Setting Up Your Listening Center The listening center is a center that is easy to set up and manage. This center is a student favorite and can be utilized to expose students to quality literature that may be above their independent reading level. This center can be used every week ...
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Writing Letters to The Tooth Fairy
As part of my letter writing unit (Click {here} to check it out), my students wrote letters to the Tooth Fairy and created Tooth Fairy crafts. We read the books Dear Tooth Fairy by Alan Durant and You Think it's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt . Then for fun, we ...
Math Monday Blog Hop
Check out Love2Learn2Day's Math Monday Blog Hop by clicking {here}. I posted my "Math" tab on the site. I love creating math centers for my first graders and they love doing them. Hop over and post your math link, too! ...
Teaching Blog Addict
Are you addicted to teaching blogs? If so, check out this great new blog dedicated to Teacher Blog Addicts like myself. Contact Tamara via email (click {here}) to have your button displayed and to become an author on this great new blog. ...
Jelly Bean Math Centers and Dollar Tree
I started my Jelly Bean Math Centers today. I sent home the donation letter that comes with the packet and I was overwhelmed by the response from parents! It just so happened that Dollar Tree had all the donations needed. The only thing I needed to do was buy a few more small ...
Letter Writing Unit
I just posted my 62 page letter writing unit to TPT. Click {here} to check it out. It includes a bibliography of letter writing themed books, lessons based on those books, anchor charts, file folder word walls, and reproducibles. I just finished the Help Me, Mr. ...
You Know You’re a Teacher When…
Abby is hosting a "You Know You're a Teacher When..." Link Party at The Inspired Apple. Click to link up! You Know You Teach First Grade When... - "You are a great artist!" is the complement the students give you every time you draw something and it still boosts your ego.- You must remind ...
Y and ie as Long I
This week, our phonic element is Y and ie as long vowel i. I make posters or file folders, to help the students read words with the specific phonic element of the week. During centers, the students read/write the room for words with that specific phonic element or those specific phonic ...
Spring File Folder Word Wall and Writing Prompts
I have updated my Spring File Folder Word Wall and Writing Prompts for TpT. Click {here} to download for only $1! ...
Things Borrowed and Things Returned Binder
In my 10 Things I Learned From Teaching post, I said that creating a "Sign-Out Binder" deters colleagues from interrupting your lesson to borrow items and helps you keep track of your things. It is a Catch 22: These colleagues are your friend and you want to help them, but on the other hand ...
