When I first started blogging, I posted THIS sign on my blog for Halloween. It was a free sign I had made that said "Please, Take One Halloween Candy!" I have since created a cleaner version of that sign and a teal pumpkin sign, too. I made versions of the sign that say "Happy Halloween! ...
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Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences
This school year, Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held a bit differently than what we are used to, with many schools opting for virtual conferences. These virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences may be conducted via Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams depending on the preference of your school district. You ...
The Never Starting Tales: Free Digital Lessons and Printable Activities
The makers of OFF!® Repellents have created an engaging series of "Never Starting Tales." I have partnered with them to share with you engaging ways to utilize their free tales with your students and their families. The Never Starting Tales are a series of online stories written about our ...
Quarantine and Distance Learning Resources
How is everyone doing? We start week two of distance learning on Monday. I, along with many of you, had to learn Google Classroom real fast! I have not even attempted Zoom! I am going to share a few resources I made and some links that I found helpful. *This post contains affiliate links. ...
Gingerbread Day
I love all things gingerbread and so do my students! We recently had our annual Gingerbread Day in first grade and it was a big hit with both the students and parents. I thought I would write a blog post and create a packet centered around Gingerbread Day. *Please, note this post contains ...
Back to School Night Tips and Ideas
I recently posted the photo above from last year's Back to School Night on instagram and I had a few questions keep coming up. I thought I would write this post to explain how I do Meet the Teacher/Back to School Night. We usually have Meet the Teacher Night the first or second week of school. ...
December Ideas and What’s Going On In My Life
I'm here with some news and December holiday ideas. I have school all of next week. I am really trying to hang in there. How about you? If you have not noticed, I switched over to Wordpress with the help of Becca from Jumping Jax Designs. I love how clean my site looks with Becca's design. ...
First Grade Fall Ideas
Hi everyone! Sorry, I have been MIA with blogging, I am really struggling to find balance. Teaching first grade full time, trying to stay healthy/go to the gym, and some positive happenings in my personal life have kept me super busy! All good things ...
Farmhouse Style Classroom Freebies and Updates!
I am back with some Farmhouse Freebies just in time for back to school! Last year, I started changing my classroom over to my Farmhouse theme. You see all the photos {HERE}. Slowly, I have been creating more farmhouse style packets to go with the theme. This post contains some awesome freebies ...
Wonderful Words of the Week: A Complement to the First Grade Wonders Reading Series
This past school year our district adopted the Wonders Reading series for grades K-5. That means we had to scrap our First Grade Words of the Week phonics program. I was not a happy camper. To make the transition a bit smoother, Janine Every and I created the Wonderful Words of the ...
