Somehow I ended up with an owl themed classroom this year. I’ve never really had a “theme” before. I just love rainbows and colors and usually just have a colorful room rather than a specific theme. I decided that owls were just too cute to pass up! I made some owl themed items for my…
Have you seen the adorable All About Your New Teacher book by Brooke Hilderbrand? It is TOO cute! I bought it and made my own book about me to share with my students. They got a kick out of the picture of my in first grade and pictures of me as a kid. The idea…
I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Whole Brain teaching training in my district back in April. Chris Biffle and Chris Rekstad were awesome! They have amazing ideas and were very inspiring! If you don’t know much about whole brain teaching, check out their website – wholebrainteaching.com I will be implementing aspects of whole brain teaching…
Mastering addition and subtraction facts in first grade is soooo important! We learn multiple strategies to help with adding and subtracting. One thing I do in my classroom is daily timed tests on addition and subtraction facts. I wanted a way to make it more fun and exciting so I came up with Magic Math!…
I have always had a treasure box in my classroom. I bought a big wooden one from Joann several years ago and painted it gold and boy I thought it was really great. And it was. For awhile. Now I am so sick of the whole “treasure box” idea. It really is time consuming to…
This new attendance theme coordinates with all of my Super Hero Kids themed items. Make taking attendance fun by using your SmartBoard. This theme comes with directions and kids of various ethnicities so you can customize it to match your students! Now available on Teachers Pay Teachers.