Merry Christmas!
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2y ago
Christmas break is finally here! December is such a busy month at school. From practicing for our school-wide winter holiday program to dressing up in pajamas for Polar Express Day - I have to say, the month of December can be a bit of a whirlwind. First graders can definitely get excited in anticipation of the holidays. And it's so contagious! With so much "busy-ness," it wasn't until Friday afternoon, after the students left, that I could really appreciate these delightful Santas. I just love children's art. I'm always amazed at each child's unique expression. Hats, beards, smiles, chee ..read more
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Cyber Monday Sale
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2y ago
Happy Cyber Monday, everyone! If you haven't already heard, Teachers Pay Teachers® is having a huge sale! Everything in my store will be on sale for 20% off today and tomorrow. You'll find lots of Christmas and winter products. Don't forget to use the promo code CYBER to get a total of 28% off! I just completed Christmas Writing for Second Graders. It's filled with lots of writing activities for the Christmas season. I also have Christmas Writing for Kinders and Christmas Writing for Firsties. And if you're looking for some fun and engaging math activities for the holiday season, chec ..read more
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The Most Perfect Snowman: Fun + Easy Activities Kids Will Love
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3y ago
Snowman and winter activities are the first topics/theme we will start with as we head back to school after winter break. It was not yet winter when the students left for break in December. It's the perfect choice for the first graders (engaging and fun) for the first week back in January. I'm excited to read The Most Perfect Snowman by Chris Britt, who is also the illustrator. I purchased the book shortly before winter break. After reading it for the first time, it immediately became my new favorite snowman book. It's a sweet and simple story about a snowman named Drift who was abandone ..read more
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Thanksgiving Celebration in the Classroom
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3y ago
It’s hard to believe that it’s November, and Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. It's time for our Thanksgiving I Teach K-2 blogger link up. We're sharing ideas, resources, and freebies, along with a GIVEAWAY that you'll want to enter. I thought I'd share what our first grade team does for our Thanksgiving celebration each year. It’s not an original idea. One of our teachers told us about it. It’s how her own child’s teacher celebrated the holiday in her classroom. We used the idea and have changed and adapted it over the years to highlight and appreciate the diversity and uniqueness of ..read more
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Back to School Ideas
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3y ago
Hi everyone! Happy Christmas in July from the I Teach K-2 bloggers. We have some fun resources, ideas, freebies to share, and an amazing GIVEAWAY that you won't want to miss. I'd like to share some back to school ideas and resources with you. Here's a photo of my "empty" classroom after everything was packed for the summer. The chairs are stacked and everything is boxed and stored away. My classroom will be cleaned this week, and then I can start preparing it for the upcoming school year. These are some of the new resources I'm excited to use when we go back to school. In the pa ..read more
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End of the Year Autograph Book
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3y ago
I still have another week of teaching. I wanted to share one of my students' favorite end of the year activities. It's part of our June I Teach K-2 Link Up where we share ideas, activities, and freebies! The activity is an end of the year autograph book signing. I prepare autograph books for the students. I give the autograph books to the students on the last day of school. It begins with a quick writing lesson on what to write in an autograph book. The students then spend about an hour or so signing each other's books. Here's an explantation of how we do it. I start the writing lesson by ..read more
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Books & Brackets Blog Hop!
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3y ago
It's a Books & Brackets Blog Hop! I'm excited to join an awesome group of bloggers to talk about some of our favorite books to use in the classroom during the month of March. We're sharing some FREEBIES and have some GIVEAWAYS for you, too!  I decided to share one of the activities our first graders do for St. Patrick's Day.  We send a letter home to our parents and students explaining that we know that the leprechauns messed up the kindergarten classrooms last year and played pranks on the kindergarteners. We don't want the same thing to happen to our first grade classrooms ..read more
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Kindness Matters
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3y ago
Today I'm sharing some of the kindness activities I'm planning for the week before Valentine's Day. It's our I Teach First February Link Up. We are sharing some ideas, activities, resources, and some FREEBIES, too! My school will be participating in The Great Kindness Challenge. We have four main school rules. BE KIND is at the top of the list. Be kind. Be respectful. Be responsible. Be safe. Our school decided to take the kindness challenge to help create a kindness culture. This will be our second year participating in the challenge. It's an opportunity to focus on kindness in a bigger ..read more
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So. California Winter Blog Hop
First Grade Schoolhouse
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3y ago
Hi everyone! I've gotten together with some wonderful southern California teachers for a blog hop and giveaway. We're sharing some of our favorite southern California places, and we've have some winter freebies for you, too! You can enter our raffle for a chance to win an Amazon gift card. Our blog hop is hosted by Kristen at Easy Teaching Tools. I just love that sunny southern California has so many places that we can enjoy. You don't have to travel very far, and you can be at the beach, the desert, or even skiing in the mountains during the winter. We have beautiful weather and beautif ..read more
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Winter Activities
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3y ago
This is our January I Teach First blogger linkup. We are sharing lots of ideas, resources, strategies, freebies, and more. You can visit the blogs by clicking on the links below. We'd also love for you to follow us, so you don't miss out on any of our monthly linkups.  As we head back to school in a couple of days, I’ve been preparing some winter activities for the month of January. I thought I’d share some of them with you. We will start our discussion of winter by brainstorming a list of words that are associated with winter. Children add to the list as they think of more words. This ..read more
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