Our students have been doing some version of write the room activities since I started teaching. It worked then and it works now. Any opportunity to get them up and out of their seats is a win. And this is one of those activities. If the write the room activity is new to you or your kids, it's simple: post key word cards around the classroom give the children their own recording sheet … [Read more...]
Elves Are the Worst
Elves are the worst! Or are they? Gilbert the goblin sure thinks so. And he spends a great deal of time in Alex Willan's picture book telling the readers why they should share his opinion. Even though Gilbert is anti-elf, it's hard not to like him. He thinks elves are the worst and he doesn't appreciate the way they hog the holiday spotlight. And on some level, we relate to him a bit. We've had … [Read more...]
Turkey Trouble Up Ahead
November will be here before you know it, which means we have a whole lot of turkey trouble coming up! I have a bunch of turkeys that traipse through my front yard each morning. They don't really give me any trouble, except for the irritation they cause my dog. Daisy's barking is the only turkey trouble we have around here. But in our classroom? That's a different story. And there's plenty … [Read more...]
Morning Work Journals with Digital Prompts for First Grade
We're loving these morning work journals! Ok, so I've gone through a few morning routine renovations over the years. Some, when I was a newbie, are probably too embarrassing to mention. Others resulted in various degrees of chaos. And others looked like a series of worksheets I confess were probably busy work. Did I collect them? Usually. Did I grade them? Rarely. So yeah... busy … [Read more...]
Presidents’ Day Activities for Kids
Each year on Presidents' Day, we spend time teaching the children about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. And for good reason. They were both a big deal. But there were others who also left their mark on America's history in other ways. FDR helped the nation recover from the Great Depression. Theodore Roosevelt cared deeply about conserving our country's natural resources. And Barack Obama … [Read more...]
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