How to Host a Fairy Tale Ball Have you ever wanted to host a Fairy Tale Ball but didn’t know exactly how to do it? Check out this blog post about how to prepare your students, how to publish a Fairy Tale story, what materials you will need, how the

Do you LOVE having your students make Mother’s Day gifts, arts and crafts? Do you love incorporating special holidays and celebrations within your classroom? How about adding some Mother’s Day fun? I’m always looking for new ways to spice up my Mother’s Day celebrations so here are some of my

Do you love teaching about life cycles? I sure do! In this blog post, I give a lot of different examples of research and writing with frogs, chickens, praying mantis, butterflies, bumble bees, and ladybugs.  Here is a great learning goal: By the end of this lesson, students will be

If you LOVE having a 120th Day celebration with your students, you’re in the right place! We dressed up as cowboys/cowgirls and had a Texas-themed celebration. We also asked some parents to help out with our stations. We are fortunate enough to have a big neighborhood around our first-grade classes,

You may be wondering, how to teach reading comprehension to your first graders. You’re in luck because this is one of my favorite things to teach! I teach with a framework of the “I DO, WE DO and YOU DO” also known as “The Gradual Release of Responsibility” using Reader’s

If you love reading winter read-alouds during the month of January- then you’re in the right place! I can’t wait to share with you my favorite Winter read-alouds that I use in my first-grade class! I always read them with a purpose in mind with a specific objective, task and

My 6 Favorite Christmas Holidays Around the World! I love celebrating Christmas Holidays Around the World with my first graders! It is so fun to see the light in their eyes to learn about how other countries around the world celebrate Christmas! I love teaching my units cross-curricular so when

I can’t wait to share with you my 7 favorite Valentine read-alouds for first grade! If you love reading Valentine’s Day books to your students, then read on! I always read them with a purpose in mind with a specific objective, task, and activity in mind. It’s always important to

Let Your Students SOAR in 2024! Do you want to achieve writing excellence with your students in 2024? I bet you do! If you’re like me, I LOVE a challenge, especially getting my first graders to LOVE writing! I cannot wait to share with you my 5 Lessons to Achieve

12 Reindeer Day Crafts and Stations that will rock your world!!! On the last day of school before Christmas break, we have our annual Reindeer Day celebration! Out in our first-grade neighborhood, we have set up 12 Reindeer stations that our students can roam through at their own pace. We