Happy Monday!! I don’t know about you, but it feels like my little first grade friends are ready for a break. We have our Holiday Performance tomorrow and a part of me hopes that after that is over, the kids may go back to normal. We were just extra crazy today! On to better things! […]
With all of the holiday shopping that started last weekend and all that is to come, I thought it would be a great idea to have a little giveaway in the midst of all this spending that is happening! Gladys, at Teaching in High Heels, is teaming up with me for this. (If for some […]
Just popping in quickly to remind you all to hop on over to TpT and fill your cart for the HUGE Cyber Monday plus Tuesday Sale!! Thank you, Amy, for the super cute picture! 🙂 My cart has many, many things in it from several of my favorite bloggers and TpTers! If you are looking for […]
I don’t know about you, but in the craziness of the holiday season, I always need super engaging, hands-on resources to keep my little learners focused and learning. To help make that happen, I try to incorporate some holiday themes into the classroom when I can. I wanted to help you do the same, so […]
After the holidays, do you ever feel like you’re heading into a slump? The holiday gifts are put away. The lights are down. The fun parties are over. The winter blues are a real thing! Our students can get a little restless after the holiday break, so I wanted to help you bring some purposeful […]
The week is FLYING by, which is a good thing because both the kids and I are ready for the week of vacation! We are working on Thanksgiving things, poetry, and retelling with a BME. I, on the other hand, am quickly working on getting things ready for when we come back. (Why am I […]
One project we have been working on during our writer’s workshop time is writing a story with hdetails. Some writing curriculum call this a “small moment”. As we finish up a unit, we talk about the writing conventions we have learned and focused on. Ya’ll, this is tough! Several students will have a story with […]
I don’t know about you all, but RTI is definitely in full motion! I know my kids enough to begin the Response to Intervention process. If you know it well, you are definitely aware that it is a PRO-CESS! I share a curtain this year with a wonderful 3rd year teacher who is new to […]
I don’t know about you guys, but my week has been FULL of ENERGY! Thankfully, we had a smaller group towards the end of the week so the sugar high wasn’t as high as it could have been. This week we have finished up learning about forms of energy. I just wanted to share what […]
Author’s and media’s purpose are really new concepts for my first graders. They also seem a little advanced at first, but when I broke them both down, they were able to grasp the concepts quickly! This week as we wrapped up author’s purpose, I also introduced media. We discussed the many kinds of media and […]
My district requires us to track data and for it to be displayed. Last year we were allowed to track whatever we wanted. This year they are requiring us to track specific things. No big deal! We already were tracking 2 of the 3! I’m sure you have seen my posts about our Sight Word […]
I’m late on posting this…I know! This week we continued patterning, but with numbers. We identified patterns in numbers-even and odd numbers and counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Here are some snap shots of our anchor charts we made. Nothing too fancy. It was a race against the clock last week! YEESH! We also discussed […]
Happy Friday! I just wanted to share a little something I worked on this week and that is working great in our little classroom. 4 years ago I created these little helper cards to help my little friends with various reading strategies when they get stuck on a word. They are stored in my little […]
I have been enjoying Abby and Rebecca’s little Teacher Chic Tuesday’s. Then I came across Mrs. Prince’s little linky party when I was looking for solutions to help my kids stop shouting out. {Check out her post about her Blurt Chart here! I have all the materials ready to make it!} I really like the […]
I had someone ask if my Sight Word Superheroes assessment bundle was editable. What a GREAT question! I wasn’t quite sure if I could figure it out, but I did! Now, ANY grade level can use it. You can delete my words, make them your own. There also is a recording sheet that you can […]
This week was a short week for us. We had parent conferences on Monday morning and then staff development in the afternoon. (I was honored to present on guided reading and I. LOVED. IT. I loved helping teachers. We had SUCH great conversation and many wonderful questions were asked.) It was 7 kinds of crazy! […]
This week we learned about solids changing to liquids and liquids changing to solids! We used pop-ice and discussed their properties. They easily saw that it was a liquid as I busted one ALL over my pants!! The worst part was that it was RIGHT before an assembly. It even turned my seat cushion blue! […]
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