One of my favorite, December activities with  first graders is making Santa Claus Contractions books. They write the text and add the illu...

  It's about time for FALL!  That means you'll need fun activities with a fall theme for your elementary classroom. Acorns are a sur...

December is the perfect month for a gingerbread man unit.  Just in time for your study, I have 2 literacy centers to extend the learnin...

Children love monsters. Monsters love synonyms. Therefore, children love synonyms! At least they will when you set up...

It's the 6th day of my My gift today is Contraction Cookies Literacy Center . Although it offers a hint of the holidays, ...

Merry Monkeys  is a literacy center focusing on antonyms. It is CCSS aligned for grades 4 and 5. However, I have used this center...