Along with learning about “y” endings replaced with “-ies”, we are also learning about adding “-es” to words. To help my students remember the rules associated with this phonics skill, I made this anchor chart: Click the picture above to download!
I decided to “pretty up” this Fact Family preview: Clipart By: JW Illustrations
Raise your hand if you love Fly Guy!! My students are nuts about this little character and these books don’t stay on our book shelves for long. Fly Guy books are great for teaching about the long /i/ sound spelled ‘Y’ (For example: fly, sky, my). Last week we learned
We have been learning a lot about word endings lately (-ed and -ing). Last week, one of my students asked… “Mrs. Erickson, why do some words double the letter?” For example: run –> running swim –> swimming skip –> skipped To teach my students the rule for doubling the final
First of all, I just have to say that hatching chicks is the most FUN thing I have done all year! My students have loved every minute of it and so have I! Remember this little guy who hatched all by himself?? Well… when I got to school the next
I am the proud mother of 11 (adorable) baby chicks!! Because I am so exhausted (as a new mother should be), I will post more about it tomorrow…
My class is trying to hatch chicken eggs… Here is our incubator: Here are the cute chicken eggs (we got a dozen): I put the document camera over the incubator, so we could see it on the projector screen (all day). My students LOVED watching the progress. A few chickens started pecking little holes!
This unit might just be my favorite one so far… Clipart By: JW Illustrations This unit is designed to teach students about “-er” and “-est” word endings. You can get 10% OFF all items from TpT through this Saturday, April 9th! Use Promo Code: A3F9D
Have I mentioned before how much I am L.O.V.I.N.G. my Spring Break? Relaxing and hanging out in my PJs all day has inspired me to create these little superheroes: These guys will help teach my students about adding “-er” and “-est” to the end of words. The actual superheroes are “-er” because they are
Growing up, I knew that 5+4=9 and 4+5=9, but I didn’t know it was commutative property. I didn’t learn that stuff until college (I wasn’t a great listener in grade school). But my students are required to know what commutative property is and define it… When it comes to teaching
Last week we learned about word endings (-s, -ed, -ing). My students had a lot of fun with these activities and they loved the “ed” and “ing” posters I made for them. The “-ing” poster has young kids on it, because when words end with “-ing” it means it is
Have you ever made leprechaun hats? Not for your students, but hats for the actual, “REAL” leprechauns?? They are so fun and your students will LOVE them! To make the hats, you will need to decorate Styrofoam cups with markers (I used 8 oz cups). Then your students will leave them on
My students are loving my Fact Family Unit! It makes sense to them. I can see the “light bulb” turn on! I also incoporated a great idea I got from a Jodi at Fun in First! I made number necklaces to go along with each page in the Fact Family Workbook.
I am a little OCD when it comes to my classroom. I love things nice and tidy. Let me tell you–it is hard to being a neat freak in a first grade classroom! However, I am a believer that children can be trained. Since the beginning of the school year,
A few months ago, I challenged my first graders to read 100 books! My students all had different reactions to this challenge… Most got really excited and started right way. Some thought it was absolutely impossible. (It’s hard enough to count to 100… let alone read 100 books!) However, no matter
Give your students the number sense practice they need with this FREE worksheet that can be used daily and with any number 0-999!
This FREE activity takes regular, boring flashcards and turns them into a fun, competitive game. Your students won’t even realize they are learning!
