My little firsties have been ROCKIN’ number bonds these past few weeks & we’re still not done! Our first math unit is all about making numbers in different ways and adding fluently. I created this pack to give my students more practice with number bonds, decomposing numbers, and making numbers in a fun way! Click any of the pictures to… Read More
Common Core File Labels-All Grades
Scroll down for a list of common core labels in each grade! Switching grades is hard! At least going from 2nd to 1st is like dumbing myself down…just kidding 🙂 Firsties leak a lot more than second graders…but I know I’m going to have a lot of fun! In preparation, the most important thing I feel I HAVE TO DO is to look… Read More
Summer Blog Hop!
Hi Friends! I’m so excited to be a part of Britney’s Summer Blog Hop! We still have 4 days left. FOUR DAYS! I sure wish we didn’t have to take it all the way to a Friday.. but we will survive! Some of you lucky ducks are already out! For those of you who aren’t yet, just enjoy the blog hop 😉… Read More
World Travels {aka Cultural Diversity Day}
We had Cultural Diversity Day at school a few weeks ago! It was so much fun! We each got to deck out our classrooms in the country/culture of our choice. We had everything from South Korea to Australia to Zambia! I loved that we all got to teach about our particular cultures. The kids enjoyed learning new things. I could… Read More
Telling Time
We’ve been working on telling time to the minute. I had a formal observation on the day I had to exclusively teach time to the minute, so I had to pull out all the stops! The kids ended up loving it, getting it, and begging for it every day! Now that’s a success 🙂 First I printed out a big… Read More
Money, money, money…
Each year it gets harder and harder to teach the students to count coins! I blame it on technology {as much as I love it}! Parents don’t carry around cash and change as much as they used to. I haven’t quite perfected the craft of teaching counting coins, but I think exposure is the most important. Here is how I… Read More