There, We Said It! Somebody Had to… Teachers everywhere are already tired. Parents everywhere are already tired. Students everywhere are already tired. It's been 1 month since we started school...ONE month. But, we’re still going. We don’t give up. We don’t give in. We never, ever sit down. For if we do, we will crash or get sick...or both. September as a teacher... It’s like waking up one day and running a month long marathon. It’s like getting engaged, planning a ... VIEW POST
September Stinks…
Class CHAMPS Classroom Management for Little Champions
About this time 5 days ago, the words, "We're getting our butts kicked by 6 year olds" might have come out of our mouths gone through our heads. But fortunately for three day weekends, we did what any teachers who are getting their butts kicked by 6 year olds have a 3-day weekend would do... We devised a plan! We've been using CHAMPS behavior management for a few years now. But, since we were getting our butts kicked by 6 year olds started school last week we decided to kick it up a few ... VIEW POST
Student Dictionaries ~ Phonics Printables
We hit the classroom floor running at the beginning of the school year to help our students master their letter sounds. One of our favorite year long activities (No, that's not a typo...This lasts pretty much the entire school year for our class) for practicing our phonics skills is My Letter Sound Dictionary. We recently pulled it out to prep for the coming school year and noticed it needed a major metamorphosis. We are so excited about what emerged! This unit got a major overhaul. The ... VIEW POST
Back to School Customer Appreciation Freebie!
We cannot thank you enough for all of your Fluttering Through First Grade purchases & feedback during the Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School sale...THANK YOU!! In absolute appreciation, we've whipped up a little Back to School Facebook Fan Freebie for you! It's our spin on Bingo...Played exactly the same way, but we like to make the kids yell funny things when they win...So, they have to shout "Back-to-School O" if they get four in a row. We've created 6 playing cards, ... VIEW POST
Crafting Quality Work for Michaels Create2Educate Sweepstakes!
Setting class expectations for quality work from the beginning of the school year is top priority in our class. But, this isn't our first teaching rodeo, so we know first hand that even 6 and 7 year olds can "mail it in sometimes". We struggle with them just going through the motions, not really understanding the importance of or having the self-motivation quite yet to want to present their best work...especially when the recess bell is tolling. Know what we mean? The Problem Area... When we ... VIEW POST
Throwback Thursday ~ Classroom Morning Routines
About this time last summer something devastating happened...Somehow, someway we managed to delete every single photo from this entire blog of ours. Gone... Fluttered away... Vanished into Cyberspace with no return ticket. It was the saddest day of our blogging lives! Ask Tammy's husband... Picture a grown woman curled up in the fetal position in full blown "ugly cry" mode on the family couch. Yep, it wasn't pretty. It's taken us almost a year to repair many of our posts, and we're still ... VIEW POST
