My firsties are enjoying their centers. Oh boy, I forget how hard it is in the beginning to train them! I need to remind myself every year to slow down and explain step by step and then explain it again and again. Is this sounding familiar? I've gotten a ton of questions about how I introduce my centers in the beginning. I hope that I can answer that question completely in this ... Read More about Introducing Literacy Centers
I Love Apples! Free Apple-licious Activities
I love learning about apples! It's a great way to start out the year. We went to an apple farm last week, which is always so fun. We get a hay ride through the apple orchard, a tour of the packing facility, and samples of their apples and apple cider. Here are a few things I do during my apple unit. frame by chevron background by: amillionsighs.com clipart by melonheadz Life cycle ... Read More about I Love Apples! Free Apple-licious Activities
Fall into Literacy and a Fall Hop sale
I made this pack a while ago but never posted any pictures of it. Now that it's fall, I can't procrastinate anymore. This is a compilation of all fall-related centers from my September-November literacy center menus. So, if you already own those, you can stop reading here. :) The menus are not included in this pack because it doesn't have the non fall-related centers from those packs. So in other ... Read More about Fall into Literacy and a Fall Hop sale
Fall Blog Hop and a freebie
Fall is my FAVORITE season! This morning we have perfect fall weather: sunny, cool and crisp. I'm linking up for this fun Fall Blog Hop! Here is a fall freebie for you from my Fall into Literacy Pack. (Later today I'll be showing a full preview of that.) Clipart by kpm doodles Click on the picture to download. I'll be posting another fall freebie tomorrow too! My stores ... Read More about Fall Blog Hop and a freebie
Kevin Henkes Author Study
For our Kevin Henkes author study, we did this comparison chart. The comprehension strategies/skills that we focus on during this author study are: Check for understanding (while reading all the stories, we stop to check for understanding. I model with "think alouds" and give the students chances to check for understanding as well.)Making connections (text to self)Characters During our ... Read More about Kevin Henkes Author Study
Living and Nonliving
Our first science mini-unit is about living and nonliving things. It's a great way to transition into our next unit about plants (we focus on apples). After teaching them about what makes something living and singing this song about it, we go outside and search for living and nonliving things. Students fill out this chart to help them decide if something is living or nonliving. We usually ... Read More about Living and Nonliving
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