Less than $5 1st Grade Resources (by date, oldest first)

Use these mats for small groups or independent practice with one or two dice. Students roll the dice, count the dots, use manipulatives to represent the number, locate the number, and practice writing the number. Print and laminate the sheet or put it in a page protector to use with a dry erase marker for repeated use.

Updated to include a version of the mats with tens frames to help "make" the numbers.

Updated a second time to include a version of the mat with an addition sign for added math skill practice.

Now digital and printable!

Serve up some phonics fun with this pizza-themed vowel sound sorting activity! Print, laminate, and cut out the pizza crusts and pepperonis. Your students will sort the pepperonis onto the correct pizzas by matching the pictures to the vowel sounds they contain. These fun pizzas will help your students learn to differentiate vowel sounds for all vowels. Clip art from Pink Cat Studio, Anika, and Preschool Curriculum

For more foodie fun, download my Sight Word Spaghetti!

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Popcorn Pathway is a fun way to help students practice CVC words with the short O sound. This is a perfect game for small group stations or to play during free time. Directions are included, but you are encouraged to change up the rules to according to your students' needs.

Looking for simple but elegant alphabet posters that are designed with students in mind? I've got you covered! No matter your need, you are sure to find one of the four included designs to be exactly what you've been wanting.

With letters printed in both upper and lower case in an easy-to-read, elementary-friendly font, these posters are the perfect addition to your elementary classroom.

Available in pink or black letters, with or without clip art. (Two designs are included for the letter X- just so you are aware; I prefer the boX, but you might want X-ray, so that's included for you, too.)

Print on cardstock and laminate for extra durability.

Number Posters in the same design are also available! Check them out here!

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Students will cut out images of a butterfly in every stage of its life and paste the images in the correct order. This is a simple science lesson that will offer a visual to pair with a lesson on the life cycle. It could also be used as an assessment at the end of the lesson.

Students will have so much fun "sliding" letters and sounds together to make CVC words!

So many activities can be made from this ONE DOWNLOAD!

Students can...

Work on beginning, middle, and/or ending sounds based on CVC word pictures.

Match CVC word pictures to a teacher-given word (word list/answer key provided). Write the letters that spell the word represented by the CVC word picture card.

Read CVC words and drag and drop them to the corresponding picture (digital bonus activity!).

Images are available in color and in black and white. Ideas for differentiating instruction are included.

UPDATED TO INCLUDE EDITABLE GOOGLE SLIDES PERFECT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING.

These stories each focus on a different vowel to encourage long and short vowel sounds identification and differentiation. The stories also allow students the opportunity to practice sequencing the events in the story after they've read it.

10 addition problems with sums up to ten. Includes space at the bottom for sorting manipulatives. Good for pre-assessment and post-assessment. Editable so you can change problems if needed.

Use these simple stories to assess sequencing a story. The simple passages are great for young learners or learners in special education.

Students will color leaves red and yellow, glue them to their tree trunks, and construct a single digit math problem using the visuals!

This fun St. Patrick's Day activity uses the story There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover to get students excited about sequencing!

Don't have the book? Don't worry! A link to listen to the book read aloud on YouTube is included in the download on the directions page.

Students will listen to the book and sequence the images from the story.

I have listed SEVEN ways to differentiate this activity to make it suitable for every student in your classroom- no extra planning time or accommodations required!

This product can also be found in a sequencing bundle along with several other "Old Lady Who" stories for every season!

Looking for simple but elegant affirmation and growth mindset posters that are designed with students in mind? I've got you covered! No matter your need, you are sure to find one of the two included designs to be exactly what you've been wanting.

With statements printed in an easy-to-read, elementary-friendly font, these posters are the perfect addition to your elementary classroom.

Print on cardstock and laminate for extra durability.

Find the entire JUNGLE WHIMSY decoration collection HERE!

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Use these practice pages to reinforce letter skills such as identifying beginning sounds, letter formation, and letter identification. Laminate or place in page protector for repeated use.

These labels are for Kindergarten through fifth grade. They include labels for supplies, IEPs, Parent Communication, worksheets, etc. And they match my meet the teacher letter and graphics.

Updated to include word form!

Students can use these cards to match two and three-digit numbers with their base ten block representations and their expanded form. Use the cards individually to create even more activities. For example, give students the three digit number card and have them build the number using actual base ten blocks. You can also give the students the clip art cards and have them write the three digit numbers or the numbers in expanded form. The possibilities are endless and easily differentiated for every learner.

Base Ten Clip Art from Pink at Heart

Valentine's Day Reading Comprehension and Sequencing Craft

Students will love this Valentine's Day themed, educational activity that goes along with one of my favorite Valentine's Day books: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose.

UPDATE! This activity now includes link to a DIGITAL version of the activity and assessments so you can continue to use this with your remote learners.

No book? No problem! A link to the story read aloud on YouTube is included on the directions page!

Use with the book There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Rose. Students can read the story and use the picture "leaves" to sequence the events of the story as they add leaves to their rose.

Includes a differentiated sequencing assessment (fill in the blank and multiple choice versions) along with a list of seven easy ways to differentiate instruction with this resource.

This is included in my Sequencing Activity Bundle available here

Students will use these sentence parts to answer who, what, when, where, and why to build a sentence or short story. Handwriting paper is included with a box at the top to illustrate the sentence/story they wrote with their WH sentence strips. Print the WH question page on colorful paper for even more fun.

This is just one page of my St. Patrick's Day Math Packet! Using this page, students will cut out the pictures and finish the AB and ABB patterns with fun St. Patrick's Day clip art from CK Clipart.

Looking for simple but elegant number posters that are designed with students in mind? I've got you covered! No matter your need, you are sure to find one of the two included designs to be exactly what you've been wanting.

With numbers 1-20 printed in an easy-to-read, elementary-friendly font, these posters are the perfect addition to your elementary classroom.

Available in pink or black numbers with tens frames to represent numbers visually.

Print on cardstock and laminate for extra durability.

Alphabet posters are also available in the same design! Check them out here!

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Students will count and graph the number of apple seeds they found in their apples. Excellent for early elementary and special education classrooms. Black and white graphics help you save on ink. Easy, fun, and interactive math lesson. Lesson plan ties in Special Education Extended Standards. This would be fun for Johnny Appleseed Day!