I love playing, “Would You Rather?” in the classroom at many different times throughout the year! At the beginning of the year, it’s such a fun ice-breaker as students giggle and answer the goofy, kid-friendly questions. I compiled a little video sharing some of the ways and times I play this game in my […]
Category: Beginning of the Year
Beginning of the Year Game: Cooperative Puzzles
At the beginning of the year, I like to have my students begin working together right away! The sooner they learn to cooperate and learn that we are all going to be a team this year, the better! During that first week of school, something I like to use is cooperative puzzles. This easy-to-prep activity […]
Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching: Fun Free Game!
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 […]
Johnny Appleseed Free Mini Unit
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 […]
August and September Read Alouds
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 […]
The First Week of First Grade – Activities and More!
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 […]
Writing Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade
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 […]
