Wow! I haven’t blogged in awhile and that is because I have been B-U-S-Y! I have an AWESOME class this year! I couldn’t be more excited! I may have taken a break from blogging but I am addicted to Instagram and post there more regularly. Instagram is super fun (and FREE)! I would love for you to follow me on… Read More
It’s time for another link-up! This time I am linking up with Sharing Kindergarten’s Calendar Linky Party. My first year teaching first grade I had the traditional bulletin board calendar like a lot of teachers still have. I hated it. I hated the little straws and cubes and changing everything out and the whole thing. I think calendar time is… Read More
I am very fortunate to have a SmartBoard in my classroom. I pretty much use it all day every day. I do calendar math on my SmartBoard every morning and the students LOVE it! I know some of you out there don’t have a SmartBoard or you have an Promethean Board and cannot use my SmartBoard files. UNTIL NOW! SMART Technologies… Read More
I don’t know about you all, but I am already thinking about next year (A LOT!)! At the beginning of the year in first grade we spend a lot of time going over short vowels and CVC words. I am creating a series of CVC Scoot games for my students. I love Scoot games because they give kiddos the chance… Read More
During phonics and spelling instruction my students and I spend a lot of time making words. The students use letter tiles (plastic or paper). Whenever I use one of my making words worksheets that I made to use with Reading Street, I always open up a making words file on my SmartBoard. As I’m walking around watching students spell the word, I… Read More
I am very fortunate to have a SmartBoard in my classroom. I use it pretty much all day, every day. I do not have a bulletin board or wall devoted to calendar math in my classroom. Instead, I do my calendar math on my SmartBoard every morning. It’s a great way to start our day! I have created a new August… Read More