Phases of the Moon Activity Learning about the phases of the moon? I love this activity. Super easy and it really helps students understand the changes that take place in the night sky. Before completing this activity, we read, So … Continue reading
FREE Months and Days Signs for the Classroom It’s July and I am already thinking about setting up my classroom for next year. I wish I could just turn it off, but I can’t seem to…. I created these signs … Continue reading
A Game for Getting to Know Your Class I am so excited to try this game with my new crew of first graders in a few weeks. Most of my kids already know each other, but we still have a … Continue reading
Two New Back-to-School Books I LOVE these new books! I am so excited to share them with my students come September. I am also excited to share them with my book loving colleagues. Milk Goes to School by Terry Border … Continue reading
I Have…Who Has? Doubles Game I love the I Have….Who Has? games and kids love them as well. We have shared quite a few of them here on BMTM and in our TPT store. Today we are sharing an I … Continue reading
O’Clock Ladybug Puzzles Recently, Boy Mama Teacher shared these Half Past Puzzle Bugs to help students practice telling time to the half hour. Keeping with the bug theme, I created these O’Clock Ladybug Puzzles to help students practice time to … Continue reading
Time Soldiers Books: The Ultimate Adventure Series I love it when I am contacted by an author and asked to review his or her books. I love the day the books arrive and we open the box so excited to … Continue reading
Understanding Reluctant Readers Recently, BMTM shared a post about books for reluctant (boy) readers. We featured the books by Jim Westcott from Splashing Cow Books. Click HERE to read more about these books. As a follow up to that post, … Continue reading
Four Games for Teaching Time These were super fun to make. My students just finished a math unit on telling time to the hour and half hour. I didn’t have any games in my classroom for them to practice with … Continue reading
Chapter Books for Reluctant Boy Readers from Splashing Cow Books I was so excited when I was contacted by Splashing Cow Books, a small publishing company out of Vermont to review their books written specifically for boys who are reluctant … Continue reading
Half Past Puzzle Bugs I had an urge to create something new this week. It has been a while since I posted something like this. We are learning about time in my first grade class and thought this would be … Continue reading
Tree: a Peek-Through Picture Book This book arrived on my doorstep a few weeks ago. I immediately fell in love with the book just looking at the colorful cover. I shared it with my youngest who loved turning the pages … Continue reading
