Happy New Year! We've had an exciting first half of the school year and I look forward to all of the milestones the students will acheiv...

The last day before break we read The Snowman by Raymond Briggs . This is one of my favorite winter books because it is wordless and the ill...

A few weeks ago in computer lab we reviewed doubles addition and subtraction problems by recreating our Doubles Tree Map on the computer. We...

Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about coins and their value. Students are expected to be able to identify both the front...

The last day before our break the students were treated to a cookie decorating party. Thank you to all of the parents who donated items. The...

The week before the holiday break was filled with a lot of fun and exciting lessons. One of our favorites was the school-wide Polar Express ...

Yesterday our librarian, Mrs. Jepsen, taught a lesson to all of the first graders about the role of Santa Around the World. We learned that ...

This week to practice our fluency the students practiced the poem and song, "Christmas Cheer." The song is to the tune of "Th...

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

***UPDATE: You can now download a similar lesson using a Holly Wreath at my TPT store.*** Last week in math we were working on solving ad...

This week we read and compared two books: Too Many Tamales and Merry Christmas, Strega Nona . On Monday, we read Too Many Tamales and creat...

Today we read Auntie Claus by Elisa Primavera  as a part of our study of character traits. As we read, we discussed how the main character, ...

We have been comparing and experimenting with soil this week. As a part of our study we did an experiment to see what different types of soi...

Last week the students created a Christmas stocking as a part of their homework. Yesterday and today the students used Thinking Maps to writ...

This week we are learning a new addition game called "Shake Those Beans." The students get a cup with a set number of two-color be...

Last week we practiced reading and spelling the "dr" sound. To help us read the sounds fluently, we learned two new poems: "D...

Last week to practice addition doubles, the students created Christmas Tree Doubles using dot paints. The students traced tree patterns on g...

I added a new resource to the sidebar of the blog, Reading Rockets. Check back daily to get reading tips of the day and new parent resources...

We have been very fortunate this semester to have two fabulous education students from Dallas Baptist University interning in our class on T...

Today we went to the science lab with Ms. Goolsbay's class. to experiment with rocks. The students learned various properties of rocks b...