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Brownie Points

By Sarah Cooley

Using incentives for positive behavior is a wonderful way to motivate students to do the right thing. The system I use to reward the entire class for positive behavior is called Brownie Points! This system is so easy to implement! Go to your local

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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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

Types:

Assessment, Flash Cards, Word Walls

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The Five Bees Promise: 5 Simple Rules for Any Grade!

By Sarah Cooley

Keep your classroom rules simple {and CUTE} with the five "bees" promise! This pack comes with full-color posters to display each of the five rules, and mini award certificates to pass out when you notice a student following one of the "bee" rules!

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Classroom Forms, Posters

$2.50

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: August STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

Begin your school year and your school days with meaningful, engaging activities that will encourage your students to collaborate, create, build, and use their imaginations! If you are looking for an easy and play-based alternative to morning

Subjects:

Other (Science), Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

$2.00

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Big & Bright Classroom Numbers

By Sarah Cooley

Looking for a perfect addition to your math wall? Need a cute way to display numbers? These 20 BIG & bright numbers will look adorable in your classroom, and they are large enough for students to see from anywhere in the room. Each number

Subjects:

Numbers, Other (Math), Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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Best "Bee"havior Catalog

By Sarah Cooley

When my students display amazing behavior, they have the opportunity to earn "punches" on their "Best Beehavior Punch Cards". When the ticket is full of punches, that little friend can redeem the ticket for any prize found in the Best "Beehavior"

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Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

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

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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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Pastel Pennants Hallway Name Display

By Sarah Cooley

Refresh your hallway name display with these trendy and unique pennants! I attached each of my pennants to a dowel rod with tape, and tied on some fun yarn and curling ribbon. Also included are coordinating printable letters for the display that

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.50

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Desk Fairy Certificates

By Sarah Cooley

Use these certificates along with a few sprinkles of confetti to reward clean desks in your classroom! I usually choose one desk per week for the "desk fairy" to visit. The desk fairy award motivates students to keep their desks organized and

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Classroom Forms

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Cereal Box All About Me Project

By Sarah Cooley

Build classroom community and get to know your new students! This is a fun alternative to the annual back to school "all about me bag". Send home the directions page with the printables for students to create a cereal box project all about

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Projects, Activities

$3.00

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Chalkboard Color Cards

By Sarah Cooley

Chalkboard color cards are such a "fun-tabulous" way to display color words in the classroom! Each card has an adorable stick kid wearing that color of clothing. Large fonts on each card make the cards easy to see from any seat in the classroom.

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Flash Cards, Word Walls

$2.50

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Dino-Mite First Days of School

By Sarah Cooley

This little packet has all the dino fun needed to make the first few days of school magical! Included:*Meet the Teacher Gift Tags and gift ideas (dino themed) with a rhyming letter to help your students get excited and sleep sweet the night before

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities

$2.00

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1st Grade Letter Review

By Sarah Cooley

Letter review can be FUN and even a little creative! These activity based review pages are geared toward students who have practiced letters before. Using the printables, students will color, doodle pictures and label them, practice letter

Subjects:

Writing, Back to School, Handwriting

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (33.88 MB)

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Hello {my name is}...1st day name badges

By Sarah Cooley

Use these adorable swirly chalkboard frame name tags to help you remember student names the first few days of school! Print, write in your students names, and laminate. Create name tag necklaces by hole punching the top and adding yarn!

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

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

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FREE

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Pastel Calendar Cards

By Sarah Cooley

This calendar makes my eyes so happy! It comes with bright, easy to read number cards (1-31) in the exact colors pictured--alternating pastel colors, with white numbers. It has 2 options for month toppers, and year cards up to the year 2030. I

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.00

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Pink Apples Letter and Number Posters

By Sarah Cooley

Alphabet posters, word wall headers, and number wall posters with whimsical pink apples and black and lime green accents are so cute for any early childhood classroom! This set also comes with pink apple table headers 1-6. Alphabet posters have a

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

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Pencil Basket Labels

By Sarah Cooley

Add these circular labels {with *sparkly* pencil cues} to baskets in order to remind your students to place dull pencils in the "Not Sharp" basket, and get new ones from the "Sharp" basket!

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Back to School

Grades:

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

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FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.01 MB)

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Find the Pencil Number Recognition Freebie

By Sarah Cooley

This pocket chart game is easy to prep and a great whole group activity or engaging station game. Students take turns hiding the pencil behind one of the numbers, while the other students guess which number the pencil is behind. So simple, but

Subjects:

Numbers, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Student Information & Parent Volunteer Forms

By Sarah Cooley

Use these forms at Meet the Teacher night or at the beginning of the school year to gather student information and have one form for parents to easily sign up to volunteer!

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Professional Documents, Printables

FREE

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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!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Proud graduate of Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood/Elementary/Special Education Collaborative.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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

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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