Last we had an early dismissal and two snow days. That is my tiny house above! Plus, there is the flu and strep throat going around my class and only 12 kids were in on Friday. What plans I had got condensed with most of it being moved over to this week. I myself am not ...
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My Visit to RCA
On Thursday night, I flew to Atlanta to visit The Ron Clark Academy. Friday was by far the best day of staff development I have ever attended. It was just beyond amazing. We were greeted at the gates of the academy by The Ron Clark himself. He leads you into the school's ...
SDE Texas Conference for 1st Grade Teachers
First, let me say that I had the best time ever presenting for SDE in Texas on Sunday. I had never been to Texas before. 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 ...
Penguins and Sounds of Y – Visual Plans
I tried to start penguins last week, but my duplicating did not come back in time. It worked out just fine, I replaced my penguin plans with Martin Luther King Jr. activities. I was able to introduce penguins with a penguin schema chart and some non-fiction read alouds. Then we did ...
Visual Plans for 1/12 -ck Digraph and Penguins
This week we are learning about the -ck digraph and penguins. You can click the images to download the plans. I am linking up with Deedee again: I have included this listening center recording sheet in my visual plans. It goes with The Emperor Lays an Egg. ...
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 Resolutions Linky
I don't know about you but every year, I have hope that this will be my year and my life will change dramatically. Well, no dramatic change has happened but slowly with hard work, I have made my life better. I am out of debt, I have stuck to a healthy weight, I have a successful ...
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 ...
Holiday Photo Recap
Here are some photos of what we did in first grade before winter break. These trees were so simple to make. I have the directions in my Have Yourself a Very Common Core Christmas or Free Smartboard directions here. We made gifts for our parents: The ornamets are from ...
