Project: Self Portrait Materials: Sharpie and chalk pastel on white paper For this project the students identified and drew facial features with a pencil, big eyes, a nose, a happy mouth, listening…
Our adorable First Grade Worksheets for Spring are here, and they are loads of fun. Preview them now and get a fun Spring Worksheet for FREE!!
Today I'll be sharing why I think substitute binders are so important and what information you should include in your "sub tub."
Quickly imporve your child's handwriting with these FREE HANDWRITING SHEETS! There are 48 fun handwriting worksheets included in this set. Download here!
I hope everyone has gotten a good start on filling their shopping buggies for the TPT sale. Seriously, I've got to narrow down my list. Right now, I think if you spread out all the pages from the packets I want, plus all of the clip art I want it would probably stretch all the way to Texas. You know the sad part? I am really not exaggerating. Anyway, since we are talking about the sale, I have to share pictures of my newest packet. It is my favorite packet I've ever created. I've created a lot of packets, but this one is my heart. Every summer I like to give my kids a packet to do over the summer. My deal with them is if they complete it and bring it back to me, I will buy them an ice cream. We work so hard during the school year, so I definitely don't want to torture them during their off time, but I don't want them to lose what we have worked on either. So, I created a packet that gives students three front and back worksheets for each week of their summer vacation. My favorite part is it is a variety of all the standards. I'm also planning to use this template to create homework and morning work packets for next school year. Here are a few pictures of the packet and in case you still aren't 100% sure this is what you want, then click on any of the pictures and it will take you to my TPT store where you can download the preview. I only included pictures for week two since week one is in my preview and all of the weeks are formatted in the same way. This packet includes 10 weeks worth of summer review. In other news, my friend Jessica at Second Grade Nest started a cute, little linky party. The thing I like about this one is she calls it the "Getting to Know You" link up. The link up this week is a "Day in the Life of..." I took my pictures Saturday, but there has been so much to share lately that I put it on hold until today. 6:15 - My computer is already running and I'm working on blogging, pinning, etc. Slept so much Friday night, I was ready to go Saturday. 10:00 - Breakfast at the computer. The hubby made us Sister Schubert sausage rolls. YUM!!! As you can tell, I'm going through a green apple soda phase. The hubby want touch them, but I heart these drinks! Good thing is they are difficult to find, so I don't drink them often. 12:00 - Does this look familiar? I'm really working on making samples to go with my writing packets. I know I don't like buying writing packets with crafts unless there is a visual somewhere, so time to cut and put a sample together. 2:45 - Happy birthday to two of my four nieces! The birthday was supposed to be outside, but we got TONS of rain, so it was moved to McD's. It's hard to believe how fast they are growing. 3:45 - Happy birthday to me!!!! Yeah, maybe not. My birthday was in March. Either way, I have been dying to get a new stylus so I can work on making some of my own clip art this summer. Don't worry my clip art friends. I only want to make it for when I don't have time to wait. That's all on pictures, but after that things got crazy with the summer packet. I don't think I left my desk for 8 hours straight. If you want to go learn about some more of my favorite bloggers, click on the button below. It will take you to Jessica's blog which by the way, was designed by the friend that is designing mine. Have to tell you guys, Christi (The blog designer) is the real deal! I am so impressed by her! Mine is almost finished and it looks fantabulous. Prepare yourselves because there is NO WAY you won't be shocked. I can't wait to get to share it with you. Have a great day tomorrow!
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Hey, friends! I feel like it's been forever since I chatted with y'all...we currently have no internet at my house (long boring story that we hope to remedy soon!) which means I've not been able to share with you. So I'm staying late this afternoon to post a recent lesson I created for my students (this is actually a sub video! My sub and the kids LOVED it!). I was inspired by a lesson that Mr. DeWilde shared on his blog. In fact, you can purchase his lesson plan (which is different than mine and, honestly, probably better!) over on his page. DO IT. I saw his kid's projects on Instagram and immediately knew my kids would love doing it! So here's my version...feel free to use in your art teacherin' world: My sub and the kids did a great job with this! They created their sketches first and then started creating. Most did not finish...which means that next week, they will be wrapping up their big mouth's with me before heading off on Thanksgiving Break! Leaving videos for my sub that s/he is able to use with ALL grades is one of my most favorite things ever. It means one lesson for them to remember, one set of art supplies, one easy day! I have a TON of sub lessons on my blog and my YouTube channel...you are more than welcome to use in your art teacherin' world. Have a great week, y'all!
Cute and FREE printable community helpers coloring page to make learning about jobs like doctors, garbage collectors, farmers, etc. FUN!
Let's take a little peek in a day in first grade! I love my job and working with the kids, tap to get some tips and tricks you can use too!
A 1st grade phonics skills progression list.
