I create original, print-and-go learning resources for PreK through upper grade. My store focuses on no-prep activity packets, color-by-number mystery pictures, reading comprehension passages, and hands-on STEM activities. Every resource is designed to save teachers and homeschool parents planning time while keeping young learners engaged and practicing essential math and literacy skills. Every packet here links straight to its Teachers Pay Teachers listing, and most come with a ready-made teacher plan, two difficulty levels and black-and-white pages that are easy on the printer.
Social Skills Curriculum: 80 SEL Lessons with Social Stories & Character Education for PreK–1st
No-Prep Fall Packets Bundle for PreK, Kindergarten & 1st Grade: October, November & December Math and Literacy Worksheets
Science of Reading Phonics Bundle for K–2: Decodable Passages, CVC Blending, Sight Words & Phonics Intervention
Parent Teacher Conference Forms: Fillable PDF Planning Kit with English & Spanish Family Letters for K–5
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Created byActivity ExpressSeven addition strategies for facts within 20 in two levels: anchor charts, a 3-week plan, fact strips, mazes, partner games and pre/post tests.
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Created byActivity ExpressArrays, rows and columns, repeated addition and beginning multiplication for grades 2–3 in two levels, with Array Bingo, a flip book and a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express12 high-interest weird job reading passages for grades 6–12, with two comprehension levels, a career interest quiz, job ad and application activities.
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Created byActivity Express166 roll-and-read phonics game boards for K–2: 61 skills in 10 units, two levels per skill, Decoding Checks, sorts, trackers and answer keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressType up to 10 words once and they fill 16 word work activities: games, ABC order, rainbow write, homework and tests. Fillable PDF for K–2.
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Created byActivity ExpressA fall pattern craft for Pre-K to 1st: build a child tossing leaves while completing AB, AAB, ABB and ABC patterns, plus practice pages and a lesson plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressSeven no-prep fall, Thanksgiving and winter math and literacy packets for PreK–1st, covering October, November and December in low-ink black and white.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no prep 1st grade December packet: 19 math skills, 14 literacy skills, winter writing, a snowman craft, holiday cards and a 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Thanksgiving hot cocoa gratitude craft for K–5: 4 mug designs, leveled marshmallow writing, talk cards, writing pages and a bulletin board kit.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix self-checking Halloween Solve & Doodle sets for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals in grades 5–6, with two levels and answer maps.
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Created byActivity Express75 K–2 writing prompts across 25 year-round themes: narrative, opinion and informative, with picture word banks, directed drawings and two levels.
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Created byActivity Express60 kindergarten sight words, including all 40 Dolch pre-primer words, with two levels per word, a 12-week plan, flash cards and assessment cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressFree Kindness Week cut and paste for PreK–1st: 10 kindness themes, two levels, Kind or Not Kind sorts, talk cards, a pledge and a class tracker.
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Created byActivity ExpressRun a nonpartisan class election in K–5: polling place signs, voter ID cards, secret ballots, 3 levels of graphing, opinion writing and reflection pages.
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Created byActivity Express71 printable multiplication trifold brochures for facts ×1–×12: strategy folds, practice, puzzles, two quiz levels, mixed review and progress trackers.
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Created byActivity Express56 no-prep turkey-themed math and literacy worksheets for kindergarten, with Level 1 and Level 2 pages, a 4-week November plan and answer keys.
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Created byActivity Express20 days of kindergarten math warm-up slides for November: number of the day, subitizing, add and subtract within 10, story problems and answer sheets.
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Created byActivity ExpressNovember and Thanksgiving puzzles for grades 3–6: word searches, crosswords, codes, mazes, logic and coordinate puzzles in two levels, with keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressOrthographic mapping mats for 2–5 sound words, dictation templates, a teacher script and 43 mapped heart word cards for K–3 Science of Reading phonics.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–2 phonics intervention kit: 67 sequential skills, a two-day routine, 61 decodable stories, a placement screener, Quick Check cards and trackers.
