Grade 1 year plan

Throughout my postings, I'm often asked "How do you have the time to teach all these book series" (and such)... "Do you have reading series that you have to teach from?" I'm very fortunate that at my last school and my new school, all of my principals have let me teach through whatever I want/need to as long as I'm teaching the standards. Yes, our district does have an adopted series (we're now using the Journeys series), but even our district has said that it's just a resource. You don't…

Do you need an organized plan for your Math activities? There was a time when I just sent students to math centers after they completed the assigned math application for the day's lesson. I spent so much time replacing center materials, but thought there had to be a better way! I had other resources that I rarely used and then one day I read the book Math Work Stations by Debbie Miller. It changed the way I thought about this time! Now "centers" is just one activity in my daily Math Work…

Hello all! I am still trying to recover from our whirlwind "vacation". We travel to Indiana every year to visit our family for the...

During the first week of first grade, it's important to plan engaging and fun activities to build community and relationships with your students.

Ok so…I know I haven’t posted much of anything lately. That’s because I’ve been working on a Pacing Guide to use this school year. I wanted to make it editable…

I’ve done long range plans a few different times over the years, and this the first time I am sharing them through my blog. In the past, I’ve really felt that true learning happens in the process of doing your plans yourself. As a mentor, I’d rather teach you to fish, than to give you...Read More »

Science for first grade is all about creating hands-on engaging experiences for them! From health, to magnets, to spiders, to weather, to mammals, to objects in the sky and life cycles galore, there is simply so much to explore! Be set with these science for first grade lesson plans and activities for the ENTIRE YEAR!!

First Grade Garden: Daily Schedule - Sight Words and Poetry/Phonics

Confession: I've never had a long range plan. Ever. Not ever. For real. Then one day my amazingly talented and uber generous and inspiring...