This year had a few changes for me. I moved to a new town. It is this great, small, old town on the south shore of Long Island. All the houses in this town have character and there are these beautiful lakes a few houses away from me. I have been enjoying decorating and ...
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Celebrating the New Year in the Classroom
Here are some activities to help your students celebrate the New Year! The New Year's display above is pretty simple to create. Have your students trace their right foot on construction paper. Then have them write what they plan to do this year on the inside of the card. Glue ...
Hanukkah Activities
Hanukkah started on Sunday. Happy Hanukkah to you if you celebrate! I don't happen to have students in my classroom this year that celebrate Hanukkah but here on Long Island many people celebrate Hanukkah and I would like my students to understand the holiday. Just on Friday, one ...
Cyber Monday Sale – Check out these Holiday Themed Packets
My entire store is marked down to 20% off for today and tomorrow. Then you can use the code SMILE to get an additional 10% off! Here are some fun holiday themed items for you to check out! Just click on the images to check them ...
Give Thanks for Teachers Giveaway
We are thankful for you! To show our appreciation, a few other bloggers and myself have gotten together to offer you the chance to win a $200 gift card to Target or TpT (your choice). I don't know about you but those two places make my teacher heart happy! Enter below for a ...
Thanksgiving Math and More!
Here are my 1st grade specific math centers: Our math program is pretty drab (you can check out Engage NY here), so I like to liven things up with weekly math centers. I wish there was the time in my day to do these everyday but there is not and once a week will have to do. ...
Bats Interactive Science Notebook
This week, we are studying bats! The kids are so interested in them. Here some photos from my interactive notebook packet. Thanks for stoping by! ...
Halloween
Have you heard, there is supposed to be a full moon this week? That on top of all the Halloween hype. We are in for it. Here are some fun and educational activities to help you and your students celebrate Halloween. Click the photos to find the sources. The following ...
GoNoodle Freebies and a Contest!
Last week, I went to a GoNoodle meet up in NYC! It was so much fun. I got to see my friend Erica V of Miss V's Kinder Kraziness! I also got to meet the winners of my Instagram contest for tickets, Francine of First Grade Suppa Stars and Kelly of Very Special ...
Pumpkin Interactive Science Notebook
We started learning about pumpkins last week! We utilized my new Pumpkin Interactive Notebook File. There is a free sample in the preview file! The packet itself is only $3. We start each science unit with a Schema Chart. The students love to move the post-its to ...