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Created byActivity ExpressPlant and animal cell reading passages for grades 4–8 in two levels, with labeling diagrams, a Venn diagram, Cell City organizer and a 5-lesson plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA reusable Pre-K assessment binder: math and literacy skill pages with teacher scripts, fall, winter and spring recording sheets and a family report.
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Created byActivity Express26 dice race game boards for K–2 addition and subtraction within 10 and 20, with strategy boards for doubles, make 10 and counting back, plus answer keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressAn original rhyming scarecrow read aloud for PreK–1st with retell crafts, headbands, comprehension, phonics, math, writing and a 5-day plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free fall scarecrow paper bag craft for Pre-K to 2nd: shape face kit, two hats, leveled straw cutting strips, shape hunt, sequencing and writing pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressEight K–2 phonics resources in one bundle: an RTI kit with 61 decodable stories, CVC mapping, 60 sight words, game boards, digraphs and letter cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA year-long PreK–1st social skills curriculum: 80 SEL lessons in 8 units, original social stories, 2-day lesson plans, two activity levels and home notes.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix original fiction stories for teaching SWBST summarizing in grades 2–4, each in two reading levels, with organizers, bookmarks and a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressK–3 students make a Talking Spoon and a Thankful Table Talk Book with 12 family prompts to take home for Thanksgiving. English and Spanish family pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–2 Thanksgiving turkey fold-out craft that opens to 4 hidden gratitude writing boxes, with 3 writing levels, GRATEFUL feathers and talk cards.
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Created byActivity Express92 two-step addition and subtraction word problems for 3rd grade: bar models, six problem types, two levels, task cards, exit tickets and a 10-day plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Tap, Map & Write CVC routine for K–1: 60 words across all 5 short vowels, sound box mats, 40 practice pages, 5 games and progress tracking.
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Created byActivity Express15 fall fiction and nonfiction close reading passages for 3rd and 4th grade with two question levels, text evidence, inference and fluency checks.
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Created byActivity ExpressA fall adapted book for special education and autism: errorless and independent matching, 3 picture levels, WH and yes/no cards, core board and IEP data.
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Created byActivity ExpressA fall spider math craft for K–4: 35 differentiated leg sets from Make 10 to division, build-a-spider pieces, recording sheet and bulletin board letters.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–3 citizenship craft and mini unit: Good Citizen Tree with 8 behavior leaves, 3 writing levels, scenario cards, sorts and a class bulletin board.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween dilations practice for 8th grade: 3 self-checking coordinate plane mystery pictures, 2 levels, guided notes, similar figures and exit tickets.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween figurative language for grades 3–5: 7 types, anchor posters, 28 practice pages, 28 task cards, an original poem, flip book and quiz.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–3 Halloween read aloud with the story included: 8 leveled reading responses, 2 flip book crafts, 4 writing prompts, word work and shadow science.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween narrative writing workshop for grades 2–5: 48 story cards, 8 anchor charts, a mentor text, planners, word banks, rubric and publishing pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressA 6-week RACES constructed response unit for grades 3–5: 30 original passages, mini-lessons, organizers, rubrics and model answers for every lesson.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no-tech escape room for grades 6–8: an original dystopian story and four locks on comprehension, plot, characterization and theme.
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Created byActivity ExpressA collaborative K–5 Thanksgiving wreath: 2 wreath sizes, 8 card designs, thankful and kindness writing cards, 24 kindness ideas and a family mini-wreath.
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Created byActivity ExpressA PreK–2 Thanksgiving wreath craft: 9 fall gratitude pieces, 2 wreath sizes, 3 writing levels, a brainstorm page and 8 circle-time conversation cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA 1-week bat unit for PreK–2nd: leveled reading, vocabulary cards, echolocation, bat life cycle, bats vs birds sort, writing, graphing and two bat crafts.
