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The Adventures of Super Tooth and the Cavity Villains: A Dental Health Unit

By Sarah Cooley

Make your dental health unit an adventure as you and your students meet "Super Tooth"--a whimsical hero who saves the Land of Sparkle Tooth from the sneaky Cavity Villains! This unit includes the fun mini book of Super Tooth and the Cavity

Subjects:

Science, Anatomy, Holidays/Seasonal

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

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Adventures in Space: A Solar System Unit

By Sarah Cooley

Blast off into learning about space! This unit has everything you will need for your little astronomers and astronauts to have an adventure while studying the Solar System!Astronaut Activities:*Neil Armstrong fact poster fill-in*Astronaut writing

Subjects:

Reading, Science, Astronomy

Grades:

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

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

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Plant Adaptations

By Sarah Cooley

Plants have special features to help them survive in their habitat. Use this bright and simple slideshow to introduce your little scientists to 10 plants with amazing adaptations! There are 2 turn and talk prompts at the end of the slideshow, and

Subjects:

Biology, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: October STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

Fall and Halloween themed elements help to make these morning tub labels and ideas the most fun yet! This set includes 12 labels for tubs--and ideas for what to put inside each! I try very hard to create tubs that use items teachers already have

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Engineering

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

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Who's Who in the Zoo: An Animal Science Activity Packet

By Sarah Cooley

Your little zookeepers will read, write, draw, observe, and have a blast learning to classify animals into groups: mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, and amphibians! The fun zoo animal science activities in this packet include: *5 animal group

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Science

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: January STEM Based & Creativity Building Morning Work

By Sarah Cooley

Morning work that engages students in socialization, purposeful play, creativity, and problem solving, all while using engineering skills and STEM concepts. Included in this pack: 9 Morning Tub LABELS and IDEAS (materials are not included).

Subjects:

Winter, Engineering

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: September STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

Morning work has never been more fun! Meaningful Morning Tubs are engaging, play-based, and an easy way to incorporate STEM into your daily routine. Almost all of the ideas and prompts use materials you ALREADY have in your classroom. The

Subjects:

Science, Autumn, Engineering

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

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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

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132

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: December STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

The easiest way to incorporate STEM activities into your daily routine! Simply cut out the idea cards, add to tubs with materials, and let your students create! I try to use as many items that I have (and other teachers will have) as possible,

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Engineering

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: November STEM Based & Creativity Building Morning Work

By Sarah Cooley

The EASIEST way to incorporate STEM and play into the classroom! Simply print and add these 12 November themed creative prompts/task cards to a morning tub with materials from around your classroom, and be amazed by what your students can create! I

Subjects:

Other (Science), Autumn, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: April STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

Looking for an easy way to implement STEM concepts into your daily routine? These STEM tub ideas are a way to bring purposeful play into the classroom and were designed to integrate into your April themes! April Meaningful Morning Tubs will have

Subjects:

Science, Spring, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

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120

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: March STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

You will love implementing this morning work routine that is meaningful and engaging for students! With these 9 March holiday themed STEM ideas, your students will be busy at work--constructing leprechaun traps, creating shamrock string slides,

Subjects:

Science, St. Patrick's Day, Engineering

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: February STEM Based & Creativity Building Morning Work

By Sarah Cooley

You will love implementing this morning work routine that is meaningful and engaging for students! With these 9 February holiday themed STEM ideas, your students will be busy at work--creating bridges, discovering shadows, constructing monuments,

Subjects:

Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Engineering

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

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154

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Meaningful Morning Tubs: May STEM Based Ideas

By Sarah Cooley

The end of the school year is quickly approaching, and student engagement is necessary for teacher (& student) survival! Worksheets aren't cutting it, and you are looking for morning work that keeps your students thinking, building, creating,

Subjects:

Science, End of Year, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

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We {Heart} Our Earth {An Earth Day Unit}

By Sarah Cooley

This Earth Day, your students will read, write, craft, and sort their way into learning more about our planet and how to take care of it! This literacy, writing, and science packet is full of these great ideas, printables, and unique

Subjects:

Environment, Writing, Earth Day

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

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Light: An NGSS Science Unit & Journal

By Sarah Cooley

Meet NGSS Science Standards while experimenting, exploring, and journaling all about light! This packet comes with a variety of pages perfect for student responses and discoveries to hands-on activities with light. Journal pages, experiment ideas,

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

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Engineering Design Process Posters and Journal Cards

By Sarah Cooley

Full page, simple classroom posters defining the steps of the Engineering Design Process. These are wonderful for an introduction to STEM activities and a great addition to any Maker Space! 6 Posters:The Engineering Design Process

Subjects:

Science, Other (Science), Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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Bats

By Sarah Cooley

Organize your student's bat research with a kit full of bat research pages! You can add some printables to your research/writing station, and complete other pages as a whole group as your class studies bats! This kit comes with graphic organizers,

Subjects:

Science, Writing, Autumn

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Centers

$3.50

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Simply Seed Observations {FREEBIE}

By Sarah Cooley

Beginning a unit of study on plants always begins with SEEDS! A daily seed log is included, as well as several other learning prompt printables for students to record their new learning. I hope you and your class enjoy these free resources!

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

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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!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

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

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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