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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

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$3.50

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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

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Graphing, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables

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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

$4.00

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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,

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Halloween

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

$2.50

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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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$4.50

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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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"ar" art doodle book: fun with r-controlled vowel a

By Sarah Cooley

Doodling in class can be educational! With this unique addition to your r-controlled a vowel phonics study, your students will have a blast adding their own "ar" doodles to their very own doodle books--which will serve as a great "ar" reading

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Centers

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The Day it Rained Hearts: A Book Companion

By Sarah Cooley

One of my absolute favorite books to read around Valentine's Day is The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond. This book companion is full of meaningful and interactive comprehension activities, 2 adorable crafts based on the book, writing lesson

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Valentine's Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Centers

$4.00

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{-all} Baseball Games: 7 Literacy Activities to Teach Variant Vowel O

By Sarah Cooley

"Take me out to the bALLgame..." 7 baseball themed phonics activities to help you teach variant vowel o {-all}! Activities included in this packet can be used during guided reading, whole group reading, or literacy stations. Your students will

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Games, Centers

$4.00

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$Egg-tivities: Math, Writing, and Literacy with Easter Eggs$

Egg-tivities: Math, Writing, and Literacy with Easter Eggs

By Sarah Cooley

The weeks leading up to Easter will have your kids hoppin' with learning with these "Egg-tivities!" All you need is a supply of plastic eggs to get started!This Easter Egg themed activity pack comes with the following:"What's in the Egg?" A

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Basic Operations, Easter

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

$4.00

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Q and U Quints Baby Shower

By Sarah Cooley

Shower your students with fun as you throw a q and u baby shower for the "quints"! This baby shower/literacy station kit comes with a variety of activities that can keep your students engaged for a week of learning.This packet includes:*A "Special

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$5.00

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Alphazoo: Alphabet Posters, Flash Cards, & More!

By Sarah Cooley

This 92 page set comes with all your classroom alpha decoration needs:1. "BIGGIE" uppercase and lowercase letters: perfect for bulletin board lettering, alphabet reference walls, uppercase/lowercase matching activities. You can also attach magnets

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Flash Cards, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$5.00

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Spookley the Square Pumpkin Vocabulary Word Freebie

By Sarah Cooley

Create a pumpkin patch of vocabulary words from the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin! This freebie comes with word cards with definitions from the story, a square pumpkin printable for students to choose a favorite new word to illustrate and write

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Vocabulary, Halloween

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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R-Controlled Vowels: ir, er, ur

By Sarah Cooley

This thematic, play-based phonics unit is meant to make your students into SUPER READERS! 4 top secret, superhero "missions" for your word work station will engage your students as they learn to read and spell words with ir, er, and ur! I set the

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.1.2e

$4.00

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$Apple Centers: 5 Literacy & 5 Math Activities for the Sen$

Apple Centers: 5 Literacy & 5 Math Activities for the Sensory Tub

By Sarah Cooley

Add some apple fun to your centers this fall with 5 apple themed literacy and 5 apple themed math centers to get your students practicing a variety of academic skills! I love using the sensory tub in my first grade classroom as an engaging center

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Basic Operations, Autumn

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Games, Centers

$4.50

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The Good Egg Craft Template

By Sarah Cooley

After reading The Good Egg by Jory John, create the cutest egg craft using these template pieces! When creating, I used brown coffee filters (round), but you could use tan or light brown paper as well. Note that some pieces may need extra trimming

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Balanced Literacy

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

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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..."

GRADES

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

SUBJECTS

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