First graders love to express affection by giving you their artwork so I've made a "refridgerator" bulletin board on which I hang all my gift...
Oh! Another thing I find successful is writing about classmates. I assign one Student of the Week each week and on Friday we write about that...
This is only one writing prompt but it was so successful the kids worked on it for the entire month of December. I make some gift tags with a To...
I used to have my first graders help establish rules but I found they were a bit too young to think of rules with substance so I developed (well,...
Everybody has a resume as the 7 inch pile attests and it's really not what gets you the job anyways. When I applied for my current position, 350...
I'm shocked!!! In Canada, we are NOT ALLOWED to administer medications because of liability. We are trained in education NOT in medicine and...
I use "bathroom keys" too and I think they're great. It takes a little bit of teaching and reteaching when is an appropriate time to use them and...
I give my students little tickets called SCAMOS--Showing Caring About Myself and Others (just construction paper pieces, really) which I collect...
This is a really really weird use but it's what I do. I keep the scraps that are roughtly 8 1/2 X 11 because often first graders have a tough...
I tried using sign out cards and recording sheets but it really was a nightmare in terms of time so I got BAGGIES! lol Each child has a baggie...
Alas, my word wall instruction is getting BOOOOOOOOOORING! It starts off great--we practice our new sight words with our word wall by reading...
We all like a day off! lol What about the last person having a day off? OR that person could be the fill-in if anyone is absent that day.
I've got 100's of old CD's. Anyone have great ideas for crafts or other uses for them that they'd like to share?
I love the Junie B. Jonest series.
Each student has a turn to be the Star. The week before their turn I send home cutouts that they fill out which say things like My favourite...
I love to use Shoes as my beginning theme because all the kids come in with their new shoes. We do all sorts of things such as comparing,...
I think I read this line in Don't Sweat The Small Stuff (& It's All Small Stuff) but I use it and I don't have nearly as many complaints as I used...
The best independent activity I use with my first graders for practicing sight words is called Kaboom. I took a few empty Pringles Chips tubes...
Essential Tools I Couldn't Live Without: egg timer -for hurrying children back to seats -for reminding you when someone is in timeout and not...
I believe that it's not the pencil sharpener that is the source of my aggravation--it's the PENCILS! I have the children bring unlabeled pencils...
