Thanksgiving Activities for the Classroom I don’t know about you, but I always love and dread the final few days before the Thanksgiving Holiday. I love it because of the excitment in the classroom and the anticipation of what is … Continue reading
Back to School Game: Fruit Basket Upset Have you ever played the game. Fruit Basket Upset? Most people I have come across in recent years have not played this game and, oh man! They are missing out! This game is … Continue reading
Math Fact Practice at Home Once again it has been an awfully long time since I posted. So much has happened since my last post and well, COVID, didn’t help. I am hoping to be back on the posting track … Continue reading
One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey It has been AGES since I’ve written a post for Boy Mama Teacher Mama. Life this year was a bit hectic. Summer is finally here and I have a bit more time AND an … Continue reading
Facts to 10: A Dog Named Ten Okay, I have fallen in love– with a video. We just started talking about facts to 10 in our first grade class and when searching for a good video to help my students, I … Continue reading
What Should My Teacher Be For Halloween? What should my teacher for a Halloween??? I love this idea! I had never seen it before this year when my teaching partner introduced me to it. I asked my students to think … Continue reading
Using Microsoft Teams for Distance Learning We are in the midst of a new and unusual time in life. Some things are paused while others continue on as usual–or not at usual. School is not “as usual” right now. … Continue reading
COVID in the Classroom Safety Posters It’s on my mind already! We JUST finished up the school year and I am already thinking about how I am going to prepare my classes and teach in the fall with all the … Continue reading
Books about Glasses and Craft One of my students got glasses this week. It brought back so many memories of when I got glasses when in 5th Grade. My student came in nervous about what his classmates would think of … Continue reading
My Perfect Pumpkin Writing and Stumpkin It’s that time of year again- pumpkin time! Pumpkins are everywhere, Halloween is right around the corner and I am excited to share my PERFECT PUMPKIN writing activity with you all. Literature Link I found … Continue reading
Scarecrow Crunch and Graphing Activity I continue to love reading scarecrow stories in the fall and doing activities to go with them. I discovered a few new scarecrow stories since my post Scarecrow Stories. I also created some new activities … Continue reading
FLASHLIGHT by Lizi Boyd I LOVE this book! I bought it a few years ago for an electricity unit we were doing, but never actually got to use it. This week, however, I had half my class out with illnesses … Continue reading
