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Brooke Shannon

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Retell Stories {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.L.1.2}

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Recount Stories {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2}

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Habitats! An Elementary Unit with Worms!

By Brooke Shannon

Create a habitat with your students! This packet will help you teach your kiddos about habitats. It features soil observation, worm observation, soil layer activity, and a glossary of important terms! Enjoy! **NOW UPDATED: includes teacher

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Physical Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.1.8

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Recount Stories {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2}

By Brooke Shannon

Help students learn to recount (summarize) stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. This product includes 18 activities for helping students learn to recount, or summarize, stories. This lesson corresponds to Common Core

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Centers

$2.00

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Symbols of the United States

By Brooke Shannon

This is a simple template that you can use with your first graders to talk about symbols and pull out interesting facts. I have included two student examples. They are fun to create and go great with the study of American Symbols!

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Projects, Printables, Centers

FREE

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Character Traits {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3}

By Brooke Shannon

Help students learn to describe characters. This product includes 5 posters with examples of characters and traits they possess. This product also includes a worksheet where students can create posters for other characters or themselves. Common

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Posters, Centers

$2.50

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Nonfiction Writing Pages {Cute Student Work Pages}

By Brooke Shannon

For use with students in your non-fiction writing unit. Pages included: -Research gathering page -Table of Contents -How To -Diagram Page -Generic Writing Pages Goes along with Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.7 Participate in shared

Subjects:

General Science, Writing, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$2.00

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Retell Stories {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.L.1.2}

By Brooke Shannon

Help students learn to retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. This product includes 7 posters to help students use the story Little Red Riding Hood to retell another story. This

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Posters, Centers

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (10.78 MB)

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Main Idea & Key Details

By Brooke Shannon

This worksheet can be used to teach children to identify the main idea and key details of a nonfiction piece. I use it with short nonfiction articles. This activity corresponds to Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2 Identify the

Subjects:

Informational Text

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Centers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.06 MB)

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Christmas Celebration Clip Art

By Brooke Shannon

This product includes 21 full color Christmas themed images. Clip Art Includes: 7 Christmas Backgrounds 1 Full Color Christmas Banner Set 3 Full Color Ornaments 6 Full Color Gifts 2 Full Color Bows 1 Full Color Christmas Tree 1 Full Color Set of

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Printables, Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

$3.00

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Recount A Story

By Brooke Shannon

Help students learn to recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. This product includes a worksheet to help students think about the important parts of a story, so they can write it down. This lesson corresponds to

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Lesson

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.41 MB)

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Apple-Lutely Great Unit {MANY Common Core Standards Covered}

By Brooke Shannon

This unit is great during September. It has many activities that are perfect for warm-ups in both literacy and math. This will get students thinking about addition, subtraction, reading & writing. The following Common Core Standards

Subjects:

Reading, Basic Operations, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

1.MD.C.4, 1.OA.C.6, RF.1.1a, RF.1.3

$2.50

$1.50

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Christmas Celebration Clip Art

By Brooke Shannon

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

$3.00

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Cute Fun Borders!

By Brooke Shannon

**UPDATED!!** 65 great borders and backgrounds to use in your resources!

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Other (Arts), For All Subject Areas, Products For TpT Sellers

Grades:

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, ...

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Trees and Ornaments Clip Art

By Brooke Shannon

Includes 8 trees, 6 ornaments, and 2 star options in .png format. These cute images can be used for personal use, professional use, or in any TPT products. Please give credit to my store.

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

$2.50

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Practice Fluency Correlates with Harcourt Trophies

By Brooke Shannon

Help students learn to read high frequency words using this product. Six levels included. Each level includes a list of words and sentences using the high frequency words. These sentences can be used to practice fluency in addition to reinforcing

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

$2.50

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Student Created Mother's & Father's Day Books

By Brooke Shannon

Create books with your students. Add cute covers to make take-home gifts for moms and dads!

Subjects:

Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Handwriting

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Projects, Printables, Centers

$2.00

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End of Year Memory Book {elementary}

By Brooke Shannon

This book is great for students to complete at the end of the year so they can record all their memories and likes/dislikes at this age. The cover can be laminated to make an adorable keepsake that students will treasure for years to come. There

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Summer

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Projects, Printables

$2.00

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Letter Writing Paper {free}

By Brooke Shannon

Use these half sheets of paper to write letters with your students! They are free!

Subjects:

Writing, Handwriting

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Centers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.88 MB)

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Ask and Answer Questions {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1}

By Brooke Shannon

Help students learn to ask and answer questions about their reading. These cards are a quick check-in with students to see if they are understanding the story they are reading. Students can use the cards independently or with an adult. After

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Games, Centers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.14 MB)

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Labels for Book Baskets & Books {cute}

By Brooke Shannon

These are great to laminate and add to your book baskets. Also included: Mini-Labels for Books to create stickers to add to each book inside the book basket here: All images taken from google images. No copyright was intentionally broken.

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download ZIP (35.04 MB)

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Vocabulary Sheet for Little Ones

By Brooke Shannon

Create a journal of vocabulary terms with your students! This will help students keep track of their vocabulary terms and make meaning of new words.

Subjects:

Vocabulary

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, Centers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.05 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

This is my 7th year teaching. I taught third grade for three years and am in my fourth year of teaching first grade. I feel lucky to wake up every morning and go to a job I adore. To find out more about my teaching, please visit my blog at: http://hopintofirst.blogspot.com/

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HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Those Who Excel Award Winner 2011

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Illinois: Undergraduate degree in Elementary Education Concordia University: current student completing a Masters in Educational Technology

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