Earth Day is all over the teacher-gram this evening! I have found so many amazing Earth Day projects that I’m definitely penciling in for next year’s celebration. Here are my favorites- be sure to click on the blue names to visit the teachers with these cute ideas!

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Happy Earth Day! #iheartearthday #earthday

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A little window cuteness to brighten up your Earth Day! #iteachtoo #iteachkinder #earthday

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Today we made the layers of the Earth for Earth Day! The kids loved it! The parents were so impressed that they could name the layers of the Earth! #preschool #kindergarten #iteachtoo

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This little cutie joined my class about a month ago because of some behavior problems he was having in his other class. Today, his painting was the best in the class! (I'm a bit biased….I absolutely adore this kid!!!!) #lovemystudents #iteachk #iteachkinder #iteachtoo #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #kindergartenshouldbefun #kindergartenteacher #whatbehaviorproblems???

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It's done! 45 LOUD minutes later. (Collage and thirty-five 4th graders). Next time I think I need to ask for dark blues and light greens to get more contrast.

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Today was such an exciting day! Opening Day means Giants baseball but it also means summer is on the way! In honor of the day I made a few fun baseball themed reading response activities. They are perfect for reading workshop, homework, or even quick sub plans. All you need to do is find a fun baseball themed story to share with your class. Click the image below to download your freebie:

Image Credit: Shutterstock/David Lee, Shutterstock/Jenn Huls

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Click the image above for a free and easy St. Patrick’s Day craft. Be sure to visit Teaching Blog Addict’s Freebie Friday for more awesome freebies:

If you’re looking for more St. Patrick’s Day fun for next week check out my other St. Patrick’s Day posts below:

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Happy Leprechaun Awareness Month! I think St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite times during the school year. There are so many great books and activities you can do with your class. Way more than you can actually fit in between March 17th arrives. That’s where my March Reading Comprehension activities come in. I have 30 ready to use, no prep activities that you can use after reading any St. Patrick’s Day story with your students. They are also great to use for writing quick sub plans, using for homework, or during reading workshop. You can find this packet in my TPT shop by clicking the image below. And for a free sample click the image below!

My new favorite craft (and I might be stretching things to claim this as a craft) is making kiss stickers for any occasion so of course my candies are ready for St. Patrick’s Day! Click below for free stickers! You’ll need full page labels and a 3/4 inch circle punch and you will be set.

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Are you ready for Earth Day? With Easter so late I feel like we haven’t had much time to start learning about Earth Day yet. But I guess that’s what next week is for, right? Keep reading for a few Earth Day freebies!

I spent today updating some of my Earth Day favorites from last year. New cute fonts make such a difference! Click below to see these items for sale in my TPT store. They will be 20% off Easter Sunday along with everything else in my store so be sure to pop over tomorrow & do some shopping in between eating chocolate bunnies!

And now for some freebies! I had a request to make some of my Earth Day math codes more kindergarten friendly which I thought was an awesome idea! You can get all of my Earth Day math codes for free over in my store:

I also have a cute little sample from my Earth Day Math Printables just for you lovely blog readers- just click the image below:

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Happy Almost Easter teacher friends!! I don’t know how things are going at your houses but our resident Easter Bunny has already purchased and eaten 2 rounds of Easter basket candies.  I wish I was joking about that but it’s true! I can’t resist those chocolate bunnies

In all my (multiple!) Easter candy shopping trips I picked up some of these Sweetart Chicks, Ducks, & Bunnies for my class too:

Here are a few fun math activities to go along with these little treats. Click below for your freebie!

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I am all for any activity involving food! I wanted to share a few fun Lucky Charms activities my class will be doing on Monday.

We’re going to start off with some marshmallow measurement:

And then we’ll do some of the always fun sorting, graphing, & adding:

We’ll see how we far we actually get on St. Patrick’s Day but if we make it this far I have a few calmer activities we can do while coming down from our sugar high!

Just click on the top image to download. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

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St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite times of the year in first grade. There are so many great books to read & songs to sing, not to mention all of the leprechaun trap craziness! I’m already way too excited and have been spending way too much time hunting for fun St. Patrick’s Day teaching ideas.

After pulling myself away from my internet hunt (I think I had 100 tabs open at one point!) I’m back to share all of the fun and FREE teaching resources I found for St. Patrick’s Day. Get yourself ready to start downloading!

With no further ado here are 30 of the best St. Patrick’s Day freebies around!

#1 St. Patrick’s Day 3D Shamrock from Alisha Cogburn

#2 St. Patrick’s Day Kindergarten Extension Pack from Two Teaching Mommies

#3 A Bit o’ Math Blarney: True/False Equation Sorting from Michelle Walker

#4 Math Fun with Lucky Leprechaun from Meet Miss Parker

#5 St. Patty’s Eating of the Greens from Teach Love Laugh

#6  Follow the Clues: St. Patrick’s Day Edition by Emily Richardson

#7 Leprechaun Song & Gold Hunt Activity by Kathy Griffin

#8 Golden Contractions by Happy Happy First Grade

#9 Leapin’ Leprechauns March Math Game by Amanda Hagaman

#10 Fraction Leprechaun by Growing Firsties Lisa Mattes

#11 St. Patrick’s Day Treat Idea & Free Printables by Petite Party Studio

#12 Leprechaun Trap Planning Kit by Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

#13 St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Charms Gift Topper by Julie Faulkner

#14 A St. Patrick’s Day Freebie by The Printable Princess

#15 Lucky to be a Family Shamrock by SunnyDays

#16 Leprechaun Squeeze Number Game

#17 Lucky Leprechaun Graphing by Jennifer Knopf

#18 St. Patrick’s Day Paddy Potato Project by Sharing Kindergarten

#19 St. Patrick’s Day Pot of Gold Printables by Anders Ruff via I Heart Nap Time

#20 St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Craftivity by Nicole Johnson

#21 Rainbow Treasure Hunt for St. Patrick’s Day by A Little Delightful

#22 Roll & Graph St. Patrick’s Day by Ashley Hughes

#23 St. Patrick’s Day Math Printables by Games 4 Learning

#24 Math Mystery Pictures for St. Patrick’s by Chankyna

#25 Number Talks Freebie: St. Patrick’s Day Themed by Katie King – Queen of the First Grade Jungle

#26 St. Patty’s Day Printables by Michelle Hudgeons

#27 St. Patrick’s Day Pudding Recipe & Activity by Word to the Wise

#28  St. Patrick’s Day Scattergories by Linda Zeiler

#29 St. Patrick’s Day Writing Prompt Cards by Nora Davis

#30 St. Patty’s Day: What Number Comes Next? by Caitlin Clabby Kindergarten Smiles

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Spring Peeps Madness

I love peeps and when I saw these free graphics from Krista Wallden I knew I wanted to make something for my class. Click above for the free download.

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