Hey, friends! Today we ventured to the Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard, and it was a BREEZE. So, I wanted to share some things that made our day go oh-so-smoothly. First, I will admit, I had 17 ...
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Number Lines: An Easy Storage Idea
Entering the 2nd quarter of the year, we are knee-deep in addition and subtraction. We've spent time learning about dozens of different strategies for solving math problems - visualizing, drawing, ...
Differentiating Your Classroom with Color
Hi, friends! I'm stopping by to share how I've stepped up my differentiating-game this year. My new team is fabulous at finding just-right learning materials for our 1st grade friends, and we have ...
Fall Break Goodness
Today marked my 9th, and final, consecutive nap for the week which can mean only one thing, fall break is coming to an end. It has been a wonderful week of doing things I love (outside of school) and ...
1st Grade Reading Logs: Goal Setting for At-Home Reading
The best way for students to grow as readers is to spend more time reading and listening to reading. As teachers we know how important reading at home is. If our students read 20 minutes every ...
Number Lines in 1st Grade: Outdoor Chalk Style
This week, we are wrapping up our last pre-textbook unit of learning, by adding fluently within 20. My friends are absolutely rocking it, so this week we've taken the time to explore the closed number ...
Narrative Writing: Launching Writer’s Workshop
Hey, friends! Today I wanted to drop by and share how our Writer's Workshop is developing. We jumped right into Narrative Writing and we are loving sharing stories about our ...
Making the Most Out of Reading & Math Workshop
Hi, friends! Long time, no communication -sorry. It seems like it's that time of year...but hopefully, I am hitting my first-grade stride and will be making more appearances here. ;) About to start ...
Daily 5: Launching Read to Self – Building Reading Stamina
Hey friends! This year, we're implementing a Daily 5 model for literacy and we are loving the different choices. Our block still looks a lot like centers, but I'm hoping to introduce choice at the ...
What’s on Your iPad Dashboard?
Happy Saturday, friends! I hope this lovely, fall-feeling day has treated you well. This week I am presenting at my first conference, so I have spent today putting the final touches on my ...
Organizing On-Demand Writing: The 4 Square Planner
Teaching on-demand writing was my most dreaded 50 minutes of 5th grade each day. It was frustrating, agonizing, and filled with tears, crumpled papers, mangled erasers, and very terrible writing. ...
Working our Way to 120: Games and Centers
Hi, friends! Over the past week, we have been working hard to make our way to 120. We put off starting our first unit in Go Math to build some foundations and make turning pages in our books MUCH ...