This post contains affiliate links. I’m not huge on giving my first graders food treats, or anything treasure-box related, but I’m a big fan of positive praise and good old fashioned love and attention! I give my students certificates when they show exceptional leadership, I draw big stars on their papers when I think it…
This post contains affiliate links. Even though my first graders have come such a long way since the beginning of the year, there is still so much room for them to grow their little literacy brains! I wanted to help my kiddos practice their reading and also take notice of the features of print– AKA…
This post contains affiliate links. The other day I had a substitute and needed something fun for my kids to do during writing! Since our theme was “Pumpkins,” I whipped up this free writing paper! When I returned from my all-day meeting, I was pleasantly surprised by the creative, great work I saw! I considered…
This post contains affiliate links. Children’s books are one of my favorite things to add to my first grade classroom! I try to create an atmosphere where I’m always excited about the new books being added to our class library– I use bonus points to buy books from Scholastic each month, and I am always…
This post contains affiliate links. Halloween is right around the corner, and I’m probably more excited about it than my first graders! Anyways, we are working on true or false equations in math and I wanted something simple enough for my kiddos and a little spooky too, so I whipped up these two practice sheets….
This post contains affiliate links. After four weeks of school, my first graders are finally able to work independently during Reader’s Workshop while I teach Guided Reading groups! Whew! To help my kiddos practice matching “what they see to what they say,” I created this fun and low-prep literacy center! Since my kiddos are working…
I recently attended a math training where I learned about subitizing cards! Although I didn’t know what we were talking about initially, I jumped right on board when I realized what “subitizing” meant! Basically, students work to quickly and automatically recognize the number of objects in a group without actually counting them! Typically black dots…
Want to download this super fun “Mystery Puzzles” number sense activity I made??? Just click on the picture below to hop over to The STEM Laboratory! I’d recommend using it with second graders, or first graders who love a challenge, but you can read more about using this activity on my contributing blog post, HERE….
This post contains affiliate links. I’ve been on summer break for exactly two months now, but it’s been crazy busy! My husband and I bought our first home, we are still remodeling it (like there is paint on my hands right now), and I just finished up an overly time-consuming summer class for my Master’s…