Books about the Circus We just finished our circus unit at school and I will tell you it was phenomenal. I could write a series of posts on all the things we did including creating our own circus, but will … Continue reading
Help for Letter Reversals Letter reversals are on my mind right now as I just finished writing report cards for my first graders. I thought it may be on some of your minds as well this week! So, here is … Continue reading
Letter Reversals Bingo I am always looking for ways to help my son and my students practice writing and identifying letters that are commonly reversed correctly. In an earlier post, Games for Letter Reversals, I shared a few games for … Continue reading
Place Value Counting Strips Place Value Counting Strips were new to me until just the other day when a colleague introduced them to me. What a wonderful teaching tool! The minute I saw the idea, I knew I had to … Continue reading
Pajama Day Books! Pajama Day is right around the corner in our school. I have a bunch of writing activities all set to go, my pajamas picked out and now I even have a list of pajama day books to … Continue reading
Homophone Practice To Too Two My students are having a hard time with the homophones to, too and two. While not unexpected in first grade, we are working on it. I always find that a game is a great way … Continue reading
Skills Practice Tube Don’t know about you, but I have about 12 empty salt containers sitting in my craft closet. I have a few ideas for them, but thought of this one in the middle of the night last night. … Continue reading
FREE Printable Valentines As a teacher, I am always looking for cute Valentines to give my students for Valentine’s Day. While browsing Pinterest the other day, I came across this adorable idea from a variety of different sources. I decided … Continue reading
Egg Carton Games for Developing Number Sense I am still on my developing number sense kick. These games have not only been fun to create, but have really helped my own son in developing his number sense. Here is a … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities Only a few more days until Valentine’s Day. Are you ready? Have you created that special craft or prepared the Valentines for your child to take to school. Or, are you a teacher looking for … Continue reading
FREE Olympic Medal Count Tally Sheet Looking for a fun and easy way to keep the kids involved in and excited about the Olympics? Here is a FREE Olympic Medal Count Tally Sheet. Print it out, choose 5 countries to … Continue reading
Books for the 100th Day of School Looking for books for the 1ooth day of school? Well look no further! Here are handful of great books to help with the celebration. 100th Day of School by Trudy Harris A series … Continue reading
