebc9953/7.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Math Fluency Print and Go Pages These no prep print and go pages make perfect independent work, review, assessments, practice, morning work, or work to leave for a substitute! These no-prep printables are sure to liven up your math block and help students build fact fluency! Put them in a dry erase pocket for students to complete over and over as a center or workstation, or have them do them independently and turn them in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7b895381-7a5a-4322-b808-202ded86e672/IMG_2192.jpg Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Roll a House Games These holiday themed addition fact fluency games are so much fun and are LOVED by students! Students can roll dice, add the numbers, and find the image that they need to place in their themed house. We love a game that practices fact fluency AND includes creativity! Just print and play with dice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/819241e1-86fe-4421-9c4d-03c8276dcd8e/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Easy Ways to Practice Fact Fluency - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/thanksgiving-activities-for-k-1 monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666818659419-G4LTDCHZ8RDC9TUZEOKX/IMG_1067.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666884306033-98U8UE0EBXTDPY56X0XR/IMG_3008.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - November Read Alouds There are so many entertaining and informational read alouds for the month of November! You can CLICK HERE to grab some a few my faves from my Amazon Storefront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666884421276-CWMQAONG1SWGXOX1MIE1/IMG_1069.jpg Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666820098748-3VWQHIJC7KQXMCPC230C/Untitled+design.jpg Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666820402138-HKRQV6OKH3FF6DP6QJ6L/IMG_3010+2.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Turkey Writing Response This is another cutie turkey writing craftivity! All of the pieces and writing prompts can be found HERE. It includes 3 writing prompts for you to choose from (there’s a mix of informational writing and writing for entertainment). This is a lot less time-consuming than the hand-made construction paper turkeys that I mentioned above, but they’re still just as cute! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666820598039-08Q0494OS0CR8JLQHSFL/IMG_3093.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666820598643-9GRQZGSAIJARGX2VT8Y1/IMG_3095.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666820601142-D9RDEBGECUG3S0ZFWZMD/IMG_3094.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666820884575-7XTJBRX031FXSP6SM2GC/IMG_5761.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - November Word Work for Any Word List I like having several word work options in my word work center, and I love being able to put out a festive option each month! This Holiday Word Work for Any Word List can be found HERE and it can be used with phonics pattern words, sight words, word wall words, or whatever words your students are currently working with! You can read more about how I run literacy centers HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821331530-H5MANESJIFDJMHNG942A/IMG_6086.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - November Print and Play Math Games These are the lowest form of low-prep! Just print and play! You can print these fun math games and let students play them with crayons/markers, or you can put them into dry erase pockets so they can play them over and over. There are many different math skills in this set that are perfect for students to work on daily. I keep a stack of these math games in my math game center for students to play each day. They can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821486598-YL9R2USY2KR8SZLL5ATE/IMG_6326.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Thanksgiving Color By Codes Color by Codes are so much fun, and they are a great way to review phonics and math concepts! Use these as independent practice, fast finisher activities (I keep mine in a “busy bin” for students to grab when they have nothing else to do after finishing their work), morning work, or leave them with a sub! This pack can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821743993-JOTLA4575HX1O1MVY4PY/IMG_6332.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Turkey Ten Frames Craftivity Here’s a fun math craftivity for you! Practice making 10, teen numbers, or 20 with this cute craftivity! Easy to print and prep, and is perfect to use as independent practice, assessment, math centers, fast finishers, and more! Grab this Turkey Ten Frame Craft HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666886265850-LGWXSRGUK55NENBT64KU/IMG_1134+2.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Thanksgiving Parade FREEBIE If you haven’t read the biography titled “Balloons Over Broadway” yet, you’re missing out! It’s the coolest book written about Tony Sarg, the man who invented the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons! I have a fun freebie that pairs perfectly with this book and it can be found HERE. Grab this super cute book HERE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/0de984f5-79b8-4dce-b9f1-8f8a6c37bbdc/IMG_9903.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Tasty Word Hunt Looking for some hands-on, FUN word work to put in your word work centers? This word work is sooo easy to prep and my students always love it. Find it HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/eedccd36-33d5-4749-bd9d-03aa99268248/Slide1.jpeg Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - November Math Warm Up Slides Looking for Daily Math Warm Up Slides that are engaging and themed for the month? These first grade math warm-ups focus on strategy building and sharing, and help to enhance first grade math critical thinking skills! Give students a fun and engaging way to review a variety of math skills daily! This set focuses on appropriate November math skills for First Grade and you can find them here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821603508-A7IA5OK4MN3DOXAI657L/IMG_5970.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821603280-HKG5CTQEOTQIMJXVB5PR/IMG_5971.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821882110-RY8PV1PIL2FYAIJ5KC74/IMG_2637.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821881961-6T8T9G6I9OOVLFI41LFW/IMG_2638.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821885621-PPPLGZ26JGOZPS46KUR6/IMG_2639.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666821885698-9Y8XAUA9RBX5TT5DB2D4/IMG_2640.JPG Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1666822140065-UGVDG99EYYZ22W6DIQQU/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Thanksgiving Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/sample-science-of-reading-based-small-group-lesson monthly 0.5 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/51beb2a7-9759-406a-b4ca-d0e667a92c98/IMG_4887.jpg Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/df7ee32f-ff80-440c-837c-d3571715c3ba/IMG_4903.jpg Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Step 1: Phonemic Awareness Warm Up (2-3 Mins) Phonemic awareness is an important skill for students to practice, and it is all done through listening and speaking (no writing utensils are pulled out during this warm up). If you don’t use Heggerty Phonemic Awareness, it is a great place to start to get some ideas on some warm ups to do with your group. We do the entire Heggerty lesson each day as a class, but I take snippets of it and do them as a small group warm up just so I can see how each student’s phonemic awareness is. Ex: for a mid-level group practicing CVC, we might tap and segment sounds quickly. Teacher says: bed- students tap b/e/d Teacher says : b/e/d, students count the sounds and say the word bed (3) *Lower level group may listen for beginning and ending sounds in words, and practice letter sounds *Higher level group may work on complex vowel variants (vowel teams, diphthongs, etc.) or multisyllabic words https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d4629854-57e6-4f68-8d9b-fd361617be97/IMG_4898.jpg Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Step 2: Phonics Word Work (5 minutes) Phonics word work is important to help students learn to decode and spell. We use different resources during this time (letter tiles, dry erase sound maps, etc) You can find those things in my reading tool kit. I also have an amazing series of word building lessons with print and go letter tiles (students each have a letter strip of tiles that they need for the lesson and they quickly cut them apart) that can be found here. Ex: for a mid-level group practicing CVC, we build words using letter tiles (or write on sound maps) Swap beginning or ending sounds (word chaining)- bed>fed>led>let>met>men *Lower level group may listen for teacher to call a letter sound and they would write the letter (or listen to the initial or ending sound in a word and determine the letter they hear and write it) *Higher level group may work on building/writing more complex vowel variants (vowel teams, diphthongs, etc.) or multisyllabic words https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4ba340dc-129f-4dd4-a366-61aaad83d5d6/IMG_4902.jpg Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Step 3: Decodable Reading (7-8 minutes) This is where students apply those decoding skills by reading a decodable book or passage. You want to focus on decoding, but also on fluency and expression. If you have decodable books that you like to use, then those would work just great! If you don’t have any, I have a series of one page decodable passages with comprehension questions that can be used in small groups (or as independent practice after their small group). There are enough passages for the entire year. Ex: For a mid-level group students may read the story together or independently out loud while teacher listens in on each student reading, while helping them use their decoding strategies if they get stuck. You could also choral read together to build fluency, and then have them read it again on their own. There are many ways you could do this. *Lower level group may read the passage together several times *Higher level group may read a more difficult passage focusing on complex vowel variants (vowel teams, diphthongs, etc.) or multisyllabic words. They can do this independently while teacher listens in, or together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/dee13a2e-2ae5-4332-b3ae-e02bd7264ffa/IMG_4887.jpg Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Step 4: Comprehension (3-4 minutes) This piece is mainly what the end goal of a reading group is about- did students understand/comprehend what they read or are they just word-calling? My decodable passages contain comprehension questions but you could also insert your own for students to answer orally, or students could come up with their own questions for each other within the group. ex: For a mid-level group, students can answer questions such as (but not limited to): Who were the main characters? What happened first, next, then, last? Where did the story take place? What did ____ do in the story and why? *Lower level group may answer same questions as above *Higher level group may answer deeper questions such as (but not limited to): What message or lesson can we learn (or what message did ___ learn)? How did the characters solve the problem? What was the main idea of the story? What was an example of cause and effect in the story? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1027fae1-6e74-4014-9952-a75723dfbbda/Screen+Shot+2025-10-09+at+11.02.29+AM.png Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Step 5: Wrap Up (1-2 minutes) This can be done super quickly, but you generally want to wrap up your group by making sure your students know what they worked on with you that day. Wrap up can be done in any way you’d like. You can simply state “great job working on CVC short E words today!” or you can involve students by having them share something. (ex: before you head back to your centers, I want to hear each of you tell one word that follows the short e CVC pattern!) For higher level readers, you can always have them write an exit sentence or something of that nature. (ex: on your whiteboards, please write one sentence using a word that has the vowel team /ai/ in it!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9466ac4a-8b1a-4b43-a9a8-92dbcc3a91f6/leveledgroups.png Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/50acc58b-23f1-4beb-a008-309fead48493/ex.png Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson I hope this helped you come up with an easy to follow structure for your daily literacy small groups! Please let me know if you ever have any questions, I would love to hear from you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/819241e1-86fe-4421-9c4d-03c8276dcd8e/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Sample Science of Reading Based Small Group Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/supplemental-math-activities-for-first-graders monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/01b50d39-37b5-4242-b4ea-bf37a26e4eed/2.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Grab and Go Fact Fluency This fact fluency center is a class favorite! I used the puzzle piece numbers from the Target Dollar Spot, but I also included paper numbers for you to print out if you don’t have the puzzle pieces. Students grab two numbers, write an equation, and add them together. This resource comes with so many options too- practice addition (with two or three numbers), subtraction, multiplication, comparing numbers, etc! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f324b993-bad8-4802-84fe-ebfcab0ad7c7/3.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Themed Daily Math Warm Up Slides These monthly themed math warm up slides are done every day, and they really promote critical thinking, problem solving, and strategy sharing. The set comes with a teacher guide to help facilitate the short warm up each day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/0e2bf572-aaaf-4dd6-989f-02045a316421/4.