Every year around Spring Exhibit time, I have my students complete and illustrate famous idioms. I compile the pages into a class made book. The results are hysterical. The parents all crowd around the book, pointing out the funny sayings such as "You can lead a horse to water but ...
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New Fabulous Blog to Check Out!
I am supposed to be hard at work on my dinosaur unit, but I have a hard time focusing on one thing for a long period of time. I think it comes from teaching first grade for so long. So, I am shopping and blog hopping while I am working. I found Mrs. Tabb's First Grade Balanced Literacy ...
Circus Fun Math Centers – Free Sample!
Here is a sample from my Circus Fun Math Centers that I posted on TeachersPayTeachers. I hope that you take advantage of my sale and purchase it today before midnight! Click {here} to check it out! This 41 page packet includes five math centers:Circus Fun: Make Ten to Add - Students ...
Happy Cinco de Mayo
I just had to share this picture of Molly! ...
Writer’s Workshop: Writing Off an Object or Memory
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 dinner event in June! ...
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! ...
