How many more days? Have you counted yet?   Here on the East Coast we wouldn’t start counting down the days until May at the earliest, but I know many school teachers that get out in mid-May and have already began counting down the school days left with their students. There is so much going on […]

Creating an All About book is honestly my favorite writing project for the entire year. My students just get so into it. Mostly, I think it has to do with the fact that they feel like real researchers and they get to share their fun facts and findings with the rest of the class. I also […]

St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday in the first grade classroom! There is just enough innocence in those little students’ eyes to make them really wonder if leprechauns actually exist. I have shared a few blog posts in the past about what we like to do on St. Patrick’s Day in my classroom, but today […]