April Poem for First Grade: Sweet and Simple

Inside: You’ll find a free printables for an April poem in both colour and black and white. I have a lot of April poems up my sleeve, but I was looking for a new one to bring to my Wednesday Grade 1 class. I was looking for sweet and simple. Here’s what I found! Isn’t it lovely? And the colourful … Read more

Freebie: April Poetry Collection

Inside: 25-page collection of April poems for your primary classroom. It’s not quite April, but in happy anticipation I have a great big freebie for you. It’s a collection of April poems that would be perfect in your kindergarten or first grade classroom. Every SINGLE week of the year I introduce a new poem to my students. We read it … Read more

FREEBIE: May Poems

Inside: A huge and free collection of May poems for your primary classroom. Using weekly poems in the classroom is one of my favourite ways to teach reading. And happily, I have a BIG May poetry FREEBIE just for you! This 30-page collection of May poems is going to make your teaching life SO much easier! Five May Poems There … Read more

Butterfly Art, Writing, Poems, Freebies

Inside: A collection of poems, art ideas, and writing for a butterfly unit. We’ve been learning about butterflies for the last couple of weeks so I wanted to share all the great things we’ve done! Tie Dye Butterflies I love this project and do it every year. The kids love it, too! The first thing we do is colour round … Read more

Some Spring Freebies & Poems

My spring break is almost over (sniff sniff). But happily, I’m starting the week out with these fun spring poems and writing activities. I’m going to start the day with this lovely poem by Meish Goldfish. I found this particular copy at Mrs. Wills’ Kindergarten blog. Thank you, DeeDee! Later in the day, I’m going to read the kids a … Read more

May Poem Printables

I have a couple of poems to share with you.  I’m a little late with the May poem but … oh well 🙂 Maybe you can file them away for next year. DOWNLOAD: May Poetry Freebie Be sure to grab your free set of MAY CALENDAR CARDS!  

I’m SO Happy Spring is Here

Happy Spring, friends! I have a sweet spring poem for you.  Just click the pic to grab. This week we’ve been doing an egg unit. Just for fun, we’re also doing “Egg-tivities“. The special helper chooses an egg and we all follow the written instruction. The messages are inside plastic Easter eggs I found at the dollar store. I also … Read more

Spring Time Egg Fun: Free Poem and Sight Word Puzzle

Inside: You’ll find a poem about eggs and some broken egg templates for sight word fun. Spring time is a fun time to learn about eggs. As you probably know, I like to have a poem for just about every occasion! I found this really cute poem for you called “Batches of Hatches”. It comes from  Poems for Sight-Word Practice … Read more