I can't believe it is already time to start talking about First Day of school activities. Mercy! The summer flew by! If you are a mamma stuck at home in the house with littles who love the phrase, "I'm bored!" it probably crawled by! But, for me it seems like it is almost over before it even got started! Handprint puzzles are a great activity to do on the first day of school. One of my favorite things to do on the first day of school are these handprint puzzles (Thank you to Little ... continue reading...
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10 End of the Year Read Alouds
10 end of the year books for kindergarten and first grade. These sweet picture books make great read alouds to help you say goodbye to your students. End of the Year Books The end of the school year is almost here! I always loved reading sweet stories at the end of the year to help us reflect on all that we did throughout the school year. Here is a list of 10 great, end of the year, books! #1 Only One You by Linda Kranz This is a good story to remind students to be unique and help make ... continue reading...
Ocean Unit of Fun!
We have been learning a lot about ocean animals. We learned all about different types of sharks and we decided that we thought the Great white Shark was the most interesting. We labeled the parts of a shark. This is our schema chart based on an idea from Debbie Miller. We made sharks and orca whales and then sorted the information we learned by using a venn diagram. A close up of some of our shark and whale ... continue reading...
It’s Shark Week! Freebies for Comparing Informational & Narrative Texts
FREEBIES Shark style! Clark the Shark is a perfect book for back to school, but it is also great as you round out the end of the year. Energy is high and patience is low and helping kids understand the importance of self-control, following the rules and thinking before they act. Clark the shark has an abundant amount of energy and enthusiasm and this causes him a few problems at school. {Sound familiar?} He loves school and he is so EXCITED about it that his behavior gets a ... continue reading...
The Benefits of Teaching with Centers
The expectations for early elementary students have continued to increase over the years. This often leaves teachers looking for ways to fit additional academic skill practice into the daily routine. Teaching with centers is a great way to add engaging and meaningful review to your classroom all year long! 7 Benefits of Teaching with Centers There are many reasons why teachers decide to use centers in their classrooms. No matter their inspiration for teaching with centers, they all ... continue reading...
Alphabet Bundle Word Wall Sets & More
As children get older, they often wonder how some of the content they learn in school will apply to their life. So, teachers have to show students how the material relates to various aspects outside of school. However, one part that students never question involves the alphabet. Students begin to learn their letters even before they enter school. Then, they focus heavily on learning letters in preschool and kindergarten. This progresses to sounds and blending everything together to form words. ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: The Day the Crayons Quit and a FREEBIE
The following content was provided by the publisher about The Day the Crayons Quit. "Crayons have feelings, too, in this funny back-to-school story illustrated by the creator of Stuck and This Moose Belongs to Me -- now a #1 New York Times bestseller " The Day the Crayons Quit is a book about Poor Duncan who just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough They quit Beige Crayon is tired of playing ... continue reading...
Stellaluna Read-Aloud
Listening to a read-aloud is often the most exciting part of the day for students. They love sitting together and listening to their teacher read a fantastic book. Honestly, this is one of the calmest parts of the day. However, it can also be one of the most educational! With the Read Aloud Lesson Plans, students can enjoy amazing stories while working on engaging activities. For instance, they can enjoy the Stellaluna read-aloud and dive into their standards. Students will love the story and ... continue reading...
Writing Lesson Plans for Kindergarten & First Grade
Writing lesson plans for the entire year! Complete writing units to help you teach writing in kindergarten and 1st grade. Writing Lesson Plans Teaching writing can feel quite overwhelming! Writing instruction should occur daily in the classroom. However, you may find yourself asking, "Well, what exactly do I teach for writing?" That is a question I often hear from kindergarten and first-grade teachers. Deedee Wills and I created the perfect solution for you! We spent countless hours ... continue reading...
Guided Reading Lesson Plans | Be an Expert! (FREE Download too!)
Guided Reading Lesson Plan template and free download. Reading levels in kindergarten and first grade to create guided reading lesson plans with free books! Are you wanting to master guided reading, but feel a wee bit overwhelmed? I get it! Guided Reading is just one more thing you have on your plate.. or do you? Are you currently conducting guided reading lessons in your classroom? I am sometimes surprised to hear that some emergent classrooms do not. Don't ... continue reading...
Guiding Readers Questions and Answers
Last November Deedee and I had a conversation about her desire to do more with the books she was using for Read Alouds. Her kids loved many of the books she was reading to them, and they wanted to hear them again and again. She felt that she had a great foundation with writer's workshop (more on that later) but she wanted deeper connections and interactions with the texts that she was reading to her class. So we created Guiding Readers. What are Guiding Readers? Guiding Readers started ... continue reading...
Writer’s Workshop for Kindergarten: 5 Easy Steps
During my travels and presenting at conferences around the country there is one question that I'm most often asked, "HOW can I teach my kids to write ?" Many teachers are intimidated by the thought of teaching writing, and they often ask, "Where do I begin?" The answers to these questions are really quite simple. Model what writing looks and sounds like and provide your students with opportunities to write each and every day. Each ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Crash Course
For book talk Tuesday I wanted to come back and share a few more of my favorite quotes from this inspiring book, Crash Course. It is a must read as many of you are gearing up to go back to school soon. Here are two quotes from the book that can help you create a classroom where students not only learn the content but learn how to be better people in the process. Positive and Negative thinking are both contagious. Be careful what you spread. This would be a great way to start the day. Sit ... continue reading...
Handprint Puzzle Freebie updated
Happy Summer Friends! I'm working on adding and updating stuff. I just added new clipart and updated the school year to the handprint puzzle. Click on the cover to download it. :) This handprint puzzle activity makes a great keepsake and gives the parents a reason to sit with their child and hear all about their first day of school. This idea was inspired by the littlegiraffes website (which is no longer being updated) and is not my original idea. The poem was written by Angie Bonthuis ... continue reading...
Monster Poem FREEBIE!
Hey y'all! Can you believe that it is almost November? I don't know where the time goes but the older I get the quicker it flies! It seems like just a few weeks ago everyone was busying themselves with getting their room ready for the first day of school. We've had a BUSY fall. We welcomed two new boys into our family. My daughter Taylor married her high school sweetheart, Nick on Sept. 28th and then my sweet little grandson, Carson was born on October 14th. He is so adorable and his big ... continue reading...
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