What a busy week we’ve had! After Valentine’s Day, we started preparing for our 101st Day of School. We wanted to do something different for our first graders this year since they celebrate the 100th day in Kindergarten. We wanted to get the students excited about learning, kinda of re-ignite the fire they once had. …
The past two weeks we’ve been diving into teaching shapes and patterns! I tell ya, this is not my favorite math standard to teach. Just because it seems to be so easy and there’s only so many ways you can describe a shape!!! Maybe that’s just me 🙂 Nonetheless, here are a few ideas about …
Hey friends! I wanted to take a minute to chat about our last few weeks! The last two weeks, we’ve done Cara Carroll’s Camping Unit! My kids LOVED this unit. I actually didn’t even get to my favorite part–the skunk creativity! I wanted to take this time to review all our writing traits that we’ve learned …
The end is near friends! We have about 15 days of school left! I’m currently in that review status..but I wanted to talk a little bit about guided math and the benefits. We have benchmarks twice a year. Our first one was in the fall (pre-guided math). My kiddos did not do well at all! …
At the beginning of the year, I was working as a long term substitute in 4th grade. I have always been addicted to “Guided Math”, but for some reason, this year my addiction intensified!!! I have been working on amping my guided math supply kit. I basically needed more hands on centers and had little …
I don’t know about y’all but this time of year is so crazy! I am spending this week pretty much re-teaching skills from the last six weeks! I’ve talked before about my guided math routine. I need to do another post on that as a first grade teacher! Maybe during the break! The reason I LOVE guided …
Problem and Solution Literacy Activities Let me dive on into the skills we’ve been working on! We finished out our Author’s Purpose week and moved right on into Problem and Solution!!! Problem and Solution is always so much fun! When teaching text structure, I always teach problem and solution first. I love it when students create their own …
Hello friends! This is an older post that I’m updating in 2021 on printing tips in the classroom and how to teach fractions! Fraction Games For the Classroom /ik0]’ The pictures show my Fraction-Work-Stations-Mini-Packet-!! I made this for my second and third grade teacher friends. My little guy will use them soon as well 🙂 It’s …
Hey Everyone! I’m linking up with Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for a Peek At My Week! So for the first time in a LONG time, I’ve been back in the classroom as a *paid* employee! I’ve been volunteering since we’ve moved, and finally got everything settled to substitute! Up until now, I kinda had that thought slip …
Hey everyone! I hope your year is getting off to an awesome start!!! I am really excited and preparing for my first 5K! I can’t wait! I hope I can make it through! I’ve spent the last few days re-vamping my Ultimate Math Center Packet!! It includes ~20 Math Centers~ This Packet is Loaded with Centers …
Hey everyone! I am excited to about this post! Sometimes as teachers we get SO busy, we don’t get to “plan ahead”! Well I am gearing up for “Bat Week”! Some of us do not celebrate Halloween in our classrooms and so bat week is a great way to tie into the season 🙂 I …