Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope you all are well and enjoying summer. So, I must admit that my Mom is my best friend. Although I am not able to spend a ton of time with her during the school ...
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A {FREE} Field Trip to the Apple Store
Thursday I helped chaperone a trip to the Apple Store with a group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students! We live in a very small town and headed about 40 miles to the closest store. It was so fun to ...
Poet-Trees and Our Poetry Coffeehouse
Hi, friends. Celebrating the conclusion of our poetry unit, we hosted a 1st Grade Poetry Coffeehouse (an idea by Amanda Nickerson) and it was a smashing success. 17 of our 21 friends and their ...
Oil Spills, Earth Day, & Beauty
Happy, happy Friday dear friends! Here are 5 highlights and I'll be sharing more all throughout next week! Since we have talked a lot about ways humans hurt the Earth in our habitat studies ...
Poetry in 1st and 2nd Grade
From turning snakes into spaghetti and clouds into cotton balls, writing poetry is absolutely magical! Students use their five senses and figurative language to create poems that break all the rules ...
Free Mental Math Centers
Student buy-in was high this week when I explained that ALL week we were not going to touch a pencil in math. (Note – I *might* have fibbed…as my friends did complete daily exit slips – but shhhhh! ...
Argh you ready for QR Codes? {Freebie}
How argh you doing, friends? This week in 1st grade, we are all about pirates as we begin a study of /r/ controlled vowels. We kick of the week with (The Inspired Apple) Abby Mullins’ Learning /ar/ ...
Main Idea Freebies
All year in reading, we have talked about main idea with our friends, but it has only been this week that we have zoomed in on identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details of a text. This ...
Ocean Fun!
Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday. We had a real snow day today, so I enjoyed some time with friends and catching-up on some projects! For the past few weeks, we have been learning all about different ...
St. Patrick’s Day Freebie!
Happy Monday! Here is a freebie to brighten your week. This St. Patty’s Pronoun Round-Up will provide your students will a great review of or practice with pronouns! Click here to grab it on TPT. ...
Digital Storytelling
Hi, friends. I am joining Fern Smith from Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas for Thursday's Tech Tip for Teachers! Thanks so much for hosting, Fern. :) We have a set of 5 ipads for our classroom and ...
Learning All About Rocks
This week in Theme and Reading we have zoomed in on rocks. It has been so neat to see how much our friends love non-fiction. Plus, hitting rocks and the earth from two fronts has been so smooth and ...
