My preschool boys are learning all about the alphabet! They’ve got the uppercase letters under control, but some of those lowercase letters are a bit tricky. To help them practice (and mostly, have some fun), I introduced them to this easy literacy game, Ping Pong Races!   All you need to prep this game are […]

Just stopping by real quick tonight to share a free mini unit I made to help your young students celebrate Johnny Appleseed!   This mini unit is geared towards grades 1-2 and includes: – Nonfiction passage (see above) – Vocabulary sheet – Comprehension sheet – 2 writing prompts – Addition apple partner game – Phonics […]

My favorite time of day is read aloud in the classroom.   All my students sitting around and enjoying a story together. As the teacher, I always like to choose rich texts with tons of learning opportunities for our read alouds. Some of my favorite books are the ones we can read over and over […]

My, oh my! The first week of first grade is OVER!   I swear, 5 years later and I still forget just how little and “new” to school 1st graders are. The growth is just so amazing and HUGE in first grade that all I can do is picture last year’s class at the end […]

New school, new environment, new kids! With these new kids, comes new challenges and I have to figure out how to make it all work!   One of the challenges this year is writing. I genuinely love to teach writing (as you may know) but many of my kids struggle to put their thoughts on […]