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. 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…
This post contains affiliate links. Who doesn’t love ice cream??? I sure do, and I know for a fact that my first grade students do! This fun money matching game is super easy to prep and I guarantee that your kids will enjoy it too! One way you can use these ice cream cones…
This post contains affiliate links. Clip cards are quickly becoming one of my favorite types of learning activities! They are super easy to prep, and students know exactly what to do with them! These Color Word Clip Cards are a great way for kids to practice the reading strategy “Does it look right?” when learning…
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…