Creating a substitute binder is the last thing any teacher wants to do. But a little work upfront will get you set up & you'll thank yourself later.
Book clubs in first grade?! It may seem like a stretch, but the Spring is such a great time to get your students ready and used to reading, thinking about, and discussing books with their peers instead of me, the teacher! When done right, it can be such a fun learning experience for both […]
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Save yourself time with this FREE EDITABLE Emergency Sub Binder and bank of emergency sub plans for the Spanish classroom! Download and tweak for your needs!
If you need guidance knowing how to help struggling readers in your classroom, try these 6 tips to make your reading intervention time actually...
Try these 1st grade assessments and data tracking folders to track of how your students are doing in reading and math and be ready for report card time.
Understanding place value and the meaning of a number is an important mathematical concept for students to master. Unfortunately, students who struggle to
First Grade Language Arts No Prep Practice Worksheet Workbook 150+ Page Free Printable 150+ pages of Language Arts practice pages for kids 5 to 7. Word Families, Nouns, Verbs, blends, long and shor…
Sample a day of Rooted in Reading with these lesson plans and activities for Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar!
Where's that arrow pointing? In this early reading worksheet, your child finds the one matching object in each row that's facing the same direction as the first one.
Wife Teacher Mommy's emergency sub plans can help you be prepared before an absence occurs. Check out our guide to sub plans and browse our resources today!
In a previous post on making collages with kids, I mentioned my visits to P.S. 142 and the wonderful students I worked with there. A few weeks ago, I made my last visit to two 1st grade classes, a…
These beginning of the year writing activities have first grade students feeling confident about writer's workshop and becoming writers in the classroom.
Students LOVE these printable, topical covers and dividers. They are super cute and colorful and add pizazz to any binder from 1st grade to college! Perfect templates to motivate your star pupil! #school #topics #math #biology
This post will give you more than 360 pages of 1st grade common core language arts worksheets with answer keys and posters to help your students learn!
Children will practice using context clues as they identify the correct homophone in this grammar and spelling worksheet.
Alright, I know that I skipped a bunch of awesome link ups the last week or two. I have thought about going back and doing them, but at this point, I figured it may be easiest to start from scratch, especially since this is one of those fully loaded posts. Oh, and not 100% sure I can pull it off, but starting tomorrow, it is Teacher Week! The Blog Hoppin' girls are throwing a gigantic linky party, so I will be trying my best to post each day. I LOVE the idea of looking at other classrooms. I know it sounds silly, but when I was babysitting when I was growing up, I loved looking in refrigerators. I'm not sure, but I found it interesting to see what people liked to eat or drink. I know that probably sounds silly. It isn't like I went digging around - kids always need a snack or a meal, so I just enjoyed taking a quick peak when I grabbed applesauce or pudding. Anyway, I'm admitting my weirdness to say, that's how I feel about classrooms. I love getting to see each person's styles. I like how each person has a specific color scheme, things they can't live without, and a certain way they organize everything. My classroom is such a big part of who I am, so I enjoy it! Now, I have LOTS of pictures! I'm saving some for later Teacher Week, but there are a few I HAVE to share. First of all, I have a HUGE announcement on Wednesday. I can't tell you yet, but it is something I've been working on a good bit this summer. I am EXTREMELY excited, especially since secrets aren't easy for me. Anyway, make sure you clear a few minutes on your schedule Wednesday. You will not want to miss this. Next, I never got to share with you what I did for my teammates. I know you guys love your teams, but I'm sorry to disappoint you. I have the best teammates in the world! They are incredible girls and are like sisters to me. They have been extremely supportive of me with all my crazy ideas, especially with blogging and joining TPT, so I wanted to do something special for them. I ended up contacting Sew White Shop on ETSY and let me tell you guys, this is one girl that bends over backwards to make you happy. She was so easy to work with. She took two shirts and put them together to make me a shirt that didn't exist. As you can see in the picture they turned out great! So, if you are looking for a cute shirt for yourself or cute gifts for friends, I would recommend using Sew White Shop. Oh, and so you know, I paid for my shirts. She has NO CLUE I'm blogging about her, but I was so impressed, I had to give her a shout out! By the way, the shirt is black with lime green stitching, houndstooth, and the heart has sparkly green fabric. Now, the next thing is I have been determined to build up my Daily 5 stuff this year. Every summer I think about what I can do to be a better teacher and I feel like this is where my time and money need to go. This weekend, I bought around 30 new books from Barnes and Noble. They had TONS of them that were marked Buy 2, Get 1 Free. I also got several Mercy Watson books. I bought two last weekend and read both of them during the week last week. My kids LOVE that silly pig. The books are just the right length and are great for beginning chapter books. I think my favorite part is how colorful the pictures were. The other two items I grabbed this weekend was three CD players and two Belkin RockStars. I'm planning on using them with my Listen to Reading option. The RockStars are going to go with my big CD player and with my iPad. Each kid in my classroom has a pair of their own headphones. This will allow for more than one kid to listen at a time without it disrupting the class. It was tough last year when they were on the iPad because in a room full of kids, it could be difficult to hear. Alright, last of all, I finally finished my first grade morning work packet for the first nine weeks. Guys, I am SO excited! This is something I thought of awhile back, but had so many other things on my list before I could get to it. There are six pages that are free in the preview. I made it where it was similar to my morning work. The reason I wanted to create it is all the first grade morning work books always start out too difficult for my kids. I think morning work should be a review. If you start with first grade work, then it can't be a review because you haven't taught those skills yet. The way I set this up is I created the first nine weeks based off of kindergarten skills that are also skills covered the first nine weeks of first grade. This way, it will build, but not be overwhelming. Below are some sample pages. You can click on any of them and it will take you to my new packet. Oh, and it is on sale until around 9 p.m. tomorrow. Hope you guys have a great week!
