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First Grade Adventures: Writing Assistant- Spaceman!
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Anyone who teaches first grade knows that spacing can be a problem when they are writing. Of course, I advise students to use a finger space between their words, but this is tricky for some writers, especially left handed writers. That's when I came up with an idea.Spacemen! We had a lot of fun making these cute little guys. Here is a quick shot of one Spaceman in use. Click here to view my post on Writer's Checklists! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on pinterest.
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First Grade Adventures: November 2011
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Sunday, November 6, 2011. I wanted to find a new way for my first graders to practice sight words. They love solving word searches, so I thought they might like putting words together like in a scrabble game. First things first, I used large craft sticks and wrote sight words on them. I used sight words that we have been working on, but you could use any list you choose. Then I created some labels for coffee cans to make it look scrabble-y and festive! Download Scrabble Can Labels Here! We have been stud...
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First Grade Adventures: June 2012
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Sunday, June 10, 2012. I am so sorry for my absence. I have a pretty good excuse. In February I began a doctoral program. It took awhile to figure out a balance, and frankly, I'm not sure I have yet, but I'm working on it! Some exciting things have happened since I last posted. The doctoral program is a dream come true and I'm thrilled to be studying with people I respect so much. Another exciting thing has happened. My beloved Dollar Tree has reopened! Where else could I get my school supplies? In the t...
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First Grade Adventures: December 2011
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. I'm sure you have all had a pretty hectic few weeks so I have a little Christmas gift for you.Money Sudoku! I was at the NCTM conference in Atlantic City in October and saw the neatest money activity. It was a sudoku game played with coins. Besides the great logic, reasoning, and planning skills that emerge from this kind of puzzle activity, it is a great way to help young children identify coins. Instead of buying the game, I thought I would make one myself. This is what a fi...
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First Grade Adventures: The Mother Ship Has Abandoned Me
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Saturday, February 4, 2012. The Mother Ship Has Abandoned Me. I suppose it was inevitable. It had brought me such joy- surpassed every expectation I had. Never, ever let me down. But a mere 14 minutes ago, the Mother Ship closed its doors. Shocking, but true. My beloved, local Dollar Tree closed today. I went to the store, bought about 10 more checker boards (they are so darned handy! Bought the rest of their beads (400 for $1! All good things come to an end. Hopefully this end is temporary. The Mother S...
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First Grade Adventures: Writer's Checklist
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Monday, October 3, 2011. Today's big reveal was our Writer's Checklist and a dry erase marker to use with it! The students and I went over the checklist that they will use. I explained that they will be responsible for checking these aspects of their writing before turning in their work. Making the checklist was easy. I found pencil accents at Dollar Tree (I bet you're surprised I was there! I have a few things in the works that I will post soon! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on pinterest.
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First Grade Adventures: March 2012
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The 100th day of school is one of my favorite days! I love that on the day we regroup to the hundreds place that we complete all kinds of activities that focus on the number 100! To help put us in a really festive mood I decorated the door- a little two-sided tape and streamers! I cut some bulletin board paper and asked the students to share some things they think are special about first grade. As they spoke, I scribed. As you can see, we used a lot of "fix-it tape"! Div align=ce...
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First Grade Adventures: 100th Day Fun!
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The 100th day of school is one of my favorite days! I love that on the day we regroup to the hundreds place that we complete all kinds of activities that focus on the number 100! To help put us in a really festive mood I decorated the door- a little two-sided tape and streamers! I cut some bulletin board paper and asked the students to share some things they think are special about first grade. As they spoke, I scribed. As you can see, we used a lot of "fix-it tape"! Div align=ce...
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First Grade Adventures: MIA
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Sunday, June 10, 2012. I am so sorry for my absence. I have a pretty good excuse. In February I began a doctoral program. It took awhile to figure out a balance, and frankly, I'm not sure I have yet, but I'm working on it! Some exciting things have happened since I last posted. The doctoral program is a dream come true and I'm thrilled to be studying with people I respect so much. Another exciting thing has happened. My beloved Dollar Tree has reopened! Where else could I get my school supplies? In the t...
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First Grade Adventures: Origami March of the Penguins
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Saturday, January 7, 2012. Origami March of the Penguins. Please find the link below. Click here for Michael LaFosse's penguin storygami! My little first graders were so excited to present it to our preschool teacher. They even asked it we could put it in our gift box. The preschool teacher loved it! She was really impressed with their work, even though she is not teaching a penguin unit this year. Ah well, good intentions! Here are some pictures of the mobile. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Freebie...
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