Postcards for Free Writing

Postcards for Free Writing

This post contains affiliate links. Almost every day, my first grade students have a writing “job”.  We might be starting a week-long writing project, responding to prompts, adding a new entry into our independent journals, or we could be doing some sort of writing craft!  I like to mix it up, but regardless, my students…

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles

This post contains affiliate links. One math skill I always seem to forget about teaching my first graders is adding three numbers together.   In my state, students are expected to be able to add three numbers together within 20, but I usually just start within 10.  To teach this concept to my class, I simply…

Unicorn Spin and Graph Freebie

Unicorn Spin and Graph Freebie

This post contains affiliate links. My first graders are OBSESSED with our mini erasers from Target… maybe even more than me!  Is that even possible???  But really, during indoor recess, they just want to sort them, stack them, and put them in piles! To harness all this eraser love, I created this Editable Unicorn Spin…

Fix Em Up Sentences

Fix Em Up Sentences

This post contains affiliate links. Each day, my first graders complete a few hands-on literacy activities during our reading rotations.  Students get to choose what they work on, and I even have some kiddos who take centers home a few nights a week to do for fun with their families– it melts my teacher heart!…

Free Fraction Puzzles

Free Fraction Puzzles

This post contains affiliate links. This past week, my first grade class learned about fractions!  I started out with 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 using the language “one OUT OF two pieces,” and so on.  This seemed to work best for introducing the concept, but as the week progressed I wanted my students to also use…