Oklahoma First Grade and Pre-K Report Cards are live

The new fully editable first grade and pre-K Oklahoma report cards are now live on Teachers Pay Teachers. There are three license available: a single teacher license good for one teacher, a school license good for up to five teachers in a single school, and district license good for all of the schools across your district. You can find the first grade report card here and the pre-K Report Card here. Please let me know if you have any questions.

2023-2024 Oklahoma Kindergarten Report Cards

Do you need a report card for your kindergarten classroom? Look no further. I have created a report card that you can easily incorporate into your classroom resources. The report cards were created using the new Oklahoma language arts and math standards that were adopted in 2022. There are licenses for single teacher use, school use, and district use. The files are fully editable so you can add your district information. You can also adjust the report card to only show the standards you are assessing for each quarter. You can add or delete categories, change the format, add a mascot, or change the color or fonts. To find these wonderful resources please click here: 2023-2024 Oklahoma Kindergarten Report Cards.

Newsletter Templates

Do you struggle with sending out newsletters to your parents because you are intimidated by creating a template? Well struggle no longer because I have created a super great product with you in mind. My Teachers Pay Teachers Fully Editable Classroom Newletter Templates is just what you need. Ther are a variety of templates available in both color and black and white. Do you need a seasonal template, I've got you covered. Do you need a holiday template? There are a variety available. Do you need a generic template for a middle or high school newsletter, there are a bunch to choose from. The best part is they are fully editable. You can add your own pictures, add additional columns, or take away what you don't need. You are free to make each newsletter uniquely yours. This whole file is designed to make your life easier while keeping your parents and administrators informed about all of the great things that are going on in your classroom. Follow the link to get your copy: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Huge-Collection-of-Fully-Editable-Classroom-Newsletter-Templates-9745908

Journal Prompts for Kinder and First Grade Kiddos

Ingtegrating writing into your kindergarten and first grade classrooms can be a challenge. Creating high interest journal prompts that will motivate you students to be creative and write can be a daunting task. But you don't have to worry, I've taken care of your journal writing needs. My Teachers Pay Teachers product features 100 high interest prompts that I guarantee will get your kiddos talking and writing. To implement this product in your classroom you simply print the prompts out in color or black and white, laminate them, and put them in a choice jar. Everyday draw one of the prompts from the jar and you are on your way to a writing classroom. You will love how easy the prompts are to use, the kiddos will love the high interest prompts, and your administrator will love you for getting your littles writing!! You can find the link here https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Journal-Prompts-to-Get-Your-Kinder-and-First-Grade-Kids-Writing-9790856 href="" target="_blank">

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Great Math Websites

Whether you are learning virtually or in a traditional classroom you need to keep your math skills sharp. Here are a few of my favorite free websites that you can use to help on your math quest:

Practicing math is fun at Multiplication.com! With games like Cave Run, Frogtastic Multiplication, Going Nuts, and Granny Prix everyone is sure to find a fun engaging way to learn and practice their facts. 

My all time favorite math game website has to be Mathplayground.com. Students can learn basic operations as well as more advanced math like algebra and geometry. The best part of this site is that students can play against one another by creating a private room. The engagement goes way up when the competition begins!

A website I have been using in my virtual classroom to help my students learn their multiplication facts is Factmonster.com.   The flashcards on this site are fabulous. Students have 2 minutes to answer as many facts as they can. My students have to play the game three times, then record their highest score. I love the fact that they are competing with themselves.

I hope you try these three free websites. Check them out then let me know how you feel about them. 

Parents throughout our country have their kiddos at home and are looking for ideas to help homeschooling them and keep them busy. I've created a small list of high interest websites I use in my classroom with my kiddos that you can use with your children keep their educational skills sharp during the days and weeks ahead

• . www.Khanacademy.org-math lessons at all levels
•  www.prodigygame.com-math game
•  www.mathplayground.com-math games
•  www.sheppardssoftware.com-covers all subjects
•  www.education.com-free printable worksheets 
•  www.commoncoresheets.com-free printable worksheets 
•  www.abcmouse.com-free for 30 days for prek and kinders
•  www.pbskids.org-fun website for the kiddos
•  www.duolingo.com-why not learn a new language at home 
•  www.teacherful.com is a website that has online reading materials.
•  www.getepic.com is a website that has books online. Kiddos can even have the books read to them.
•  www.teacherspayteachers.com-a website with teacher created curriculum and supplements-there are a lot of good free resources on it along with paid downloadable resources.
•  www.mysteryscience.com-the first 2 lessons in each subject are free. My students LOVE this site.  It provides a lesson then kiddos get to do a super fun, hands on a supporting activity. 

 I hope you find this list helpful during your time at home. Check back later for more resources.

Mystery Science Rocks

Have you heard of Mystery Science? It's an awesome website that provides teachers with ready-made, online, complete science lessons that fit easily into any classroom. There are STEM lessons and activities in all areas of science including force and motion, weather, plants and animals, properties and matter, body and the brain, and sooooo much more! My kiddos LOVE Mystery Science! The smartboard lessons hold their interest and the enrichment activities that are included with each lesson are so much fun my students don't realize how much they are learning.

Recentely my kiddos did a Mystery Science lesson on speed and energy. The title of the lesson was, "How can a car run without gas?" The enrichment activity called for the students to create rubber band racers using plastic cups, plastic lids, rubber bands, beads, and straws. We chose to create a different type of vehicle after our lesson so we will be creating our rubber band racers when we get back from Christmas break.

Following the smartboard lesson my students each designed and created a car that used balloons and air power as the energy source. We got the Design and Play STEAM Car Kits from Lakeshore Learning. They were part of a DonorsChoose.com project that I had written at the beginning of the year and the students were excited to get into the kits and begin designing their racers. They had a great time during the creation process and racing one another with their vehicles. It was awesome to watch them race their classmates then redesign their racers when they didn't work. The activity reinforced what they learned about energy  as well as promoted creative thinking and team building. In the end my kiddos were more concerned with helping their classmates be successful then they were about winning the races.

If you are looking for a great way to incorporate science into your classroom I strongly encourage you to check out Mystery Science. I guarantee you and your kiddos won't be disappointed.