For her Monday Made It series. Three of my boys are wanting one of their own now for their desks in their rooms, so I may be making more of them next week. My next Monday Made It was inspired by Joanne Miller at Head Over Heels for Teaching. I used scissors to cut them out and the help of one of my boys to put them together.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016. My team will now consist of a 6 first grade teacher team instead of just 2 of us. We all get along and are excited about all the possibilities for us as a team this year! The fun thing about my new room for this year is that this is actually the room that I did my student teaching in back in 2005! So it is like coming home for me. This is the entrance to my room. come on in! As we move to.

What If You Had Animal Teeth? We sure love the What If You Had Animal Parts book series! Swing by to see how we turned this book series into a 4 week, close read! We dig in deep so students can learn, but have fun along the way! Sub Plans Made Easy with a FREEBIE and a SCHOLASTIC GIVEAWAY! Traci Clausen with Engaging Teaching here. sharing about that fabulous topic. making sub plans! Stop by my latest post. And grab a copy of my sub plan template and a FREE editable version that you can edit for yourself! .

Saturday, December 5, 2015. I love everything about this time of year.

Saturday, March 3, 2018. Planning an Elementary Engineering Lesson. I have noticed that many teachers want to plan engineering lessons in their classroom. I have some tips to hep get you started or to make your lessons more meaningful. 1 Engineering is science and includes standards. I planned my units around our fifth grade Massachusetts science curriculum and added in some math standards. What standards are you addressing? 2 Engineers work in groups.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015. then you know how excited I was! Yes, April is A Modern Teacher. Look at all these gorgeous choices! I chose the blue Sunshine Personal Planner. LOVE IT! Just take a look at the very first page. and you know that April designed this with teachers in mind.

Sunday, July 27, 2014. Have a great week! Oceans of First Grade Fun. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Christmas In July Day 2. Click on the picture below to grab your math goodies! Oceans of First Grade Fun. Tuesday, July 15, 2014.

Sunday, August 2, 2015. My FAVORITE hilarious Preposition Activity! I love incorporating anything funny into my teaching! Ugh prepositions - I still remember memorizing them in elementary school and it was so not fun. With this being on the CCSS and therefore our state testing I knew I needed to hit it and make it stick. My students will tell you this was one of the most memorable activities we did in grammar the entire year! They loved this activity you can do with literally NO SUPPLIES! I feel like I g.

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