Teacher by the Beach
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Welcome to Jen's blog where all her passion comes together, she is a girl who loves teaching. She is a first grade teacher teaching in sunshine state.
Teacher by the Beach
1y ago
Welcome back to school!! We only had 2 days of school for our first week, but next week, we're going to be going right in to all of our curriculum. It's a great curriculum, so that doesn't bother me any.
Last year, I was just trying to stay afloat with all the NEW in my life. SO this year, I'm going to try and blog about our week so you can take a peek into our Classical Academy life. It's quite grand.
Here was my Meet the Teacher Picture - I shared a reel over on my instagram, if you want to see that!
This is what the board has looked like in the past...but we don't have bulletin boards ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
1y ago
Welcome to the SECOND installment of the blog series - Picture Books that Inspire Good Character Traits!
At our school, we call them the Pillars of Virtue, and we have six of them:
Honesty
Courtesy
Courage
Perseverance
Self-Government
Service
Since last year was my first year, I decided to try and find a bunch of books to read throughout the year to attach to these pillars. Most of these books can be used for multiple character traits, so use these posts as a guide.
Each pillar will be in a separate post, but in each post, I will link all of the posts so you can easily find t ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
1y ago
Ok, I know this list can be EXTENSIVE. There are a TON of beginning of year books.
Here are JUST A FEW (ha!) of my favorite Back to School books!
Get ready, settle in, and prepare to scroll - ha!
Do Onto Otters - I've had this book ever since it was a Florida Sunshine Junior Reader book WAY back in the day. It's such a great book to talk about how to treat others.
Edward the Emu - Another great book that focuses on celebrating who you are. There is no need to change who you are.
Pencils on Strike - You've heard of The Day the Crayons Quit - right? This series is s ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
1y ago
One of my very favorite way to practice math is with a deck of cards! Students LOVE when you bring out the cards. It's such a fun and non-monotonous way to practice math. There's so many ways to change it up, with all the different skills!
You can practice place value a multitude of ways.
This is from my Deck of Cards pack
This is one where we were learning how to represent the numbers in First Grade.
Food makes everything better :)
You can use giant cards, too! This version was a "place value war" game.
This is a version of the game "Heads Up." Here, they were tryin ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
1y ago
Wow - what a year! When I started at my new school this past year, after having resigned from my school district last year, I didn't know. I didn't know anything. If I was going to stick with it, like it, hate, love it, or anything, really. I just kind of went in with an open mind. It was a WORLD different than what I had been doing for the last 18 years, but I really LIKED it.
Now that I won't be a first year teacher (after 18 years lol) and my kids won't be first year students with a new curriculum and expectations, I really do plan to blog about more, and create more to go with what ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
1y ago
Anyone who knows me and has seen my classroom, knows that I have a little obsession with books. So naturally, I have a few suggestions for the End of the Year.
Honestly, if you're anything like me, make sure you have a box of tissues ready when you read any of these books!
Our Class is a Family - I don't know about you, but after a year together, you really do feel like a family. You have gone through a lot and and spent A LOT of time together lol. I love this one for the beginning of the year and the end.
A Letter from your Teacher - This is from the same author of  ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
2y ago
One of my favorite things to talk about is organization. I might be a LITTLE obsessed with being neat and organized... ha!
In my new room this year, I don't have a lot of space... so I've had to get a little creative on some things. One of the things I don't have is a place to keep is a chart stand, other or an easel. And I really like hanging our poems and anchor charts for the year in one place, so the kids can flip through them every once in a while. (You can see my post on what I do with our poems HERE)
I have a door with a window in my room that goes to my "closet." &nb ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
2y ago
One of my favorite tools to use in math is a deck of cards.
Yep.
They are SO versatile! I can pretty much teach/review any skill with a deck of cards by my side.
Here are few examples of what we use them for.
(my pictures are not perfect...because well, some are old. I've been at this a long time - ha!)
addition war
2-digit war
place value
subtracting across zeros
comparing numbers (this was a fun version during October)
breaking apart ones to add
more and less
sequencing numbers
missing addends - these magnetic 10 frame boards are so cool! I can't find these ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
2y ago
Hey guys! I thought I'd share a remake of my SPELLING JOURNALS
I've used these for YEARS. Honestly. Truly a life saver. I used to send them to our district's print shop to get printed and bound, but over the years, I've started changing how I do them...
Now I print them 2 by 1 and then hole punch them and put them in a 3-pronged folder.
Just in case you need to know how to do it... here's a quick tutorial
First - hit that page thumbnail icon on the top left, so all the pages show up in the sidebar.
Then, hold down the control button and click on the pages you want to print. I ..read more
Teacher by the Beach
2y ago
Hey guys! I'm over at A Splash of Life with the last few months of book reviews! I'm going to try to start back up with my personal blog again and keep this one just with teachery stuff... some come on over and follow me there!
Click HERE for the last few months of book reviews!
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