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Created byActivity ExpressAll About Me for PreK–K: 2 class books, an 8-page mini book, 5 class graphs, shoe and hand measuring, body crafts, 12 circle time cards and a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressAlphabet review for PreK–1st: letter names and sounds, ABC order, tracing, beginning, middle and ending sounds, b/d and p/q practice, plus a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA theme park reading escape room for grades 3–6: six ride challenges on informational text, fact and opinion, data tables, timelines and context clues.
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Created byActivity ExpressCandy math mats for K–3: estimate, sort, graph, patterns, compare, add, subtract, fractions and arrays, with no-candy options for food restrictions.
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Created byActivity Express15 community helpers math and literacy centers for preschool, Pre-K and kindergarten: beginning sounds, rhyming, ten frames, graphing, measuring and more.
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Created byActivity Express20 decodable passages from short a to silent e in 10 phonics units, with heart words, Blend & Build pages, fluency tracking and comprehension questions.
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Created byActivity Express60 structured literacy worksheets for K–2: FLOSS rule, -ck, sh, th, ch, wh, ph, -ng and -nk in 12 sequential skills, with mapping and dictation.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Disguise a Turkey family project for PreK–5: English and Spanish letters, 3 templates, leveled K–5 writing, gallery walk, voting ballots and awards.
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Created byActivity Express2nd grade even and odd numbers worksheets that show why with pairing, buddy ten frames, dominoes, tally marks, base ten blocks and doubles.
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Created byActivity Express36 fall block building cards for PreK and kindergarten with block plans, shape keys, difficulty levels, challenges, recording pages and 8-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express40 differentiated fall color by code math pages: 5 pictures at 8 levels, from number match to addition, subtraction and doubles within 20.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix fall disguise crafts for PreK–2: pumpkin, apple, acorn, maple leaf, pinecone and ghost, each with a template, sentence frames and story writing.
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Created byActivity ExpressOriginal fall read-aloud, Nutmeg's Leaf Bed, with a lift-the-leaf hedgehog retell craft in 12 versions, vocabulary, writing and a 5-day plan for PreK–2.
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Created byActivity Express20 fall and Halloween reading mats for 1st grade with read-it-three-times fluency, comprehension questions, word hunts and a 4-week reading plan.
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Created byActivity Express16 fall nonfiction passages for 1st and 2nd grade that teach students to find, mark and explain text evidence, with a hands-on Do It! activity for each.
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Created byActivity Express12 fall nonfiction passages laid out like magazine articles for grades 2–4, with 18 text features, feature hunts, questions and a final project.
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Created byActivity ExpressFree fall addition worksheets with counting dots for K–1: touch and count, then count on. Sums to 5, 10 and 18, a 3-week plan and quick checks.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween sentence building center for K–1: 72 Who?, Did What? and Where? picture cards, 6 recording sheets and 12 scrambled sentences.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween color by code for numbers 1–10: 8 pictures in 8 versions each, from numerals to ten frames, tallies, dominoes and addition within 10. PreK–1st.
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Created byActivity Express32 no-prep Halloween puzzles for grades 2–4: word searches, crosswords, sudoku, logic grids, mazes and math codes, plus a 2-week plan and answer keys.
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Created byActivity Express12 Halloween errorless journal prompts in 3 levels for special education and emergent writers, with picture symbols, tracing, cut and glue and IEP data.
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Created byActivity Express20 Halloween math and literacy centers for kindergarten: ten frames, patterns, CVC games and rhyming, with a 4-week plan, labels and recording sheets.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix Halloween science experiments for grades 2–5 with lab sheets: chemical reactions, static electricity, density, osmosis and an engineering challenge.
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Created byActivity Express4 Halloween engineering challenges for K–5: pumpkin launcher, ghost parachute, cauldron boat and mummy tower, with K–2 and 3–5 recording pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween grammar for grades 1–3: 96 subject and predicate picture cards, 40 task cards, sorts, fragment practice, exit tickets and a 1-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween PBL for grades 3–5: students design a haunted house with area and perimeter, a budget, graphs, persuasive letters and a 3D fold-up model.