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Math Crafts We looove craftivities in our classroom! They are great for review or introduction of math skills! I like to use math crafts as a way to check for understanding of math skills that are taught. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/54048128-1eb3-4916-8cc5-cb4b12a58e90/5.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Print and Go Math Activities These pages are zero prep, and they’re so much fun! with over 250 in the entire bundle, theres a math activity page for every math skill that you teach. Put these in math centers or your classroom busy bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/16ad3a76-f568-4f6d-b715-a68a49380c15/6.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Monthly Themed Print and Go Math Games I keep these monthly themed math games in my math games center. They can be played individually or with a partner. Students love to see the monthly themed pages, and I love students to practice a variety of math skills each month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/65797aec-fd26-4e19-ab05-6aec5a4351f6/7.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Create and Count Math Create and Count is a fun math center, busy bin activity, or morning start activity. There are so many cards to create in this big bundle! There’s even a graphing extension activity for students to graph their shape count data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/eaeb657a-46fc-4382-b207-2bdd9235ae2e/8.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Monthly Themed Math Around the Room This monthly themed math around the room activity is super cool because it is easy to set up, and there are tons of math skills included for each month, so no matter what you are learning in math currently, there’s a math around the room set for that skill. Ex: if you are learning about 2D shapes this October, but you decide to switch up your scope and sequence and teach about Place Value next October, you’ll always have a themed set for whatever skill you need! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d81206f8-dfd9-4b46-80c2-fc5f010191c5/9.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Differentiated Leveled Math Assessments This is the jackpot of math resources! If you use a standards-based grading scale, and struggle with grading/assessing students in math- this resource lays it all out for you. Each math concept included 3 different leveled assessments so that you can administer the correct assessment to each student (everyone starts with level one, then moves up). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4b6e5e1d-72b3-4c4c-a10e-d6b6ff6d45ad/10.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Question of the Day Graphing Station This is a great way for students to organize and analyze data each day. Students answer the question of the day by moving their piece on the pocket chart to answer the question of the day. Then students use that data to create a series of different graphs/charts. and to write and answer questions about the graph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1936292c-5b5c-49e0-9146-ca548d474acf/11.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Math Fact Fluency Center There are over 5,000 teachers currently using this math fact fluency center. Gone are the days where we are handed a timed test to assess math fact fluency. This center is easy to prep and can be used all year long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/b70966fd-b302-459a-8bc5-30e503324053/12.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Graphing Stations Bundle There are tons of fun graphing stations in this set. Graphing and analyzing data is so important for students to understand, and this big bundle can help them do it daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1f8dcff5-ddff-4c22-9b2a-b95b746cd045/13.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Color By Codes We love color by codes! These are great for fast finishers, or to put in your classroom busy bin. There are even holiday/season color by codes that make math fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/dd0f8ecf-9970-4615-bc81-2c0a8f16cfff/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Supplemental Math Activities for First Graders - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/easy-halloween-activities-for-k-1 monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705113797-TGASD5581VFBS1JGLFEJ/IMG_2188+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705236155-YRWJ8LYRTT1W1YGHJ5X0/IMG_1658+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Shapenstein You’ve heard of Frankenstein, but have you heard of SHAPENSTEIN?! The cuteness of this craftivity could kill me! It’s a great review for shapes, and it’s always a good idea for students to work on cutting, gluing, and following directions. Grab this Shapenstein Craftivity HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705939295-XKZN39O6FZZQSJKNITVH/IMG_2324+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705939850-VVXDC1HVCF2QCMOFRDR4/IMG_2325+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705944568-5ZEQ3UP08FB9MQH5N077/IMG_2329+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705945075-YME717OPEG05UWWS1IF7/IMG_2333+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705332426-ZXT4TVUEOORMNQP0MJXM/Slide2.JPEG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Spooky Snack Graphing Grab the Halloween Circus Animal Cookies from Target or Walmart and get graphing! This graphing activity comes with several different activities that focus on counting cookies in ten frames, graphing cookies, and using your cookies to add. Grab the Spooky Snack Graphing Pack HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705457690-W4HYHSQCLO8GWHYIST75/IMG_9969+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705459166-BM45QGNR4H6FU5DANSL8/IMG_9620+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705627055-V3ZGULF0LIT6KL06G2Y3/IMG_9942+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663705763653-2DMAT408T26Q43Z3GOGH/IMG_2194+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Multi-purpose Bat Anchor Chart Grab some butcher paper and make a bat-shaped anchor chart! There are so many ways that you can use this chart. Use it to learn about bats and chart your schema, new learning, and misconceptions. Or use it to create a bats can/have/are chart! The possibilities are really endless! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663704835341-5WIUF2X7KSVI2SXMXE44/IMG_1638+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663704835444-6TTBDIX61RLDDT7I5GRF/IMG_1639+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663704838231-ICG6CZYAEHMMA558L2F1/IMG_1640+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663704838987-KGFCLNA5WR55WSIK4FNR/IMG_1637+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663704427320-RZ8GBTP11BOK0R69W0L4/IMG_2312+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - October Classroom Management October seems to be when students get super comfortable in the classroom, and that can also mean that the spooky behaviors start showing. I keep my class focused and engaged with these behavior incentive charts! You can print them in color, or project and trace them on chart paper so that they’re nice and big. 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It contains a lot of the same activities as the Halloween Party Pack, but they are classic Fall-themed instead. Find it here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663706358341-DQ66JI9JTXIYYH8CM0I3/IMG_5189+copy.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663706412406-4ZHB83O91HYWNYP8SGHC/IMG_5196.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663706640837-2QGK06ESXNYCE7RVD4TV/IMG_5205.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Halloween Zero Prep Math Games I love having different math game options in my math centers, and littles love them as well! Just print these, and play with dice or a spinner. My list math tools can be found HERE (like foam dice and spinners) and the Halloween Math Game Pack can be found HERE. Love these games? Grab the Yearly Bundle of Math Games HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663704570579-NDKZZSUPOIVG58U91SNQ/IMG_1931+3.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Batty Doorway Display Grab some butcher paper and draw a cute bat, type up a speech bubble, cut it out, and hang this cutie above your doorway! Theres nothing like seeing cute firstie faces light up as they enter their room underneath a giant bat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/856a7c66-e943-4c09-81cc-669e84ab14dc/1.png Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Boo! Editable Phonics Game This editable Halloween phonics or sight word game is low-prep and super engaging for your kindergarten or first grade students! Simply type in phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, cvc words, and more, print, cut, and PLAY! Play this fun game individually, as a class, or with a partner! This game makes an excellent literacy center, fast finisher activity, and more! How to Play: 1. Set the sand timer and make a stack of word cards 2. Take turns picking a card and reading the word 3. If you grab a BOO card, all your cards go back in the stack! 4. The person with the most cards when the timer goes off is the winner! For a fun review, play this game as a class- students VS. teacher! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c5074e50-6785-4793-8929-e2d71cb0e884/biggie.jpg Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Candy Corn Math Grab a bag of candy corn and get your math on! This fun pack is one of my faves. Practice numbers and counting, making 10, addition within 10, subtraction within 10, comparing, and 2D shapes with this activity. You can find this pack here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/44c373ab-7765-4572-8aac-9bdc9ccc961c/IMG_5743+2.jpg Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Halloween Word Work for Any Word List Students always love these fun word work pages! I put a new one into our word work bin each week so students to have one choice that is a little more festive than the other word work that we usually do. Students practice writing word family words, phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, word wall words, or whatever words your class is currently working on! You can grab this word work HERE. You can read more about my word work station HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/dc93bb8f-5ea7-4870-a046-7c6d167529bd/IMG_3820.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664568010854-K64MY8SZ2WQT7I9MLPYU/IMG_5591.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664568010854-Z13QHEEPMFEVM76KTYS8/IMG_5589.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664568014289-0QVRCNF8B77EKQGJ2UV5/IMG_5586.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664568014304-YZEGR9ELSGCHCD7OMF8E/IMG_5577+2.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879856327-4R9BPKU5S7AN80MNVVAV/IMG_5391.jpg Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879856150-46RH69R5ENZ2IP3XMVD7/IMG_5394.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879862755-8NRWNA60A6Q9IELFSLC5/IMG_5397.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879870291-YK2F3Y2FM6Q0UO7EEZSE/IMG_5404.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879870762-6M3BIHNA9PY7IQI4JE7X/IMG_5408.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879874153-74DXFQSEOULFIWS2U049/IMG_5412.jpg Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1758801425732-O4JHAG60KGVOVGDHWPBS/IMG_4022.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1758801427029-3WRNX39WOD59L0YQL498/IMG_4029.JPG Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1663879974986-QHMWS0U0MX7PFECYA01V/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Easy Halloween Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-reading-rods-from-hand2mind monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ec2a05c5-4df4-425a-8f78-6515c00316f2/IMG_2103.jpg Blog - 3 Ways to Use Reading Rods from Hand2Mind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/689f908d-715b-4f70-b5a4-79a8f58e65f4/IMG_2111+3.jpg Blog - 3 Ways to Use Reading Rods from Hand2Mind - Spin and Build These phonics spinners can be used in so many small group activities, or centers. Just spin a phonics pattern, and see how many words you can build and record with the Reading Rods that fit that pattern! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/0c4a62a2-638e-4d01-9a7c-0708aa3828e5/IMG_2109+2.jpg Blog - 3 Ways to Use Reading Rods from Hand2Mind - Rod Races Choose your phonics skill, set up a sand timer, and race to see how many words you can build with your Reading Rods before the timer runs out! Rod Races freebie recording sheet can be found for members of the Firstie Fam in the exclusive freebies section of my website here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bc26e461-050c-4353-bc47-05315eccfddd/IMG_2106.jpg Blog - 3 Ways to Use Reading Rods from Hand2Mind - Picture This Choose a phonics skill and cut/place some pictures of words that fit that particular phonics skill in a bag or bowl. Then grab a picture, build the word with your Reading Rods, and record the word on your recording sheet! Recording Sheets are freebies for the Firstie Fam. My picture sets can be found in this Science of Reading Centers Bundle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/60347ecf-ac4b-42c9-a9c0-b3ef24ec5ec9/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - 3 Ways to Use Reading Rods from Hand2Mind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/supplemental-literacy-activities-for-first-graders monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/b5b173dc-159d-44ee-93ad-50e098d43445/2.