by Shanon | Aug 12, 2021 | Boom Cards, Early Finishers, Math, Worksheet
1st Grade Math standards Common Core How do you make sure that your students have mastered 1st Grade Math Standards Common Core? We always relied on our curriculum to teach the standards, until we moved to a standards-based report card. At that point, we needed to...
by Shanon | Jul 22, 2021 | Back to School, Math
Days in School This Days in School Counting Chart is another oldie but goodie! When I first started teaching, we always did Everyday Counts on our bulletin board (way before Activboards/white interactive boards). I would get up on my ladder EVERY.SINGLE.DAY to add a...
by Shanon | Jul 18, 2021 | Back to School, Math
Graphing in First Grade So… I just have to say… I had to go back to my OLD external hard-drives (2007) to locate this oldie but goodie, Graphing in First Grade, and then recreate using PPT/Google. When I first created my daily graphing questions, I used...
by Shanon | Jun 21, 2021 | Math, Staying Organized
Our First Grade Math Routine What’s your favorite subject to teach? Just wondering before we jump into our Great Ideas for a Fun-Filled First Grade Math Routine. For me, it was ALWAYS Guided Reading. I loved the interaction and small group instruction UNTIL...
by Shanon | Jun 7, 2021 | Math
How to Boost Fluency with these Super Fun Fact Fluency Math Games Are you ready to boost fluency with these super fun fact fluency math games? Backstory… when my oldest child was in third grade (he’s now almost 30), his teacher, Mrs. Goudeau had this game...
by Shanon | May 24, 2021 | Boom Cards, Digital & Printable Task Cards, Math
5 Easy Ways to Practice Telling Time for 1st Grade Students! I think telling time was one of my favorite topics. It seemed like one of the easiest standards to teach, and the students wanted to learn time so badly, that it made teaching it fun and easy! Win win! ...