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
Thanksgiving in the Classroom
Winners, Winners! Plus, a Quick Fall Freebie!
What a perfect way to channel our inner Vanna White's debut our new, AMAZING Melonheadz by having us them announce our Centers Through the Seasons Bundle Winners! Draw the curtain. Dim the Lights. May we have the envelopes please? You're our Centers Through the Seasons Bundle Winners! Congratulations. Check your email for your prizes. Behind Door #1... And, Behind Door #2... And, Last But Not Least Door #3... Don't fall over if you're not a winner. We're all winners here. :) We've ... VIEW POST
Call It Fall Y’all!
Did you feel that? We did. 3.3 seconds of Southern California Fall. Yep. It happened. Barely, but we're calling it. The temperature dipped below 90 degrees the other day. Yes, it was during the daylight... So, it's official. We're kicking summer to the curb. Sunglasses out, scarves in. To help us ring in the new season, we're excited to pull out our Fall into First Grade Common Core Math and Literacy Activities for the Season We created these activities last year to make our lives ... VIEW POST
Fall Giveaway Winners and a BOOktivity!
Congratulations to our Fall into First Grade Giveaway Winners! You should have received your unit from us via email, but if not please let us know!! Thank you ALL for the kind feedback! We are so excited you are loving the unit and that your lives may be just a bit easier in the classroom because of it! Not a Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner? Don't despair! Just for you, we've put our Fall into First Grade unit on quick SALE in our TpT store until Wednesday at midnight (TpT Time). Head over ... VIEW POST
Fall into First Grade: Common Core Math & Literacy Activities for the Season
Happy Almost Fall Y'All! Can you believe it? We are knee neck deep in first grade and the days are flying by faster than we can count to 100...or 26 for one of us, but we will be pulling that friend aside for a little one on one assistance ASAP! We are working hard to learn all of our procedures in class, and are trying ever so diligently to get our "Workshop" going as well. You might know this time as Centers, Small Groups, Guided Reading Time ~ Basically that time when us teachers need ... VIEW POST
We Will Never Forget…America, the Beautiful Freebie
We Will Never Forget... It's true. Forever and always we believe most of us will wake up on this day remembering exactly where we were. What we were doing. Who we were with. It is a day we saw horrific tragedy no matter how close or far we were, but from it came incredible strength and courage and triumph. Each year that passes, we realize our little friends were less a twinkle in their parents eyes than the year before, yet it is something we must discuss. It has become history to them, but ... VIEW POST
