Firstieland - First Grade Teacher Blog
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Happy FriYay! Did somebody say "Friday"? You know what that means...time for my "Five For Friday" gratitude! So many wonderful things to be grateful for, so let's go! To tell the truth, the last couple of weeks have been a lot about family and less about school. We are winding down our year at school and with that comes so many celebrations! So as usual, being the proud mom that I am, I ... read more
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Learning about animal habitats in first grade is always a fun and exciting activity. Students love learning about different animals and this lesson makes it even more engaging when they get to build their own habitat! For this lesson, I told my students they would be choosing an animal to research and write about. We've been working on our informational writing all year, and this activity ... read more
Hey friends! Last week we had fun learning about trees. We follow Journeys and our weekly story was a chapter from "Poppleton Forever" called "The Tree". 🌲 It was the perfect opportunity to combine Reading with Science, so we learned all about trees! Our comprehension strategy that we were focusing on this week was Story Structure - Characters, Setting and Plot. I decided a great way ... read more
Hello friends.....just stopping by with a mid week check in and wanted to share with you the cutest lesson we did today on PREPOSITIONS! Now if you've tackled this skill with your firsties, you know it's not the easiest skill for them to grasp! We've been working in these little rascals for a while now....we made this anchor chart a while ago and have referred to it many times. Have I told you ... read more
I hate grading writing! Wouldn't it be great to have an easy way to grade writing? Keep reading, cause I've got you covered! So it's that time of the year when the firsties are finally getting a handle on writing. I've introduced a couple of different types of writing to them....specifically, writing a friendly letter and informational writing. And they are doing pretty ... read more
Halloween costumes for teachers is always at the top of my search when I start planning for our classroom Halloween party. My team loves to dress up each year in something cute that the kids will recognize. If you need a few ideas, here are some quick, easy, and inexpensive ideas for teacher costumes. Before you get started…if you're on the hunt for October activities that will keep your ... read more
Balanced Literacy.......this is my bible, my baby, what I TRULY BELIEVE IN.....when it comes to teaching kiddos how to read. If you do nothing else in your classroom.....use balanced literacy. Seriously. So what is it? Balanced literacy is simply that.....a balanced approach to teaching children how to read and write. Children are highly engaged in the reading and writing process. The teacher ... read more
So I've decided a good way to begin my blog is by letting you take a peek at my classroom. I took a bunch of pictures at the beginning of the school year...some before and after shots. Do you think I can find my "before" shots....nope. But my "after" looked pretty darned amazing, if I do say so myself.........and then I got to thinking. How many of you browse Pinterest, like me, ... read more
Hello to all my fellow Fab Firsties! I'm excited to be launching my blog today....it's been a long time coming. First, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm a mom to two boys, 16 and 25....no longer babies and I miss that so much! My youngest is getting ready to drive a car (YIKES!) and my oldest finished college a couple years ago and is living many states away with a wonderful ... read more
