As teachers, we naturally have very giving hearts. We always want to help, expecting nothing in return. Well, today, I'm going to invite you to something really special that I am happy to be a part of. My teaching heart jumped at the chance to contribute to a really wonderful ...
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A Peek at My Week: Visual Plans for the Week of November 10th
The year is flying by! This week my first graders and I will be focusing on the wh digraph, personal narratives, relating addition and subtraction, and states of matter. Here are my visual plans. Just click to download. I am linking up with Deedee again! Some resources I ...
Black & White Polka Dot Plus Brights Classroom Reveal
I am very well aware that this reveal is 2 months late! I really worked until the minute before school started setting up my classroom. I was even on facebook the week before school started offering to pay anyone $20 an hour to come and help me cut, laminate, and paint. I ended up ...
TpT takes NYC and Tsu?
Last weekend, I met up with some fabulous TeachersPayTeachers.com authors in NYC. I live on Long Island so it was just a 55 minute train ride in. We say "on" Long Island and not "in" because it is an island. Anyway, we started our day with a brunch at the Brain Pop offices. ...
Magic e and Plans for the Week
This week in first grade we are focusing on magic e. With our new Words of the Week phonic sequence, we decided to teach Magic e earlier in the year. Many of the students are already reading above grade level and need to understand Magic e in order to successfully read books at those ...
Halloween Sale!
Happy Halloween! My whole store is 20% off. Click {HERE}. ...
Engage NY First Grade Math Resources
I have gotten a ton of questions on my visual plan posts about how I utilize Engage NY in my classroom. For those of you not familiar with the math program, you can check it out and download the whole program for free here. The truth is that I am still trying to figure out how to fit it all in ...
First Grade Visual Plans for October 27th – Halloween
Aren't you glad Halloween is on a Friday this year? Here are my plans for the week. Click the images above or below to download my visual plans. I am linking up with Deedee again here: Here are the packets I will be utilizing this week. Just click on the images to check out the ...
Visual Plans for the Week of October 20th – Bats!
Click the images to download my plans! If you like my format, check out this packet: I am linking up with Deedee Will's Peek at my Week. This week we are diving into a bat themed science unit. I have updated the packet above to include interactive notebook files! ...
October 14th Visual Plans – Pumpkins Continued
Click the images above or below to download the plans with clickable links. For my plan book format, check out this packet: I am linking up with Deedee Wills for her Peek at the Week. We are using my Short o Literacy Centers this week. As well as the Words of ...
