On Tuesday we celebrated our 100th day of school! I was inspired by Cara from The First Grade Parade and went all out this year!! First of all I couldn’t have done it without my wonderful placement student. She is just the best you guys. I’m so so lucky to have her helping me out,…
Can you believe it’s February already? Where did January go? Not that I’m complaining or anything but it really flew by! Valentine’s Day is already next week! We are having our Valentine’s Day celebration on the 12th since the 13th is a PA Day and the 14th is a Saturday this year. Here is what…
I feel like I haven’t posted about math in so long! I have been teaching math, I promise! 😉 Last week we started decomposing numbers. I started by telling them the learning goal “We are learning to decompose numbers” and then explained that decompose means to take apart. Our success criteria is “I know I…
Hi guys! I wanted to share a centre that has been super popular in my class lately! They are constantly asking me if it’s open. It is the fishing centre! I filled our sensory table with paper from the paper shredder. Then I printed the fish on coloured cardstock, laminated them and cut them out….
It’s that time again! I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 things from my week! January is the month of assessment (it’s not just me right?) I made two shape sorts so that I can check if the students can sort shapes by a given rule. The file folder shape sorts made…
Elizabeth of Kickin’ it in Kindergarten is having a fun linky & giveaway on her blog! I’m joining in since my kids LOVE GoNoodle! Go Noodle is a part of our everyday routine. After the kids have morning snack we do 1 GoNoodle dance and the special helper of the day gets to pick the…
I’m linking up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching to share five things from my week! Brrr it was COLD this week! We were at almost at -30 with the wind chill on Wednesday! Since we couldn’t go outside to play in the snow my ECE had them play with these “snowballs” instead! They turned…
Happy New Year! How is your first week back going? I was scared my kiddos would forget all the rules and routines for school being away for two weeks but they have actually blown me away these first few days! Today I’m posting about some easy peasy crafts that I meant to post in December….
I’ve decided to compile all of the little things I make over the month for my class and post it as a freebie at the end of the month! This is the first file! Here is what you can find in the download: Some of my kids have been constantly asking me to help them…
I have been so so sick since Thursday night and even took a sick day for the first time ever on Friday 🙁 I was so sad since I love spending the last day of school before the holidays with the kids but I couldn’t even sit through the morning announcements 🙁 I’ve definetly learned…
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