It's October already! I cannot believe I have been in school over a month. I am still struggling with getting everything in order. I just never seem to clear off my "to do list." I am "currently" listening to Reign and watching with one eye as I type this post. I did a ...
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Visual Plans – Short e and Living and NonLiving
I am back with my plans for this week. I am sorry they are late. My brother got married this weekend and I just have not had a minute. The wedding was beautiful. It was at Cow Fish in Hampton Bays. They had an amazing summer-like day! Here are my ...
Visual Plans for September 22nd: Farm Theme
This week is a short one for us. We have off for the Jewish holidays on Thursday and Friday. Instead of doing our normal routine, I decided to double up on centers for the day and use my Farm unit. We are also going to visit a real farm on Tuesday! Here are my plans for ...
Talk Like a Pirate Day – Celebrating with a Freebie!
Ahoy, me Hearties! Today is 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day'! To celebrate, I have joined with some friends to give you the chance to find lots of pirate booty! Each blog will have some different treasure for you to find! I want to share with you a free Pirate Themed Cootie ...
Visual Plans for the Week of 9/15 with a Focus on Short a
We are going into our second full week of school. Here are my plans for this week. Just click the images to download. If you are interested in my plan book and classroom news format, I sell them here in this packet: I am linking up with Deedee's Peek at My ...
Apples!
This week my first graders and I immersed ourselves in everything apple. We used units by my fabulous friends and a new "graphtivity" by me. The kids had a blast! Scroll through this whole post for fabulous ideas and links, at the end is a linky for more themed products and ...
First Grade Meet the Teacher Night
Last night, was my 13th Meet the Teacher Night. I have been teaching first grade for 12 years and yet I still update and come up with new ideas every year. This year, I decided to give the parents water bottles as welcome gifts. You can snag the tags for free {here}. I get asked all the time ...
Visual Plans for the First Full Week of School – With Links to Lots of Freebies
This is my first full week of first grade this year! Our theme is apples and we are diving right into centers and writing! Click the images to download my plans or the covers to check out the products I use this week. If you like my plan book style, check out my plan book ...
The Night Before School Starts…My First Currently!
I have known Farley for years and never got around to joining her September Currently Linky. It is 3 am the night before school starts and I cannot sleep. I went to sleep at 10 pm and I guess my mind is over nervous that I am going to oversleep!....so of course I get up and blog. When I ...
First Day of First Grade Student Gifts
As I was setting up my classroom this week, I looked at the other done classrooms and noticed they had little bags on the students' desk for first day gifts. Ahh, I totally forgot to get first day gifts. Back when I started teaching, no one even thought of giving gifts. Now, it seems to be the ...
