by Jenni Caldwell | Sep 23, 2016 | Literacy, Writing
It is so strange to me that I have a first grader. When I taught first grade, my students seemed so big! Now that I have a first grader of my own, I can hardly believe how small they really were. My kiddo struggles with sight words so I have searched high and low for...
by Sally | Jan 23, 2013 | Literacy, Writing
I don't know about you but I love having a clipboard for every child in my class but holy moly that can get expensive! Well, I ran into someone (Stacy) who came up with a DIY version and I couldn't wait to share the goodness! WHAT YOU WILL NEED: bulldog clips or...
by Sally | Oct 14, 2011 | Literacy, Word Play, Writing
This is a great Little Red Hen project that I first saw my friend, Mrs. McCain do in her class. It is excellent tracing and cutting practice as well as the word family work. I love to see how the children embellish the hens with details. I prepare brown paper with...
by Sally | Jun 26, 2011 | Literacy, Writing
This is an idea that comes from one of my interns this year, Tracy. She saw it in another classroom. I could not find anything about it online so I just had to make my own poster. When you begin teaching handwriting on the “lines” this is such a...
by Sally | May 17, 2011 | Literacy, Word Play, Writing
Here is another one of those adorable word family projects from Mrs. McMahan's room! What you will need: brown and green construction paper crayons scissors glue Step One: Draw the lower case letter m. Step Two: Add a wide u to make the face. Step Three: Add two...
by Sally | May 6, 2011 | Literacy, Word Play, Writing
This is another one of Mrs. McMahon's word family projects. Love, love, love it! The kids loved it as well! Super easy. There was that beloved purr of busy workers during this project today. It was sooo great! You will need two 9 x 12 sheets of construction paper...