I am super proud and excited because one of my students, Paige, won first place in the Suffolk County Writing Contest for first grade. For those of you who don't know Long Island, Suffolk County is huge! I am so proud of her. Paige will read her winning prose at a special ...
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Mother’s Day Project and Mother’s Day Handprint Card
I take a photo of my students holding a sign that says "Mom, I love you to pieces!" I have the kids mount the photo on cardboard and glue puzzle pieces around it. Click {here} to download this project. I also have my students make this Mother's Day Handprint Card. ...
Free Clip Art
Whimsy Doodle Graphics is giving away two free clip art downloads this month. One is for Autism Awareness Month...how cool is that?! I am the inclusion teacher and mainstreaming teacher for the ABA program in my grade. Autistic children will always have a special place in my ...
Listening Center
Setting Up Your Listening Center The listening center is a center that is easy to set up and manage. This center is a student favorite and can be utilized to expose students to quality literature that may be above their independent reading level. This center can be used every week ...
Writing Letters to The Tooth Fairy
As part of my letter writing unit (Click {here} to check it out), my students wrote letters to the Tooth Fairy and created Tooth Fairy crafts. We read the books Dear Tooth Fairy by Alan Durant and You Think it's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt . Then for fun, we ...
Math Monday Blog Hop
Check out Love2Learn2Day's Math Monday Blog Hop by clicking {here}. I posted my "Math" tab on the site. I love creating math centers for my first graders and they love doing them. Hop over and post your math link, too! ...
Teaching Blog Addict
Are you addicted to teaching blogs? If so, check out this great new blog dedicated to Teacher Blog Addicts like myself. Contact Tamara via email (click {here}) to have your button displayed and to become an author on this great new blog. ...
Jelly Bean Math Centers and Dollar Tree
I started my Jelly Bean Math Centers today. I sent home the donation letter that comes with the packet and I was overwhelmed by the response from parents! It just so happened that Dollar Tree had all the donations needed. The only thing I needed to do was buy a few more small ...
Letter Writing Unit
I just posted my 62 page letter writing unit to TPT. Click {here} to check it out. It includes a bibliography of letter writing themed books, lessons based on those books, anchor charts, file folder word walls, and reproducibles. I just finished the Help Me, Mr. ...
You Know You’re a Teacher When…
Abby is hosting a "You Know You're a Teacher When..." Link Party at The Inspired Apple. Click to link up! You Know You Teach First Grade When... - "You are a great artist!" is the complement the students give you every time you draw something and it still boosts your ego.- You must remind ...
