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A Letter From Your Teacher on the Last Day of School Activity

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension activity after reading aloud A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School by Shannon Olsen? This book companion will provide students with a special keepsake to take home with them at the end of the year. It

Subjects:

End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

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A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Activity

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful back to school activity after reading aloud A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School? This book companion (created by the author, Shannon Olsen) is a booklet of writing prompts (or a “letter”) for students to write in

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables

$4.00

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Our Class is a Family Activity : Class Family Album

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension activity to go along with the book Our Class is a Family? This book companion (created by the author, Shannon Olsen) will help build classroom community, foster reading and writing skills, and is ideal for back to school

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables

$4.50

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Our Class is a Family Activity : End of Year Memory Book

By Life Between Summers

Want your students to have a special keepsake of their memories from the school year? This memory book is an end of the year activity that can be used as an extension for the book Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. It's a fun way for students

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables

$3.00

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A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Activity - Adapted

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension activity after reading aloud A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen? This book companion is a booklet of writing prompts (or a “letter”) for students to write in response to their teacher

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

$4.00

251

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Shades of Meaning Rainbow Writing Craft and Synonym Word Sort

By Life Between Summers

Tired of your students always using the same simple nouns, verbs, and adjectives in their writing? Help expand their vocabulary with this shades of meaning synonym word sort and rainbow writing craft that's perfect for spring.Kids analyze synonyms

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

L.1.5d, L.2.5b, L.3.5c, L.4.5c

$3.00

168

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Our Class is a Family Morning Meeting Slides for Class Community Building

By Life Between Summers

This is a whole school year's worth of weekly Morning Meeting slides for building classroom community! It has text connections to the books Our Class is a Family and both A Letter From Your Teacher books by Shannon Olsen.You can call it either

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

$10.00

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Phonics Jenga Games Language Arts Growing Bundle

By Life Between Summers

Make phonics, reading, and spelling practice fun all school year long with these Jenga games for phonemic awareness and language arts! This growing bundle currently contains cards for short vowels, CVCe words, consonant blends, digraphs, long vowel

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.2d, RF.K.3, RF.K.3b, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.2.3, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.2.3c, RF.3.3

$88.00

$58.00

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Classroom Community Bundle - Our Class is a Family & A Letter From Your Teacher

By Life Between Summers

Looking for meaningful classroom community activities to go with all four books by Shannon Olsen? These book companions for Our Class is a Family, Our School is a Family, A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School, and A Letter From Your

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$27.50

$23.00

124

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Benchmark Advance Vocabulary Cards 2nd Grade Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These cards for Units 1-10 of Benchmark Advance vocabulary words for second grade are a useful reading comprehension tool, especially for English language learners. This bundle can be used for focus walls, literacy centers, word work, or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.2.4, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$30.00

$20.00

152

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Parts of Speech Jenga Game for Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

By Life Between Summers

This fun and engaging color Jenga game is perfect for spicing up literacy centers, review, or test prep. It contains questions for grammar practice with PARTS OF SPEECH, specifically nouns, verbs, and adjectives. These cards are to be used with this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Games, Centers

CCSS:

L.1.1b, L.1.1c, L.1.1f, L.2.1d, L.2.1e, L.3.1a, L.3.1d

$3.00

184

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Rosa Parks Activities with Close Reading, Writing, Main Idea & Details Bus Craft

By Life Between Summers

Need a Rosa Parks activity for Women's History Month or Black History Month, or any time of year? With this close reading passage, main idea and details craft, and writing paper, students will learn all about her important legacy while practicing

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Black History Month, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.1.2, RI.2.4, RI.2.10, RI.3.2, RI.3.4, RI.3.10

$3.50

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Benchmark Advance Vocabulary Cards 3rd Grade Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These cards for Units 1-10 of Benchmark Advance vocabulary words for third grade are a useful reading comprehension tool, especially for English language learners. This bundle can be used for focus walls, literacy centers, word work, or frontloading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.4, L.3.6, CCRA.L.6

$30.00

$20.00

Bundle

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$Grammar Jenga Growing Bundle$

Grammar Jenga Growing Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging color Jenga games are perfect for spicing up literacy centers, review, or test prep. When you purchase this bundle, you get access to future grammar Jenga game sets for language arts at the current price!These cards are to be

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

L.K.1, L.K.1d, L.K.2, L.K.2a, L.K.2b, L.1.1, L.1.1b, L.1.1d, L.1.1e, L.1.1f, L.1.1j...

$58.00

$43.00

116

Bundle

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Jenga Fountas and Pinnell High Frequency Words Sight Word Games Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging color Jenga games are perfect for spicing up Word Work or literacy centers! This set contains cards for all 4 lists of FOUNTAS AND PINNELL SIGHT WORDS/HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS (25 words, 50 words, 100 words, and 200 words). These

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Games, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.3, RF.K.3c, RF.1.3, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3g, RF.2.3, RF.2.3e, RF.2.3f, RF.3.3, RF.3.3c, RF.3.3d

$7.00

$5.00

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Spring Plurals Activities: Poem, Tree Map Word Sort, & Umbrella Craft

By Life Between Summers

Spring themed activities to practice spelling rules for plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves, and irregular plural nouns. This resource includes:-A poem that teaches all 5 plurals rules (students can circle/highlight words with plurals)-A tree map for a

Subjects:

Grammar, Spelling, Spring

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

L.1.1c, L.2.1b, L.3.1b

$4.00

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Multiple Meaning Words: Fall Activities, Task Cards, Bats Informational Text

By Life Between Summers

These are fall-themed activities for practicing Multiple Meaning Words. Would be especially great for centers or whole group lessons during the fall or for some grammar practice during a unit on bats! This resource includes:-32 fall-themed Multiple

Subjects:

Grammar, Autumn, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.1.4, L.2.4, L.3.4

$3.50

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Phonics Beginning Consonant Blends & Ending Blends Jenga Games Language Arts

By Life Between Summers

Make phonics, reading, and spelling practice fun with this Jenga game for phonemic awareness and language arts! This set contains cards for BEGINNING BLENDS AND ENDING CONSONANT BLENDS. These cards are to be used with this color Jenga set: Lewo

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Games, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.2, RF.K.2c, RF.K.2d, RF.K.3, RF.K.3a, RF.1.2, RF.1.2b, RF.1.2c, RF.1.3, RF.1.3b, RF.2.3

$3.00

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Class Community MEGA Bundle- Our Class is a Family & A Letter From Your Teacher

By Life Between Summers

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$37.50

$30.00

Bundle

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Holidays Around the World Suitcase & Passport: Close Reading & Opinion Writing

By Life Between Summers

Take your class on a holiday journey around the world, all while focusing on reading comprehension and opinion writing skills for Common Core. Students get their own suitcase, passport, map, and travel guide book as they "travel" to learn about how

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.9, RI.1.10, RI.2.4, RI.2.10, RI.3.4, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.10, W.1.1...

$10.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am the author of "Our Class is a Family" and both "A Letter From Your Teacher" books (for the first day and last day of school). They are read alouds to help build class community and positive relationships in the classroom. I've taught 2nd grade for 15 years and am passionate about creating engaging, hands-on resources for the classroom. I especially enjoy making extensions activities to go with my books, math & literacy center games, and resources that integrate writing.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. English with Honors (cum laude), University of California Irvine. Master of Arts in Teaching, University of California Irvine.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, French, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Math Test Prep, Life Skills, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, 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, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community