by Shanon | Aug 23, 2020 | Back to School, My Stories
What is a STAR STUDENT When celebrating our kiddos in our classroom, we referred to this as student of the week. For us, this meant that each week we would celebrate one of our students with all kinds of different activities. Read on to find out how we made each...
by Shanon | Jun 26, 2020 | Back to School, My Stories
First Day of School Introductions So – this is something I did every year on the first day of school. I’m still very sad that I didn’t keep these books when I left first grade the first time! But – it’s still a fun idea, IMO! On the first day of school,...
by Shanon | Jul 23, 2019 | Back to School, Staying Organized
Student information google sheet Alright – so it’s almost that time… WHO’S READY? As we prepare for a new school year, one thing that we need to make sure we have is all of the student information on each kiddo that will become part of our...
by Shanon | Jul 23, 2019 | Back to School, Staying Organized
Powerpoint backgrounds to match your theme I know it’s easy to make ppt backgrounds that match your theme… but do you have time to do it? Do you have the cute clipart for it? If not, here are some free ones that I created to match some of my classroom...
by Shanon | Apr 3, 2019 | Back to School, Center Activities, Early Finishers, Worksheets
WORD WORK for grade 1 Are you beating your head against the wall because some of your students just don’t retain the weekly words? I’ve been there! For several years our 1st grade team complained day after day about the 5 or 6 kids in each class who just...