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I Want My Hat Back: Review and 4 Free Story Extensions

Inside: This is an updated post. It’s a review of I Want My Hat Back and includes suggestions for story …

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Categories Bears, Kid Lit, Language Arts 18 Comments

It’s an Elephant and Piggie Fest!!

Inside: Free Elephant and Piggie comic strip template Updated post from 2012 to 2022. Many Septembers ago my Grade 1 …

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Categories Free Writing, Language Arts 15 Comments

A Fine St. Patrick’s Day: A book you don’t want to miss

St. Patrick’s Day is March 17 and even if you’re not Irish it’s a fun celebration! In the classroom I …

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat FREEBIE

Inside: A 7-page labelling/sequencing/writing activity freebie The Old Lady is back! My class adores all the Old Lady books and …

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Categories Halloween, Free Writing, Language Arts 6 Comments

2 Free Halloween Spelling Games

Inside: Two fun and simple Halloween spelling games Hello! It’s getting closer to Halloween which means it’s time to pull …

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Categories Language Arts, Free Spelling Phonics, Halloween 2 Comments

Lots of FREE Thanksgiving Activities for First Grade

Inside: A ton of different Thanksgiving activities you can use in first grade! Plus some cute turkey clip art. This …

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Categories Autumn, Free Math, Language Arts, Thanksgiving 4 Comments

Skippyjon Jones: Drawing and Critical Thinking

Inside: Directions for a Skippyjon Jones drawing lesson and critical thinking activity. My class of first grade students absolutely adore …

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Categories Art, Language Arts 6 Comments

Writing Outside: Hello Spring Poems!

There’s something magical about writing outside and, happily, last Monday was absolutely perfect for that. We gathered up our writing supplies and …

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Categories Language Arts, Spring 2 Comments

Easy Tips and Games to Correct Letter Reversals

Inside: Information and tips for correcting letter reversals “Yikes! My child reverses her letters. Does this mean she’s dyslexic?” As …

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Categories Free Writing, Language Arts 2 Comments

More Bear Ideas for Grade 1

Inside: Lots of bear activities for first grade. We have now wrapped up our Bear unit. Well, except for our …

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Categories Art, Bears, Free Writing, Language Arts 4 Comments

Lots of Happy Thanksgiving Ideas for You!

Inside: Thanksgiving books, how to draw a turkey, turkey writing, free printable, scarecrow art project. It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in …

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Categories Autumn, Free Writing, Language Arts, Thanksgiving 8 Comments

Musical Words

Do your kids love to get up and boogie around the classroom? Yes? Then you’re going to LOVE this fun …

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Categories Language Arts, Word Work 19 Comments

Hot Wheels Heaven

In 2014 I received a Hot Wheels FUNdamentals Learning Kit for my classroom. I was given a fabulous set of …

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Categories Language Arts, Play 12 Comments

Oh no! Santa is Stuck!

Did you know that first graders have excellent problem-solving powers? My class figured out LOTS of great ways to save …

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Categories Christmas, Language Arts 2 Comments

Here’s to the Animals, Freebie

Last September I blogged about this fabulous book And Here’s to You!  I’ve since read it to my class two …

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Categories Animals, Free Writing, Language Arts 11 Comments

Our Alligator Pie Poems

Last week we wrote some class poems using the Alligator Pie (by Dennis Lee) pattern. Here’s what the class came …

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Categories Poetry, Language Arts 11 Comments

A Class Book

For some reason I don’t make many class books with my kids. I’m not sure why because I think it’s …

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Categories Language Arts 9 Comments

The Magic of Mo

Last week I wrote about the funniest book ever! That was an Elephant and Piggie book by Mo Willems. We’ve …

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Categories Art, Language Arts 13 Comments

Fluent Reading

I just found an interesting little video that might be useful for parents and teachers. It talks about the importance …

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Categories Language Arts, Reading 5 Comments

Bye For Now, Clementine!

We finished reading Clementine by Sara Pennypacker yesterday! It was such a good book it’s actually hard to let it …

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Categories Language Arts 10 Comments

Oh My Darling Clementine!

Have you read Clementine yet? This is such a fabulous book! My class is finding it screamingly funny!  At first …

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Categories Language Arts 11 Comments

Free Short Vowel Posters

Hello! I have a little surprise for you today. I’m supposed to be writing report cards … but I got …

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Categories Language Arts, Free Spelling Phonics 7 Comments

Best Children’s Novel Ever!

Are you familiar with this fabulous children’s novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane? I just finished reading it to …

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Categories Kid Lit, Language Arts 14 Comments

Edward Tulane Reflections

We just finished reading this beautiful novel. This was just the most beautiful story about a toy (thinking) rabbit, who …

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Categories Art, Language Arts 1 Comment
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