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
Week of Thanks and Giving
Thankful doesn't begin to describe this journey we've been fluttering along with all of you for the past 3 years. To give thanks to you for fluttering along with us, we're kicking off a week of Thanks and Giving exclusively for our Fluttering Through First Grade fans...7 days ahead stuffed with goodies just for you! Be sure to check here or our Facebook Page each day for our daily deal or steal! If you're not already following our TpT Store, you might want to do that too...just saying. ... VIEW POST
My Interactive Story of the First Thanksgiving
We realize Halloween is tomorrow, but we're pretty sure all teachers everywhere would agree that we are done with October now...And November is just around the corner. We're always trying to work a week ahead, so we don't Fall behind, so here's what we're prepping now... Reading and Writing about the first Thanksgiving during the month of November is one of our favorite times of year. Here are a few titles we use to guide our learning all month long. We love getting our students involved in ... VIEW POST
Hello NOvember!
We're pretty certain that if you make it to the 5th of a month, there's very little chance of it going away. So, here we are, huh? NOvember... Though we continue to find a few straggling spider rings and one slobbery pair of vampire teeth lying around the classroom this week, October is no more. So... Here's how our short month looks. All of these items can be found in our TpT Shop and will keep us busy until the turkey is cooked. Our class adores playing sight word games. Unfortunately, ... VIEW POST
The Story of Thanksgiving Bracelet
As we get closer to turkey time, we've been busy reading books about the first Thanksgiving, reading and writing about what we are thankful for, and discussing our plans for stuffing ourselves silly spending time with family. We also discovered this sweet little story bracelet reading comprehension activity from Dr. Jean. We have an abundance of pony beads that we let the kids pick through for this activity. All they need is a pipe cleaner and the called for colored beads to build their own ... VIEW POST
Calling All Crafters! Turkey Pots for Giving
Fire up your glue guns Folks, cuz we're about to get crafty! Shhh...you don't actually need to be that crafty for this one- Just be able to paint and glue! Crafty Christy has been busy whipping up these cute little turkey pots for our parent volunteers to thank them for taking time to help in class around this time each year. Here is what you need for each pot: (all supplies can be found at your local craft store) *2 1/2"-3" Terra Cotta Pot *Brown, Orange, and Red ... VIEW POST
