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By Shirley Anderson
Using suffixes to teach that -er and -or can mean 'one who'. Sixteen task cards, students must use context clues to decide upon the appropriate word. This should also encourage spelling practices for these words as well. This task can be a
Subjects:
Reading, Grammar, Spelling
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Activities, Lesson, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Here's a great way to celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America. Project this lesson and have students hop 3 times saying "Hop on Pop" if the words rhyme. If the words don't rhyme, they stand still. Fun activity for your special day! Also
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Phonics
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games
By Shirley Anderson
Here's a unit for the inventor Benjamin Franklin. Based on the Scholastic Book by Gene Barretta, Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, these activities and lessons can easily fill a week with repeated readings.
Contents
Page 1
Subjects:
Creative Writing, Vocabulary, Informational Text
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson
CCSS:
RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.4, RI.1.5, RI.1.6, RI.1.7, RI.1.8, W.1.2
By Shirley Anderson
A great literacy center for a pocket chart, here are 7 sentences that tell about Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). Students arrange the words to make a complete sentence. Then they write it out on the response sheet. Could be an independent center or a
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Here's 20 pages of fun for that first week of school. After reading First Grade, Here I Come by Nancy Carlson, use any of the following activities for whole group, small group, and literacy centers.
- True/False Cards (great for pocket chart)
-
Subjects:
Reading, Literature, Writing
Grades:
1st
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Teaching Benchmark Advance for 2nd grade? Florida Edition, 2020. Here's the entire year of Write the Room Centers (task cards). 10 units, 3 weeks per unit to make a total of 30 different literacy centers. Each center has 16 task cards, easy to
Subjects:
Spelling, Reading Strategies, Phonics
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Task Cards, Centers
CCSS:
RF.2.3, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.2.3c, RF.2.3d, RF.2.3e, RF.2.3f, RF.2.4, RF.2.4a, RF.2.4b, RF.2.4c
By Shirley Anderson
Print these cards on orange construction paper. Laminate, cut apart. Place in a math center, model whole group, use as a 'Scoot' game, or as a "Write the Room" activity.
Aligns with Common Core Standards.
Subjects:
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Order of Operations
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Use The Vanishing Pumpkin story for whole group ELA lessons. Skills include recall/retell, writing, sequencing and vocabulary. Great for Halloween Week. Combine with a non-fiction text on pumpkins and you have a full week of lessons. Need a few
Subjects:
Vocabulary, Literature, Writing
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Lesson
CCSS:
RL.K.4, RL.K.7, RL.K.10, RL.1.7, RL.2.5, W.1.5, W.2.3, CCRA.L.4
By Shirley Anderson
A simple activity that can be used in small group, math center, or 'solve' the room. This could be a nice addition to a 'Camp Read-a-Lot' day as well. 12 Addition cards with double digit addition with multiples of ten4 Subtraction cards with double
Subjects:
Arithmetic, Mental Math, Place Value
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Task Cards, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
SC.1.E.5.4 (1st grade) Identify the beneficial and harmful properties of the Sun. Here's a simple lesson on the helpful and harmful properties of the sun. Set includes __a pocket chart sort with 2 labels and 10 cards__cut and paste sorting
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Writing
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Printables, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Here's a wonderful way to begin first grade with fun, engagement, and Common Core.
Included in this packet-
Recall and Retell (throughout the lesson)
Connecting to Text- Writing with the circle maps
Text Dependent Questions- two pages with multiple
Subjects:
Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies
Grades:
1st
Types:
Activities, Printables, Lesson
By Shirley Anderson
Students need to practice the part-part-whole concept. We teach with manipulatives, do worksheets, and now let's do this as a Scoot Game! This could also be a math center or a write the room math activity.
Print the cards. Laminate for
Subjects:
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
CCSS:
1.OA.B.3, 1.OA.B.4
By Shirley Anderson
Strega Nona is a favorite story of mine (as are many of Tomie de Paola's stories). Use these vocabulary words (complete with definitions to glue to the back) to support a close read for the Strega Nona story.
Don't forget to check out my Strega
Subjects:
Reading, Vocabulary, Literature
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Printables, Lesson, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Use this file to engage students in asking and answering questions (great for Charlotte Danielson model for 3B) while practicing number sense.
Using the Kagan Strategy of Quiz, Quiz, Trade, students will mingle around the room, asking their
Subjects:
Numbers, Mental Math, Place Value
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
This colorful literacy center can be used as task cards or a Write the Room. Our kids need to get up and move around sometimes and this allows for such. Using a clipboard, students walk around the room to find the task cards that you taped up. They
Subjects:
Spelling, Reading Strategies, Phonics
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Activities, Task Cards, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
This is a week's lesson using Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg.
You will read the story on Monday. Each day after, you will read a portion of the story, review vocabulary content (great vocabulary in this book!) and answer text dependent
Subjects:
Writing-Expository, Reading Strategies, Informational Text
Grades:
1st, 2nd
Types:
Printables, Lesson
By Shirley Anderson
If you're using Benchmark Advance (2nd grade), here's a Write the Room activity for Unit 9, Week 1. It helps students practice suffixes -y and -ly, supporting reading and spelling practice. 16 task cards can be used in a literacy center or hung
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Spelling, Phonics
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Printables, Task Cards, Centers
By Shirley Anderson
Vote for our Future! by Margaret McNamara. Perfect for Social Studies content on Elections and Voting! There is plenty of content here for 3 days or more of SS content, along with literature close reading. This file includes:_Circle Map- Anchor
Subjects:
Vocabulary, Civics, Close Reading
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Lesson
CCSS:
RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.7, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.4
By Shirley Anderson
Are your students learning the r-controlled vowel pattern air, are, ear, ere? The words in these 16 task cards come from the spelling list, along with 6 additional words from the program. But you don't need Benchmark Advance to use this. This has an
Subjects:
Spelling, Reading Strategies, Phonics
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Task Cards, Centers
CCSS:
RF.2.3, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.2.3c, RF.2.3d, RF.2.3e, RF.2.3f, RF.2.4a, RF.2.4c
By Shirley Anderson
Here's a pocket chart sort for the beginning of the year. If you use the "Kissing Hand" or other Chester stories, this is the perfect compliment as you teach rules and procedures.
Place the two labels in the pocket chart, pass out the cards
Subjects:
Literature, Character Education
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Lesson
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Currently teaching First Grade. Previous experience includes Kindergarten, Second Grade, Primary ESE, PreK, Head Start.
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Awarded Teacher of the Year (School Based) 2011-2012 Awarded Teacher of the Year (School Based) 2003-2004
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
A.A. in Early Childhood B.S. in ESE Primary (Varying Exceptionalities) M.S. in PreK- Primary
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GRADES
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Not Grade Specific
SUBJECTS
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, Civics, Special Education, Health, Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Study Skills, General Science, Physical Science, Library Skills, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community
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