Alright, I promise I know today is Sunday and that Friday was several days ago, but I really love Five for Friday. Some weeks I am so disorganized, but this week I worked hard at being intentional and getting some pictures of what we are doing. So, here's my Five for Friday… on Sunday. 1. Snowmen I love making snowmen. I could seriously spend an entire month just doing snowmen crafts and writing projects. Here's a picture of our snowmen. If you need a template for them, you can click one of the pictures and go download them. 2. Snowmen Writing What would a snowman be without working in some sort of writing activity? Well, when I made my Winter Printables packet, I made sure I included a "How to" writing on snowmen. We made the snowmen on Tuesday and worked on our rough drafts and final drafts Wednesday and Thursday. They turned out great! Here are a few pictures of our writing folders. I found these cards back at the beginning of the school year from Michelle Oakes and we use them all the time. The best part is they are editable, so you can put your own words into your mini word wall. 3. Map Skills Another thing we spent TONS of time on this week was map skills. We made two different Me on the Map books. We also spent time comparing globes and maps. All my map stuff was a little outdated, so I decided to look on TPT. Here is a pictures from one of the packets I bought. It's from Amanda at One Extra Degree. She usually makes upper grade stuff, but when I saw this I had to grab it. Friends, I was easily able to use around 75% to 80% of the packet. My kiddos loved the activities and the best part is I was able to make most of the activities small group or hands-on activities. 4. Homemade Snow I found this at Momma's Fun World last year and my class loved it so much that I had to do it again. Ins. Here's what you need - 4 large, deep pans, 6 to 8 bottles of coconut conditioner (Dollar Tree), 16 small boxes of baking soda, 6 large boxes of baking soda, and plastic tablecloths. Instead of measuring out everything, I dumped either 2 large boxes or 8 small boxes of baking soda in each pan. Then, I added approximately a bottle of conditioner and mix it up. Oh, and be prepared. It will be EVERYWHERE! You could see our little footprints all the way up our hallway. The good thing is it is easy to sweep up once it dries. Hope if you make it that you have as much fun as we did! 5. EBay Books Shhh!!!! I have a secret. How many of you need more books in your room for your kiddos? I'm guessing all of you thought, "I do! I do!" Well, every month or two I ask my kids to tell me what they are wanting. This go around they wanted Sponge Bob, horse books, Charlie Brown, Junie B., etc. I made a list and I went to see what I could find on EBay. I ended up ordering around 75 books for $50. The only ones that I had to pay a little more for were the Junie B. books. If I took those out, I would have gotten 40 books for under $20. Oh, and the best part is when you run it through Buy Now, you don't have to keep going back to bid. One of the sets I ordered Friday was on my doorstep Saturday. Plus, my kids are really learning to love reading and it gives them more options and choices. So, be open to EBay. Most of the books I have gotten have been in great shape and if I bought them anywhere else they'd be $3 or $4 a piece (if not more).
A twist on the typical color-by-number, this color-by-shape choo-choo activity is sure to be a blast!
Daily grammar practice is a tool that helps students practice and master grammar standards. Learn more about grammar spiral review in the classroom.
I finally nailed teaching symbolism! Using candy was both engaging and efficient - a major win that students remembered all year long!
First Grade Language Arts Full Year Work Book 36 Weeks of Language Arts skills build work pages to go along with our First Grade curriculum. Please if you find errors, message me. It has been crazy…
Get (and keep) your guided math instruction organized and running efficiently with these FREE guided math binder forms! Perfect for grades 3-5.
Make your writing mini-lessons for the year successful! Follow a writer’s workshop lesson from beginning to end. Monthly writing lessons for Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
