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Summer Review: First Grade

By Michelle Oakes

Are you looking for an amazing Common Core based summer review packet for your students or children? The End of the Year Summer Review packet is a TOP 10 Seller! This pack includes everything your first graders need to review and remain ready for

Subjects:

Reading, Summer, End of Year

Grades:

1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, For Parents

$6.75

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Comprehension Graphic Organizers: Reader's Workshop

By Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! Do you need graphic organizers for reading comprehension? This pack includes 32 Reader's Workshop Response Sheets. These are great graphic organizers for schema, connections, mental images, inferences, questioning, nonfiction

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Centers

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How I Became a Pirate: A Literature Unit

By Michelle Oakes

How I Became a Pirate is one of my all time favorite books to teach. Do you need an amazing unit to target specific literacy skills? This unit includes 9 lesson plans that are common core aligned to go with the book, How I Became a Pirate by Melinda

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$5.00

243

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Reading Graphic Organizers

By Michelle Oakes

Do you need reader's response sheets to assess comprehension? In this packet you will find response sheets for any book. They are especially created for Readers Workshop, guided reading and center time. The beginning of the packet includes several

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Centers

$6.00

276

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Rabbits Unit: Nonfiction Shared Reading Unit

By Michelle Oakes

Do you need a great Common Core Aligned unit for spring to work on literacy skills? This nonfiction Rabbit Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target specific literacy skills. Each activity contains

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$5.00

302

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Summer Review: Kindergarten

By Michelle Oakes

Do you need an end of the year, summer review packet for your little students? This is the perfect pack to send home with your kindergarten grads, to prevent the summer slide. This pack is completely Common Core aligned and hits the most important

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Summer, End of Year

Grades:

Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, For Parents

$6.75

359

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Farm Unit

By Michelle Oakes

This huge farm unit includes everything you'll need for a week, full of farm fun. It contains 5 Days of Shared Reading activities for the book Farming by Gail Gibbons. You can teach this unit over the course of 5 days with the many different

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$9.00

124

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House for Hermit Crab

By Michelle Oakes

A House for Hermit Crab is such a fun book. If you are looking for some great nonfiction & fiction reading activities then this unit is perfect. This set is awesome for targeting skills such as sequencing, problem solving, making predictions,

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

$5.50

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Green Shamrocks: St. Patrick's Day Literature Unit

By Michelle Oakes

Are you looking for a fun, St. Patrick's Day themed, Common Core Aligned unit to work on literacy skills? This Green Shamrocks Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target specific literacy skills. Each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Literature

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$5.00

107

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Penguins: Nonfiction Shared Reading Unit

By Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! Are you looking for a fun and engaging Common Core Aligned unit to work on literacy skills? This Penguin Unit is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target specific literacy skills. Each activity

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Posters, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.9

$4.50

116

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Reading Graphic Organizers

By Michelle Oakes

Do you need fun and engaging reading graphic organizers? This is perfect for you! These are especially great for guided reading! Your students can read and then have fun comprehending what they read by filling out these reading graphic organizers.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Graphic Organizers

$5.50

874

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Arctic Fox: Nonfiction Reading Unit

By Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! Are you looking for a nonfiction reading unit for your students? This unit focuses on comprehension and literacy skills. It helps your students engage in other important skills while having loads of fun! I hope you and your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$7.00

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Reading Units: Growing Bundle

By Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! My reading unit bundle is now here! These Shared Reading Units help to focus on the Common Core Standards while enjoying some of our favorite picture books, both fiction and nonfiction. These lessons are completely ready to

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

$70.25

$50.00

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Roses are Pink, Your Feet Stink and Opossums

By Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! Do you need a good set to practice literacy skills? This is perfect for you! Your students will do activities in sets while engaging in all the common core aligned skills. I hope you and your students have as much fun as I did

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

$7.00

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Honeybees

By Michelle Oakes

Do you need a good unit for practicing literacy skills? The Honeybees Reading Unit is perfect for helping your little students work on their reading comprehension. This is a great way to get your students to engage in reading activities and target

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

$5.50

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Bring on Spring: Graphic Organizers

By Michelle Oakes

Hey teacher friends! Do your students need some new & fun graphic organizers for reading? This is the best way to start off spring! These graphic organizers are perfect for spring and guided reading. They include the first grade common core

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Guided Reading Books, Graphic Organizers

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching 19 years. This will be year 15! 14 years were been in first grade and I'm now our school's reading specialist. I absolutely love teaching. I have always dreamed of being a teacher and feel blessed to be able teach.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love to use hands on and inquiry based learning. I believe in making learning fun while still integrating and mastering the standards.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I've been nominated for Disney's Teacher of the year twice, as well as included in Who's Who Among America Teachers for two years.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a degree in Elementary Education grades K-8 from Miami University and a Masters in Reading from Xavier University.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Visit me at http://Fabulousinfirst.blogspot.com