Thursday, December 12, 2013

Grinch Day

Grinch Day! Welcome sign

I moved all of the clips on the management chart to a bad color... (That seems like something the Grinch would do!) 
Mr. Grinch wrote us a letter!
Grinch Glyph....Mr. Grinch was not flattered. 

He trashed the room with crate paper and threw tissue paper all over the desks.
He even turned our Monkey Elf green too!! ( the real brown one will make his appearance on Monday )

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Nouns

We are learning about nouns in class. As an activity I let each child in the class take a post it and they labeled a "noun" in the classroom. They loved this activity and it got them up and moving around--which they loved! 

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Class Character Pumpkin!

All of 1st grade made a class pumpkin inspired by a character from a children's book. My class chose the book Cinderella and we made the carriage she rode to the ball in. Finishing touches: a horse, a coach to steer the carriage, and of course Cinderella! 

Halloween Goody Bags


Thursday, September 19, 2013

My Top Language Arts Work Stations


Here is my top language arts work station today. Taryn and Zach did a wonderful job working together! They came up with their own sentences to edit, correct, and punctuate. In this station, my students use sentence strips to write on, a multicolored pocket chart, and jewels / pipe cleaners for "end marks."  This is a wonderful catch all station that I am going to use throughout the year. I can just add material as I teach the standard in my focus lessons.


Monday, September 16, 2013

Graphing

Graphing: Today in class we used gummy bears to sort, represent bar graphs, and picture graphs. The kids loved it! My kinesthetic learners loved this assignment. It seemed to spark interest and I got more willing participation out of them than I have had all year.  It was also a great motivational tool to complete their work so they could eat the manipulatives! Ha!

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Back to school goodies!


I love Creative Teaching Press! They have so many cute materials and ideas that can be used in the classroom. Here are some things I purchased over the summer online. (Dots on Turquoise) my classroom theme.