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Decodable Reading Passages These passages include over 150 phonics decodable comprehension pages that follow a strict scope and sequence (based on UFLI scope). These passages are truly decodable- no more wondering why there are rogue “r-controlled vowel” words in a “short vowel” passage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/84c7b7e6-ce75-4525-be56-10401b4c96b6/3.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Writing Center This writing center is easy to stock and allows students to practice various types of writing (narratives, opinion, procedural, etc.). Read more about the writing center here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/46634262-f549-44da-98c5-bfb1c4b33070/4.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Phonics Find It This is a student favorite. An easy print and go game (with black and white option to save ink) that allows students to practice reading tons of phonics skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/731137d5-096a-4c64-bbf2-5537a00a67d9/5.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Phonics Look Alike Words This one is such good practice in small groups or as independent practice. This resource really forces students to decode and look at all of the letters in the word instead of just guessing the word based off of the first letter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5a877a85-9069-4681-81a1-2cf221df2c7a/6.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Build it, Write it Phonics Have students practice phonics skills while working with play-doh. The hands-on component is great for fidgety firsties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4aae4658-fc23-444f-a40c-526e7d84e30f/7.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Word Work for Any Word List Whatever phonics skill (or word lists) you’re working on, these pages can be used as practice. Students love these pages because they are fun and teachers love them because you just print them and GO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/45df286c-761c-4374-ba6a-791ac7275dba/8.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Simply Syntax Syntax is a piece of the reading puzzle that often gets overlooked. Understanding sentence structure is a huge component of early reading. This syntax practice center is completely decodable and follows a strict phonics scope and sequence so that students are always able to decode the words after the particular skill has been taught. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ab86f1ed-560a-47cb-8da3-22dc47163e9b/9.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Phonics Crafts Over 7000 teachers are using these phonics crafts in their classrooms. As you introduce phonics skills, students complete the fun craft that accompanies the skill to help them apply the skill they have learned. Includes craft and sentence writing extension activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d21a2b08-b517-41fd-8f2d-452b795a3631/10.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Holiday Themed Phonics Word Hunt Students get REALLY excited about this one as I change it out with each holiday. Choose the phonics pattern you are learning about in class, then “hide” the words in a holiday themed sensory bin for students to find, read, sort, and record. Lots of holidays are included in this bundle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/dbd428c5-5da4-45a2-91ad-76bf3085b163/11.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Differentiated Phonics Sorts Phonics sorts are such good word work independent practice, but I love for them to be differentiated. This pack includes tons of phonics skills and is differentiated into three categories: sort photos, sort words with photos, and sort words alone. This format helps students who cannot read yet, those that need support, and those that can completely decode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/56cd499c-fbad-45f0-bbc0-e362c44cc46e/12.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Formation and Fluency Decodable handwriting practice that also serves as reading fluency practice? Yes please! This resource follows a phonics scope and sequence that makes sense for early readers (UFLI based). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/e38908da-16e4-43f2-bc2b-86514f2a9b3e/13.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Mini Student Sound Walls These mini student sound walls are used in small groups, and are kept in student desks so that they can have access to lots of phonics help when they need it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5e41ffca-1cfe-48dc-b68c-3599901e9dc3/14.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Graphic Reading Organizers for Any Story These print and go graphic story organizers can be used with any story, and there are tons of options. Each organizer includes an option for the use of handwriting lines for writers, and an option for the use of blank boxes for pre-writers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/e3d1eda7-b9e8-4fd9-b157-6bdad6f9ead3/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Supplemental Literacy Activities for First Graders - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/how-to-run-smooth-parentteacher-conferences monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2a8f6d6a-eea1-4e8b-acdf-b9607aeb9c31/1.png Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665502341740-36F2XLLDFKGM3P2XZMPA/Presentation1.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences - Schedule & Conference Sign Up Before prepping anything else for conferences, you’ll need to get families signed up. There are many ways you can do this. You can just assign each family a date and time but that could potentially cause more work for you since you might have to do some rescheduling based on family availability. I’ve found two ways that are easy and painless: Use a Google Form and allow families to indicate their top 3 conference time choices. Then I use the data to make a conference schedule that works for me. This Google Form FREEBIE is linked here for y’all. Use a free sign up tool like Sign Up Genius. You can insert the times that you are available, and families can choose which time is best for them. This is super easy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9fe913db-f396-4558-afa4-eaafa6b41dbd/2.png Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences - Conference Reminders for Families Life gets super hectic, and sometimes families forget about their conference date. I like to send home a small conference reminder half-sheet in student Take Home Folders several days prior to their family’s conference. Then I send home another reminder the day before the conference by giving the child a sticker label (printed on AVERY 5260 Labels) that says their conference is tomorrow at ____. Families find these simple reminders very helpful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6727b34d-4c2b-4906-af18-691de3fe6e87/IMG_3683.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences - Day of Conference: Signing In I always have families sign in to our conference time so that I have proof of the date that we met for a conference. This also means I’ll have proof that we didn’t meet for a conference if they didn’t show up for it. I tape a “conference in progress” sign on my door so that people know that I am busy. This is just a helpful reminder to others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1418c54a-ddbd-40d0-a0a4-0d1a90e8e95c/IMG_3679.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences - Conference Prep & Discussion Topics There are several things I like to prep before conferences: Student Self Evaluation Student Performance with Glows & Grows Recent Writing or Work Sample Student Goals & What to Focus on at Home These things are discussed in detail below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665504108587-SX5EGJ6NYXVC4CYS9TCS/IMG_4674+2.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665504109101-HCABAGBMCYOLA5H7N5CY/IMG_4666+2.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665504115729-TI611R9COCVIB6Z0FS87/IMG_4669+2.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665504115610-I7TPIGDALC7KE518F1SQ/IMG_4670+2.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665504118950-CPHCXMCKSB7KXKFYWP18/IMG_4671+2.jpg Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1665504547056-CGSM83QQIN8VJFP9356A/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - How to Run Smooth Parent/Teacher Conferences - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/10-low-prep-word-work-activities-for-k-1 monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/62150c83-bcc8-4979-b302-dfb1b73f10b8/Picture1.jpg Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792059144-0XX3BK0JP15ROO8TSB7H/IMG_4994.jpg Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792059067-WE5HJA8WX0B68PP0RBG6/IMG_4995.jpg Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/11de6aac-6196-4b2a-af8b-42b135ea2c38/IMG_5754+2.jpg Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 2. Holiday Word Work For Any Word List These are basically the same as above- just holiday themed with fun pages for each month of the school year! My students LOVE seeing the pages change each month. These word work pages can be used with any words your class is currently working on (phonics pattern words, heart words, sight words, vocabulary words, sound wall words, word wall words, etc.) and they’re super low prep- just print and go! Use them as they are, or stick them in a dry erase sleeve to let students complete over and over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/cb2cd6a3-6289-4d16-8458-1531c5799ee6/5.jpg Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 3. Editable Phonics Word Games This is one of my students’ all time favorite word work games. They play individually, with a partner, in our small groups, or as a class (students vs. teacher). It’s super easy to edit (type and print), and super easy to prep (slice and go). You can read more about how to play it HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/3f79728b-50d8-4210-bf5a-951a3489ca02/IMG_1966.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 4. Build It, Write It I don’t think I’ve ever had a student who hated Play-Doh! These print and go boards can be put in a dry erase sleeve so that students can use them over and over, plus there are phonics skill cards for cvc words, silent e words, digraph words, beginning blend words, vowel teams, diphthong, and r-controlled vowels- so you can use these all year long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792319955-3LN0PAYLTXK1N83RE8M7/IMG_0156+2.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792320157-J9UX44C5DZL70YX5P4MN/IMG_0157+2.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792323143-69O42P2OVJ4TST1YNSQ3/IMG_0162+2.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792323707-BSJDTF46OVKC5HWWQPVF/IMG_0167+2.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792326703-T0WZQJKZG0Z1CIEO0JNH/IMG_0169+2.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/cdab385e-3f68-47d8-9c04-b20ca1ebe68a/IMG_6686.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 6. Spin, Color, and Write OR Spin, Cover, and Write These print and go boards can be put in a dry erase sleeve so that students can use them over and over, or they can be printed regulary so that students can play and color on them. There are over 23 phonics skills included, so this is a word work option that can also be used all year long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4eef83f2-9cf5-4377-84f7-27bf439b7612/IMG_7739.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 7. Phonics Find It This fun 5-in-a-Row game can be played individually or with a partner, and it is color-coded so that it stays organized for the years to come! It focuses on 8 different phonics skills. There are also black and white ink-saving options included in this pack. I’ve printed these out and stuck them in dry erase pockets so that students can play them over and over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/54a8384d-e37a-4e0e-b8e4-14a2e388a948/IMG_2193+2.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 8. Orthographic Mapping Mats Orthographic mapping is essential for young readers and spellers! These mapping mats come with lots of different fun themed versions for the different seasons, and they also come with word building cards for lots of different phonics skills. Use these in small groups or stick them in your word work center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/883c6cc4-80a8-43f5-9935-7f55045980a4/IMG_1950.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - 9. Pocket Chart Sorting My students love working at the large pocket chart sorting center. I keep my sorting cards in fun monthly-themed bins (pumpkin shaped bin in the fall, heart shaped bin in February, etc.) and I change out the focus based on what skill we are currently working on in our classroom. There are tons of skills included in this pack. This resource also includes black and white ink-saving cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792607981-GMKM9FIQG306AZKV27A1/IMG_9272.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792608157-IQ9QQN4PU8F2LX1H9ENT/IMG_8102.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792617543-L14T4CPPCVX8TAIHAWSY/IMG_0120.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1694792617799-A2Y4K7VNRE6MO8QKY5D1/IMG_5196.JPG Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/180d22b7-d577-4cc4-bb85-f89e7cf68f98/ELA+and+Math+Center+Expectation+Visuals.png Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - Looking for More Literacy Center Info? If you’re wanting to know more about how I introduce and manage this the Word Work literacy station (and my other stations) in my classroom, visit this link to get a closer look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/326f72b6-d0ba-4b30-9932-67a4246508b1/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - 10 Low-Prep Word Work Activities for K-1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/celebrate-the-50th-day-of-school monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664910664490-2018RG3V7KL1NCVUKZG3/IMG_2535.