Happy Saturday, friends! Last week, we launched our Daily 5 Book Study with Chapter 1 which compared the 1st Edition of the Daily 5 and the 2nd Edition. There are some major shifts in thinking and ...
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Creating a Classroom Website using Weebly
Connecting families to the classroom and giving them the tools to work with students at home is a huge part of our jobs as teachers. Although I use many modes of parent communication (you can read ...
Teacher Hack: Pool-Noodle Card Holders
Hello friends! If you are a regular reader, you know we love games in our classroom - especially card games. It's the perfect opportunity to practice core math and reading skills under the pretense of ...
SDE Orlando: Reading, Writing, Math & More Conference
Happy Sunday, friends! After a fabulous few days in Orlando for SDE's Reading, Writing, Math, and More Conference, I am home safely in Kentucky. This was my first time speaking at a national ...
Daily 5 Book Study: Chapter 1
Hello friends! Today I'm joining a fabulous group of friends for an online book study of The Daily 5. Over the course of the next 8ish weeks, we'll be taking a close look at the newest edition of the ...
Summer Reading & Daily 5 Book Study
Happy Summer, friends! This year, we have a full 10 weeks of summer. If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen that I've spent the first two weeks of my summer painting and preparing for Vacation ...
#NashTeacherBash: Blogging Friends in Real Life
Happy Saturday, friends! Today was one of those bucket-filling days full of some of my favorite people. Two years ago I started blogging and took up residence in my little corner of cyber space. At ...
Father’s Day Gifts: Watercolors and Questionnaire
Approaching our last day of school, I asked my 1st grade friends what they wanted to do after our morning reading/math block - minute to win it games, a science experiment, watercolors, etc. We ended ...
Reading and Math Rotation Boards
Happy Summer Break, friends! I hope this post finds you well, breathing deeply, and enjoying some time to refresh and relax. Of course, in between all this relaxing, you *might* be considering next ...
Magnets: 1st Grade Science
Hello, friends1 Today I'm stopping by to share about our recent, Magnet Day. With the end of the year, I'm trying to integrate our learning more than I did at the beginning of the year (this is one of ...
Teaching about Sound: 1st Grade Science
Hi, friends! Today was 'Sound Day' in our classroom, and it was a blast. We are in the final countdown (4 days) until Summer Break, so it's the perfect time to use themed days from The Science ...
Mother’s Day Ideas: 1st Grade
Happy Mother’s Day, friends! I hope you have a wonderful day filled with many hugs, cards, and reminders of just how awesome moms (and all women) are. I just wanted to quickly stop by and share with ...