This post is full of info and an informational text features FREE download! I thought I would give you the FYI at the top because I don't want you to miss out on the freebie. It is towards the end of the post. I just finished this huge pumpkin themed, center focused unit. I ...
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Bears!!!
We just finished two bear themed stories in our reading series, Splash! and Little Bear's Friend. Besides reading the stories, I decided to do a whole bear thematic unit. I updated what I had already had and I utilized my sweet friend, Rachelle's A Unit All About Bears With Math, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pool or Beach Acrostic Poems
My students created "Pool" or "Ocean" glyphs from Deanna Jump's Ocean Animals Math and Literacy Fun unit. Click {here} to check out her post on the unit and click {here} to check it out on TpT. I think the pool and ocean kids are just the cutest things ever! Even though we only ...
600 Followers Thank You and a Food Themed File Folder Word Wall Freebie!
I am very excited to reach 600 followers in such a short period of time. Thank you for all of your kind and supportive comments. I was overwhelmed by the responses to my last post on becoming a published author. I was glad to help and I hope I inspired some of you. Thank you for purchasing my ...
Miss Bohrer’s Class Completes Famous Idioms
I had my first graders complete famous idioms this week. The results were adorable! For a link to my previous post about my idiom packet, click {here}. To order this packet on TPT for only $2.50, click {here}. ...
Students Complete Famous Idioms
Every year around Spring Exhibit time, I have my students complete and illustrate famous idioms. I compile the pages into a class made book. The results are hysterical. The parents all crowd around the book, pointing out the funny sayings such as "You can lead a horse to water but ...
Writer’s Workshop: Writing Off an Object or Memory
I am super proud and excited because one of my students, Paige, won first place in the Suffolk County Writing Contest for first grade. For those of you who don't know Long Island, Suffolk County is huge! I am so proud of her. Paige will read her winning prose at a special dinner event in June! ...
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 ...