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664910709400-H9LIZQH1D9V7OEBUV62T/IMG_2442.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664910708979-7IE1OY3HFHPX8ZHWEO1P/IMG_2215.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664910713079-Q4DHG3ODG1747QNUT1C1/IMG_0956.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664910867847-LRC7PY4RO31VE19HMFQ7/IMG_1373.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664911667485-I42CBM2DR5D087SMHGO3/IMG_2214.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! - Student Photo Ops I send an email to families about 2 weeks before our 50th day to let them know about the fun festivities that are coming up. I tell them that their child is welcome to dress up “1950’s Style” (think jeans and rolled up white tees for boys, and neck scarves, poodle skirts, and cat-eyed glasses for girls). I usually have a lot of students that love to participate in this fun dress-up day! I cut out free record images that you can find on Google and glue them to a butcher paper background . When the 50th day arrives, I take each child’s picture against the butcher paper background while they hold a 50th day of school sign (included in my 50th day pack). I have the picture developed and type up a little blurb that says “Happy 50th Day of First Grade!” I fold a piece of card stock and glue the blurb (with the date) and the photo side by side. Families love having this keepsake of their students! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664911722084-GMJDYQBTCPBW4E2OAD55/IMG_1330+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! - Teaching About the 1950s Most students won’t know a thing about the style, fads, or technology during the 1950’s. Since we do a lot of comparisons throughout the day, it’s important to teach them a tiny bit about life then and today. I don’t go into anything heavy, I keep it light by showing them a PowerPoint that I created of images from the 50’s vs. today. I don’t sell this PowerPoint because I don’t own the rights to any of the images I found on Google, but you can make one! Some slide ideas include: -Style in the 50’s and style today -Cars in the 50’s and cars today -Houses in the 50’s (appliances, technology) and houses today -Toys in the 50’s and toys today -Fads in the 50’s (yo-yo’s, Bazooka Gum, hula hooping, etc.) and fads today -Black and white TV in the 50’s and TV today -Music in the 50’s (vinyl records) and music today (I also show them the Chubbie Checker Twist Video on YouTube- so fun!) After learning about what this decade looked like, we are able to make comparisons about life then and now during many of our activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664912027736-DPLMDGSNOZCBB4CH76ZX/IMG_0958.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664911181591-TPE7SYVEFQQUB47M7CZH/IMG_5724.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664912066240-QNA03K501FWENXFJOIK5/IMG_0960.jpg Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664911181668-000XZ7JT3LFUF2QKLNY2/IMG_5728.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664912464871-2A1CATJPIBCYVK8R0V8X/IMG_2217+2.JPG Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! - Bazooka Bubble Gum Bag Toppers I always send my firsties home with a small bag of Bazooka Bubble Gum on the 50th Day so that they can tell their families all about this popular candy from the 50’s. These snack bag toppers are included in my 50th Day Activity Pack also. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664912617135-2OUNUS0XSP0CCOTG7GKC/Slide1.jpeg Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! - 50th Day Pack If you’re wanting to celebrate the 50th Day of School with your class, everything that you need is right HERE! If you’re looking for bonus decorations and cheap 50’s day attire, you can find my faves linked HERE. Happy 50th day of School! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1664912721186-Q0ZM1BB2O4R81B9XYYZM/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Celebrate the 50th Day of School! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/whats-in-my-literacy-small-group-caddy monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ceb8903a-b13a-49f2-8829-5db1677d6d3d/FluencyStrips+Promo.jpg Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Decodable Sentence Rings These rings are great in a fluency center, but they’re also perfect fluency practice for small groups! Each ring focuses on a different phonics skill, and the sentences are decodable (building upon each other as the skills increase). You can grab these Decodable Sentence Fluency Cards in my TPT Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c3339d24-a9fd-4c44-b5a9-cd2cc71b5615/2.jpg Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Reading Comprehension Bookmarks & Mini Anchor Charts These are just two pieces of my Reading Tool Kit. The comprehension bookmarks are great for having students talk through different comprehension skills after they finish reading books/passages in small groups. The mini anchor charts focus on a huge variety of skills, and there is likely to be one in there for every single phonics skill, comprehension skill, and grammar skill that you teach! Find the Reading Tool Kits in my TPT Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/cdae8a67-548f-4587-b0bf-a7d6a447569f/3.jpg Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Spacemen, Google-Eyed Finger Rings, and Line Helpers Re-reading the title of this section has me giggling- only teachers could read the words “spacemen, google-eyed finger rings, and line helpers” and not bat an eye. Spacemen are used to help students create appropriately sized spaces in between words in their writing. They are found in my Reading Tool Kits. Google-eyed finger rings are for students who are still tracking using their finger. I found mine HERE. Line helpers help students eliminate the rest of the text to focus on a single line at a time. I found mine HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/02b07698-feda-485d-9e33-47e2821a3ad0/IMG_3083.jpg Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Reading Tool Kit Most of the things in my small group caddy come from my Reading Tool Kit. It’s one of my most-used items and also one of my most popular TPT resources (you can also find the math kits here). Each student has their own Reading Tool Kit that they keep in their desk and bring back to small group instruction. It includes tons of helpers, and materials that they may need while reading or writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/3b2331a1-dc06-42fe-a4f7-9ecc92ee5276/Sound+Wall+Mouth+Pics.png Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Mini Student Sound Wall This mini student sound wall is found in my Sound Wall Pack, and students also have them in their desks for personal use. I keep one at my small group table (and it is also hanging on the wall) so that I can reference it right in front of students (without them having to look back and forth between the wall and whatever we are doing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7f193026-3894-4105-98e2-30af173debfc/4.jpg Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Orthographic Mapping Mats These come in handy when we are working on decoding words of a specific phonics skill, or if we are reading a book/passage and come to a tricky word that we need to map to decode. I use a few different mats- some from my Mapping Mat resource, and some from my Roll and Map resource (this one doubles as a literacy center). Both mat options come with tons of choices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7c654f6d-1d33-4f0c-bc1f-76dfd1f4b4e0/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - What’s In My Literacy Small Group Caddy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/resources-used-every-day-in-my-first-grade-classroom monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/161bac6b-d9de-4edc-b669-652ca238996e/IMG_2087.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - CHAMPS and Step by Step Visual Directions These CHAMPS cards and Step By Step Visual Direction Cards are necessary for creating a calm classroom environment. Everyone should be on task and know what the expectations are after setting your CHAMPS and displaying your directions for each activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d5f30afe-c185-4116-8cb1-6b074cc8e5fb/IMG_9727.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Project and Trace (Or Print) Anchor Charts There are over 800 charts in this pack! They are interactive so you can fill them out with students, and there’s one for every possible topic! Project and Trace them, or print them and fill them out on a document camera, or print them in poster size. SO many options, so many ways to use them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f7cdfcea-62cc-4a5c-93ef-97dc3593a58a/IMG_2086.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Reading and Math Tool Kits All the reading and math tools that students need right at their fingertips. These are easy to put together and have students use all year long so that they always have what they need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7b6a0466-9229-4dce-ae20-0f6aa3b847a3/IMG_2092.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Mini Student Sound Walls Sound walls that are student-sized! There are several options included, and this set also includes over 1000 sound wall card options for you to build your own sound wall. For more info on Sound Walls, visit my blog here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/cdd312c9-971d-4555-961d-0245b7a790db/IMG_6550.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Question of the Day Math Graphing Center Graphing and data analysis usually gets brushed over pretty quickly, but it is so important! This question of the day center allows students to interact with a graph each day and answer a question, then use the data to create different graphs and answer/write questions about it. This is a math center that is visited daily. Read more about the math graphing center here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/a252efd0-2495-4d70-8a40-98311eef869e/IMG_0254.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Student Data Tracking Binders No better way to see student growth than to track it in a data tracking binder! There are sooo many options of different things to track in this pack. It makes conference time a breeze, because you can just pull out the binder and discuss student performance. Read more about them here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/99ac775a-9cba-40b2-b2ce-8ac209ed1e62/IMG_2102.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Decodable Reading Passages Reading comprehension is important, but it is even more meaningful when the passages are entirely decodable. These decodable reading passages include tons of phonics skills, and they build upon the skills learned throughout the year to increase the rigor of each passage. There are enough for students to have one every day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/daf32e3f-d47d-4c26-85e1-ef0d84230b7a/IMG_2093.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Mapping Mats for Small Groups We always have these mapping mats out during small groups. We use them as we come across words that we might not know and we map them so that we can properly decode them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/86f5caba-d83a-4abf-84f8-91e18531985a/IMG_2099.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Decodable Handwriting Practice Students need to practice handwriting, so why not practice reading at the same time? These formation and fluency handwriting practice pages are completely decodable ( the skills build upon each other as more phonics skills are introduced/mastered) so that students can ACTUALLY read them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c1ef8f6e-168a-4e7b-99f5-167243cca2ee/IMG_2175.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Daily Math Warm Up Slides One of my favorite parts of math time! These daily math warm up slides follow a daily pattern and promote critical thinking and strategy sharing with others. There are lots of teacher tools included in this pack to ensure that your quick warm up time is meaningful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/086b3875-cf77-4675-ba6c-32e948f3864c/IMG_2095.jpg Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Primary Reading Graphic Organizers These graphic organizers can be used with any story and there are so many skills included! They also include options with handwriting lines for little writers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/93b632eb-108a-47d8-9d46-8b87955fa3a0/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Resources Used Every Day in My First Grade Classroom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/how-i-run-ela-centers-in-my-classroom monthly 0.5 2025-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654207170-4YV6D29K5475EDO6N77Y/IMG_1239+2.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662658244969-DXH8N1CMYA1HEWEV5S6X/IMG_1238.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers - ELA Digital Rotation Board with Automatic Timers The digital rotation board is the backbone of my ELA center operation and can be found here. This rotation board comes with several built in timer options, with editable clip art options as well. I love using a digital rotation board because the timer counts down and the slides move on their own! After the slide switches, it moves (and a bell chime sounds off) to a clean up slide. Students get time to clean up their stations so that they can get ready for the next station slide. This allows me to continue working with groups without having to worry about moving rotations on a board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654343092-PNW6LPNKPICTJRCT7KWO/IMG_1458.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654343321-OR6DLQRWJWX445QYT6TS/IMG_1457.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654346585-GGKBTF3NKTR4DEC9MATB/IMG_1459.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654346843-6EUXE8EMJM4JKLIAK9WC/IMG_1460.