A Primary Teaching Blog
a blog post about poetry read alouds Hello book lovers and friends! My name is Alisha and I blog over at Missing Tooth Grins. I love reading all of Jen’s blog posts (she is seriously so creative!) and I feel so honored to be able to write a post on her blog about my favorite things-books! As I’m sure you… Read More
a blog post about math activities Math centers can be pretty daunting, but if you have the right activities (and of course some good old classroom management) they really can be great! I’m all about EASE. I have no time for complicated centers that need to be changed every day 0r even every week! Here are a few simple activities… Read More
Can you believe it? It’s already coming up on the end of the year! Each year I try to do some sort of sweet present for my “graduating” students. This year, I snagged these GORGEOUS bubble sticks from Walmart! I saw a ton of teachers on instagram got them as well, so I made a gift tag for this quick end… Read More
A blog post about retelling A major kinder and first grade standard is retelling literature they have read or that has been read to them. I have found this to be a difficult skill for my English Language students especially, but as we’ve been practicing orally, they are getting better and better! Here is a fun way my students like to… Read More
Earth Day is such a wonderful day to celebrate our EARTH! It is so very important to teach our students to love the spaces we inhabit (including the classroom, playground, and cafeteria- am I right??). This year I decided to make those sweet little melted crayon hearts. I wanted to share the quote “even broken crayons still color” to teach… Read More
picture books about art Hello fellow book lovers! My name is Maribel and I blog over at Learning in Wonderland! Jen asked me to share some of my favorite books to teach about art! Well, I don’t think she knows this but I love teaching through art! As an ELL, I often struggled with just about every subject, however art… Read More
An article about Picture vs. Text Evidence Finding evidence in the pictures versus finding evidence in the text is a skill we are working on in first grade (RI 1.6). It is important to tell where you are getting your information. Eventually, this standard builds into using the text and pictures to tell more about a character, setting, or event of… Read More
YouTube is a great resource for fun and engaging videos that enhance lessons. Here is a list of my favorite 8 YouTube Channels for the primary classroom. If you’re looking for specific YouTube videos to teach phonics, make sure to check out this blog post. They make some fun educational songs with great digital videos! We currently love their silent e… Read More
Reading comprehension can be a touch skill to teach, but with picture books, things come alive! Teaching with picture books has been one of my favorite things about firs grade! I love to pull out a great book, read it for pleasure, then get back into the juicy stuff I need to actually teach with my kids. Here are some… Read More
Let’s talk about reading fluency! I have a confession…I am a phonics girl through and through. It is by far my favorite subject to teach, which is probably a good thing since I teach first grade. I honestly do not remember how I was taught to read, I may have been in the transition of whole-word into the explicit instruction… Read More