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Created byActivity Express7 holiday Write the Room sets for PreK–1st, Halloween to Earth Day: 12 picture word cards each, 5 differentiated recording sheets and a seated word chart.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no prep November packet for kindergarten: 22 literacy pages, 20 math pages, a 4-week plan and harvest themes like pumpkins, turkeys and acorns.
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Created byActivity Express48 no-prep November pages for kindergarten: word families, sight words, rhyming, counting by 5s and 10s, number bonds, shapes and a 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express36 double-sided letter sound cards with keyword pictures and body movements for PreK–1st, plus mini cards, a 6-week plan and a progress tracker.
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Created byActivity Express32 making inferences task cards for grades 4–6 with an anchor chart, It Says / I Say / And So organizer, Prove It sheets, riddles and a 5-day plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA 45-page maps and globes unit for grades 2–4: compass rose, map key, grid, scale, 7 continents, 5 oceans, landforms, latitude and longitude, unit test.
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Created byActivity Express18 math card games for 1st–2nd grade with 80 printable number cards: addition, subtraction, place value, time, shapes and data, plus a 6-week rotation.
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Created byActivity Express40 missing addend worksheets for K–2 within 10 and 20: dominoes, part-part-whole, ten frames, number lines, equations, word problems and answer keys.
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Created byActivity Express24 November writing prompts for K–2 in two levels: narrative, opinion, informational, how-to and letter writing, with word banks and I Can checklists.
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Created byActivity ExpressFillable parent-teacher conference forms for K–5: schedules, records, Glows & Grows, English & Spanish family letters and student-led conference pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressPumpkin life cycle science for K–3: a pull-tab slider, spinner wheel craft, labeling, leveled passages, a mini-book and a real pumpkin investigation.
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Created byActivity ExpressA pumpkin place value craft with 2-, 3- and 4-digit levels, 3 games, posters, 10 practice pages and a 5-day plan for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.
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Created byActivity Express30 Wonder Question Cards for grades 3–6 with organizers, a source checklist, mini report, presentation planner and rubric for quick research projects.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Halloween roll and draw for K–5: two leveled charts, a monster drawing mat, descriptive and persuasive writing, a partner game and a class graph.
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Created byActivity ExpressA dice game for grades 1–6 that builds one abstract artwork through line, shape, pattern, texture, color and value. Includes a sub plan and reflection.
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Created byActivity ExpressNeurodiversity-affirming social skills worksheets for K–5 special education and autism: emotions, calming, friendship, self-advocacy, 10-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressStudents decorate a spoon, families pass it at Thanksgiving dinner with 24 gratitude cards, then send back a reflection. PreK–5, color and low-ink PDFs.
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Created byActivity Express264 reusable task box cards in 19 skill sets for autism and special ed: letters, sounds, writing, counting, patterns, ten frames and IEP data.
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Created byActivity ExpressStudents fill THANKFUL or GRATEFUL bubble letters with words, sentences or drawings. Leveled K–5 writing, a 3-day plan and giant bulletin board letters.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Thanksgiving thankful tree for K–5: 3 tree templates, 4 leaf pages, 24 prompt cards, leveled gratitude writing and a giant class tree display.
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Created byActivity ExpressTouch and count number cards 0–20 with dots on the numerals, teen cards with ten frames, 5 math games and 11 counting worksheets for Pre-K to 1st grade.
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Created byActivity Express84 original 2-digit addition and subtraction word problems within 100: regrouping, compare, missing parts and two-step, plus task cards and a quiz.
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Created byActivity Express40 Would You Rather opinion writing prompts in two levels for K–3, with OREO organizer, sentence starters, linking words poster, rubric and 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA hands-on Apple Week for Pre-K and kindergarten: five senses, measuring with cubes, seed counting, sink or float, taste test graphs and 3 recording levels.
