What Do Teachers Do (After YOU Leave School) A colleague introduced me to this book at the end of the school year. I couldn’t resist reading it to my students and doing some writing with it. What Do Teachers Do (After … Continue reading
Have You Ever Seen: An Alphabet Book with FREE Template I have been using this ABC book with first graders for almost 20 years. It is not easy to come by online, but plenty of copies are hanging around the … Continue reading
Circus Themed Writing, Reading, Math and Craft Activities I have been looking and looking for good circus related activities to use with my first graders. We do a unit on how we express ourselves and the students use their “talents … Continue reading
FREE Base Ten Blocks Creations: Place Value Activity I saw something similar to this on Pinterest a while back and decided to try it with my first graders. I love the idea of combining math (place value) and art. I … Continue reading
Alien’s Love Underpants Craft and Writing Activity Have you read this book??? Honestly it has been sitting on my bookshelf in my class for several years now and only last week did I finally pull it out and read it to … Continue reading
FREE Printables for 100s Day 100s Day is not complete without some fun reflections. I love these printables because they really make the kids think and their ideas are wonderful and, at times, hilarious. These printables are FREE. See links … Continue reading
FREE Ordinal Number Signs In keeping with the trend of sharing FREE signs for your classroom or homeschool, I just created these FREE Ordinal Number signs. We are about to embark on our ordinal number unit in math and I … Continue reading
FREE Roll and Tally Doubles Game I am always looking for ways for practicing basic math facts and more specifically doubles facts. I created this easy to use and play game to help my students practice these facts. All … Continue reading
FREE Hanukkah Addition Bump Game Have you seen our FREE Thanksgiving Bump game? If you missed it, click the image below to see it and download it for FREE for next year. Since Thanksgiving has come and gone and kids … Continue reading
FREE I Have… Who Has? Color Words Game Anyone who reads our site regularly knows how much I love the I Have… Who Has? Games. I have created quite a few different versions and now here is one more and … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Place Cards My Thanksgiving plans were unfortunately cancelled, but when I was preparing for the holiday, I created these place cards to use for our feast. Since we will not be using them, they are now FREE for … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Addition Bump Game I have seen all these math “bump” games floating around Pinterest and TPT and had no idea what they were all about. So, I did a little investigating and learned what they are all about. … Continue reading