We've been learning about nouns and verbs and our standard this week was: 1.20A understand and use the following parts of speech in the...

I wanted my students to write a poem with rhythm and they did not disappoint. This activity was simple and we got it done in about 45 min...

After reading "Let's Go to the Moon," I had my firsties write a letter to someone telling them facts they had learned about th...

How did I get my firsties excited about this little writing activity?  I passed out brand new, freshly sharpened Christmas pencils and th...

This past week we learned  about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Since their pictures are on money, we had fun doing a couple of sc...

Today we learned about captions.  I read the book shown below because it was rich with captions and because we will be learning about Johnny...

Have I mentioned how I ♥ first grade illustrations?  First grade pictures drawn by my firsties make my heart happy, happy, happy! (For you D...