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Created byActivity ExpressFall nonfiction main idea passages for grades 2–4: 10 START passages, 8 reading units, anchor charts, graphic organizers and a 10-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express34 no-prep Thanksgiving pages for 1st and 2nd grade: word search, picture crossword, mazes, make ten, doubles, color by code and a 10-day plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressFive original Halloween read-aloud stories for 1st and 2nd grade with comprehension, vocabulary and writing activities and a 5-week plan. No books needed.
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Created byActivity Express34 no-prep fall harvest worksheets for preschool and Pre-K: numbers 6–10, letters E–H, ten frames, cutting practice and a 4-week October plan.
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Created byActivity Express42 friendly Halloween worksheets for kindergarten: CVC words, sight words, teen numbers, ways to make 10, an October calendar and a 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express8 self-checking Halloween color-by-number mystery pictures for 4th grade: place value, rounding and adding or subtracting to 1,000,000.
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Created byActivity Express8 self-checking Halloween color-by-number pictures for 3rd grade: arrays, multiplication facts, rounding, and adding or subtracting within 1,000.
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Created byActivity Express24 fall color-by-sight-word mystery pictures at Dolch Pre-Primer, Primer and First Grade levels, with word lists, answer keys and a 6-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express29 no-prep fall math and literacy worksheets for Pre-K: letter tracing, beginning sounds, counting to 10, ten frames, patterns and a 5-week plan.
104 practical, in-depth guides for the skills these printables practice.
A step-by-step guide to teaching seven addition strategies for facts within 20 in 1st grade, with a 3-week plan, games and differentiation tips.
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A practical guide to teaching arrays, rows and columns, repeated addition and the commutative property in grades 2–3, with a 2-week plan and games.
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A guide to teaching career exploration in grades 6–12 through high-interest nonfiction: interest inventories, skills, job ads, applications and projects.
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How to use roll-and-read phonics game boards in K–2 to build automatic decoding, from short vowels to vowel teams, with plans, groups and checks.
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A practical K–2 guide to weekly spelling and sight word practice: choosing lists, pretests, word work centers, choice boards, games and homework.
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A practical fall guide to teaching repeating patterns in Pre-K–1st: finding the core, AB to ABC, fixing common mistakes and a two-week leaf plan.
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Plan October, November and December math and literacy practice in PreK–1st with seasonal no-prep packets, warm-ups, centers and take-home work.
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A week-by-week guide to December in 1st grade: which math and literacy skills to practice, how to use packets well, and how to keep routines calm.
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A K–5 guide to gratitude writing that starts with talk: Think-Pair-Share, brainstorming, leveled writing, buddy classes and a cozy November display.
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How to teach adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals in grades 5–6, with error fixes, differentiation and a Halloween week plan.
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How to teach young writers all three writing types in K–2, with drawing, word banks, sentence starters, a weekly routine and simple rubrics.
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How to teach kindergarten sight words five at a time: mapping sounds, tracing and building, reading in sentences, checking progress and home practice.
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Teach kindness in PreK–1st with picture sorts, talk cards, a class pledge and a two-week plan that builds SEL, fine motor and classroom community.
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Plan a fair, nonpartisan class election in K–5: teach voting vocabulary, set up a polling place, cast secret ballots, graph results and write opinions.
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A step-by-step guide to multiplication fact fluency in grades 3–5: strategies, a teaching order for ×1–×12, practice routines, quizzes and tracking.
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How to use leveled no-prep worksheets well in kindergarten: independent work routines, phonics and math skills for November and a 4-week plan.
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How to run a 10–15 minute daily math warm-up in kindergarten: number of the day, subitizing, adding, taking away and story problems within 10.
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How to run a November early finisher system in grades 3–6 with puzzles that build logic, vocabulary and math, plus routines and a 4-week plan.
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A K–3 guide to phoneme-grapheme mapping and heart words, with an 8-step routine, mats, dictation, common errors and a weekly plan.
