Learning with Firsties

Dear Teacher, Take a breath. Everything will be okay. I promise.  I just hung up the phone with our oldest who is in his first year as a...

My friends, I have discovered a CHEAP way to print our posters in COLOR!!!!   Staples  offers a colored engineering print and it works beaut...

Oh my goodness, ya'll!!! I can't believe how fast this school year is going!  As teachers we are always planning ahead so I am linki...

Your students need that!!!! You need that!!!! Assessment is key to planning instruction.  If you don't assess throughout your lessons ho...

Teaching first grade is an absolute labor of love!!! So I've joined with some of my first grade friends and we are having a LABOR OF LOV...

Each week I send out an instructional newsletter to our teachers.  It just gives everyone a glimpse of the week.  I always include a tip of ...

I love to make an anchor chart!!! However, I must confess sometimes I just don't have the time needed to make those beautiful titles!!! ...