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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
First Grade Words of the Week & a FREE YEAR LONG SCOPE & SEQUENCE
I know many of you have been waiting for this! It is finally done. After years of an outdated phonics scope and sequence, my colleague, Janine, and I decided to create a new scope and sequence. Our old one was based on an outdated Harcourt series we no longer used. We came up with this first ...
Michaels #Create2Educate Sweepstakes and a Free Center Download
I have always wanted to create a sand center for my students and Michaels was there to help me out with the supplies I needed! I am so excited to be participating in the #Create2Educate Sweepstakes. I hope you read on for directions on how to create your own Sand Center and enter the ...
Links from My SDE Presentation for I Teach 1st – Freebie Links, Too
First, let me say that I had the best time ever presenting for SDE at the I Teach 1st conferences in Vegas. The teachers who came to my conferences were the most enthusiastic and attentive attendees. You all made my job easier and I LOVED meeting all of you. Thanks for tagging me ...
The Bane of MY Existence, Updates, and a Freebie!
Ok...I will admit, I am being a bit overdramatic! Can you blame me? I seriously wanted to throw the classroom pencils out the window. I sharpened that pencil down to a nub and still no useable point! I must have sharpened 10 pencils in a row that ended up like this! It ...
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in First Grade & a Freebie
This week, I did not post my weekly plans. We celebrated the 101st Day of School and utilized my Dalmatian themed packet. Then the rest of this week, we have been focusing on Dr. Seuss themed activities. Since, Dr. Seuss has really strict copyright laws, I thought it better to not ...
