The First Grade Lunchbox

One of the ways I like to start our day is by doing Calendar Math.  It is a great way to incorporate so so many different things: spelling,...

Last week we finished our unit on fractions.  We made these cute little fraction pizza posters to hang up.  In first grade we really just ...

During guided reading I like to follow up each book with a writing response of some kind.  I used to write out comprehension questions in e...

This week we went to LaFleur's Gymnastics for our gym field trip - we had a blast!  They had the kids do some pretty difficult moves bu...

This week was full of visitors to our classroom!   On Wednesday my MIL brought little Madden to visit the classroom.  It was really fun...

I am so excited to be back at school after spending 3 months at home with my little man, Madden.  Maternity leave was great and now I am ad...

I know it's a little early but I can't wait to use these in my class coming up on Groundhog Day.  With the winter weather setting i...