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A practical guide to K–2 phonics intervention: screening, placing students, a two-day word work and decodable story routine, and tracking mastery.
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A practical guide to teaching cell structure, organelles and plant vs. animal cells in grades 4–8, with leveled reading, labeling and a 5-lesson plan.
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A practical guide to preschool and Pre-K assessment: what to check, how to run one-on-one screenings, tracking fall to spring and sharing with families.
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A K–2 guide to fact fluency within 10 and 20: doubles, make 10, counting back, partner dice games, a 4-week plan and tips for intervention.
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How to build a full fall week around one scarecrow read aloud in PreK–1st: problem and solution, retelling, rhyming, counting, writing and kindness.
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Turn a fall scarecrow craft into real learning in Pre-K–2nd: teach shapes, build scissor skills step by step, practice sequencing and add writing.
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How to plan a structured K–2 phonics year: letter sounds, CVC blending, digraphs, decodable text, sight words, intervention groups and pacing.
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A guide to a year-long social skills curriculum for PreK–1st: social stories, 2-day SEL lessons, leveled practice, pacing and family notes.
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A step-by-step guide to teaching the SWBST summarizing strategy in grades 2–4, with mistakes to watch for, differentiation and a 2-week plan.
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Help K–3 students take turns, listen and share gratitude at home: a talking object routine, family prompts, bilingual tips and a 5-day plan.
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A K–2 guide to Thanksgiving gratitude writing in three levels: drawing, one word and because sentences, plus planning, folding tips and a week plan.
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A step-by-step guide to two-step addition and subtraction word problems in 3rd grade: six problem types, bar models, letter equations and reasonableness.
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A step-by-step guide to teaching CVC blending, segmenting and spelling in K–1 with sound boxes, counters, mapping and a 10-minute daily routine.
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How to build a weekly close reading routine in 3rd and 4th grade with three reads, text evidence, It Says / I Say inference and fluency checks.
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A practical guide to adapted books in special education, autism and speech: shared reading, prompting levels, WH questions, AAC and IEP data.
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How to build math fact fluency in K–4 with fact strategies, differentiated practice, a craft-based routine and a two-week fall plan.
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A K–3 guide to teaching citizenship: what a good citizen does, scenario talks, sorting at home, school and community, leveled writing and a 3-day plan.
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A practical guide to teaching dilations in 8th grade: the (kx, ky) rule, scale factors, similar figures, common errors and a three-lesson plan.
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A step-by-step guide to teaching seven types of figurative language in grades 3–5, with a four-step routine, common mix-ups and an 8-day plan.
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Plan a week of K–3 comprehension around one Halloween story: predictions, story elements, sequencing, character change, writing and shadow science.
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Teach narrative writing through kid-friendly spooky stories in grades 2–5: story elements, hooks, setting, dialogue, revision and a week-long plan.
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How to teach RACES (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Sum it up) in grades 3–5, with mini-lessons, common mistakes, scaffolds and a six-week plan.
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A middle school ELA guide to teaching plot structure, characterization, theme and text evidence with one short story, plus a two-day escape room plan.
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How to run a K–5 class kindness wreath at Thanksgiving: gratitude and kindness writing, a kindness challenge, door display tips and a 5-day plan.
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A PreK–2 guide to gratitude at Thanksgiving: circle-time talks, leveled thankful writing, fine motor craft tips, a 4-day plan and family ideas.
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A week-long bat unit guide for PreK–2nd: bats as mammals, echolocation, habitats, diets, bats vs birds, life cycle, writing and crafts.
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How to run an All About Me unit in PreK and kindergarten with class books, name graphs, measuring, draw-and-write pages and circle time talk.
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A practical guide to alphabet review in PreK–1st: letter names, letter sounds, ABC order, b/d reversals, quick assessment and a 2-week plan.
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Plan and run a reading escape room for grades 3–6: informational text, fact and opinion, data tables, timelines, context clues and teamwork.
