Thanks for hopping by today! We love this time of year in first grade! The sun is shining and the flowers writers are blooming! We're giving our little authors as many opportunities as possible to show off their penmanship and creative writing skills these days... This spring, they'll be writing creative stories about discovering a magic egg. It's our brand new Teachers Pay Teachers freebie, and we're sharing it with you today! If you choose to download, please take a quick ... VIEW POST
Hippity Blog Hop 2 ~ Get Your Hop On!
The Tale of Peter Rabbit ~ Lesson Plans and Activities
We've learned a ton about making TpT products over the years, and when we opened this one up this year, we just couldn't help but resuscitate the rabbit. Peter Rabbit was one of the very first units we ever made, and the bunny was in dire need of a little Botox. Peter Rabbit Redo... We've brought this unit from 29 to 62 pages, and added a ton more activities for those little rabbits. Here's a closer peek at our Peter Rabbit Redo... What's Included:-Peter Rabbit Vocabulary Cards & ... VIEW POST
Spring into First Grade! Math and Literacy Centers for the Season
Spring is in the air! Or, at least it should be right about now... We know our Snow Day friends agree...Right? Plus, we Southern Californians have had exactly 4 straight days of real rain, so that is pretty much about all we can take...Ask our freeways. We are getting excited to put our winter centers away and pull our spring centers out to let them play...And, by play we mean work really hard...They just don't see it that way, but that's A Ok with us... We are coming down the homestretch, ... VIEW POST
Earth Day Hooters
We LOVE hooters. Well, our first graders LOVE hooters. Apparently... They told us today. Some actually shouted, "Oh my goodness! I LOOOOOVE hooters." We didn't even care about the shouting out like we normally do, but who yells, "I love hooters!" in first grade? Whoooo? Perhaps, we should explain? Today we completed our I Give a Hoot Earth Day Owl Craftivity. Oh, no...It gets better... You can grab our Earth Day Owl Craftivity and tons of other Earth Week activities in our We ... VIEW POST
Spring Giveaway & Notepad Tutorial
Day One is Done...Poof... {source} We think we might have a problem settling into Spring Break. Do you ever feel like the second you get some time off from school you kick into high gear doing other things? No, you don't... Oh... What?!? You're lounging on the beach in Hawaii for Spring Break... Eh, Hem...Sorry...Never mind... That may just be the first grade teachers on crack thing again. Tee...Hee... If you don't know what we're referring to, please scroll down to yesterday's ... VIEW POST
Happy Spring!
We told ourselves and Mother Nature that Spring could not spring today until we finished our latest unit! Something about working under the pressure of the entire Earth's season changing to really kick these Girls out of hibernation! But, we did it! Spring into First Grade ~ Common Core Math and Literacy Activities for the Season is our 3rd Mega Pack installment for the Spring Season! If you liked "Fall into First Grade" and "Frosty in First Grade", we think you're going to adore Spring ... VIEW POST
