Meet the Teacher {Editable}

Can you believe that it is the end of July!? I woke up and had Meet the Teacher on my mind.  I recreated my past Meet the Teacher to this updated black and bright bundle--and I am really excited about it! The bundle on TPT is fully editable as well!  Here are some of the great resources included:

Also, included is a fully editable flipbook!  I love how it turned out.  I printed it out on Astrobright paper and it turned out great!  Here is how the flipbook turned out:

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Bat Integrative Literacy Unit

With Halloween so close, I thought it was a good time to share my Bat Unit!  This is a great way to integrate literacy and science.  Also, this unit has math, physical education, counseling, art, and technology standards covered!  Common Core aligned and fun to use!

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Vocabulary Around the Room Activity- Gets kids moving and using their context clues!

 

High Frequency Words are also Going Batty!

 

Science and Literacy collide in this fun unit!

 

Oh Yeah!  Did I mention that all the lesson plans are included with the common core standard included!

 

This bat study from A Day in First Grade inspired me to create my own big CAN, HAVE, ARE Bat.  The fun labels were not included on her website, so I made some and put them in my bundle for you to easily print on bright paper and use!

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Meet the Teacher

Today was Meet the Teacher! It was great meeting my new littles and getting all their stuff organized.  As you can see above, everyone organized their supplies into bins to add to our community containers [classroom reveal post coming soon]. 

  Above are a few pictures of the 'Parents Table'.  Here they signed up to volunteer and fill out transportation information.  Also, the class wish list items were here.  Many parents liked being able to grab one item on a bright slip help out the class! These forms and the class wish list are included in the Meet the Teacher packet found [HERE].

My teammate and I had a flip book to discuss important information about our classrooms (flip book not included).  Also, the student gift is a free printable you can find [HERE].

This Welcome page was displayed on my SmartBoard to help parents and students work through Meet the Teacher by themselves, which left me free to greet and get to know everyone!

You can get your Meet the Teacher packet [HERE].

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Exploring Figurative Language & Poetry Unit!

 

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This is a great unit that gets your learners' creative writing flowing!  One of the most important parts of learning poetry is understanding figurative language, so this unit truly focuses on how language in poetry is used.  Another way that the unit helps learners with thinking creatively is using a fun doodle warm up activity.

Students start with a small, obscure doodle, and they will turn it into whatever they see!  This was a loved activity!  Check out the fun doodles my littles made below:

Finally, this awesome unit includes great anchor charts for all the figurative language vocabulary.

This unit is a wonderful way to get your students excited about poetry!  Get yours by clicking the link below:

Exploring Figurative Language & Poetry Unit!

Word Work with Verbs

Here is my newest word work creation!  Help your students work on adding suffixes to verbs that end in y.  This word work packet is complete with three sorts, 20 task cards and student recording sheets.  Easy to use!  Print and start learning!

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Happy learning!

Goldfish & Guppies- Interactive Science Notebook

Hope you are enjoying your last day of winter break!  I have been busy completing holiday cleaning, trying to think of a resolution (drinking more water maybe), and of course planning for the upcoming month of school!  One item that I wanted to share with you today is my Goldfish & Guppies Interactive Science Notebook.  This notebook is meant to guide your young learners in their biology study of animals.  It is a great tool to help you get started with your planning or to supplement plans you have already made!  Also included is an assessment checklist to keep track of your students' learning.  Click below to grab these awesome notebooks for your little scientists!

Goldfish & Guppies- Interactive Science Notebooks

How To Writing Unit

Missing the day before winter break meant time to be productive!  I created a How-To Writing Unit to complete with your young learners.  This unit includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, anchor charts, and writing projects!

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Holidays Around the World Unit

Santa has come early this year with your all in one Holidays Around the World Unit!  Here is a fun and interactive unit that the students will love.  This unit includes lesson plans, research graphic organizers, and projects surrounding winter holidays celebrated around the world.  The great thing about this unit is that the students get to decide which holiday they want to learn further about.  All you need in one package!

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Persuasive Writing Unit

Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break!  I had a productive weekend and created this Persuasive Writing Unit for my class.

TPT: Persuasive Writing Unit

Happy Writing!

2nd Grade Common Core "I Can" Statements

I created these "I Can" Statements that correlate with the 2nd Grade Common Core for ELA and Math.  These are a perfect way to introduce and display learning objectives for lessons/units.  Click the links below to get your "I Can" Statements.

 2nd Grade ELA Common Core "I Can" Statements

2nd Grade Math Common Core "I Can" Statements

Native American Assessment Tool

Here is a tool to assess your students on Comparing and Contrasting Family Cultures and Native American Unit.  Ask your students to compare the life of Native Americans in the past to their lives today.

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Class Dojo

As a first year teacher, I came into the school year with great ideas for classroom management.  However, like all great ideas, mine failed for my current students.  Telling one of my 2nd graders to 'Take a Break' was anything but successful.  I was desperate after the first few weeks of school and all my ideas were failing.  Then, I came across one of the best discoveries since peanut butter (or put in your choice of guilty pleasure)...

Class Dojo

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This is a great management tool that will allow you to track not only misbehavior, but students' positive choices.  Below is a informational video:

Here are a couple supplementary items I created to help my classroom become more motivated about earning points.

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I use the above rewards to show appreciation for the kids that work hard.  Also, in my classroom, we work as a team, so I wanted to reward team work monthly.  To track student points, I use the Dojo Tracker.

Every day, I announce who had the most points and how they received the points.  This special person gets their name on the Dojo Master Board and gets to sit in a special chair the next day as the Dojo Master.

Finally, I created Dojo Dollars.  If you rather hand out money than track points, here is a link to a FREEBIE printable money that I created.

One Dollar

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Thanks for stopping!  Happy Managing!