I use Kagan Cooperative Learning on a regular basis. The best desk set up for me is groupings of 4. This is the most convenient way to do CL...
I use the colored jumbo popsicle sticks for lunch/ attendance. I put magnets on the back and the students names on the front. My class theme is...
I agree with MissR about using the oustide perimeter of the room. It really does help. I think putting curtains on bookcases makes the room like...
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You can use shoe organizers. I buy the canvas hanging shoe organizers. Each one cost a $1(from dollar tree) and has 12 spots. They have worked great.
I've taught first grade for three years, but next year I moved to 3rd grade. I went in circles trying to figure out what to do with the library. I...
First grade is a year of tremendous growth. The little ones that come through your door at the beginning of the year are very different than the...
I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I have been browsing this board and thought I should stop and introduce myself. My name is Christina and I...
I got married in October of my first year teaching. I started out with my last name and I changed it after the honeymoon. It was actually a fun...
I have literacy based centers that the class does every morning. I also have math centers that are set up as a grab and go system for when they...
I allow my kids to do free choice centers when they have completed class work. The rules are simple, the work must be nice and neat and done...
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My school just implemented a new reading program last year. The program builds on the aspects of phonemic awareness. In trainig, they told us that...
You could have pictures posted of different causes and different effects. They could find the matches and pick one pair to write about in their...
I buy the nonreproducible short vowel and sequencing books at dollar tree(i'm surprised by how good they are). I laminate them and use them at a...
Following Directions Build a Sentence Reader's Theater Dictionary Partner Reading I also have laminated pages from a short vowel book. The...
The packet sounds like a good idea. Right now each center has a completed work basket and they turn it in. I check it each day to make sure...
How do you all check for literacy center accountability? We have to do literacy centers that have accountability built in. Right now, I am doing...
I started Literacy centers two or three weeks into school. Before they began, I spend a lot of time going over each center, modeling, role...
I used the clipart from microsoft. I found a picture to go with each of my stations.
