Fact families were a tough cookie for my little ones.I added it to our calendar routine so that it is revisited often. I try to also give my students fun, different ways to practice them to try to teach all of my different types of learners. Here’s a little peak at what we did […]
I truly believe having a firm foundation of numeracy is SO important. My class this year is not the strongest in this area. With my kinder class last year, we made number bracelets for EVERY number and wrote a number story for EVERY number. I really feel that this helps out a ton! Next year, […]
We have been talking about even or odd numbers since the beginning of the school year during our calendar time. I am SO glad that I did this because it really helped when it was time to teach this. We reviewed our daily calendar task, and then created this chart. The kids then used the […]
Students always love the week in science where we dive into exploring magnets. I loved that it was a great way to really introduce science topics with hands-on magnet activities and explore like scientists. It’s such a great introductory unit to do in the beginning of the year! Today I want to share some of […]
[Just realized that this post never got posted! It was supposed to post September 19. Oops! Sharing it now!] I always enjoy teaching about American symbols and Texas symbols. Since I’m in 1st grade this year, I must say goodbye to Texas symbols. I purchased Deanna Jump’s unit this year. It was the first time […]
We discussed family traditions this week. (If you are like me, you are thinking, “In OCTOBER?? Why not in November or December??” Well, thanks to the lovely C-Scope {NOT a fan!}, we discussed family traditions during October.) We read several books such as The Keeping Quilt and The Relatives Came. We brainstormed a list […]
I haven’t posted in what seems like forever! All of you teachers who post more than once a week and are still fabulous teachers in their classroom are just SUPER TEACHERS! I don’t even have kids at home! Just a wonderful hubby. I applaud you all! 🙂 This week we are doing doubles addition. I […]
This week we talked about properties of objects during our science time. We began by observing some objects. I hid a few objects under a towel, then revealed them for 30 seconds, and then asked the kids to describe what they saw. As they described them, we made this (crooked, awfully plain) chart. We only […]
For the last 2 weeks in math we have been discussing graphs. I am quickly learning that I need to assume nothing when it comes to their prior learning experiences. I decided that we would rewind, and review the small things. I started with Parts of a Graph and Types of Graphs. We then, slowly, […]
I can’t believe I’m going to say this. I just might lose all of you. So just prepare yourselves. Go ahead, gasp. I do not like the CAFE system. There. I said it. Are you still reading? Good! I have told you all before what a big fan of Lucy Calkin’s I have become. Her […]
While I probably should be posting about what is going on in my classroom, I’m lame sauce and left my camera at home this week. (It was still packed in my suitcase from my labor day trip. It never made it back to my purse. You may be thinking “why didn’t you just use your […]
Thanks to DonorsChoose and wonderful people who donated to my project, my teaching area went from this: to this!!! AHHH!! So much better! I am so thankful for my friends and family who understand the importance of teaching tools in a classroom! Now…if only I could get some itouches! 😉 Does anyone know anything about […]
I have a WONDERFUL new team! They are fun, funny, sweet, and have been helpful during my 1st week at a new school. I saw THIS on Pinterest and knew that I had to do something with it. I found the cups at HEB in their summer dining area. (Is that what it’s called?) I […]
Yesterday I allowed my kiddos to “book shop” for their books to use during Read to Self. I realized that they were definitely going to pick books that were too hard. Today I decided to rewind and do a lesson on the importance of things fitting just right. We talked about what it would be […]
Well, the craziness has begun! I am 3 days into my first week of school. I have a BUSY group this year, but they are sweethearts. I am exhausted today. The last two days were great, but today was just much harder. Anyway, on to something else! I just did the “3 Ways to Read […]
In my last district they were wonderful enough to provide us with parent communication binder supplies. I’m not that fortunate this year. I was enjoying reading the wonderful teacher blogs and came across this post. You MUST check it out! She has great printables for a parent communication binder. I am printing mine out now […]
I finally am able to post some pictures. I’m not “in love” with my classroom this year, but it’s good enough for kiddos to come. We had our meet the teacher tonight and I got to meet 14 of my 22 little munchkins! Our class will definitely be busy this year!! 🙂 A few things […]
Writer’s workshop is hands-down one of my favorite times of the day in kindergarten, first, and second grade. You get to watch these young writers try and try to get their stories down on paper. They struggle to get sentences down, to use correct spacing and punctuation, and to tell a whole story. Then, the […]
