Math centers/Math tubs are my favorite part of our math block in first grade. This is when I meet with small groups, re-assess students, and watch my kids practice their INDEPENDENCE!   Once August and September fly by, my kids are on their own during our 25 minute “math tub” time. Now, don’t get me […]

Do your students just love Tacky, the Penguin?!  If I can find one reason to be bummed that I’m on maternity leave, it’s that I don’t get to teach TACKY! My students l-o-v-e reading about that silly Tacky and I love teaching all about him! Last year I created my Mo Willems author study and […]

While I have spent most of the past week drinking and eating and loving the holiday season, I found some time to post my January math centers and wanted to share them with you all! This month’s theme is all about SNOW! As always with my math centers, they are set up the same as […]

Quick Post Alert. My days and weeks have been filled with SNOW… lots and lots of SNOW! Snow makes me want to cuddle up and sleep all day and night long… and that’s pretty much all I’ve been doing! I did grab some treats for my kiddos in case we have school tomorrow. Skittles, bubbles, […]

 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 […]

Close reading. Ya heard of it?! My old district and new district have been all about it since adopting the Common Core.   When I was first trained in close reading, I thought, HA! Nice try, in my most sarcastic voice. I didn’t see how this could possibly apply to my little first graders. I […]

BRRRRR… it’s cold in here… (there must be some Torros in the atmosphere – tell me I’m not the only one that thought of that right away!) We are back at it in room 102. It sure is cold out and we are just having fun, working away! It was hard to go back, don’t […]