Teaching first grade is amazing because they grow SO much! I know, I’m starting to get all sentimental that my first class ever is moving on to bigger and better… 28 days, but who’s counting??? Anyways, I still have a few kiddos who need to work on their skip counting. We’ve done plenty of…
This post contains affiliate links. We all know that teachers spend SO much time in their classrooms! Knowing this, I wanted to make sure I loved walking into my classroom each and every morning. Being a first-year teacher, it took me a while to settle in, but I figured a classroom tour in March was…
This post contains affiliate links. WE GOT A TEPEE! That’s in all caps because I think I love it as much (maybe more?) than my first graders do! Anyways, we got the tepee through a very generous donor who is a friend of mine. I babysat her daughter while I was in college and she…
Have you heard about Seesaw? It’s an app that I like to describe to parents as “a confidential Instagram for your students’ work”. I’ve been using it for about 5 months and I haven’t talked to anyone who doesn’t like it! Below is a quick video that explains WHAT Seesaw is (probably way better than…
Graphing is one of my favorite math subjects to teach! My students and I spent two weeks tackling this topic, and in this post, I’ll give you ideas you might be able to use in your classroom, and links to my favorite resources to make graphing fun and interactive! Before getting started, my students and…