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These fun learning activities for elementary classrooms will keep your students engaged and on task: Brain break activities, dramatic play ideas, digital learning activities, elementary learning centers, theme day ideas, and engaging critical thinking activities.
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Miss DeCarbo | Primary Literacy Activities and Resources
Looking for an easy way to celebrate the joy of reading in your primary classroom? My first graders LOVE Kate DiCamillo’s Mercy Watson books! Here's an overview of the fictitious birthday celebration that we had in my classroom after finishing Kate’s series, along with her prequel book, A Piglet Named Mercy. You’ll learn how and why I read the series aloud and the simple and engaging culminating celebration we had. #literacy #readaloud #reading
Transform your dramatic play space with the Farmer's Market Printable Dramatic Play Set on TPT or in the #prekprintablefun shop! Thank you Cherie V. from Cherie's Learning Tree for sharing this Farmer's Market you've created for children in Pre-K!
Looking for an easy way to celebrate the joy of reading in your primary classroom? My first graders LOVE Kate DiCamillo’s Mercy Watson books, and this literacy celebration is a simple and FUN culminating activity to share our love of this adorable read aloud! #literacy #readaloud #reading

Dramatic Play

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Ms. Fultz's Corner: March Madness and App of the Week
A Special Sparkle: Five Ways to Keep Reinforcement Effective in Your Classroom {Freebies!}
Catie Helton - ipad themed bulletin board :) incorporating technology in the classroom.

Digital Learning Activities

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If You're a Kid...
SHAKE BREAK (Song for Kids ♫)
If You're a Kid... Animal Remix! (Animal Sounds & Movements)

Brain Breaks

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This short video introduces kids to the powerful idea that taking on challenges can grow and strengthen our brains
Tips & Tricks for a Brain Friendly Classroom! By Miss DeCarbo
Using Strategy Games to Boost Thinking Skills: A Center for Critical Thinking

Brain Building Ideas

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Free Printable Song to Teach Metacognition! by Miss DeCarbo
Read about the importance of explicitly teaching about metacognition and schema to primary learners. This blog post features ideas, resources, tips, and tricks for bringing schema and metacognition to life!
Concrete Objects for Teaching Questioning Skills to Primary Readers by Miss DeCarbo

Critical Thinking Activities

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I love using these Sight Word Spinners as small group "warm ups" while students transition to our guided reading table!
Organization for Math Games & Centers! This post is packed with TONS of organizational tips & tricks for the end of the school year!
These Word Family Warm Up pages are perfect for morning work at the beginning of the school year!

Literacy & Math Centers

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FREEBIE 4 Quick Assessments for: (orally, written, and ordering) Counting 1 to 30 Counting 1 to 60 Counting 1 to 100 Counting 1 to 120 Meets CCSS Numbe...
Great self-assessment rubric for kids. Pair it up with exit slip for quick reflection.
COMMON CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS FREE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EBOOK FOR GRADES K-2

