A Primary Teaching Blog
Yesterday, it officially changed seasons to FALL! Now here in Southern California, I’m still sweating through our 90 degree weather, BUT at least very very soon I will be able to pull out my boots, scarves, and cute cute coats! To celebrate this joyous turn of the season, I have an amazing giveaway for you! How GORGEOUS are these USBs… Read More
Hi friends! I don’t know about you, but things are finally settling down now that we are close to 4 weeks into the school year. Students are S.L.O.W.L.Y. learning the rules of the classroom and each procedure {and yet, I still feel like there are SO many more still to learn}. I’ve already figured out who my squirrelly little ones… Read More
School is in full swing and it’s time to start thinking about FALL! We ladies are Books Bloggers Love have another set of fabulous books for you! My book is Click, Clack, Boo! I adore all the “Click Clack” stories, they are too cute. Those little farm animals are always up to silly things. I especially adore that duck 😉… Read More
A blog post about helping first graders write friendly letters. I’m sure you have all read “The Day the Crayons Quit”, but if you haven’t, before I even start, you better go order it 😉 {affiliate link} It’s a hilarious story about crayons who write letters to their owner {a little boy, Duncan} about their “jobs” as crayons. Some… Read More
This month Courtney and I are bringing you Back to School Read Aloud Suggestions! I asked Aris from Sailing into Second to guest post today and she said YES! Check out her wonderful first day of school read aloud books and don’t forget to follow her over on her blog Sailing into Second! ****** I’m so excited to be guest… Read More
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
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
Back for another Wishlist Wednesday with Jen from Teacher by the Beach!If you missed last week’s Wishlist Wednesday, you can still see my Fluency Roll & Reads in action. This week’s deal is one of my FAVORITE classroom products, GRAMMAR READERS! Let’s take a peek inside one of the readers: They are organized by phonics pattern {each book has the… Read More
We’re back with another “Books Bloggers Love” post! I am OVER THE MOON excited about the book I am going to share with you today! It’s the perfect addition to my back to school read aloud collection. Please Mr. Panda! Okay, come on, just the cover is TOO MUCH CUTENESS! I love his little face. It reminds me of one… Read More
Hey everyone, just a quick post to show you how to make a template in PowerPoint, so you can stop changing the margins EVERY TIME you go into your new slide! You guys, it literally took me two years to do this. WHY!? I don’t know. My life has just been simplified and I’ve saved up to 30 seconds of… Read More
