Caught You Doing Something Nice Cards Positive reinforcement goes a long way in promoting good behavior. I recognize students who have done something nice by presenting them with a "Caught You Doing Something Nice!" card. Sometimes, I like to note the positive behavior on the back of the card. ...
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“Please, Take One Candy” Halloween Sign
If you are like me and don't plan on being home all of Halloween, print and place this sign on your door or above your candy. Hopefully, your trick-or-treaters will read the sign and take just one piece of candy. I hope you have Happy Halloween! Click on the picture to download. Graphics by ...
Bats Acrostic Poems & More Resources on Bats
Last week, we did a mini-unit on bats. We started with a KWL chart, filling in the "K" and "W." Then throughout the week we read non-fiction books on bats. Towards the end of the week we filled in the "L" of our chart and wrote Bat Acrostic Poems using our new knowledge. We decorated the poems ...
Free Halloween Downloads
Halloween is just over two weeks away. My students, have been busy with my Halloween Math Centers. They are enjoying them so much so that I decided to create more Halloween themed math centers! I created this free Candy Corn Estimation and Counting Math Center packet. ...
Words With Bonus Letters
Ms. M posted last week about needing help with bonus letters. I sent her my Words With Bonus Letters File Folder Word Wall from TpT. Then Erika from The Honey Bunch emailed me that she was doing a post on Bonus Letters and would give me a shout out. So I checked out her post and ...
Busy Teacher’s To-Do Lists
I love To-Do Lists! I write them on post-its, on those To-Do List pads, and on my Blackberry. I also like to make To-Do Lists of ideas I have for TpT, my blog, and Scholastic. I created free "Busy Teacher's To-Do Lists" for TpT and posted about them on Blog Hoppin'. Click ...
Read/Write the Room Worksheets
Read/Write the Room is a staple center utilized in my print rich classroom environment. Each week, the students take clipboards, a pencil, and a worksheet and look around the room for words with a specific phonic element. They then record the words on worksheets like the one pictured ...
Word Wall and Freebie
I am super to excited to be part of Blog Hoppin' and I just wrote my first post for them on Word Walls. Click {here} to read my post and snag a Read/Write the Room freebie! Click {here} to purchase my word wall words. These complement the word wall headers (click {here})in my TpT ...
I Think My Teacher Sleeps in School Class-Made Book
In the beginning of first grade, I like to read a book aloud to the students, discuss the book, and then complete a writing prompt. Yesterday, I read my students the adorable book, I Think My Teacher Sleeps in School by Leatie Weiss. Throughout the reading, we made predictions and text ...
Remembering 9/11 for Primary Students
Today is a day that no one will forget. Being from NY, I knew many people who died in the Twin Towers. Ten years ago today, I was a substitute teacher at my current school in Lindenhurst, NY. After the attack happened, I ran around covering classes so that teachers could call ...
