To help the students with identifying larger numbers, I created a set of Place Value flashcards with both numbers and Base Ten Blocks. We u...

As a way to help your child with their comprehension, you can use this story elements chart to help them understand the key characteristics...

What parent couldn't use $15,000 towards their child's future education? What school couldn't use $25,00 towards technology? Goo...

Last week we learned about Doubles+1. The students built Doubles towers and then added 1 to the second tower to practice the addition equati...

I recently updated our First Grade Word Wall PowerPoint . The slideshow advances every five seconds to reveal a new word. You can help your ...

Each Friday for the next few weeks, our class will have a guest teacher, Ms. K. Ms. K. is a part of a program called Rainbow Days which ...

Last week as a precursor to writing about Martin Luther King, Jr., the students created Bubble Maps in computer lab to show what they had le...

This week we will be working on identifying, building, and comparing numbers to 99. To help practice this at home, there is a great online m...

Fellow teachers, several of you have asked how we do the podcasting in our class. At first I wasn't sure I could do this either, but  Mo...

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the students wrote their dreams and recorded them using Audacity software. These might bring a ...

Over the last few weeks we have been focusing on short vowel sounds. To help practice reading the sounds fluently, the students practiced th...

Today we began our study of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We read Martin's Big Words  to read about the history and important contribution...

Today in our whole group comprehension lesson we worked on making inferences and drawing conclusions. The students looked at the cover of th...

We were fortunate today to have a guest author in our class - one of Moseley's own 4th grade students! She also happens to be the sister...

On Monday we were so excited about the weekend snowfall that we decided to practice our math in snow - otherwise known to adults as shaving ...

Last week the students wrote about someone special to them using their Write From the Beginning strategies. They first created a Circle Map ...

In Social Studies and Science we have been learning about bodies of water and landforms. To help distinguish the attributes of different typ...

Last week the students used what they learned about 3 dimensional shapes to write a "how to" paper. The students used our class cr...

We have been finding new ways to practice comparing numbers. Today we went to the computer lab and built larger numbers using Base Ten Block...

As guided reading today, the students practiced recording their favorite poems using Audacity software. They recorded again and again until ...