Ahhh.. the holidays are coming…   The air is crisp, the leaves here in Massachusetts are all shades of orange, yellow, and red and most of them have made their way to the ground already!   With all the excitement, I know my first graders always needed high engagement. Anything that could keep my students […]

Do your students read Stone Soup around Thanksgiving?! I love these activities to go along with some versions of Stone Soup. I have done this unit 4 of the 5 years I taught first grade and both my students and I L-O-V-E it! I always complete this literacy unit the week before Thanksgiving and we […]

 It’s all turkeys and pilgrims in our room!  We are getting ready for Thanksgiving with some fun holiday activities. These crafts & writing are decorating our room:  (on a side note, these grainy pictures make me really want to take the bull by the horns and learn how to use my new camera!) Those writing […]

2 more days until Thanksgiving break! I am hearing that some of you lucky ladies and gents got this WHOLE week off… whaaaat?! I’ve never heard of such a thing! (JEALOUS) We are still trucking through Wednesday – but it’s all good because we are jam-packed with fun activities!! Here are a few snapshots of […]

2 more days this week. 4 days next week. 2 days the week after… and then IT’S HERE! I don’t know how it happens, but year after year I am always surprised by the holidays! This year, I am tryinnggggg to be more prepared. We are starting our turkey talk early! We just started reading […]

Turkey day is one of my favorite holidays!  Random fact about me: I used to call it Mashed Potato Day when I was a kid because I hate, hate, hated turkey… but I tell ya, I loved mashed potatoes. Garlic mashed potatoes, buttery mashed potatoes, cheesy mashed potatoes, sour cream, chives, and bacon mashed potatoes. […]

As November is nearing, I wanted to create some fun and seasonal math activities for my students to keep them engaged and learning! It can be a difficult few weeks of learning between all the candy crazed madness that Halloween brings, then the fun of Thanksgiving to winter holidays! I find the more I can […]