Indoor recess is pretty rare here. We always go outside. But we're heading into a week of temperatures of -30C and colder. We could potentially...
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians. Hope your day is full of fun, family & friends.
As school districts get their budgets soon and start preparing to hire, I was wondering if anyone cold emails principals before the hiring season...
Hey, So this is a totally random question! I have 2 class sets of dominoes - a black set with white dots and a white set with coloured dots....
I have been asked to provide intervention strategies for some grade 1 students who cannot identify the final consonant sound in words. They...
So currently my students are writing stories. We have talked extensively about the parts of a story and have used mentor texts to help our...
Does anyone still do Christmas parties at school with their class? What are some of your best tried and true party activities? I'm drawing a...
We have been in school since September 4 and today I finally felt things clicking and coming together. I was able to teach without stopping to...
Which chapter book are you using to kick off your 'read aloud' time this year? I think I'm going to start with some Wayside School and then...
I love gardening! It's definitely a hobby and not a talent. I'm itching to start planting ( we had a loooong winter) and I thought it would be...
Let's celebrate all the great things that are happening in our classrooms! Today we had about 5 minutes left in our math period so I introduced...
I'm looking for a great (chapter book) read aloud for grade 1. We've read a few Magic Treehouse books that relate to our science topics and my...
I'm presenting to all the teachers in my district in 1 week. My presentation is supposed to be 1/2 an hour... right now I'm at 12 minutes!! I'm...
Does anyone use Mathletics with their students? It's a little overwhelming - there seems to be a lot offered! Pros? Cons?
I bought frozen meatballs and I'm wondering if I can put them in the crock pot and then dump some sweet and sour sauce on top of them. Will this...
Does anyone do Words Their Way? I tried it when I taught grade 6 and loved it. However I haven't been able to find my groove with it in grade 1....
One of the things on my 'to do' list this summer was to check out the bakery that is a 2 minute walk from my house. I was pretty busy at the...
This year I want to do a "Student of the Week" - where we interview and celebrate each student in the class for a week. I have a bulletin board...
Students Crying on the First Day What do you do with the rest of the class while to tend to the children crying at the beginning of the first...
Does anyone have quilting tiles in their classroom? They are blue and red manipulatives that can be used for geometry/graphing activities. I...
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