Today I have a bulletin board hack for you! I don’t know about you, but I sometimes get really lazy about changing my bulletin boards with student work. I *like* to change them, but sometimes it just seems like such a daunting task. This summer I was looking around on Pinterest, and I saw this idea of hot gluing pushpins…
We are knee-deep in one of my favorite units in first grade: fairy tail writing! The kiddos always love this unit because many of the stories are so familiar, and we also write fairy tale and folk tale type stories which they always love. Also, they always have an easier time retelling fairy tales because they are so familiar. The…
This week my first graders have moved onto one of my all time favorite math topics: Fact Families! I adore fact families because once students “get it” they can easily relate addition to subtraction and angels begin to sing! (Oh, is that just in my head?) When I teach fact families, I introduce it by writing three number in…
Like most of you, I’ve spent much of this year trying to gain a deeper understanding of the Common Core Standards. I’ve also worked very hard to teach some topics that I previously didn’t include, or I only taught briefly, or I wasn’t teaching “the common core way”. Today, let’s talk subtraction! Don’t get me wrong. I actually LOVE the…
I love youtube. It is SUCH a wonderful educational tool. I don’t know about you, but my students love when I can find fun and silly songs to go along with the different topics we’re learning about. I, of course, love my write my own songs and raps, but I have no idea how to make cute videos. That is…