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First Grade Menagerie: New Year's Resolutions
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Can you believe how fast this year went by? It seems like only weeks ago that I decided to start this blog, and was writing my first post. And speaking of writing blog posts, here is one of my first New Year's Resolutions: to write more often. I am so inspired by those of you who are posting new ideas and pictures and TPT products several times a week. You amaze me. When do you sleep? So I've begun taking lessons once a week from the organist at church, and as it turns out, I LOVE it! Resolution that I (...
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Creativity to the Core: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Are you ready for testing? We have one more school day before the FSA (Florida Standards Assessment) reading test. Over the past few weeks, we have been working oh so hard. To get ready. We have reviewed in groups, in small group, in pairs, and independently. But, truth is, we are all sick of reading comprehension pages and practice assessments. (Can I get an AMEN? Sometimes they are just not fun to do. As teachers, we can change this attitude! Ping Pong Balls and Cups. Cotton bal...
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First Grade Menagerie: Updated Prayer Packet Bundle on TPT!
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Updated Prayer Packet Bundle on TPT! For those of you who have purchased my Prayers Unit Bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers, go online to download the updated version! I recently added activities for the Hail Mary. Included in the Prayer Units Bundle:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Substitute Teacher Binder - New Freebie! New Year, New Hobbies! Updated Prayer Packet Bundle on TPT! Back to School Night. Ive added a new product to my TPT store! Open House, Classroom Set Up, and Miscellaneous. Math Journ...
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First Grade Menagerie: New Year, New Hobbies!
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New Year, New Hobbies! As I've written in a previous post, I've taken up the piano! But I've also recently rekindled an old hobby of mine as well: art! Except this time, instead of using traditional paper and pencil, I've been using the Paper by 53 app on my iPad, and the corresponding Pencil stylus . . . so I guess I'm still using Paper and Pencil! Painting on the iPad has taken a little practice, but I'm starting to get the hang of it! Don't get me wrong, I know there is a definite need for the tactile...
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First Grade Menagerie: Word Walls
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I'm embarrassed to say that I am just now putting up a word wall. I've been using pocket charts to show the words we're currently working on, and the kids have their Word Journals (new post on Word Journals coming soon! In their desks to use when writing, but I realize it's not the same as seeing the words on display. More pictures to come as soon as I finish. Hopefully by Monday evening I'll have everything complete! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Center a href="http:/ firstgrademenagerie.blogs...
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First Grade Menagerie: Phonics Writing Bulletin Board: -ow/-ou Houses
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Phonics Writing Bulletin Board: -ow/-ou Houses. I'm proud of me today! I changed the students' work on my primary bulletin board this afternoon! So I can get behind on a lot of things. Like. Changing my bulletin boards. But I'm trying reeeeallly hard to let things just be good enough. For example, it has to be okay that the spacing between the first and second rows is larger than the spacing between the second and third rows. ( Don't act like you didn't notice! Check out some of my students' writing!
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First Grade Menagerie: Substitute Teacher Binder - New Freebie!
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Substitute Teacher Binder - New Freebie! I recently decided to make my substitute binder a freebie in my TPT store! Here are a few of the pages that are included:. Please leave feedback in my TPT store. Enjoy! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Center a href="http:/ firstgrademenagerie.blogspot.com/" target=" blank" img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http:/ 4.bp.blogspot.com/-VzS9 oLM7Qg/Vth60s6fZaI/AAAAAAAAT8U/MO8vC3hzGys/s1600/first%2Bgrade%2Bmenagerie%2Blogo.jpg"/ /a /center. New Year, New Hobbies!
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First Grade Menagerie: February 2015
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Where's my blog design? What happened to my beautiful blog design? To all my new friends from the Southern California Kindergarten Conference, this is not what my blog is supposed to look like. This blog feels just like my first graders sometimes - I can't turn my back on you for more than seven seconds without something going awry! Time to call in the big guns at the Cutest Blog on the Block to see if they can fix it . . . 53 Ways to Check for Understanding. Telling Time Printables: Now Updated! Any of ...
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First Grade Menagerie: Reading Fluency Resources
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I don't know about you, but the reading program my school (Imagine It! Here's a link to the passages I'm using this year to test my kids' fluency:. Http:/ rti.dadeschools.net/pdfs/ORF-OPM grs1-5.pdf. I'm pretty sure Staples has dividers that are numbered through 50, but I just keep forgetting to stop on my way home from school - and when I. Happen to remember, I tell myself I'll stop in another day, because getting home and into sweatpants trumps any need I may have to organize this binder. I'd love to h...
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First Grade Menagerie: March 2015
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Phonics Writing Bulletin Board: -ow/-ou Houses. I'm proud of me today! I changed the students' work on my primary bulletin board this afternoon! So I can get behind on a lot of things. Like. Changing my bulletin boards. But I'm trying reeeeallly hard to let things just be good enough. For example, it has to be okay that the spacing between the first and second rows is larger than the spacing between the second and third rows. ( Don't act like you didn't notice! Check out some of my students' writing!
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