Tis the season for pumpkins, skeletons, bats, spiders, candy, black cats, witches, ghosts, and haunted houses. We have put together a list of some good books for Halloween to listen to all week long!! In an effort to maintain a little bit of sanity…… at least until the class party….
Oh my!! Oh my!! Say it is true!! Our class is going to make the WITCHES BREW!! We wanted to share a fun activity that we do every year in our classrooms. It’s called the Witches Brew. We have the best time together with this activity as a class and
As teachers ourselves, we have made it our mission to help other teachers find exactly what they need when they need it. Having great assessments at your fingertips is a must. As teachers, you want to spend your time teaching not hours and hours on the web looking for exactly
There is no bigger responsibility than educating our future generations on the importance of preserving the Earth. With April 22, just around the corner, let’s mark the occasion with some engaging ❤️Earth Day read-alouds and Earth Day activity pages for your 1st or 2nd grade classrooms. Not only will these
As teachers, we need easy go-to assessments!! Trying to find the right assessment for a specific standard can sometimes take hours to find. I know being a First Grade Teacher myself the mundane task of finding just the right one that you can use year after year for the standard
I have taught 2nd grade for 20 years and I know that having great assessments at your fingertips is a must. As teachers, you want to spend your time teaching not hours and hours on the web looking for exactly the right assessment or review practice for your students. Our
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey is a great book to go along with a lesson to teach in the month of November. We created a fun lesson that we teach every year to our little kiddos that incorporates literacy, math and sequencing all in one. It’s
I love teaching story elements like characters and settings in first grade. Why are story elements so key at this age? Well, I have come to realize over the years that if I want to make good writers, learning story elements along the way helps them bloom into wonderful authors.
Trying to come up with hands-on activities for graphing can be challenging- so we wanted to create something that would be easy, fun, and engaging for our students and yours. Our kiddos loved this activity and yours will too. Leaf graphing is fun and engaging for all ages. Leaf
The 50th Day of School is one of our favorite celebrations. Download your free resources here and get in on the FUN!!
Last month our classes celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day. This is the first time my classroom has done this and the day was filled with great fun with learning activities and apple snacks.I asked my kiddos if they had ever heard of the name Johnny Appleseed. Most of them had not,
Well it’s turning green in our classrooms- we are getting ready for the week of St. Patrick’s Day- and the kiddos are having the best time. We have our hundreds charts up on the wall.Click on the link to get our hundreds charts.St. Patrick’s Day Hundreds Charts ——————————————————————–We our working on our
Compound words are a staple standard skill of learning in 1st and 2nd grade. In 1st grade, students are learning and beginning to recognize and understand simple compound words, such as airplane and toothbrush. Then in 2nd grade, students progress to more complex compound words by learning that they are
We are so excited to introduce our new line of teacher resources called Fold on the Bold for Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade Monthly Packets These resources are FILLED with meaningful, hands-on and engaging resources that make learning FUN while all the while letting the student self check and monitor
WILL YOU “BEE” MY VALENTINE? Will you “BEE’ my valentine? Just print, color, and glue. These make the cutest valentines for your kiddos to give someone special. We display these on our bulletin board and the students take them home after our Valentine’s Party. Valentine’s day activities V.I.T. Club members