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NOT an April Fool's Joke! Spring Activities Life Cycles + FREEBIE
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Hello Reader, It's almost April, but this is no April Fool's joke...Scroll down for your exclusive, FREE Spring Activity! Spring is a time for new life, and a perfect time to introduce some life cycles for science and reading! Learning about life cycles is important for our young students. Life cycles outline the stages of development and processes that living organisms go through from birth to reproduction. Complete with lesson plans and more than enough activities for a 3-week unit!
8 different Spring Life Cycles FLIP Books in this BUNDLE!
​ Exclusive FREEBIE Alert:Ladybug Life Cycle We believe in our products.That's why we want you to try one of our best Life Cycle FLIP Books. The Ladybug Life Cycle FLIP Book is $2.25 in our TPT store for everyone else. But click HERE to download and try out a FREE copy, exclusively for you, Reader!)
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Joyce and Steve | 1st Grade Pandamania
We are Joyce and Steve, educators with over 60 years of experience. Our mission is to help teachers and homeschool parents target 🎯 their instruction to enhance student learning. We are excited to share our ideas, easy-to-use materials, and wealth of knowledge with you. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and receive tips and FREE resources to help you and your primary students thrive this school year! 🎊
Hello Reader, You heard that right. This is big. We have now made our Phonics Videos for CVC, CVCe, and Suffixes all FREE on YouTube for you to use whenever you need to! Use these 14 Videos for FREE during: instruction morning work small group whole group interventions centers or whenever you have a few minutes for review! See ALL Full-Length SOR Targeted Phonics Videos Why are we doing this? We believe in these phonics videos. We want your students to learn and practice important phonics...
Hello Reader, So here's the story. One busy morning before school, I let my hair go curly instead of styling it straight as usual. I thought it looked pretty good, so I went to school. No one said anything about my new style, good or bad, but I did get some second glances... The bell rang, and I opened the outside door to greet my 1st graders with a big smile. As many of you know, first graders notice everything new. James, in particular. And there he was, first in line, eager to start the...
Hello Reader, It's hard to teach guided reading groups when the rest of the class needs your attention. During centers, are your students: off task? asking for help? lacking confidence? frustrated? misbehaving? When your students lack confidence about the task they are required to complete, they may show it in disruptive ways. Here are some things to be mindful of when you are planning centers: Target activities to your students' needs. Target activities to your students' levels. Be clear...