Whether you are teaching in person or online, Boom Cards ™ are a wonderful way to engage your students. They are digital, interactive, and fun for students. As a teacher, you will appreciate that they are easy to use, provide reports about …
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Free activities and resources for preschool and elementary classrooms
5 Engaging Activities for the First Days of School
The start of the school year is overwhelming yet so exciting for students and teachers. While you may want to start right into teaching the expectations and curriculum, the first few days of school are essential to setting the climate …
Domino Math Activities for Building Number Sense
Dominoes are a wonderful tool for building number sense in kindergarten and first grade. Today, I'm sharing some of my favorite domino math activities. Domino Math Activities #1 Domino Count and Add Place dominoes facing …
Printable Narwhal Craft Activity
Printable Narwhal Craft Activity {Freebie} Last week I created a list of my favorite Arctic Animals Videos. I thought it would be fun to make this printable narwhal craft activity to go along with the Arctic Animals theme. This sweet …
How to Use Sentence Dictation to Improve Writing
The situation is all too familiar. Your students do well on their weekly spelling tests. However, a week or so later they misspell some of those same words in a writing assignment. You thought they mastered the concepts from last week's …
Fact Family Houses
Math Facts In order for students to succeed at higher-level math, they must first develop a strong foundation of understanding. Mastering basic math facts is a critical component of this. One way to help students understand math facts is …
How to Integrate More Technology into Your Lessons
Are you looking for an engaging way to integrate more technology into your classroom? Has your school gone 1:1? Are you curious about going digital in your classroom? Would you like to try an interactive lesson for Google Drive™? If so, …
Modeling Word Problems – A Thanksgiving Freebie
Thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away. I am looking forward to spending the day with my big extended family. This summer we moved back to MN so we could be closer to our family, so we are really looking forward to this holiday season. Today …
Building Sentences and Snowmen (FREEBIE)
Sentence Scrambles: It's Time for Some Winter Fun Bundle up. Grab the hot cocoa. Winter will be here soon. My kids are looking forward to the first snowfall. They have big plans for making snow angels and building snowmen. With this in …
Stamp Out the Fire Freebie
It's October and Fire Safety Awareness time. This FREE dot marker activity gives students a chance to "Stamp Out the Fire" as they learn about shapes. Download this FREE Dot Marker Shape Activity …
Summer Writing Prompts
While many teachers and students are on vacation, there are quite a few that are involved in summer school or have year-round-calendars. Here is a list of beach themed writing prompts for summer. The list includes topics about summer, the …