Engaging Assessments

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I used these pom poms to work on identifying complete sentences and adding punctuation with our first graders this week! The poms poms allowed us to easily move the period around as the students read, applied, and then changed their thinking and understanding! #missdecarbo #iteachwriting #readingcoach #literacycoach #sentencelevelwriting
Sentence Level Writing Ideas
I used these pom poms to work on identifying complete sentences and adding punctuation with our first graders this week! The poms poms allowed us to easily move the period around as the students read, applied, and then changed their thinking and understanding! #missdecarbo #iteachwriting #readingcoach #literacycoach #sentencelevelwriting
a pink poster with the words ella's kindness kit
Brain Breaks
Class Meetings
Critical Thinking Activities
Morning Meetings
Theme Days
Dramatic Play
High Risk
Digital Learning
Character Building
Ella’s Kindness Kit: Printable Pack - 100% of net proceeds go to Ella and her family!
Meet Ella! A beautiful 12 year old little girl who is currently fighting High Risk Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. Ella was a former student of mine in first grade, with one of the biggest and kindest hearts of anyone you’ll ever meet. 🩷 This printable pack includes no-prep pages that celebrate kindness, friendship, and positivity! Please consider supporting Ella in her cancer fight while you grab an adorable resource to use in your classroom during class meetings, morning meetings, and character building lessons! 🥰
the words and numbers in this word building game are included for students to practice their spelling skills
Literacy Night Activities
Oral Language Activities
Phonics Centers
Multisyllabic Words
Fluency Activities
Word Work Centers
Phonemic Awareness Activities
Elementary Learning
R Words
Phonics Word Builders - Editable Word Work
These phonics word builders will quickly become your students' new favorite phonics game! Students use the included recording sheets (or dry-erase boards, paper, or notebooks) to create as many words as possible using the letters that are available in the box. Set a t...
the first sound i spy mats for kids to learn how to write and use them
Background Knowledge Activities
Initial Sound Activities
Initial Sounds
Elementary Activities
Reading Comprehension Skills
$4.00
First Sound I Spy Initial Sound Activity
TPT
three student gift tags for the end of the year, with sunglasses and sun glasses on them
Literacy Coach Office
Teaching Gifts
Student Gift Tags
Literacy Coaching
End Of Year Activities
Classroom Gifts
Free Gift Tags
Kindergarten Graduation
End Of School Year
Free Gift Tags for the End of the Year
FREE end of the year gift tags for sunglasses or glow sticks! Three versions in black and white and color are included! These gift tags are perfect for teachers to use with their student gifts!
a red carpet on the floor in front of a whiteboard with words reading main idea movie day
Movie Theater Theme
Main Idea And Details
Teaching Main Idea
Movie Day
Guided Reading Books
Fun Ideas for Teaching Main Idea
Teach main idea and details while having fun! EASILY transform your classroom into a movie theater theme that focuses on the skill of identifying the main idea and details of videos, books, and passages! Your students will love this primary literacy activity!
some plastic containers are sitting on a table with the words, creating using and benefiting from independent brain bins
Brain Bins
Lego Bins
Literacy Classroom
Stem Bins
Sensory Classroom
Stem Boxes
Kindergarten Stem
Work Bins
Individual Lego Bins for the classroom - Miss DeCarbo
independent brain bins for the classroom
a pink table topped with books and papers
Mercy Watson Activities
Classroom Birthday Party
Mercy Watson
Activities For 1st Graders
Friendly Letter Template
Character Traits Activities
Friendly Letter Writing
Fun Reading Activities
Writing Craftivity
Mercy Watson Birthday Fun Reading Activity for 1st Graders
Our first graders are enjoying a Mercy Watson Birthday Party after finishing the series with their teachers! Butter and toast, party designing, friendly letter writing, and lots of FUN! 🥳 You can read more about how to throw an epic Mercy Watson party for your students by checking out my blog post!
there is a sticker with the word then on it and a star in the center
Active Reading Strategies
Restaurant Themes
Small Group Reading
Just Eat
Reading Intervention
Literacy Activities
End Of The Year
Restaurant Retell - A Primary Literacy Activity from Miss DeCarbo
🍽 Could your class use a little refresh or review with retelling details within a story?! The end of the year is the perfect time for a literacy themed morning or afternoon! 😍 Use my Restaurant Retell lesson plans and resources to plan an epic literacy block that your students will just eat up! (See what I did there? 😜)
a party hat with the words celebrate the joy of reading with a merry watson birthday celebration
Birthday Classroom
Retelling Activities
Birthday Snacks
A Mercy Watson Classroom Birthday Party - Miss DeCarbo
Celebrate the joy of reading with this fun Mercy Watson book celebration. Your primary grade students will LOVE this literacy activity!
an engaging, structured reading routine for flueny friends by miss decarbo
Routine For Students
Reading Fluency Activities
Routine Printable
Reading Stations
Teaching Time
$6.50
Fluency Friends Rereading Routine
TPT
the words and numbers in this word building game are included for students to practice their spelling skills
Phonics Word Builders - Editable Word Work
These phonics word builders will quickly become your students' new favorite phonics game! Students use the included recording sheets (or dry-erase boards, paper, or notebooks) to create as many words as possible using the letters that are available in the box. Set a t...
a hand holding a pink lego box filled with lots of different colored plastic bricks and the words individual student lego boxes
Classroom Morning Routine
Technology Teacher
Used Legos
Fast Finisher Activities
Teaching Classroom Management
Everyday Math
Lego Kits
Individual Lego Bins for the classroom - Miss DeCarbo
As an elementary teacher, play-based learning that promotes critical thinking and creativity is SO important! In my classroom, our mornings always start with
a sign that says counting assignment 1 to 120
Kindergarten Assessment
Core Ideas
Clever Classroom
Teacher Helper
1 To 100
Fun Classroom Activities
Classroom Treats
Counting 1 to 120 Assessment Common Core Style
FREEBIE 4 Quick Assessments for: (orally, written, and ordering) Counting 1 to 30 Counting 1 to 60 Counting 1 to 100 Counting 1 to 120 Meets CCSS Numbe...
three signs with numbers and words on them
Organisation
Ece Assessment
Classroom Conversation
Music Assessments
Student Self Assessment
Classroom Assessment
Team Teaching
Visible Learning
Assessment Rubric
Teacher's Take-Out
Great self-assessment rubric for kids. Pair it up with exit slip for quick reflection.