Firstieland - First Grade Teacher Blog
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These teacher must haves will make your classroom life easier and more organized! Every teacher has a wish list of items for their classroom and this line up has everything you need. These 31 items are perfect to add to your Christmas, Birthday, or Donor’s Choose wish list! 1. Swingline Paper Cutter My number one most used item in my… Read More
Yellow pencils, neatly sharpened and sitting in a cup. All ready for your students to begin writing on their first day of school. But how do you begin? What are the best first grade writing prompts for September? Kindergarten or first grade students should begin slowly. Fill your first week lessons with fun writing topics to help your kindergarten and… Read More
Parent teacher conferences – love ’em or hate ’em, they are a necessary part of the job of teaching. Do you struggle to think of things to say? Are you worried you might have to meet with an angry parent? Or possibly have a parent break down and cry? These are things that I’ve encountered over the years, and although… Read More
“I have a great class…they just won’t stop talking.” “We could get a lot more accomplished if my students would just stop talking.” “My class is so noisy – they talk all the time.” Does any of this sound like you? If student talking is a problem in your classroom, read on. Here are my top tips to help this… Read More
If chatty kids are making teaching impossible it may be time for your students to learn appropriate classroom voice levels. Ahhh, the sweet sound of silence. We know the sound, but we rarely hear it in an elementary classroom. There’s really nothing better than the buzzing sound of children learning but when the voice level begins to rise, that’s when… Read More
Pencil sharpening. It’s the number one problem in a first grade classroom. Now I KNOW you get what I am talking about. From losing pencils, to broken pencils to the constant sharpening…pencils are a problem. Why is it that, just as you are starting a writing lesson, somebody decides they need to sharpen their pencil at just that very moment?… Read More
