At the beginning of the year, the students added their fingerprints to a large tree to create a grade level piece of artwork. We did this...

Our district uses the Capturing Kids' Hearts process to promote positive behavior. One aspect of this process is building a Social Contr...

We read Dvid Goes to School by David Shannon to practice following directions and to identify finding the parts of a book. After reading, th...

As a part of Capturing Kids' Hearts , we have affirmation buckets in our class. When students finish work early or during our Guided Rea...

In honor of Presidents' Day, the students wrote why they would be a good president. I was proud that they used our Capturing Kids' S...

The students filled out reindeer applications today in writing. I got the application from The First Grade Teaching blog . As the students f...

Each day a student is given the classroom job of being the calendar helper. The calendar helper is responsible for teaching their classmates...

To help elaborate on our Social Contract  and to learn the parts of a book, we read No, David! and David Goes to School by David Shannon. B...

Each year the students at Moseley create a Social Contract in each of their classes. The students discuss in small groups how they want to t...

At our campus, we use Capturing Kids' Hearts as a part of our discipline and guidance plan. As a part of that process, students are tau...

Our class recently started their own blog site through http://www.kidblog.org/ . You can visit our class site here . Each student has a pass...

As a part of our writing this morning, the students wrote affirmations to one another. Writing affirmations is a part of Capturing Kids Hear...

In our class we follow a Social Contract to help the students and me work together to achieve positive behavior. A Social Contract is part o...