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Fluttering Through the Grades

Bouncing for Bouncy Bands

Spring Summer fever is in full force in our classroom these days. Apparently we are bouncing our way into summer... We have a few that seem to get so fidgety excited about learning, especially around this time of year. They can hardly stay in their seats! Do you have a few of your very own in your classroom? We found a solution for our little bouncing babes...BOUNCY BANDS! These gems attach right to the bottom of a chair or desk and allow your wiggle worms to bounce their way through ... VIEW POST

Cooperation Cubes…Classroom Management that Connects

Classroom management is the single most important aspect of any classroom. Without student cooperation, there is limited learning. Students have to be on your team to reach their full potential in today's classroom. This can be a challenge day to day, month to month, and year to year. We're always evaluating and re-evaluating our personal classroom management techniques as the year goes on. We strive to keep things fresh, fun and the kids buying in! This means we don't always stick with one ... VIEW POST

100th Day of School

Hip, Hip, Hooray...It's FINALLY the 100th Day of School! Which we all know is "teacher code" for "More than halfway to summer!" Here are a few of our favorite first grade ways to celebrate the 100th day. Everyone needs a party hat, so we created these 100th Day of School crowns for our class kings and queens. We leave one of our Hip Hip Hooray, It's the 100th Day desk mats at each of their places to greet them at the start of our 100th day. They love coloring them to kick off the 100th day of ... VIEW POST

Sentence Chefs Sentence Writing Activities

Sentence building and writing are main ingredients in every primary classroom. Given the right recipe, our developing writers are cooking up a sentence feast! But, it's not always easy...So, by adding a dash or two of fun, our Sentence Chefs beg for the secret sentence recipe time and again in our classroom. Meet the Sentence Chefs!  These cooking themed, differentiated sentence building activities include everything  to teach, reinforce, and enrich sentence writing in our classroom.  We ... VIEW POST

Thanksgiving in the Classroom

November is one of the fastest months of the school year for us, but it's still jam packed with meaningful learning and tons of fun!  We work through our Interactive Story of the First Thanksgiving little by little all month long.  We love using the Fact Finder Posters as a whole group activity. We read for meaning and highlight key information that we then use to guide our writing. Finally, we create a little craft to culminate each Thanksgiving lesson and add to our books.      Our math ... VIEW POST

Carson-Dellosa Treats for the Classroom

We had a fun opportunity to try out some great Carson-Dellosa products in October. Here's what we received... Differentiated Reading for Comprehension Grade 1 We have a pretty high group of readers this school year. A few of our guided reading groups are ready to read longer texts that provide them opportunities to dig a lot deeper into their reading comprehension. Carson-Dellosa's Differentiated Reading for Comprehension is giving our readers a good challenge that moves our first graders ... VIEW POST

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