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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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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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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

Digital Download ZIP (294.84 MB)

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$Jenga 2nd Grade Math Games for Centers or Review MEGA Grow$

Jenga 2nd Grade Math Games for Centers or Review MEGA Growing Bundle + Holidays

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging Jenga 2nd grade math games are perfect for spicing up math centers, review, or test prep. When you purchase this bundle, you get access to future 2nd grade Common Core math standard Jenga game sets at the current price! Use

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Word Problems

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Games

CCSS:

2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2

$59.00

$43.00

344

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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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$Math Jenga Games Growing Bundle for 2nd Grade$

Math Jenga Games Growing Bundle for 2nd Grade

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging color Jenga games are perfect for spicing up math centers, review, or test prep. When you purchase this bundle, you get access to future 2nd grade Common Core math standard Jenga game sets at the current price! *This growing

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Word Problems

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Games

CCSS:

2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2

$32.00

$24.00

170

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$Guess Who Math Games Growing Bundle$

Guess Who Math Games Growing Bundle

By Life Between Summers

Need something highly engaging for math centers or early finishers? These math games help kids develop math vocabulary as they practice skills such as number sense, place value, addition, subtraction, money, telling time, geometry, and fractions.

Subjects:

Math, Geometry, Place Value

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

1.NBT.B.2, 1.NBT.B.2a, 1.NBT.B.2b, 1.NBT.B.2c, 2.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.1a, 2.NBT.A.1b, 1.G.A.1, 2.G.A.1, 3.G.A.1

$36.00

$27.00

167

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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

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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

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$Jenga 1st Grade Math Games for Centers or Review MEGA Grow$

Jenga 1st Grade Math Games for Centers or Review MEGA Growing Bundle + Holidays

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging Jenga 1st grade math games are perfect for spicing up math centers, review, or test prep. When you purchase this bundle, you get access to future 1st grade Common Core math standard Jenga game sets at the current price! Use

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.B.4, 1.OA.C.5, 1.OA.C.6, 1.OA.D.7, 1.OA.D.8, 1.G.A.1, 1.G.A.2, 1.G.A.3

$49.00

$39.00

Bundle

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$Math Jenga Games Growing Bundle for 3rd Grade$

Math Jenga Games Growing Bundle for 3rd Grade

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging color Jenga games are perfect for spicing up math centers, review, or test prep. When you purchase this growing bundle, you get access to future 3rd grade Jenga game sets at the current price! These cards are to be used with

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Word Problems

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Games

CCSS:

3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.C.7

$25.00

$20.00

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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

Digital Download ZIP (72.36 MB)

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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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Benchmark Advance Vocabulary Cards 1st Grade Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These cards for Units 1-10 of Benchmark Advance vocabulary words for first 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:

1^st

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$30.00

$20.00

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$Guess Who Math Games MEGA Growing Bundle$

Guess Who Math Games MEGA Growing Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These math games create high levels of student engagement and rigor! They help kids develop math vocabulary and a deeper understanding of concepts related to number sense, place value, addition, subtraction, money, telling time, geometry, fractions,

Subjects:

Math, Geometry, Place Value

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

1.NBT.B.2, 1.NBT.B.2a, 1.NBT.B.2b, 1.NBT.B.2c, 2.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.1a, 2.NBT.A.1b, 1.G.A.1, 2.G.A.1, 3.G.A.1

$55.00

$40.00

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Jenga Sight Words 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 a bundle of sight words game sets (315 total words)These cards are to be used with this color Jenga set: Lewo Wooden

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.2.3f, RF.3.3, RF.3.3d

$12.00

$10.00

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Benchmark Advance Vocabulary Cards 4th Grade Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These cards for Units 1-10 of Benchmark Advance vocabulary words for fourth 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, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.4.4, L.4.6, CCRA.L.6

$30.00

$20.00

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Grammar Crafts and Activities MEGA Growing Bundle

By Life Between Summers

These simple grammar craftivities help students practice language standards in a hands-on, engaging way. This bundle will save you lesson-planning time by providing you with language crafts and activities throughout each season of the school year.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

L.1.1, L.1.4, L.1.5d, L.2.1, L.2.1b, L.2.1f, L.2.2, L.2.4, L.2.4d, L.2.5b, L.3.1...

$27.50

$22.00

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Phonics Short Vowels Jenga Games Language Arts Bundle

By Life Between Summers

Make phonics, reading, and spelling practice fun with these Jenga games for phonemic awareness and language arts! These sets contain cards for SHORT VOWELS: SHORT A, E, I, O, U, including sets of CVC words and also short vowel words with blends,

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$15.00

$12.00

Bundle

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$Math Jenga Games Growing Bundle for 1st Grade$

Math Jenga Games Growing Bundle for 1st Grade

By Life Between Summers

These fun and engaging color Jenga games are perfect for spicing up math centers, review, or test prep. When you purchase this bundle, you get access to future 1st grade Common Core math standard Jenga sets at the current price!*This growing bundle

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.C.5, 1.OA.C.6, 1.G.A.1, 1.G.A.2, 1.G.A.3

$40.00

$32.00

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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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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

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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