I pride myself on the way my classroom looks. I like walking in to a bright, cheery, organized room every morning. I love decorating my classroom and each year I tweak it just a little bit more. I have not been in to set up yet, but I thought I would share some product links with ...
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Teacher Appreciation Sale {check out these deals}
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! In honor of teacher appreciation week, I am joining in with TpT to throw a sale. My whole Teachers Pay Teachers store is 20%! Then use coupon code: ThankYou ! Are you like me and still have a good amount of school left? Here are the ...
Adventures in Spelling
Do you teach spelling in your classroom? Directed spelling instruction has long been a subject of debate. When we give a weekly spelling list, the students seem to only be able to spell those words for that week. Is it still valuable to spend time on spelling instruction? The answer is ...
Visual Plans for the Week of March 23rd: Bears and Soft C
I made a little freebie to go with this week's plans. Just click above to download. I am going to work on making more interactive notebook flaps to add to my Bears!! packet. Here are my plans for the week. I made this Soft C Literacy Center Packet to use this week. The ...
Reading Comprehension Cueing Cards
This reading comprehension cueing card packet has a multitude of uses! There are 34 comprehension cueing cards, with versions in full page and mini-sized. There are color and B&W versions for each set of cards. The mini-sized work well on a binder ring for at home reading comprehension ...
Celebrating the 101st or 100th Day of School
Need ideas for celebrating the 100th or 101st Day of School? This post is jam packet. Last year we started a new tradition in first grade, celebrating the 101st Day of School. Kindergarten does a huge 100th Day of School, so we wanted to do something different. I ...
-ing Centers & Visual Plans for the First Week of January
Are you ready to go back on Monday? I do miss my class, but it was so nice to be off! I love "stay-cations." My poor dogs are going to be so sad when I go back. I made this -ing literacy center packet to align with my Words of the Week packet. We are learning about -ing ...
New Year’s Activities
Here are some activities to help your students celebrate the New Year! The New Year's display above is pretty simple to create. Have your students trace their right foot on construction paper. Then have them write what they plan to do this year on the inside of the card. Glue ...
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 ...
Teacher Week: Organization – My Top Four Tips
Organization is my forte! If you read my last post, you know that my classroom is more organized than my own home. Why? Why be organized? I like to be organized because, I spend a lot of time in my classroom. I feel stressed or frazzled when I cannot find things. ...
