Memoirs of a Goldfish {Freebie}, The Watermelon Seed {Update} & My 1st Grade Memory Book {Freebie}

4 more days of school!!! YAY!! As summer vacation awaits, my kiddos will be reading one of my favorite books before we close out for the year. Memoirs of a Goldfish is such a great picture book with bright and colorful illustrations and a clever but adorable goldfish. This book is written in a diary format which will work well this last week of school. In writer's workshop, we have been learning and creating personal narrative pieces. I chose this book because it fits well with small moments. I want my kiddos to reminisce about small moments we shared this year.

I created a reader's response flip book for my students to respond to this wonderful book that has a true meaning. Students will be actively engage with this book by following a clever goldfish as he recounts 14 days of his life starting with day one. In the end, students will be able to learn the meaning of friendship and the value of sharing one's life with others

You can download this freebie below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Memoirs-of-a-Goldfish-Readers-Response-Flip-Book-1876543

This past week, my students just loved The Watermelon Seed. I had a great time reading aloud to my students to this hilarious book about a crocodile eating a watermelon seed. 

You can download this freebie below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Watermelon-Seed-Readers-Response-Flip-Book-1870568

Are you looking for a first grade memory book? You have come to the right place. 

You can download this freebie below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-1st-Grade-Memory-Book-1872676

The Watermelon Seed {Freebie} & Adventurous Addition

This week I will be reading The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli. This book is one of my favorite books to read before summer vacation. The Watermelon Seed is just right for beginning readers and the kiddos are always on the edge of their seats with the crocodile's humor, but thats not all, the illustrations are to die for.

I created a watermelon reader's response flip book for my kiddos to response to this engaging but humorous story.

I plan to celebrate this funny story with a watermelon treat for my students. You can find this freebie by clicking on the link below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Watermelon-Seed-Readers-Response-Flip-Book-1870568

Understanding addition helps students understand the role of mental arithmetic in developing numerical reasoning. Students should experience the kind of lessons that help them learn basic facts in meaningful contexts and through reasoning rather than rote memorization and isolated drills. This addition unit focuses on ways to help students become more fluent with small numbers and emphasizes the importance of such fluency as a foundation for working with larger numbers.

{Back to Basic-Understanding Addition}

This addition unit covers the following standards:

-Recognize instantly the quantity of structured arrangements.

-Use objects and pictorial models to solve word problems involving joining.

-Apply properties of operations to add two numbers.

In this addition unit you will find:

-Addition Vocabulary Posters

-Math Centers

-Storyboard Activities

-Addition Stories Book

-Addition Printables

-Addition Craft-Ladybug

-Addition Craft-Butterfly

This addition unit is an introduction to the understanding of addition. Your kiddos will be actively engaged in the math centers and addition crafts that this unit has to offer. 

 You can find this by clicking on the link below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adventurous-Addition-Math-Centers-Printables-and-Crafts-1869873