Engaging Resources for BUSY Teachers!
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Engaging Resources for BUSY Teachers
Free activities and resources for preschool and elementary classrooms
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 student responses, and help students get extra practice with key concepts. What are …
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 of the classroom. This is the time for students to get out first-day jitters, meet …
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 down. Students turn over one domino and count the dots on each side. They then add the two numbers together. …
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 little narwhal is easy to make. Simply download the free file. Look for the link …
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 amazing grammar lesson about commas. Their writing papers show otherwise. What can you do …
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 by showing the relationships between numbers using a fact family. Take a look at this fun …
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, wonderful! I have a free resource for you to try it out. (scroll down) …
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 I created a fun cut and past activity to practice …
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 mind, I created a new snowman themed sentence building activity. Best of all, …
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
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 beach, sailboats, seashells, and more. Be sure to look for the free writing papers at …
