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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...]

Suiting up for Summer!!!

Well, I don't know about y'all, but the official countdown has started in our room! I cannot believe summer is right around the corner! We have had lots of conversations about how we are "suited" up and ready for summer AND 2nd grade!   Today, we made a list on the board of all the things we have done this year to prepare ourselves for the next grade. Afterwards, each student chose one thing that they really felt like … [Read more...]

Prefix freebies and Adverbs!

After wrapping up suffixes last week, this week was all about prefixes. We kept our focus just on prefixes un- and re-.  I wanted to pop in real quick and share a few freebies with you all.  Most of our activities were the same as the activities we did with suffixes. We started off by playing Match It. Each student got a base word card or a prefix card. They had to walk around the room to find their match. After finding their … [Read more...]

Suffix sorts with lots of freebies!

We have been working on suffixes over the past few weeks. Suffixes can be somewhat tricky for first graders, so having them apply the skills in as many hands on ways as possible....the better. I start our learning off with -ed and -ing. I introduce the rule with this flip anchor chart that was inspired by Amy Lemons a few years ago. After introducing the rules, I give each student a sticky note with a base word on it. The students … [Read more...]

More measurement fun!

Have you heard of the Mouse Math series? They have the most adorable math books. One of my favorites is If the Shoe Fits by Jennifer Dussling. It is a wonderful book to use when introducing appropriate non-standard measuring tools. It has the cutest storyline about two mice that find a shoe and wonder if it will fit in their playhouse.  After reading the story, we sorted out non-standard tools on our anchor chart by what would be … [Read more...]

Shape Sort FREEBIE

We wrapped up our 3D shape learning and have been knee deep in learning all about measurement. I wanted to share a few of our favorite 3D shape activities.  With Spring finally here, it was time we spruced up our hallway  We sorted the 2D and 3D shapes from Amy Lemon's unit here and made these flowers.  You can download the flowers here.  They really brightened things up in the hallway!  We also … [Read more...]

Fraction FREEBIES

I wanted to stop by and share a few fraction freebies with you all. I love craftivities and always try to make any skill tie into a craft someway or another. There's just something about seeing a cute craft hanging up that makes your teacher heart smile big.  This week we wrapped up our fraction unit with these Pot of Gold Fractions.  Each student had to color and write the fraction under each flip. They also had to … [Read more...]

Verb Tenses and a Long A Freebie!

I wanted to hop on real quick and share a quick, cute, and simple long a freebie with you all. Last week we worked on long a. On Friday we sorted snowballs by long a and short a. We used all the long a snowballs to create a winter scene. I usually do these every year and always love to see what scenes my students come up with.  Here's a few from this year. Some days we just run out of time. Friday was one of those days! Otherwise, … [Read more...]

Bossy E and Long A!

Ok, who else is wiped out after this first week back? I swear I feel like I've been sleep walking the past 3 days! #thestruggleisrealyall This week we started Bossy E and long vowels. Whew. We started our learning off by meeting Bossy E. We talked about how he jumps over the consonant, hits the vowel on the head and says, "HEY, SAY YOUR NAME!" They always think this is hilarious!  Next, we made these quick and simple Bossy E hats and … [Read more...]

Sight Word Party!

Hi friends. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and spending lots of time with your families. We just got back from Disney World and I am all sorts of exhausted.... bones that I never knew could hurt - HURT!  Do you have a word wall in your room that you put your sight words on? For years my word wall was just a wall...with words....looking all pretty...with cute font....on pretty little laminated cards. We used it to help us … [Read more...]

FREE Proper and Common Noun Sort

I wanted to hop on real quick and share a simple, quick, and easy proper and common noun activity with you. I have blogged about this before (here), but I wanted to share it with you again because we do this every year and my kids love it.  Meet common cat and Proper Pete.   I originally found this idea several years ago from First Grade Fingerprints. I made these posters in 2012, laminated them, and have used every year … [Read more...]

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