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
100th Day of School
Vocabulary Activities for Little Learners ~ Big Brain Words
A few years ago, we sat in a Professional Development meeting faced with the challenge of bringing robust vocabulary to the forefront of our primary classroom. It seemed such a BIG task for such little brains, but one that we agreed was imperative to teaching today’s learners. We spent over a year planning, creating, testing, editing, and analyzing the implementation of our program, Big Brain Words, with our own students. What we discovered was, not only was implementing a purposeful, ... VIEW POST
Sub Plans Made Easy
Any teacher in every classroom from all schools knows one thing...Sub plans suck can be a challenge! Whether you need a sub for one week, one day, or even one hour, planning for a substitute teacher can take hours upon hours. For years we've wished we could just take a sub day and walk away! After years of convincing ourselves we weren't as sick as we felt and heading on in, or traipsing into class in the wee hours of the morning when it was still dark because being sick was in for the win, we ... VIEW POST
February Writing Prompts for Class Share Time
Writing Prompts: February Writing Prompts for Class Share Time build essential Common Core writing and speaking skills from the beginning of the year all the way to the last day of school. These February "Sharing Pages" give students a unique opportunity to share their writing in front of the class. Each writing prompt focuses upon the sweet month of February. From Groundhog Day to sending valentines, being President and owning a pet, your class will love sharing their writing with their ... VIEW POST
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January Writing Prompts for Class Share Time
Writing Prompts: January Writing Prompts for Class Share Time build essential Common Core writing and speaking skills from the beginning of the year all the way to the last day of school. These January "Sharing Pages" give students a unique opportunity to share their writing in front of the class. Each writing prompt focuses upon the jolly month of January. From snow days and sharing hot cocoa, to New Year's Resolutions and writing about dreams in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., your ... VIEW POST
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Read Across America Activities for the Primary Classroom
Many primary classrooms love celebrating Read Across America week. Although our class celebrates Literacy each and every day, we like to get extra wild and wacky during Reading Week each year. Here are a few of our favorite activities to celebrate literacy and Read Across America in the primary classroom. Got Books? From Costco to Target. Garage sales to dumpster diving (True story, not proud.)...We've got a ridiculous amount of Dr. S books for Read Across America Week! Before we gathered our ... VIEW POST
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