Someone I know who taught first grade did the poem each month from the book "Chicken Soup with Rice". It was cute :)
Morning meeting... calendar, counting, weather, coins. At the beginning of the year we identify colors, later add letters, then high frequency...
Our Saxon Kit comes with : Calendar (with tags for each month, year, and a pattern of shapes for the days in each month), a list of the days of...
I talk with my parents at least once a week- usually my mom, but if my dad picks up I talk to him too. We were visiting once a week when my dad...
Can I be nosey and ask what books your are using for first grade? I'm also doing summer school (but for kindergarten) and I didn't know until all...
I always teach my kids b- first bat then ball d- first drum, then drumstick. It works for most of them, but switching b and d is common until 2nd...
Hi! You will love kindergarten and it's easy to feel overwhelmed at the beginning. Check out this website: http://www.pre-kpages.com/bootcamp/...
I would love to give advice but I have never used the Daily Five...However, I have heard such great things about it that I bought both books to...
We have 46 high frequency words, 44 in our series and we also add "boy" and "girl". It's tough to squeeze it all in but the kids love learning...
We get zero workdays a year! We have one 1/2 day each month for "team collaboration", but it always turns into a staff meeting or more PD... this...
Ahh, I had a sub on Thursday and my kids were out of control yesterday! Keep in mind that there was a full moon on Thursday as well, and I really...
Our school does a "Dr. Suess Night" around his birthday, and each grade level picks a different story to read and an activity to do. For K, we...
10 words a week!!?? I don't even get through 10 words a month! My goodness, that is rough.
I was going to mention cutting out pictures from a magazine that begin with a letter or even cutting out the letter itself. I have a clip art...
So how did it go? I'm glad I could help :)
Separate names with a comma.
