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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

Grades:

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

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Assessment, Flash Cards, Word Walls

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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

Subjects:

Reading, Back to School

Grades:

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

Subjects:

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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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

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Printables, Games

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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

$4.00

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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

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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

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Activities, Printables, Centers

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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

Subjects:

Reading, Graphing, Short Stories

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Games, Centers

$4.00

228

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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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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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"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

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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

108

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Reading Briefcase: A school-to-home reading kit

By Sarah Cooley

UPDATED 8/5/15 A reading briefcase is simply a poly folder (or bag) that holds any reading materials that need to travel home with students everyday for additional reading practice at home! I have been using the reading briefcase in my own

Subjects:

Reading, Classroom Management, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Homework, Guided Reading Books, For Parents

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Word Work for the Sounds of /oo/

By Sarah Cooley

This word work packet is perfect for use in stations or for whole group review/practice for spelling and reading words with /oo/. This set includes very easy prep activities and ideas, ready to print and implement in the same day. Printable

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Centers

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Dot Day Activity Booklet

By Sarah Cooley

A quick, easy to print booklet of art activities and station ideas to go along with Peter H. Reynolds' The Dot.

Subjects:

Reading, Other (Arts), Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Mommy You're My Everything {Mother's Day Booklet}

By Sarah Cooley

This Mother's Day your students can show their moms how much they care by completing this adorable rhyming prompt booklet. The finished product will make an 8 page mini-book, and it is sure to be something moms will treasure and keep forever!

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables, For Parents

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Bat-tastic Contractions

By Sarah Cooley

Your students will go batty for contractions with these 4 engaging contraction activities: 1. Contraction Match Up--students will match bats to contractions. This is a great write the room station, or perfect for the pocket chart! 2. Contraction

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Spelling

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

$3.00

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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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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