Picture Books for Teaching or Reviewing Math Concepts in the Early Years
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1y ago
Hey friends! I know it's been a minute since I've been on the blog, but here I am, middle of summer, working on a grad school course while simultaneously thinking about back to school and enjoying the summer. lol. If that's even possible.  I had a request from a follower to share some of my favourite math picture books, so here I am with a list of books to go with a few areas of math skills from the early years. (Disclaimer: affiliate links will take you to Amazon, where I might get a small kick back from books purchased. These books are all ones that I have and use in my classroom though ..read more
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Design Process in First Grade
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2y ago
Since we started using the provincial report card some years back, teachers have really had to intentionally teach their students about the design process. I've kind of simplified the way that I teach the process. I try to do one big design project each term (so three a year), but often other little STEM lessons or mini projects also use this format, just a bit less formal. The six general steps for the scientific design process are: (1) recognize a problem (this is usually teacher led, but sometimes students come up with their own ideas!), (2) create a plan (this can be brainstorming ideas, d ..read more
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Play Time in First Grade (Even During a Pandemic)
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3y ago
I have always believed that 6-year-olds need time to just be kids and have free play time. I have always tried to make room in my schedule for playtime in grade one. Usually it's at the end of the day, after our Science/Theme lesson. It varies from about 10-30 minutes each day, depending on how our other lessons go. In the past, I have just had buckets of toys and let the kids use whatever they want, spreading out on the carpet, switching up tables, sitting where ever they want. Obviously this year, things had to be a little different. We need to be at our tables all the time, so I tried to cr ..read more
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Classroom Tour 2019-2020
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4y ago
Hey folks! It's been ages since I've been here on the little ol' blog. So I finally took some pictures of my "finished" classroom (do we ever really "finish" it? lol. mine is ever changing) and thought that I would share a peak into my classroom! My back to school theme this year was superheroes, so here was my hallway bulletin board. On the first day of school we colored masks from Oriental Trading. I took a picture of them in their mask, cut out their heads, and taped them to superhero bodies that they coloured. They look so cute!! Here is the doorway into my classroom. The "Mrs. Ross ..read more
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