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654486057-RDTTZR8Z531JBKQHA8MO/IMG_4584.jpg Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654350274-6VAVDTXQUUPTIQ0V0D44/IMG_1462.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662654557941-JCJWV1JGRRRYGX1T1TPI/IMG_8261.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers - Center #1: Read to Self The first center that I introduce to my students is independent reading, but I call it “Read to Self.” I have an entire blog post written about how I introduce and practice independent reading throughout the week that can be found here. Our goal is to build reading stamina, and to continue building it throughout the year. This is the only station that we do for the whole week, and I monitor students heavily during this time. Later on after all 5 stations are introduced, I let students make choices about where they would like to sit during this time. They can sit on a scoop rocker, wobble cushion, or yoga mat. The visuals above can be found in my Good Fit Books Pack Here, or my Super Readers Pack Here. Information (and product links) about how I manage and organize my classroom library can be found at this blog post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662655976819-VKFC94QNPGC1ZH6FLC1B/IMG_0595.JPG Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers - Center #2: Read to Someone The second center that I introduce to my students is “read to someone.” I use the expectation visuals from my ELA Expectation Visuals Pack to teach and model how this time should look. Students are able to find a spot around the room to sit. Later on once all 5 stations are introduced, I introduce students to the “someone spots.” Students are then able to grab a colored squishy spot to sit on. Since we practiced “read to self” for the first week of stations, I now add in the “read to someone” station so that we are doing two stations. I begin using my ELA Digital Rotation Board, but I only use it for two rotations. That means I divide my class into two halves: one half that does “read to self”, and the other half that does “read to someone.” I only set the timer for 8 minutes. When the timer goes off, the board switches to the next slide and the groups are switched. Whoever was reading to self is now reading to someone, and whoever was reading to someone is now reading to self. Using the rotation board this early on helps students get used to it and the quick clean up transitions between each slide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1662656842873-3W1ZYSNJ352JZGIJ9C4F/Long+Vowel+CVCE+Promo+Pic.png Blog - How to Run Successful ELA Centers - Alternate Center #2: Seesaw Phonics Towards the middle of the year I noticed my students needing more phonics instruction as we learned more complex sounds. I wanted to give them another opportunity to independently work on the phonics skills that we were working on in class, but I didn’t know where to find that time. I ended up taking “read to someone” out of our center rotations (since they hear someone else read to them during the listen to reading center) and adding in the “technology” station option on the digital rotation board. During this time, students would work on an interactive Seesaw activity. I found this to be more beneficial and they LOVED it! 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I pull small groups from their center. Since centers stay the same throughout the week, I know that students will get to that center later on in the week. I don’t like limiting each of my small groups to 12 minutes (sometimes they run longer) so I just let students work while I pull groups. 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I introduce one new station each week (until we are doing all 5) so that I can observe what wrinkles we need to iron out or discuss before adding another center into the mix. I use these Math Center Expectation Visuals to help introduce, model, and explain how each station should look. I refer to these visuals all year long. They can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667497518845-UXGEJKLU5TR2JDBN2VZZ/IMG_0383.JPG Blog - Math Centers for K-1 Made Easy - Math Center Rotation Board My Math Center Rotation Board has saved me from so many headaches. Each rotation slide has a countdown timer in the corner that runs on its own. When the time is up, the PowerPoint board will ring, and a one minute clean up slide will pop up on the screen and will begin counting down. After the clean up slide time has run out, the next rotation slide will pop up and students will begin. My rotation board does include an option for “teacher table” if you wish to include small groups with you as a station. This picture shows 4 math centers because this was taken at the beginning of the year before all 5 centers were introduced. Math Center Rotation Board can be found HERE. 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It’s important to set and revisit expectations daily. All visual expectations in this resource are simple and clear. (Not all pictured.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1657226553464-C9LS1GXK9JX0L6IXMXBC/IMG_2868.JPG Blog - First Week of School Lesson Plans - Engaging Scripted Lesson Plans for Each Day These aren’t your boring, run-of-the-mill lesson plans. I’ve given you 5 full days of plans with a full page overview of what to do for each activity. I think a lot of times teachers wonder how other teachers word things to their students when explaining directions or talking to them. I sat down and went through my first week of school thoughts/words and put them in writing for you so you would have a better understanding of what to do and say during your first week. (Not all pictured.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1657226601700-2YF41VJB62ZMR1WGYTH6/IMG_2872.JPG Blog - First Week of School Lesson Plans - School Supply Practice Pages It’s important to teach, model, and practice how to use the different supplies, manipulatives, and items in your classroom. I’ve included many supply practice pages and lessons for you to help teach these important skills. (Not all pictured.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1657226702788-FS2DLWHF4NE6DYNUSI8Y/IMG_2873.JPG Blog - First Week of School Lesson Plans - Meaningful Craftivities Y’all know I love a good craftivity. Craftivities are so much more than just cutesy fun. They help to promote the act of following directions, listening skills, fine motor skills like cutting/gluing, and creativity. All of the craftivities included in this resource are linked to classroom community, rules, and procedures. 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Classroom Light System Students still have to ask when they leave the room because I like to know who is leaving, but I have students press the light on when they leave. This helps me know how many students are out of the room at once, and it helps other students see that someone else may be in the restroom so they have to wait until the other student comes back since it is occupied. (Of course if it is a bathroom emergency, I let students go.) You can find this system here. The stick on lights that I used can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/928a9059-6b87-45ed-87e9-8f4499b70b23/IMG_8286.JPG Blog - Must-Haves in my First Grade Classroom - 3. Classroom Leadership Roles Having classroom leadership roles (or classroom jobs) helps me tremendously. I choose jobs that can truly help me in the classroom (paper passers, tidy team, tech team, etc.). To grab my classroom jobs set, click here. To read more about each classroom job that I assign in my classroom, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d56eb18a-6c19-4e8f-b575-a87c003f747d/IMG_9653+2.JPG Blog - Must-Haves in my First Grade Classroom - 4. Classroom Management CHAMPS I set our classroom CHAMPS before each activity so that students know what their expectations are. CHAMPS stands for: Conversation level, Help, Activity type, Movement, Participation, and Success! To grab my CHAMPS board, click here. To read more about this classroom management tool, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1c4cc1e5-db6e-400d-9cf2-779cc6268ba4/IMG_3226.JPG Blog - Must-Haves in my First Grade Classroom - 5. Student Token Boards I use student token boards for students that may need a little extra behavior boost. This has been a game changer for students that really struggle with completing the basic tasks and transitions that happen in our classroom. To grab these token boards, click here. To read more about how I manage these token boards, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/92cc2a43-3ab2-4427-ba45-1156e93ce381/IMG_8482.JPG Blog - Must-Haves in my First Grade Classroom - 6. Tidy Tubs If you take nothing else from this blog post, take THIS! I had a teacher friend ask me how I kept my room so clean, and the answer is Tidy Tubs! I’ve been using Tidy Tubs for 7 years now and will never go back. Whenever we do something that involves cutting, I have the Tidy Team pass out the Tidy Tubs to each table so that students can put their trash in the tubs instead of making 1 million trips to the main trash can. At the end of the activity, Tidy Team members empty their group’s Tidy Tub into the main trash. Easy! My Tidy Tubs are very old from Dollar Tree soI cannot link them. 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Click HERE to grab this resource! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659044894777-B0QS4YEO71JJV2S9G2DD/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Newsbooks… A Weekly Letter Writing Activity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/teaching-resources-that-every-k-1-teacher-needs monthly 0.5 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/200f1e8b-7bc5-4d1f-afa2-5cc58ad5b803/IMG_2860.JPG Blog - Teaching Resources That Every K-1 Teacher Needs - K-1 First Week of School Plans This pack helps any K-1 teacher start the year off on the right foot. It includes a full week of plans, activities, visuals, and daily checklists for the teacher. Whether you are a new teacher looking for guidance on what to teach during the first week, or a seasoned teacher looking to change things up- this pack is a life saver for anyone. Even though this pack is designed for the first week of school, it includes TONS of activities that can be used throughout the year to help refresh students on rules and procedures. Grab this pack HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/71c2d2ce-52b5-434a-a637-41b7f3aa49cc/IMG_3104.JPG Blog - Teaching Resources That Every K-1 Teacher Needs - Individual Student Math or Literacy Tool Kits This is one of those things that I scrambled to make during Covid times, but I ended up LOVING, so I’ve used it every year since! Say goodbye to having to pass out math/literacy materials during every lesson/center time. Quickly pass out math or literacy tools and mini dry erase mats to students with this pack. 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I have so many great labels and organizational tools for you and your classroom. 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It’s sweet to celebrate a new student each week, and this pack makes it easy and hassle-free! Read more about Star Student of the Week HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2b7363cb-5570-4f26-85e2-47cfd551cb75/IMG_6896.JPG Blog - Teaching Resources That Every K-1 Teacher Needs - Project and Trace or Print Anchor Charts & Phonics Crafts These are two things that I use DAILY! I use my ceiling projector to project and trace these interactive anchor charts, and then I use them as teaching tools to fill out with my students (these charts can also be printed out in color). My anchor chart bundle has 350+ anchor charts for you to choose from. The phonics crafts are done weekly after we spend the week working on a new phonics skill. We save the craft for fun Friday. Grab the anchor chart bundle HERE. 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That means graphing/data analysis gets blown over pretty quickly. I designed a super low prep graphing center that your students can do DAILY, and it’s different every time! To read more about how this center works and how to use it in your room, CLICK HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/fb70d10f-2077-4161-9dc2-204297224b3c/IMG_4674.jpg Blog - Teaching Resources That Every K-1 Teacher Needs - Student Data Binders Having students track their own data can be so powerful. Plus it makes family/teacher conferences sooo much easier, because you have a binder full of data to look at with each student’s family. Track writing, math, reading, and SO much more with this pack! 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I refer to these every day of the year. They include clear, easy to understand visuals and words for kinders and firsties. You can find these visuals HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bd514215-8da7-4a29-b41d-88d405e8f2bb/IMG_0827.JPG Blog - 5 Must-Have Visuals in my First Grade Classroom - Rug Sitting Expectations FREEBIE I like referring to this visual each time we sit on the rug together because it gives much more inclusive options for ways to sit that still honor other student’s personal space (not just the old school “criss-cross-applesauce”). You can grab this freebie HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/81259481-7ac7-471d-b367-d9e1e1271096/Untitled+design+2.PNG Blog - 5 Must-Have Visuals in my First Grade Classroom - Visual Direction Cards These classroom expectation visuals help set clear and easy to understand directions for your students. Just print these cards, stick magnets on the back, and display them on your board in the correct order before sending students off to do any activity! I review step-by-step directions before any task given to my students with these visual direction cards so that they know what they should be doing at all times in the classroom. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/create-a-classroom-busy-bin-for-fast-finishing-students monthly 0.5 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f97c11dc-4ee7-44c5-a946-5c9e6ace5c31/IMG_6272.jpg Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f64c37ca-b9b9-4897-9937-3b4af3153a66/Screen+Shot+2025-04-01+at+12.54.10+PM.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Print and Go Hands-On Math These printable math pages are fun AND they focus on all of the different math concepts that first graders must learn throughout the year. You can put pages in your busy bin that focus on whatever math skill you are currently working on, or you can print pages for past skills so that students get a spiral review of all skills throughout the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/a0384a9e-4c77-459d-8c8d-35dedbdd2867/Screen+Shot+2025-04-01+at+12.55.41+PM.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Phonics Print and Go Word Sorts These Science of Reading based sorts focus on over 25 phonics skills. There are several differentiated levels for you to choose from. Place sorts in your busy bin that focus on the current phonics skill level, or print pages from past skills that students should have mastered and should continue to practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1256d5a6-6166-42c2-93ef-9c6be920bffe/Screen+Shot+2025-04-01+at+12.54.28+PM.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Seasonal Phonics & Math Color By Codes Students always love these, and the seasonal aspect keeps them fresh and exciting. Print all of the phonics and math color by codes for the season/holiday and place them in a single drawer of the busy bin for students to grab and go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/bea947ee-2e4f-42d1-bde6-2ef34acfaf7d/Screen+Shot+2025-04-01+at+12.56.02+PM.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Grammar Print and Go Grammar is something that I always feel gets “grazed over” a little too quickly. These fun and engaging printable pages will help students practice grammar concepts all year long after they have been introduced to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/7aa52feb-9b25-4caa-affb-869cfd067114/Screen+Shot+2025-04-01+at+12.55.00+PM.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Monthly Print and Play Math Games These games focus on a variety of appropriate math skills for the time of year, and they can be played individually or with a partner. I keep dice/spinners in the drawer with these games and switch them out monthly. Students always get excited about these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1a48d19c-7c01-4942-a21c-710348fbcf76/Screen+Shot+2025-04-01+at+1.10.35+PM.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Phonics Word Sorts These are also Science of Reading based phonics word sorts, but they do not contain pictures. There are tons of phonics skills for students to practice. Print the current skill, or print skills previously learned so that students get a spiral review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/11a14af4-ae63-4afa-85d7-db4114d1e024/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Create a Classroom “Busy Bin” for Fast Finishing Students - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/who-is-the-fabulous-firstie-fairy monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/29aae7ea-ab05-4981-a17a-d8d3049a6ad7/Untitled+design+%288%29.jpg Blog - Who is the Fabulous Firstie Fairy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1725387277742-C8ZOB9E5FRLZ3IMU0KGQ/Screen+Shot+2024-09-03+at+1.10.42+PM.png Blog - Who is the Fabulous Firstie Fairy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1725387352932-JLT6JADPJDUTCU3DPJ9R/IMG_7126.jpg Blog - Who is the Fabulous Firstie Fairy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/796ca4c0-377b-41d0-9e77-2dd942183f25/Untitled+design+%288%29.png Blog - Who is the Fabulous Firstie Fairy? - Next, put on your best acting performance! Hang the tiny poem/note from the fairy up near the fairy door. Once your students notice it, it’s your time to display your best acting skills! The poem/note introduces the fairy and exactly what she looks for in a Fab Firstie or a Kind-Hearted Kinder (students who follow directions quickly, listen well, show kindness, make smart choices, and are all around great students). Things might happen like this: Students: “Hey, what’s that little door up there? I think there’s a note?!” Teacher: “What door, I don’t know what you’re talking about?” Students: “THAT door!!!” Teacher: “OH MY GOODNESS?! Where did that come from? Did one of you put that there?!?!” Students: “Noooo! There’s a note!!!” Teacher: “A note? Hold on I can’t see, let me get my glasses!” *Teacher stands on stool to get the note down and acts jittery, excited, and shocked. Teacher reads the note with disbelief!* Students: squeal with excitement Teacher: “WOW!!! I can’t believe this!! I knew I wanted something good to happen today but I never would have guessed it would be something THIS good! I guess we are all going to have to be working super hard for the fairy!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f867a020-5d6e-410e-ad50-cffa0b8af139/IMG_7128.JPG Blog - Who is the Fabulous Firstie Fairy? - Finally, It’s time to look for those Fab Firsties or Kind-Hearted Kinders After you’ve read the note and introduced the fairy, it’s time to look for those Fab Firsties or those Kind-Hearted Kinders! When you find one, leave one of the special notes on their desk when they aren’t there (while they are in Specials, at lunch, etc.). I like to leave a sprinkle of glitter on top of the note, and a little treat along with it (although you certainly don’t have to). Treat examples could be: candy, stickers, pencils, erasers, smelly markers, party favors from Target/Walmart/Dollar Tree, reward coupons, and more! 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It may seem like it will take forever, but I always say “go slow at the beginning to go quick at the end”. If you have 5 centers, you’ll be taking 5 weeks to introduce them all (or however long it takes your class to work through each center smoothly). Whether we are talking about math or literacy centers, I choose one center and teach it explicitly, model, and set expectation guidelines. The entire class practices that center all week long. The next week, I introduce the next center. I divide the class into two groups. I set a timer and one group practices the center that we learned last week, while the other group practices the new center. Once the timer is up, the groups switch. While the groups are practicing, I am walking around watching, praising, and correcting behaviors. I also make sure to explicitly model how to quickly clean each center, put the materials away, and get the materials ready for the next center when we switch. The next week I introduce the third center, divide the class into 3, and we do three rounds of rotating. We keep doing this for 5 weeks until we are doing all 5 centers. We have 5 math centers, and 5 literacy centers. To read more about all of my centers you can click here for math and here for literacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1fc9724e-c4cc-45df-a3c5-6acdfaf05cc7/ELA+and+Math+Center+Expectation+Visuals+%281%29.png Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success - Tip 2: Use clear expectation visuals to teach each center I use these expectation visuals for math, and these for literacy. There are tons that are included in both packs. While teaching, explaining, and modeling each center every week, I refer to these visuals. After teaching, I hang the visual up in the corresponding center area so that students can see and refer to it throughout the year. I also use these when correcting behavior. If I see a student that isn’t on task in their center area while I am meeting with a small group, I may quickly call them over to my table and say “can you please go take a peek at that expectation visual for your center and then come back and let me know which part you are going to fix?” The student can quickly see that they were acting out and not on task, which is harmful to their learning. They take a peek at the visual and see what they need to do and get back on task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9d021b14-6d30-4b61-a27b-f4a2e6ee8a94/IMG_1239.jpg Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success - Tip 3: Use digital automatic rotation boards This is the game changer right here! I input my centers onto these boards, type student names underneath each center, and let the automatic PowerPoint run by itself while I meet with small groups. The visuals on the rotation boards match the visuals in each center so students can quickly look at the board when the timer begins, see where they need to go, and start in that center. When the time is up, a bell rings and a clean up slide appears. It gives students 1 minute to clean and put away their center and then the next slide appears with the new rotation for students to see where to go. These boards come with tons of center options and timer options for you to use in your own classroom. It’s so nice not having to switch center cards or anything like that. The boards just run by themselves! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1724090588896-R6YLYA1CUIU7H3I3YNG5/1.jpg Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1724090589096-4HDNRK4FWBP1WHEN6PR6/2.jpg Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1724090589744-1062HVXZ7T6NHGX00GB1/3.jpg Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/3cb1bc93-4426-4ea4-b7df-519743ed39ba/IMG_9653.jpg Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success - Tip 5: Have a good classroom management system in place I use CHAMPS to set Conversation level, How students ask for help, Activity type, Movement type, and Participation for each activity in our classroom, and it works perfectly for centers. You can find the CHAMPS board here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/9b50d6de-6887-4549-854e-a6f264fcb8b4/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - 5 Tips for Center Success - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/classroom-jobs-made-easy monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658948192064-7MEK7QW83WSTNO047FWM/IMG_3751.JPG Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658948939944-RSWAY9MZPGQNLI6EK1JC/IMG_3749.JPG Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658949907943-HCRFAW4QUW1XJSAMN0H9/IMG_8286+2.JPG Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658949908787-EU9LAMGVC9LOM91MJ923/IMG_8528.JPG Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658950132115-BG66X0WN3E1UCDVNNZYN/Screen+Shot+2022-07-27+at+1.41.13+PM.png Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658950132115-58QJ85V9COIHXNLDBJDJ/Screen+Shot+2022-07-27+at+1.41.30+PM.png Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658950132980-X510GW0FXMDK4YWNXFZA/Screen+Shot+2022-07-27+at+1.41.45+PM.png Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1658950180731-1K3FTMNB70ZXNP7KSM3W/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Classroom Jobs Made Easy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/practice-independent-reading-in-a-super-fun-way monthly 0.5 2024-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661452796153-QI5TBXSWYOTQAJMI6V1Q/IMG_4584.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661452876263-BLY5W9SDWVOIZO3KIUT4/IMG_4581.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! - Picking Out “Super Fit Books” Before letting students go and giving them any independent reading time during stations, you’re going to want to teach, discuss, and model how to pick out “super fit books.” I explain what a “super fit book” is (Do I like it? Does it “fit”? Does it help me?) and we create an anchor chart together where we sort different scenarios into three categories: too easy, too hard, and just right. This is a good time to model how to pick out books for yourself from the classroom library. I usually let students practice picking out 3 books for themselves to keep in their book bins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661453221890-H44F527H5SKIJDA77XEH/IMG_4582.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! - What Do Super Readers Do? On the second day, I briefly review picking out “super fit books” from the day before. I remind students that they made some great super fit book choices to keep in their book bins, and we would be practicing soon with them but we need to talk about what Super Readers do first. I display our Super Readers Do/Do Not Pocket Anchor Chart and we sort the scenario cards together. We talk about them all and I have students model each good thing that Super Readers do. I use the expectation visual to talk to students about what they should look like and I refer back to the visual often. I briefly have students come to the rug with their book bins and we practice being Super Readers for a short amount of time (about 2 minutes). I let students sit comfortably around the rug during this time (on their belly, legs sprawled out, etc.) because Super Readers can sit however they feel comfortable, just as long as they are in one spot and not bothering anyone else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661453715683-4RFBN67RDI2PGHHF2ZAR/IMG_4577.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661453718537-EV4OY2PZEATK77Z4TN70/IMG_4580.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661453715707-ZSLMXDRFOMJ9CHT5P7NQ/IMG_4579.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661454272656-NB1KZBOXR5H6OLFSH8RV/IMG_4573.