Think about this: Who is worth more to you than gold? Who came to your mind first? Who would you write about? I love asking this question to my students. Their responses are always so, SO sweet. This fun, March activity will get your students excited about St. Patrick’s Day,
You will need to channel your inner Ms. Frizzle to teach fact and opinion with this packet. This resource is designed to aid you in teaching your students about the basic differences between facts and opinions. You will begin these lessons by decorating your own pair of funky shoes. I
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Have you thought about your goals for the new year? When you get back to school, are your going to set goals with your students? (YES! Of course your are!) Here is a fun goal writing craft that you and your students are going to love! Get
I have updated my All About Biographies unit on TpT and I’ve added four new activities! (BTW: You can view my original post about this unit here.) My students started their autobiographies last week and they will present their final pieces at our school’s Literacy Night! I love teaching my
Please Note: This post includes Amazon Affiliate links. Hello, Friends! I hope you are all having a good week… thank goodness it is almost Friday! (This teacher needs a WEEKEND!!) Before I head to bed, I wanted to share a writing activity that I started with my students this week.
I am so excited to share these Word Family Workbooks with you! This workbook includes 100+ long and short vowel word families that come at the end of a word (and common digraphs). It is a FANTASTIC year-long tool that will help your students learn about different word families and
Wayyyy back when, when I was a tiny, little second grader, my class made their own Runaway Bunny books. Have you read this story? Click {here} to check it out. It’s about a little bunny who wants to runaway and he tells his mother all the places and things he
In my second grade classroom, we are all about biographies! {Confession: I think most biographies are quite boring… but of course I would never tell my students that… and even if I did, they wouldn’t believe me. They think biographies are pretty much the coolest thing ever. EVER.} To make biographies
Your students will love this FUN St. Patrick’s Day writing packet! This download includes the templates needed to complete the writing activity “Who is Worth More Than Gold” and the bulletin board display. Students can assemble their own pot of gold and write about someone who means a lot to
I have officially challenged my students to use “an” and “a” the correct way EVERY TIME they write. Hopefully this flow chart will help! For example: Do you want an apple? I have a cat.
Today we talked a whole lot about predicting… and the SUPER Bowl! To be honest, I know N-O-T-H-I-N-G about football, so I had to recruit my husband and some of my students to help me on this one. I’m sure you have seen this adorable football craft created by A Cupcake
I hope you are having a great week back in school. I can’t believe how fast time goes and how fast this week has gone by… and I really can’t believe tomorrow is Friday! {Thank goodness!} Last year my students made these adorable penguins. I love giving step-by-step instructions and
I went to a writing class today. It was really useful and I came away with a lot of ideas. One of the things we talked about was stating an objective before each lesson and letting students know exactly what is expected of them. Students are more likely to meet
My students worked really hard this week, so to reward those little cuties… we had a GUM day! Of course, I made them earn it with good behavior (you gotta make ’em work for it)! I got this fun gum activity from Julie Lee over at Mrs. Lee’s Kindergarten. She
You know that cute lady, Cara, from The First Grade Parade? (Ahh, who am I kiddin’!? Of course you do!!!) Well… she recently posted about a super cute writing poster called, “What Do Writers Write?” After seeing it on her blog (and all over Pinterest) I immediately made one for my class.
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!
