This week in language arts we have been learning about homophones and antonyms. If you are looking for a great introduction to both of these, Moby and Annie from Brain Pop Jr. are your people! I always love using their videos to get us started. Homophones and Antonyms After watching the video, I gave each of my students a homophone puzzle piece. Once they read their word they had to walk around the room to find their partner that had the … [Read more...]
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Gobbled Up Numbers!
I wanted to share a quick math freebie with you all that I shared over at Blog Hoppin'. All you need is dice and construction paper! Let your students know that some very hungry turkeys are coming to your room today and they are going to gobble up numbers!!! Give each student two dice and have them roll the dice to generate a number to build. The two dice will be their number for the tens place and ones … [Read more...]
Catching up and beginning blends!
Y'all! October came and went. For real. Between fall parent conferences and life itself....blogging just didn't happen. So, I am going to do some MAJOR catching up today! There's a lot, so let's get started. In math, we learned about time to the hour and made these fun little sunflowers to display analog, digital, and word form. In writing, we learned about complete and incomplete sentences and created these free … [Read more...]
Back to School Read Alouds (Part 1)
Last week we hit the ground running with back to school read alouds. I am a huge believer in making time to read aloud books to our students. It is such a special moment for them. Seeing the excitement and expressions on their face is one of my very favorite times of our day. Just think...the read aloud that you provide to your students might just be the only book they have read to them all day. We started off listening to You're Finally Here … [Read more...]
CHEAP Camping Theme idea!
This year, our school is doing a camping theme. Our grade levels are divided into pods so each pod creates a different theme to go along with the overall school theme. The first grade theme is, Navigating Through First Grade. Each teacher is decorating the outside of their door as a different "place" that you might navigate through when camping. Mine is Hudgeons National Forest. I wanted to keep things simple around my door … [Read more...]
Editable notebook paper banner!!
Last year I used this Welcome Back banner outside my classroom for Meet the Teacher and the first few weeks of school. Since then, I've had some ask if I could make more banners like it with holidays, subjects, etc. I would definitely make more if I had time, but goodness, y'all know how it is...there is never enough time in the day! SO, I made an editable one for you all that you can download straight to your computer and add any words, … [Read more...]
Tying Up Comprehension (Main Idea)
Helloooo sweet summertime! I don't know about y'all, but I have been soaking up this whole stay up late and sleeping in thing! Both of my kiddos have been awesome sleepers since day one. They could sleep all day if I'd let them. Anywho, I have been spending my late nights marking some things off my to-do list. One thing I have been wanting to get done is comprehension packs for my team and I to use next year. We hit the ground … [Read more...]
R controlled Phonics Friends
Long time no chat friends! Life has been one crazy party around here, but I'm back and ready to catch up with you all. As you know, phonics is a huge skill in first grade and most of the time, it is pretty boring for most of our kiddos. Last year I knew I had to jazz things up in my phonics instruction and create something meaningful, engaging, and something that helped the sounds stick with my students. That's when … [Read more...]
Fun with coins!
Last week we wrapped up our coin unit. Our coin unit is one of my very favorite skills to teach in math. Here's a quick glance at what we did. We started off watching this Brain Pop Jr. video and then made these hats. We also sorted and matched coins, their names, and their attributes in our math journals. You can read more about how we use math journals in my room and how they tie in to our math word … [Read more...]
Grinch Day!
This week has been nothing short of busy. Between school and getting packed for Disney I think I may or may not have had more than the average caffeine intake! Today was one of my favorite Christmas celebration days.... Grinch Day! The Grinch is just loads of fun! He left streamers, green glitter and foot prints all over the room! I used a sponge to make the Grinch's feet by cutting the sponge into the shape of his … [Read more...]
Dr. Seuss Week came early!
This year we celebrated Dr. Seuss way earlier than usual. We use the Journey's reading series and this week our story was all about Dr. Seuss, so.... we decided to go ahead and do our celebrating during our story. I didn't get a picture of everything, but I do have a few freebies for you that hopefully you can use during Read Across America or for Seuss' birthday week. We read The Foot Book and worked on antonyms. … [Read more...]
Time to the hour
Happy Hump Day! Last week we worked on telling time to the hour. We started off using this number line that I made last year. We talked about how the numbers on a clock are just like a number line except that they are not in a straight line. Afterwards, we put the number line in a circle to create a clock. During math stations, my small groups worked with me on recognizing the hour and minute hand. We used Playdoh in two … [Read more...]
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