Long Vowel Reading Activities
Teaching long vowels is one of my favorite concepts to teach in first grade! In all honesty, it can be exhausting and challenging to teach long vowels, but there are so many fun ways to teach these concepts. It is always so rewarding to see my students master their long vowels because I know how tricky this skill can be! Long vowels are easily c... Read more 24 Aug 2018 - 2 minute read
Teaching Honesty in the Classroom
Honesty is a character trait that is so often forgotten in today’s pop culture. Our children are immersed in a life of social media, television, and other outlets that do not teach our students the value of honesty. As a first grade teacher, it is SO IMPORTANT to me that we train up our littles to be honest students from an early age. Hopefully,... Read more 16 Aug 2018 - 2 minute read
CVC Word Work Freebie
Practicing CVC Words is always one of my favortie times of the day! I found these SUPER FUN alphabet erasers in the Target Dollar Spot and these Bananagram Letter Tiles on Amazon. During our literacy center rotations this week, I will be having two stations set up - one with mini alphabet erasers and the other with the letter tiles. Students wil... Read more 03 Aug 2018 - less than 1 minute read
Teaching Patience in the Classroom
Teaching patience from the beginning of the school year is so important! I have found that when my students are patient through the day, we accomplish so much more. To introduce the concept of patience, we complete this fun Patience Character Education Lapbook together! We begin by completing a KWL chart on our character wall about what we Know ... Read more 31 Jul 2018 - 2 minute read
Back to School Teacher Sock Gift
I was shopping the Target dollar spot like all the other teachers this summer and I found these teacher socks for $1 each!! These will make such a perfect back to school gift for my grade level team! I created these fun gift tags to go with the socks I found for my first grade team! You can CLICK HERE to download this gift tag freebie to sha... Read more 24 Jul 2018 - less than 1 minute read