Funky First Grade Fun

In my district, word walls have been a hot topic for a while. Here are the issues we've been discussing... Are you required to ha...

Last week, we did a close reading using the book below during reader's workshop. It's from the Scholastic What Grows In Our Garden g...

We are finishing up our penguin research.  Well we're trying...but we have only had 2 days of school this week.  Seriously!  (President...

It felt so good to be back in my classroom with my students this week! They worked so hard and I was so wiped out by the end of the week. G...

Two weeks ago, we started working on opinion writing in my first grade classroom. Last year, I did lots of rethinking about how I wanted to ...

This year, I'm really trying to focus on working smarter not harder. I'm not sure if it's working yet...but it's worth a tr...

This summer, I read a great book about anchor charts. I make tons of anchor charts with my students each year, but there are times when I f...