Last week we wrapped up our apple unit in my classroom. In addition to all of the usual apple activities, I took the opportunity to work the apple theme in to my math and handwriting lessons. In math, my students are working on counting and number recognition. Most of my students … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Labeling FREEBIE
St. Patrick's Day is only 5 days away and I have a quick and simple labeling activity for you to use in your classroom. Students will label the leprechaun's clothes using invented spelling or copy the words from classroom resources. Download your FREEBIE and add it to your … [Read more...]
-Uck Word Family Reading, Response, and Craftivity
Summer is finally here, but the teaching continues! I am spending part of my summer vacation teaching a First Grade enrichment program at my school. We will do LOTS of fun activities this summer and I am thrilled to share our first project with you! Ducks in Muck Intro This … [Read more...]
Using Typewriters in the Classroom
Remember how I made the audio recording of Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type for my kiddos? Well, there's a very specific reason I selected that book as THE super-cool book motivating my students. I have two electric typewriters in my classroom and I used Click, Clack, Moo as the … [Read more...]
Farm Acitivity FREEBIE!
Hello again! I was loving the farm clip art so much from kpmdoodles that I just HAD to make another activity for my kiddos! We're going to do a mini farm unit this week and I am encouraging them to stretch out words and record as many sounds as they can when they write. I … [Read more...]