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How to teach hands-on candy math in K–3, from estimating and graphing to addition, fractions and arrays, with allergy-safe options and a 5-day plan.
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How to plan a community helpers unit for preschool, Pre-K and kindergarten with math and literacy centers, social studies talk and a two-week rotation.
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How to use decodable passages from CVC to silent e in K–2 and intervention: heart words, repeated reading, fluency tracking and a 10-week plan.
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A step-by-step guide to teaching the FLOSS rule, -ck, sh, th, ch, wh, ph, -ng and -nk in K–2, with mapping, dictation, fixes and a 12-week plan.
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Run a Disguise a Turkey project in PreK–5: family communication, opinion and persuasive writing, presentations, gallery walks and a 2-week timeline.
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How to teach even and odd numbers in 2nd grade with pairing, ten frames, dominoes, tallies, base ten blocks and doubles, plus a 5-day plan.
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How to run a purposeful block center in PreK and kindergarten this fall, with build cards, planning pages, shape talk and an 8-week rotation.
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A K–2 guide to differentiated fact practice in fall: number recognition, addition and subtraction within 20, doubles, placement and a 5-week plan.
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Use fall disguise crafts to teach PreK–2 creative writing: inventing characters, oral storytelling, sentence frames, beginning-middle-end and a 6-week plan.
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A practical guide to teaching story retell and sequencing in PreK–2: first, next, then, last, beginning, middle, end, story maps and a 5-day fall plan.
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A practical fall guide to 1st grade reading: repeated reading for fluency, comprehension questions, word hunts, sequencing and a 4-week October plan.
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How to teach young readers to find, mark and explain text evidence in nonfiction, with routines, common fixes and a 4-week fall plan for 1st–2nd grade.
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How to teach nonfiction text features in grades 2–4 so students use maps, diagrams, captions and glossaries to understand, with a weekly fall plan.
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How to teach early addition with counting dots in K–1: placing dots, touch and count, counting on from the larger number, mistakes and a 3-week plan.
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How to teach K–1 students to build complete sentences with Who?, Did What? and Where?, plus capitals, spacing, punctuation and a one-week center plan.
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How to build number sense 1–10 in PreK, K and 1st grade with ten frames, tally marks, dot cards, dominoes and addition, plus a 4-week Halloween plan.
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How to build an early finisher routine for grades 2–4 with word puzzles, math puzzles and logic games that practice real skills in October.
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A practical guide to errorless journal writing for special education and emergent writers: visual routines, 3 levels, prompting and IEP data.
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A practical guide to kindergarten centers in October: setup, rotations, CVC and number sense skills, common problems, differentiation and a 4-week plan.
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A teacher guide to Halloween STEM in grades 2–5: chemical reactions, static electricity, density, osmosis, engineering and a one-week lab plan.
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A K–5 guide to running Halloween STEM challenges with the engineering design process: launchers, parachutes, boats and towers, teams and data.
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A step-by-step guide to teaching subjects, predicates, complete sentences, fragments and subject-verb agreement in grades 1–3, with a 1-week plan.
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How to run a Halloween PBL in grades 3–5 that ties area, perimeter, decimals, elapsed time and persuasive writing to one design task.
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A complete guide to Write the Room in PreK–1st: setup, teaching the routine, holiday vocabulary, differentiation, ELL support and a year-round plan.
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How to plan November in kindergarten: letters, sounds, CVC words, sight words, counting to 20, addition, measuring and shapes in a 4-week harvest plan.
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A November guide for kindergarten: word families, CVC sounds, sight words, counting by 10s and 5s, number bonds to 10 and a 4-week skills plan.
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How to teach letter sounds with keyword pictures and body movements in PreK–1st, with a daily routine, common mix-ups and a 6-week plan.
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A practical guide to teaching inferences in grades 4–6, with the It Says / I Say / And So routine, think-alouds, misconceptions and a 5-day plan.
