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First Grade Report Card Assessments
When report card assessments came along it was always such a stressful time. We have checklist type report cards with many different skills to assess per student. UNTIL I created assessment...
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Valentine's Day Parent Gift
Thumbody Loves You....and that Thumbody is Me!I had my students make this craft to give to their parents for Valentine's Day. They cut and glued all the pieces together then stamped their thumbprint on...
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100th Day Activities!
We have been doing many different 100th day activities this week to celebrate the 100th day of school! Here are a couple activities we have done this week:100 Piece Snack: The students used their...
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Shape Riddles
My students loved solving these shape riddles to guess the 2-D and 3-D shapes. The shape riddles not only help the students practice their shape names, but it also helps them practice counting sides,...
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Matter
I made these charts to help the students review what a solid, liquid, and gas is. I cut out different pictures from a magazine and laminated them. I then put sticky Velcro on the pictures and anchor...
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Anchor Charts
My new obsession this year has been making and using anchor charts for my lessons. Here are just some of the anchor charts I have made this year. Some of these charts are original ideas but many are...
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Dental Health
Here are just some of the activities we will be doing for our dental health unit!Here is a fun poem!This graph kicked off our unit! I made these teeth anchor charts to discuss facts about dental...
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Valentine's Day Student Gifts
This year my students walked in on Valentine's Day and had these treats on their desk! They had a bag of jelly beans and homemade Play-doh in the shape of a heart. The kids loved their treats and it...
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Heart Health
This week to go along with Valentine's Day we learned about our hearts and how to keep them healthy! The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation has a website that teaches kids about their heart’s and...
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President's Day
Here are some of the activities we did this week to celebrate President's Day!After reading many books about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln we filled in anchor charts about what we have learned...
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Dr. Seuss
Here are just some of the Dr. Seuss activities we did:All About Dr. Seuss Anchor Charts!Green Eggs and HamAfter reading the book Green Eggs and Ham we used these charts to graph our responses to the...
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Monthly Newsletters
At the beginning of each month I send home a monthly newsletter to my parents. The newsletter keeps my parents informed on what we have been learning in class, upcoming important dates, what to keep...
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Earth Day
Here are some pictures of the Earth Day anchor charts I made and will be using this week. :)Here are some of the activities we did.After reading the poem Green Giant by Jack Prelutsky the students...
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Storing and Displaying Anchor Charts
To keep the anchor charts that I have been teaching out on display I have added a space in the back of my classroom to display them. I have hot glued clothes pins to the wall so I can easily clip them...
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Making Your Own Alphabet Strip
I searched all over the internet and every store I could think of for a cowboy themed alphabet strip. I could not find one, so needless to say I made my own! This is a super easy way to make an...
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Cheap End of the Year Student Gifts!
I gave each of my students this sand pail filled with goodies for their end of the year gift. It only cost me a total of $22.00!! I got each sand pail for a dollar from Dollar Tree. The rest of the...
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Binder Covers and Spines!
Due to high demand I have put my unit binder covers and spine labels on my Teachers Pay Teachers store! Use these covers and spines to help organize, manage, and keep your files looking professional....
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Open House!
Open House this year was a big success! Here are some of the things I do during Open House...I have baskets set out for all the supplies to be placed in. I have my mom, husband, and Nana help with...
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The Ultimate Classroom Tour
Welcome!Here is the view of our first grade hallway at Wayland Bonds Elementary! This year we decided to go with a camping theme. We made our doorways look like log cabins by making logs out of...
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Nature Walk Writing
My students absolutely loved this writing activity! As a class we went outside on a Nature Walk. During our walk each student filled a Ziploc bag full of items they found in nature. Then, when we...
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