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Sight Word Sticker Book

By Sarah Cooley

**Updated 3/25/14** Now EDITABLE and with new fonts! This is hands-down, the best motivator I have found to get my students practicing, learning, and retaining their sight words! This version includes all 220 DOLCH words. There are 5

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Reading Strategies

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Assessment, Flash Cards, Word Walls

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Apple Tasting Party!

By Sarah Cooley

Looking for an exciting way to celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday or end a unit study of apples? Have an apple treat tasting party! This kit offers ideas for "applicious" treats to include in your apple tasting party. It also comes with a

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Graphing, Other (ELA), Holidays/Seasonal

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Cinderella & Prince Gentleman: A Soft C & Soft G Unit

By Sarah Cooley

This MAGICAL phonics mini unit will be a fun way for your students to practice reading, writing, and spelling soft c and soft g words. Learning Activities in this mini unit:A mini take-home reader about Cinderella & Prince Gentleman {Fun to

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Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Reading Strategies

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1^st, 2^nd

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Leap Day Time Capsule

By Sarah Cooley

What did you do last leap day? Having a hard time remembering? That won't be a problem this year with the Leap Day Time Capsule! Your students will have fun creating a memorable keepsake that they can open 4 years from now! Included in this

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Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Sight Word Sticker Book: {FRY's First 300 Words Version}

By Sarah Cooley

{FRY version!} You can use Sight Word Sticker books with your struggling students or with all students. There are 3 sight word sticker books included in this packet: Fry's First 100 Words, Fry's Second 100 Words, and Fry's Third 100 Words. The

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Reading, Back to School

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Assessment, Flash Cards, Word Walls

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Adventures in Space: A Solar System Unit

By Sarah Cooley

Blast off into learning about space! This unit has everything you will need for your little astronomers and astronauts to have an adventure while studying the Solar System!Astronaut Activities:*Neil Armstrong fact poster fill-in*Astronaut writing

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Reading, Science, Astronomy

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

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Sticky Note Research Projects

By Sarah Cooley

Doing research papers with your students will be organized and SO easy with these themed sticky note planning pages! My first graders were guided to find the most important information by the prompts provided in each box--all they needed to do was

Subjects:

Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Research, Projects, Printables

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Punxsutawney Phil & Friends: A Groundhog Day Unit

By Sarah Cooley

Dear Teachers, This packet comes with two groundhog booklets. One is an activity booklet all about Punxsutawney Phil, and the legends and lore surrounding him. The other “booklet” can be printed as a whole--or you can pick and choose the pages

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Balanced Literacy, Graphing, Holidays/Seasonal

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables

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Reindeer Games: Reading and Writing with Reindeer

By Sarah Cooley

Adorable reindeer learning--perfect for Christmas station activities! *3 games: 1. Collect 9 Reindeer 2. Place Value Match Up 3. Rhyming Reindeer *Meet My Reindeer Poster and Coloring Activity *ee/ea Reindeer Write the Room *Nonfiction reindeer

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Games

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594

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Apple Trouble: A Book Companion

By Sarah Cooley

This packet is full of meaningful, purposeful comprehension printables to go along with the picture book, Apple Trouble by Ragnhild Scamell. This packet will meet all your common core and assessment needs, with a variety pages for students to show

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Autumn, Close Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Creepy Carrots

By Sarah Cooley

This book companion has everything you need for a week full of Creepy Carrots fun and learning for all subject areas--art, reading, math, science, and writing! Story element printable pages have students illustrating and writing about setting,

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Balanced Literacy, Literature, Halloween

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

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Summarizing with the Stars!

By Sarah Cooley

When you summarize, think of how to retell your favorite movie to someone who has never seen it before. You tell “just enough” about it to introduce people to the characters and one or two of the main events. You don’t give too much away to spoil

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English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Printables, Posters, Lesson

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290

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Pairs of Pears: A Homophone Activity Pack

By Sarah Cooley

Your students will BE busy BEES as they learn about homophones with these engaging learning activities! Included in this activity pack: *Homophone poster *"Pairs of Homophone Pears" writing and illustration picture-tivity (complete with examples,

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Games, Centers

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316

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Setting Scavenger Hunt: An Activity Kit

By Sarah Cooley

Students learn all about the setting of stories with this activity kit. Colorful setting cards send your students on a library scavenger hunt, but that’s not all! Students also create their own travel brochures, bring in setting photographs for

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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235

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Waffles! A final syllable -le mini unit

By Sarah Cooley

Teaching -le will never be more exciting or fun! Included in this packet: *Final syllable -le page size poster for display during the unit {page 1} *Flip the Waffle game--great for small groups or reading stations {page 2} *Adorable *FULL

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Reading, Graphing, Short Stories

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Printables, Games, Centers

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/th/ Bath Tub Fun: A Digraph /th/ Unit

By Sarah Cooley

This unique and memorable mini unit has a variety of /th/ activities you can use during small group and literacy stations. Activities included in this pack: *2 bright posters to remind students of the voiced and unvoiced sounds of /th/ *"Color a

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Spelling, Reading Strategies, Phonics

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1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables, Centers

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152

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Mayflower Memories: an interactive learning booklet

By Sarah Cooley

Take your students on a Mayflower adventure! A great companion piece for the Scholastic First Thanksgiving Mayflower interactive website, this 12 page booklet is the perfect way for students to keep track of their learning. The student booklet

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Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

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153

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Blends with Friends {L Blends}

By Sarah Cooley

Blend up phonics fun in your classroom by teaching the L blends using this easy prep activity kit! The variety of activities and printables included will provide excellent practice for the following blends: bl, sl, cl, gl, fl, pl.Here is a list of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Spelling

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

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297

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Sweetheart Snack: A Valentine Party & Activity Pack

By Sarah Cooley

Sweetheart Snack can be used as a Valentine Party Kit or as a source for fun graphtivities, craftvities, and games for the days leading up to Valentine's Day! This packet includes the following activities that your students will just

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Graphing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

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183

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The Mouse Album: A Kevin Henkes Character Journal

By Sarah Cooley

This keepsake album & reading reflection log is the perfect addition to your Kevin Henkes author study! The clear, simple pages make responding to reading so much fun for young learners! Each album page is unique, just like each of the

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

$4.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am a 1st grade teacher who loves to create memorable learning moments for students! This will be my 10th year in the classroom--I taught 4th grade for 2 years, and this will be my 8th year in 1st.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Learning should be an adventure! My classroom is very hands-on and interactive. I enjoy integrating my unit theme into all aspects of the curriculum. Creativity and imagination are highly encouraged in my room!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Proud graduate of Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood/Elementary/Special Education Collaborative.

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Visit my classroom blog to see pictures of fabulous first grade classroom activities and other great ideas: www.firstgraderatlast.blogspot.com *Inspired by Junie B., but created for the real first graders..."

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Higher Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Other (Art), Other (Specialty), Math Test Prep, Geography, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Word Problems, Physical Science, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Products For TpT Sellers, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Handwriting, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community