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! - What is Super Stamina? On the fourth day, I introduce reading stamina. I use visuals to help support students so that they learn what reading stamina is. I teach them that the only way we can truly become Super Readers is if we keep working on building our super reading stamina each day. I review the reading mats from yesterday, and I tell students that I will be starting a timer to see how long we can all read as Super Readers today. I let students spread out, get settled with their mats and books, and we begin. As soon as I see someone not being a Super Reader (walking around, rolling around with a book on their head, saying “I’m done, now what?”), I turn off the timer and see how many minutes we made it. Honestly, it’s usually 1-3 minutes on the first day. I pass out our Super Reading Stamina Graphs and we all complete ours together for “day one” so we can see how many minutes we read as Super Readers today. I tell students that I am so proud, and I know our super stamina is only going to get better and better and I can’t wait to see how it goes each day! We practice our independent reading stamina (and record it) every day for 10 days. Then we get a certificate and crown when we are finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661454735186-F7C3H74UKEQIKHTGQPB9/IMG_4584.jpg Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! - What Happens Next? After your class is full of Super Readers, they’re ready to do independent reading as an ELA station each day. Students know that when they go to the “read to self” station, they are to model what they know about being a Super Reader during that time. I have 5 ELA stations that are 12 minutes each, so students are only expected to independently “read to self” for 12 minutes at a time. Grab my Super Readers Pack HERE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1661455056711-90MUQWCU7NBXG41BC0MV/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Practice Independent Reading in a SUPER fun way! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/create-a-low-prep-writing-center-station monthly 0.5 2025-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ea845593-b870-46e1-8d07-259f7e5f71d6/Writing+Center+Blog+Photos+copy.jpg Blog - Create a Low-Prep Writing Center Station - Writing Center 101 One of the daily ELA stations that my students visit is called “work on writing.” I use my ELA Expectation Visuals to teach and model how students should look in this center. Students come sit in the writing center (Writing Center Bundle found here) and they choose a paper option (list, card, lined story paper, letter stationary, etc.) from my writing paper templates and write the entire time. I have students turn their writing in to my Turn In Bin (or keep it in their writing folder if they aren’t finished with it) so that I can see the quality of writing that they are working on in this station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/6a207772-18de-4278-8a8b-78e0b20c7960/Slide2+copy.jpg Blog - Create a Low-Prep Writing Center Station - Writing Center Visuals You’ll want to find an area in your room with some wall space so that you can display your writing center visuals, and a low table to keep writing paper templates on. When introducing the writing center, I introduce one type of writing at a time (I start with showing students how to write a list, then a story, book, card, letter, recipe, and poem). After each one has been introduced, they should be hung up in the writing center area as a reminder about the types of writing that students can do during this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/15ee5c6e-d1b1-42cd-af71-c916b14d4f4e/Writing+Center+Blog+Photos.png Blog - Create a Low-Prep Writing Center Station - Writing Paper Templates The next thing that you’ll need are different writing paper template choices for students. I like to keep a tiered tray filled with these print and go templates son that students can decide what they’d like to write, grab the appropriate paper, and get to it! This resource includes primary handwriting lines and regular lines. 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I was fortunate enough to inherit many of these books from a retiring teacher friend 6 years ago. I also have gotten tons of books from Scholastic Book Clubs and Amazon. I have tons of book lists on my Amazon Storefront that you can find here. Facebook Marketplace, thrift stores, and Half Price Books are all fabulous places to look for books also. Remember- you do not need to have a ton of books to start! Having a few books with a cozy space is all that matters. Where did you get your book bins? I have the Lakeshore Learning Neon Heavy Duty Storage Box Bins that can be found here. I prefer these over a thinner book bin because I can store more books in these, and they are extremely sturdy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659974977271-2CA1YFX999NGCPCH822H/IMG_0416.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library How do you organize your books? I have mine organized by genre/interest/author. My book bins are from my friend Emily Yerty (@PolkaDotsPlease) and they can be found here. I chose to organize my books this way instead of leveling them because I want students to be able to choose what they want to read from this area for pleasure. Here’s my reasoning behind genre organization instead of leveled organization: imagine you are an “A level” reader. You watch as your friends pass you by, moving on to more interesting books at higher levels. You stay stuck in the “A level reader” bin for the entire year (or most of it). Can you imagine what this does to your confidence as a reader? I find it extremely damaging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659975133495-P8ZYSIBRYM90FY7T359F/IMG_9380.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library - How do you organize your books? I have an area that is separate from my classroom library (it’s behind my small group table) where I keep leveled books for students to read at their instructional level. These books are provided to me through my school. I use these books during small group instruction, and as take-home readers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659975219922-BRNXTQY4HMFNNET98N7V/IMG_1460.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659975220052-QEWSKTCYX1L56KIZJA4J/IMG_1459.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659975223537-QJ9072WY1DEN4LOVBUHQ/IMG_1462.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659980710807-2HMGC54I0EPXZKH70TI1/IMG_1458.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659975755902-RPFJF4JFUYHYTSFLOQ0Z/IMG_1457.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library - Picking out “Good Fit Books” I use this anchor chart and visual to teach students how to pick out their 3 “good fit books” for their book bins each week. This can be found in my Teachers Pay Teachers store here. I model for students how to pick out these good fit books by acting out how this might look. I pick out a book from a book bin and put a finger up for every word I don’t know, and if I have 5 fingers up by the end of that page, I decide to put it back. Then I pick up another book and try it again, but this time I don’t stumble over any words at all. I decide that this might be a little too easy for me. Then I pick out a book and stumble over a few words, but I only have 2 fingers up at the end of reading that page. I decide that this book is “just right” for me, and this would be a perfect “good fit book” to go in my book bin. Students will choose 3 of those, and 3 dessert books to keep in their personal book bins for the week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1659976907906-CZMPMV46OHRSBXCVWA9O/IMG_0649+2.JPG Blog - Organizing and Managing a Classroom Library - Managing Book Buddies* While my students are at the “read to self” station during our ELA center block**, they are able to read with a book buddy. They pick one out and get started right away. When the timer goes off, it goes back into the bin. If snuggling with a book buddy during “read to self” starts looking more like play time or if two students are arguing over a particular book buddy, then the buddy goes back into the bin immediately. That’s it! 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Have students create folders to store all of their solar eclipse learning, some sweet crowns to wear all day, and a snack mix to munch on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/41ce862f-f4be-4071-9435-3e85a4b1b80e/Slide4.jpeg Blog - Solar Eclipse Classroom Activities - Informational Slides and Quiz Game Use the informational slides with REAL photos to teach about the sun, moon, and solar eclipse. Then get ready to MOVE with a fun class movement quiz game! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/c860eac0-1e8c-4507-bd67-20de00397e13/IMG_4712.JPG Blog - Solar Eclipse Classroom Activities - Fact Flip Books and Writing Craftivity After viewing the informational slides and playing the class movement quiz game, write some sun, moon, and eclipse facts in your flip book! Then complete a sweet writing craftivity (there are several writing responses included!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/82dada58-6893-48be-b296-f3c40e2c8a58/IMG_4713.JPG Blog - Solar Eclipse Classroom Activities - Solar Eclipse Themed Literacy Practice rhyming, syllable sorting, and long vowels with these fun themed activities/centers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/a85aced5-ac57-44fc-90ff-9a358e54a388/IMG_4714.JPG Blog - Solar Eclipse Classroom Activities - Solar Eclipse Themed Math Play “math around the moon” (like math around the room), practice place value, and addition with these fun themed activities/centers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/b9ea90cd-8b7a-4ed3-a4e1-982ad22bb493/IMG_4709.JPG Blog - Solar Eclipse Classroom Activities - Make it Fun! A solar eclipse is a special event! Make the day fun and memorable with your class! Let me know if you end up using this pack with your class- I would love to hear about your day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/f5a3ed11-02bd-4c41-8876-c32efa4bdeeb/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Solar Eclipse Classroom Activities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/celebrating-the-leap-year-in-first-grade monthly 0.5 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d7487483-dd46-41fb-b646-4843e0446b39/IMG_1843.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/5db96f91-e6ec-4584-8ed5-83c9a2dff297/IMG_1826.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Leap Day Crowns and Folder Covers Everyone needs a Leap Day crown! We love making these first thing in the morning, and decorating our folder covers. We store our math, literacy, and grammar activities in the folders throughout the day so that we can keep everything in one space. I just use a large piece of construction paper folder in half to make my folders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/e61ec553-67df-4de9-bae9-52730b98da3a/IMG_1828.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Create a Leap Day Time Capsule This is one of my favorite activities to do, and families always love it. Students get to create a Leap Day Time Capsule that they get to take home and store in a safe space until the next Leap Day (4 years). I always eagerly anticipate hearing from my littles 4 years down the road when they finally get to open their time capsules to see what they were doing on the last Leap Day, and to see how things have changed and how much they have grown. It is such a sweet sentiment, and it’s fun that the time capsule is “closed up” for what feels like a loooong time to a first grader, but 4 years down the road isn’t too far away! Everything you need to make the Time Capsule (including labels, etc.) is in this pack! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d757f408-742b-4056-bf99-98610b4caa15/IMG_1832.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Leap Day Literacy I like to stick to doing our routine literacy lessons on Leap Day as to not get behind in content, but I love being able to sprinkle in Leap Day themed centers during our literacy center block! There are word sorts, Phonics games, and Phonics color by codes included in this pack! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2f0e1702-6125-47a6-acbf-ee5d0fac3303/IMG_1835.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Leap Day Grammar Students always love this Leap Around the Room activity. I “hide” the cards around the room and students have to leap around with clipboards to find the cards and record their answers. This particular set focuses on nouns vs. verbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/3dda7125-48fe-4ce0-89eb-c7db308c7bc4/IMG_1837.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Leap Day Math During math, I still stay on top of our regular scheduled content and lessons, but I sprinkle in a bunch of fun Leap Day themed activities in our math centers. Number line activities, 100 and 120 chart activities, Leap Day addition games, and math color by codes are all included! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/15374d67-17b8-4ffc-ae39-4e19a966d210/IMG_1831.jpg Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Leap Day Writing Who doesn’t love a good writing craftivity?! This Leap Day craftivity is included and makes a super cute bulletin board display when they are all hanging up together! If a craftivity isn’t your thing, there are writing prompt papers with illustration boxes to use instead! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/cc77744c-3f85-4901-be5a-4b3272e1746b/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Celebrating the Leap Year in First Grade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/question-of-the-dayweek-a-math-graphing-center monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502162630-IDLW5KUB0ROWH5C4XZG6/IMG_6499.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502198377-SAQ0ZMJTEPA5421BFTPY/IMG_6505.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center - How to Prep There are several ways to prep this daily graphing center. Before prepping, you’ll need to decide if you want to do a question of the DAY, or question of the WEEK. This center is low-prep no matter which option you choose. You will just simply cut your question and answer choices (yes/no) and place them in a pocket chart each day/week. I print out all the questions at once and keep them in a file folder. Each day (or week if you are doing weekly), I pull out a question, cut it, and place it in the pocket chart. This helps me make sure that I don’t duplicate any of the questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502274411-UMNHX6I9CNUW5WST1YA2/IMG_6506.