Let’s talk about search engines. How often do we search Youtube for videos or Google for images and hope nothing inappropriate pops up while you’re trying to share a quick something with your students on the fly? GUILTY. With technology being front and center these days and common core taking us deeper into research, we are in desperate need for a… Read More
Pink Tiara Cookies
Pink Tiara Cookies by Maria Dismondy is a great book that teaches the social skill of kindness. “Bullying” is a huge problem in schools (see why I don’t like using the word “bully” HERE). What happens when your best friend starts hanging out with someone else? Jealousy, that’s what! Kids are very good at excluding others. Dismondy does a great… Read More
Measurement Inquiry
This year I wanted to start our measurement unit out with a fun inquiry. I created a very simple, yet very effective measurement inquiry. It took about 10 minutes and the kids completely got where we were headed. This measurement inquiry is for the first grade common core standard 1.MD.A.1, ordering 3 objects by length. I asked each table (6… Read More
Elf in the Classroom
Is your elf here? Do you have an elf in the classroom? Will you be getting one this weekend? I hope your answer is YES YES YES. Because you need one {affiliate link}. Monday, she arrived in a cold box straight from the North Pole {aka my freezer}. We voted for a name after we read a note from Santa telling us we’d… Read More
History Read Alouds
Hi teacher friends! It’s Emily from Polka Dots Please. I’m super excited to be teaming up to share some fabulous books for teaching little ones about history! Here’s my recommended list of history read alouds for the primary classroom. This book teaches about segregation and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of Rosa Parks. Moments throughout Rosa’s… Read More
Clifford & Commands {Teaching Imperative Sentences}
Every once in a while, I get a BRILLIANT idea. It always comes in the middle of my lesson. I literally say, “WAIT. Let’s try this…” Have you had those moments before? It happened to me today when I started teaching commands or as common core calls it “imperative sentences”. It all started with my little Clifford stuffed animal that I… Read More
5 Way to Use Sticky Notes in the Classroom
Hop on over to Education to the Core to read my guest post on my STICKY NOTE OBSESSION and how I use sticky notes/post-its all around the classroom!
Fall into Great Resources
Happy FALL my friends! I am linking up with some of my sweet blogging friends to #fallintogreatresources {search this hashtag on TpT and you’ll pull up a TON of great fall resources just for you}! I am a children’s picture book LOVER! Here are two of my most favorite FALL books! The Ugly Pumpkin {affiliate link} is about a little odd looking… Read More
Shades of Meaning in First Grade
I bet you’ve seen these paint chips before! Teachers love to use them for all sorts of things! With the shift of my state to common core, there was a change in the 1st grade ELA standards {no surprise}. Before we get started, let’s review some of the new vocabulary with common core. shades of meaning: how words are related; in… Read More
Wishlist Wednesday: Number Bonds
It’s Wishlist Wednesday again! Thanks to Jen at Teacher by the Beach. If you didn’t check out last week’s deal, you can still see my Grammar Readers in action! Here’s today’s deal… I created this pack to give my students more practice with number bonds, decomposing numbers, and making numbers in a fun way! These are perfect activities for the beginning of the year,… Read More