First grade songs

Hey peeps! I am getting ready to introduce vowel teams to my first grade kiddos this week. Here’s a song we’ll be using to practice the vowel digraphs (vowel teams). I’ve got a free copy for you and matching vowel team flash cards for these vowel digraphs: ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, oa, oe, ui, ue …

TEN is such an important benchmark number! I love teaching Friends of Ten / Combinations of 10 because it really is a necessary skill to master that leads to soooo many other skills. This year, my colleague and I really made sure our kids knew the combinations inside and out. We reviewed it way more than usual and of course that helped solidify mastery. Our kids really had an easier time counting larger numbers/3 addends and were quite good and looking for combinations of ten and then adding…

5 Days of school have quickly come and gone! So, I have a quick Friday Freebie--My kids are still sleeping, I don't have an early morning meeting and I can actually sit down. I first saw this on Pint

Hello Everyone! Just a quick post today, then off to some science training!! One of my most popular post is the one I did on my morning warm ups. I thought I'd rework and create a little pack. I am not a fan of just a pencil/paper activity every day for the kids to do as soon as they get to school, but I do want them reading and/or writing and/or talking! :) Every morning while I'm taking lunch count, attendance, organizing notes from parents, etc., the kids follow our Morning Warm up…

Do your students love to sing? Most young students love to sing, and songs are a perfect way to teach math concepts! These shape songs were...

Well, lookie, lookie here. While I was away, I got my 100th follower! To celebrate and thank everyone who has taken the time to read my blog (which I haven't been able to dedicate nearly as much time as I had wanted to!) I want to offer this freebie aimed at K-2 kiddos. I so love my poetry binders! Click on cover to get it. I use them for my Poetry Binders, Shared and Buddy Reading, Word Work, etc. Enjoy!

Take a G and an E and O, And add a little R-G-E, To a W-A-S-H, I...N...G If you add 2,000 pounds, That makes a ton, So what have you got? You've got a lot!

Hello Everyone! Just an ultra quick post today! My sweet youngest son is moving back home to save money. Must go get that U-Haul!! Can't...

Hello Everyone! I have had several requests to update my New Year unit for 2014. While doing that, I decided to add a couple of things to go along with where we are in our curriculum. I have added another poem/chant to help kids work on responding to rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration using voice and body, as well as written expression. I have also added a component practicing the hard and soft sounds of c and g. Oh! and there is a quick 2-d geometric figure activity. The unit ended up to be…

Hey All! This week has been already been a busy one. Today’s post is going to be kind of random, so bear with me. First, I want to share the COOLEST website I found with you. If your kids like Jeopardy games, this website is for you. My kids LOVE Jeopardy games. I don’t have them answer in questions, but…