There are so many first grade common core language and grammar standards. How do you teach them in your classroom? I shared some of my favorite activities and lessons!   When do you teach the grammar and language standards in your classroom??   Nouns, determiners, comma usage, prepositions…   Ya know… allllllllllll of THESE!   […]

Do you play Phonics Games in First Grade? While we have been snowed in for the past two days, I thought I would re-do some of my oldest units for some updated phonics fun! We like to play a lot of games and use hands on activities in my room. So I thought I would […]

Do your young learners have poetry journals?! Mine do and we love them.   The main question I have been asked in the past is what I put inside my journals and I created a resource to help answer that question. Most of the poems in our poetry journals are phonics poems, but I also […]

After a little phonics screening this past week, I realized a good chunk of my kiddos were STUCK on blends. They were having trouble reading both beginning and ending consonant blends. I created a fun little game which I introduced on Friday and my kids loved it! Here it is in action:       […]

 Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, we have an hour long block set aside for centers! I love this because I can group my students accordingly and get to work on those skills they desperately need for a whole, mostly uninterrupted 60 minutes. This week was all about phonics development in my centers. Roll, Spell, and […]

These first grade language and grammar activities are such a fun way for my first graders to practice these important Common Core skills. SO happy to announce that part two of my Common Core Language pack for first grade is FINITO! I have worked so hard on this bad boy and I wanted to highlight […]