9 Freebies for Halloween For the last 4 Fridays, BMTM has been giving away a Halloween freebies. This week, I am putting them all together in one post and throwing in a few extras just because. Simply click on the … Continue reading
Spider Web Sight Words It must be Halloween season because that is all that is on my mind! I thought a fun way to practice sight words would be to make them into Spider Web Sight Words Cards and to hang … Continue reading
3 Punctuation Games for Children and After School Linky Teaching about periods and exclamation marks are big right now in our first grade class as we learn how to write a good sentence. While many of my students understand these … Continue reading
FREE Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Card Game and The Virtual Book Club for Kids Blog Hop There are way too many wonderful Bill Martin Jr. books out there and it was so hard to choose just one book to focus … Continue reading
5 Simple Game Boards for Sight Word Practice and After School Link Up I love my class this year. Well, I love my class every year, but this year is especially exciting because they are what I call “true” first … Continue reading
FREE Color Word Labels I am really enjoying creating visual aids for my classroom. I looked around for a while for color word labels to hang on our word wall and wasn’t able to find exactly what I wanted so … Continue reading
Vowels and Consonants: A Graphing Activity and Game Knowing the difference between a vowel and a consonant is important for reading and writing. This week in my first grade classroom, we spent a lot time learning about the differences between … Continue reading
Teaching Vowels and Consonants to Children with the Vowel and Consonant Spin (or grab) Game Knowing the difference between a vowel and a consonant is an important part of learning to read and write. As a reminder vowels are a, e, … Continue reading
Back to School Writing Activities Are you looking for some good getting-to-know-you-back-t0-school-ideas? Well, look no further, I just happen to have 3 ideas for you right here! Simply click the link to see the activity. Enjoy! Back to School Hopes … Continue reading
Back to School Lunch Box Riddles Printable I am so excited that my son is now a reader and I can now pack notes with LOTS of words in his lunch box this year. He is really into knock-knock jokes … Continue reading
12 Teaching Tools for Back to School As you may or may not know, I am returning to teaching for my first full year later this month. I covered a maternity leave last year so I was was not there … Continue reading
Back to School Hopes and Dreams I was looking for some new back to school books aside from my all time favorites back to school books, but didn’t have much luck. I did come across one book that I picked … Continue reading
