Less than $5 1st Grade Tools for Common Core Handouts (by date, oldest first)

Introduce character traits to students then tie the concepts to real life with this pot o' gold activity. Students choose one character trait to define each of their classmates. Then, they write the character traits on gold coins, cut and paste onto peers' pot o' gold. Informative writing activity that reinforces using examples for fact-based essays. Includes: Easy to follow directions with optional age-based activities Pot o' Gold Coins handout Character Trait Sheet Follow-up writing activities Fun, engaging activity for elementary students who need introductions or reinforcement in working with character traits and fact-based writing.

13 magazine-like covers/handouts designed to help students master CCSS genre study elements for non-fiction texts. After studying real magazine covers, have students choose their favorite topic and fill-in the information. Color the images for great classroom displays! Includes directions and suggestions for use and connections for Common Core subjects. Magazine covers handouts include: Animals, Games, Gardening, History, Math, Music, Reader, Science, Sports, Technology, Writer, Blank Form Can be used for inferencing, main ideas, paraphrases,spelling, summaries, titles, vocabulary, and more...

Students make their own fact based or fictional Thanksgiving Storybooks then bind and share. These ready to use handout sheets are loaded with holiday graphics that include:

4 Title pages to color

4 The End pages to color

6 Coloring Frames with Speech Bubbles

16 Coloring Frames with Writing Spaces

Instructions for Use and binding with Optional Extensions (media)

32 slides of Thanksgiving fun that allows students to create their own books to share with classmates, families, and friends. Can be used as assessment for grammar/writing skills, as fact-based only stories, or as creative writing assignments.

Cause and effect sequencing frames with pictures to help students paste and cut, put in order, and storytell, video, or write about. Comes with: CCSS Alignment Links 10 Activities 1 Blank Sequencing Sheet Extensions Differentiation Suggestions Fun for group or individual learning, creating group stories, real life connections, coordination skills, inferencing, phonics, writing and much more!

10 themed handouts/worksheets for students to color objects that belong in scenes. Students choose and mark one item that does not belong in each scene. Includes: Scene to color: Does not belong in scene: Beach scene Snowman Fall scene Rabbit in airplane School scene Duck Mountain scene Cup and saucer House scene Ship Football scene Gingerbread man Pirate scene Igloo Snowman scene Campfire Ballet scene Soccer ball Western desert scene Snowflake Directions Answers Help students discuss, understand, and assess category skills. Fun and educational!

Early learners/readers help the frog reel in the right vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete the three letter words: 1. tap 2. cup 3. bat/bit/but 4. mat/met 5. cat 6. sat/sit 7. fit 8. kit 9. let/lit 10. mop 11. run 12. son/sun 13. fun 14. lap 15. man 16. did 17. kid 18. sip 19. tan/ten/tin 20. hen Then, color the frog and the correct letter, find a classmate with a word that rhymes/uses the same consonant or vowel, or practice spelling words with the blank template provided. Comes with: Directions/Suggestions for use Answer sheet Blank template for spelling words 20 frog fishing handouts with 3 letter sight words Use for spelling, rhyming, assessment, introduce words, matching. Meets CCSS.

Practice inferencing and real life connections with these ten exercises for individual, small or whole groups. Visual clues provide inference activities for students to draw conclusions. Answers can be drawn or written, and students.