Last week marked our 100th day of school. Where does the year go? I thought I'd share some fun ideas for 100th day writing that include vocabulary building and writing personal narratives. Making "centenarian" self-portraits is always a fun project and a great starting point to … [Read more...]
Informational Expert Books
Happy Friday! It sure was hard to go back after 4 days off! I thought I would share some things we started before Thanksgiving and wrapped up this week. We did a little gallery walk of informational text features. I placed a sticky note on each … [Read more...]
Stellaluna, Some Sugar, & A Freebie!
We've placed a lot of focus on "twin texts", pairing fiction with related nonfiction or informational texts this quarter, and for the last couple of weeks we've been reading about nocturnal animals and learning about informational text features. This week, it's been all things … [Read more...]
Apple *LOVE*
You might not know this about me, but I taught Kindergarten for for 5 years and first grade for 8 years before that. Oh, how I miss being … [Read more...]