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center - How to Prep You’ll also need graphing pieces for students to move on the pocket chart. You can cut out the colored stars or squares included in this resource and keep them at the bottom of your pocket chart for students to move, or you can edit the stars, squares, or picture cards to include student names/photos. You could also use store-bought shapes if you have some laying around. This is totally up to you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502375614-G9UWPEIPUDQ1QQ2VVP1A/IMG_6540.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center - How to Teach/Introduce This Center For the first week, you’ll want to do the graphing station together. When I introduce the graphing center into math center rotations, I do it by making it the first center that everyone goes to that week, and we all do it together. After the first week of doing the graphing center together, we resume centers as usual, but students will visit the graphing center on their own when it is their time to do so in the rotation board. During the first week, I’ll introduce the pocket chart that hangs in the graphing center area of our room, and I’ll show students how to grab their “marker” and move it to their choice after reading the question of the day/week. After this initial week, I have this become a part of their arrival/unpacking routine. After unpacking backpacks, making lunch choices, etc., I’ll train students to read the question of the day and make their choice. Doing it in the morning before math time helps to have all the data in place for later when we do centers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502304728-ROJDFRV48DLUYJEEPOCD/IMG_6507.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502305113-T92Y61UZ3MCKK3M392HN/IMG_6509.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502307440-7GOR3BQF0PQUUVVJSKKM/IMG_6510.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502308074-0E509BG4YKE6UED18GOZ/IMG_6512.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502502464-SZVTYTVKA210U798Y0DM/IMG_6516.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502502336-EB03SDSIALNUN5KGV6K1/IMG_6547.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502508708-L1FW91FE51ENZDKHAWYQ/IMG_6549.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502509026-4IXFPMLSIGI01AT29O8H/IMG_6551.JPG Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1667502714058-DNT8WPRNQ6Q8MOJHZSCU/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Question of the Day/Week: A Math Graphing Center - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/using-student-data-binders-to-track-data monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/55f82469-3ee8-42eb-8367-4aaf0ba12005/IMG_0254.JPG Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/27ed4d9d-bbfb-4b62-8ebe-bcbf1f9c664b/IMG_4674+2.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Setting Up & Choosing Tracking Timeline Before you begin, you’ll need to decide how often you’d like students to track their data. My Student Data Binder Resource allows you to track weekly, monthly, quarterly, by semester or trimester, and BME (beginning, middle, end) of the year. I personally have my students track theirs quarterly. I think that there is enough time in between each tracking session for there to be REAL growth, even if it is just a little. When tracking with students, I conference with each student (three at a time that have the same data points/have shown the same amount of growth) and we go through their binder and fill in each page of data that needs to be filled. This can be time consuming, and that’s why I only track 4 times a year. I do this during literacy or math center time instead of pulling my usual small group to work on skills, we track data during this time instead. It usually only takes me 2-3 days to get through everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/11dbd87c-a526-4439-8057-20f55b81bc6e/IMG_4672+2.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Page Dividers This resource includes page dividers to make things easy to find. Have students fill out info about themselves, and have them set and track goals, make reflections (on academics and on their behavior/feelings), letters and sounds, sight words/phonics skills, literacy (fluency, vocabulary, level, and more) math, writing, science and social studies grades! There is really soooo much that can be tracked, but I choose to focus on just a few things or it can become overwhelming for little ones. I’ve had teacher friends in upper grade levels that use my data binder resource to track much more than I do and it works well for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/09b314d7-73e7-4e14-9ed6-5e218c236e08/IMG_4664+2.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - About Me At the beginning of the year, when I introduce data binders to students, I tell them that this binder is going to be like a book about their first grade year. They get to fill out some “about me” pages and write about how they can be a leader within our classroom. It’s nice to be able to share these things during family/teacher conferences also. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/2f989463-1b88-4b35-b179-ca67a560a3d5/IMG_4666+2.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Goal Setting/Tracking There are so many different options included in this resource for setting and tracking goals. You can pretty much use this resource to track anything you can possibly think of, and you can track it during any time frame! I’ve even used the feelings and emotions tracker with some of my students on behavior plans to help track their feelings and emotions so we can use that as behavioral data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/23628a48-0ec3-4ceb-88e0-6abefa276265/IMG_4667+2.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Evaluations and Reflections It’s important to have students evaluate and self-reflect on their learning/friendship habits and their feelings towards school. I like to use these self reflections as data to show to families during conference time as well. We do quarterly reflections in my classroom and they are really eye-opening to students sometimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/79a208ee-6623-41c4-a0ba-dd6aeac933db/data+binder+update.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Tracking Academics When it comes to tracking academics, there is a lot that can be tracked. I try not to track too much because I think it can be overwhelming for first graders so we focus on math and literacy. For literacy, we track letter name recognition/sounds, heart words, and reading fluency/comprehension. We do this through the screeners that are provided to me through my school district. There are editable pages in this resource for you to input your own screener data and adjust the numbers on the sides of the graphs as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/ac4b50b1-63c2-4283-8a7d-9d4181ac0c59/IMG_4670+2.jpg Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Tracking Academics For math, we track counting to 100 (it recently changed to 120), writing numbers 1-120, and addition and subtraction fact fluency (+0,+1,+2, etc.). We have district provided screeners for these things as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/d87fa355-033f-4789-82e0-1aece30aed9d/XOXOMadisonCentered.png Blog - Using Student Data Binders to Track Data - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sweetfirstiefun.com/blog/classroom-management-made-easy monthly 0.5 2025-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1660583668555-BZE3Z6PAGKJXERX9LMJD/9D0CE8CC-7F5E-46EB-9DF1-7514F1549268.JPG Blog - Classroom Management Made Easy - Setting Expectations and Making a Classroom Contract At the beginning of the year, I set and review expectations for EVERYTHING. Going to lunch, sitting on the rug, being a good friend, or even going to the restroom- these are all things that should be taught, modeled, and reviewed during the school year. I use these Expectation Visuals that can be found HERE and I display them all year long. I also create a class contract with my students during the first week of school. Giving students a chance to set the tone for our classroom gives them buy-in and having them sign the contract holds them accountable for the rest of the year. If you are looking for class contract activities, you can find one in my First Week of School Plans Pack HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/8203beb2-2a8a-4808-a1ca-14e3410d188a/2.png Blog - Classroom Management Made Easy - Visual Direction Cards & CHAMPS It’s important to set clear expectations before each activity! I set our CHAMPS before each lesson/activity, and I review and display visual directions before I students off to independently work. CHAMPS stands for Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation, and Success. I quickly use my magnetic pointer magnets (found in the Target Dollar Spot) to set the conversation level, how to get help, the activity, movement expectations, and participation expectations before sending students off. It gets super quick after you’ve introduced it the first few times. You can grab my CHAMPS pack HERE. I use my visual direction cards to display the direction order for each activity. If students get lost, they can look at the board to see what comes next. This pack comes with TONS of visual direction cards for you to use! It can be found HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1660583883113-24JXER8AMEBGUIMKQWXW/IMG_4418.JPG Blog - Classroom Management Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1660583883555-B5BNW5O09T6M2JZ8WRBS/IMG_4420.JPG Blog - Classroom Management Made Easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/1660584035707-2GT4ETFCU0BKMJ6GYZWJ/IMG_0676.JPG Blog - Classroom Management Made Easy What Do Students Earn? I like to keep rewards super affordable. I use my Printable Reward Coupons that can be found HERE. I rotate these coupons out so that students don’t get tired of the coupons. (Ex: one month I might have 5 coupons on display for them to choose from, and the next month I might choose 5 different ones.) I also do have a treasure box that students can pick from, and it’s filled with party favors and trinkets from the birthday party sections at Target and Walmart. I also have smelly bookmarks that can be found HERE, and mini erasers from the Target Dollar Spot. What Do I Do For Students That Aren’t Earning As Much Because of Poor Behavior? I am not blind to the fact that there are some severe behaviors out there. I had one in my room last year, and I had to take a different route with that student. I believe we should hold students accountable, and certain students should be met where they are so that you can begin to help them on the right path. With these students, I usually give them celebrations for meeting my expectations, not going above and beyond. These students might get a celebration for coming down to the rug after the first time I ask, etc. I understand that there’s a group of people out there that will say “but that’s not fair.” Well, I think we need to meet some people where they are to help them succeed. Having conversations with your class about how different people need different things to help them succeed will help with this. The example I like to use is: I have contact lenses in my eyes to help me see, but not everyone has contact lenses in their eyes to help them see. Some people need different things than others to help them. How Do I Give Consequences? If a student is having a difficult time with an expectation, they get a verbal warning first, and on the second time I will contact home. 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Occasionally, you will get a student with severe behavior issues. I created this Token Board that can be found HERE and I use it with these students. The Token Board is laminated, and I use an expo marker to make check marks on each dot as the student performs the tasks that they need to do. Once they get all 5 dots filled up, they immediately get to set the timer for their reward that they picked out. Once the timer goes off, if they clean up the reward and put it away and clear all the checks off their Token Board, then they get another check mark already for transitioning nicely. This system repeats itself all day long. The student might fill their board up 4-5 times a day. Eventually, you will have to start weaning the student off this system. I begin weaning by giving checkmarks for every two tasks completed, etc. I do this until they are filling the board 1-2 times a day. This system obviously isn’t entirely ordeal because it does take a lot of work on your end as the teacher, but I have seen really great results with it. It’s been recommended by many behavior specialists and teachers who specialize in special education. It also might require a short and sweet explanation for the rest of your class that might be wondering why that student has a Token Board on his/her desk, and why they get to set the timer for a reward while others might be working. 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Whether it’s 2D or 3D shapes, fractions, place value, teen numbers, addition, or telling time- I’ve got it in the pack! I love using these crafts to assess students because it’s so much more engaging than it would be if you just handed them a test or a quiz. Students follow directions and then show what they know by creating their math craft! Grab the Math Crafts HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f18c03e500617484adbaa0/4ee6c18c-c4c3-4edb-a8de-e19570459f43/IMG_5560.jpg Blog - Why Crafts in the Classroom are Necessary - Grammar Crafts Grammar can be so mundane, so I think it’s important to spice it up and let students display their learning by creating a craft that also assesses their knowledge on different grammar concepts! I’ve got crafts for so many different things in this pack- verbs, adverbs, nouns, plural nouns- you name it! 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