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How to teach maps vs globes, compass rose, map key, grid, scale, continents, oceans, landforms, latitude and longitude in grades 2–4.
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A practical guide to math card games in 1st and 2nd grade: fact fluency, place value, time and data games, center routines and a 6-week rotation.
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How to teach missing addend problems in K–2: part-part-whole thinking, three strategies, the equal sign, common errors and a 2-week plan.
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A K–2 teacher guide to daily November journal writing: two-level prompts, five genres, sentence starters, word banks, checklists and a 4-week plan.
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A step-by-step guide to planning, leading and following up on parent-teacher conferences in K–5, including virtual, phone and student-led meetings.
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A K–3 teacher guide to the pumpkin life cycle and parts of a pumpkin: sequencing, labeling, vocabulary, leveled reading and a real pumpkin investigation.
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A step-by-step fall guide to teaching place value in grades 1–3: base-ten models, expanded and word form, comparing numbers, games and a 5-day plan.
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Short research projects for grades 3–6: asking questions, searching safely, taking notes, checking sources and writing in your own words.
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A K–5 guide to roll and draw monsters: running the center, teaching descriptive and persuasive writing, partner games, graphing and a 5-day plan.
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How to teach line, shape, pattern, texture, color and value with a dice-based abstract art lesson, plus a sub plan, reflection routines and a weekly plan.
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A strengths-based guide to teaching emotions, calming strategies, friendship and self-advocacy in K–5 special education and autism support.
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How to plan a Thanksgiving take-home gratitude project for PreK–5: family notes, conversation cards, a 2-week timeline, return pages and writing.
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Set up task boxes that build real independence in special education, autism support and Pre-K–1st: skill choice, teaching, rotation and IEP data.
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A K–5 guide to gratitude writing at Thanksgiving: brainstorming, leveled writing from labels to paragraphs, thank-you notes and a 3-day plan.
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How to teach gratitude writing in K–5 with a thankful tree: specific thank-yous, leveled writing, a 10-day countdown and a class bulletin board.
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How to teach counting, one-to-one correspondence and numeral recognition 0–20 in Pre-K–1st with touch and count dots, ten frames and games.
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How to teach 2-digit word problems within 100: problem types, bar models, regrouping, comparison, unknown start and two-step problems, plus a weekly plan.
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A K–3 guide to opinion writing: fact vs opinion, reasons and examples, linking words, the OREO strategy, differentiation and a 4-week plan.
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A teacher guide to Apple Week science in Pre-K and K: five senses, predicting, measuring with cubes, seed counting, sink or float and a daily plan.
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A practical guide to teaching topic, main idea and supporting details in grades 2–4, with mark-up routines, organizers and a 10-week fall plan.
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Run October read-alouds in 1st and 2nd grade: discussion, fact vs. opinion, sequencing, story maps, writing and a 5-week Halloween plan that stays friendly.
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How to keep 1st and 2nd graders learning before Thanksgiving with puzzles that teach spelling, syllables, make ten and doubles, plus a 10-day plan.
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A week-by-week fall harvest plan for preschool, Pre-K and TK: numbers 6 to 10, letters E to H, fine motor skills, fire safety and hands-on harvest activities.
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A complete October plan for kindergarten: phonics, CVC words, sight words, teen numbers, ways to make 10 and calendar skills, with friendly Halloween activities.
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How to teach 4th grade place value to 1,000,000, rounding, the standard algorithm and multi-step word problems, with self-checking Halloween color-by-number practice.
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A teacher's guide to 3rd grade October math: arrays, multiplication facts, rounding and 3-digit regrouping, with self-checking Halloween color-by-number routines.
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A practical guide to teaching Dolch sight words in K–1 with color-by-sight-word mystery pictures: routines, differentiation, centers and a 6-week fall plan.
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A 5-week Pre-K fall plan with daily 10–15 minute lessons: alphabet tracing, beginning sounds, counting to 10, ten frames, patterns and fine motor fun.
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