This is about that time of year where I would be doing a communities unit in first grade. Since I'm just doing reading this year, I do miss these fun units. Last year, I made this mini-unit to use with my class: I had a lot of fun with this unit. I've added to it since I originally posted it last year. Today I updated it again to make the borders fit better and look more crisp. Now that we ... Read More about Community Unit

Calling all freebie lovers! I am in a Facebook Hop for the next couple of days with some of my friends.  Click on the button below to get to my Facebook page.  From there, click on the Fall Freebie button, and grab my freebie.  Then click to get to the next freebie. There are seriously tons of great freebies!  Here's a peek of mine: Making words- short and long vowel ... Read More about Facebook Blog Hop

I'm back with another Halloween treat! Practice those short vowel sounds with this activity. It can be used as a center or with a small group.  Each candy corn has a picture with the word missing its vowel. Students will sort the candy corn into the correct vowel bucket. I included a recording sheet with this one too: Click on the pictures to get your treat! Head on over to a ... Read More about Trick or Freebie Take Two

Halloween is just around the corner. We all know how crazy fun the entire week can be, right? It's like the kids sense the sugar coming a few days early. I say, embrace it! Don't fight that Halloween craziness. Instead, integrate it into whatever you're doing. I made a few activities to use with my reading groups that I wanted to share with you all. This is part one of two posts. Over at ... Read More about Trick or Freebies Part 1

This week was very short lived for me. My son was sick AGAIN, so I only had one day of work. Yikes! My poor little Owen catches just about everything that floats around. He gets high fevers, but being my super active little guy, tries to keep playing through it until he literally can't go anymore. I had a lot planned that I didn't get to this week, but I have pictures from last week and some ... Read More about A Hot Mess of Random: Halloween, short and long u, and punctuation practice

I wasn't planning on making a Halloween pack, since I made such a big Fall literacy pack, but I couldn't resist! I just love Halloween. :) I thought I'd just write a quick reading passage or two to use with my reading groups, but then I just kept going. It's not huge, but it'll definitely cover the week of Halloween and then some.  There are 8 reading passages with comprehension ... Read More about Halloween Goodies with a freebie