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More On Our Writer’s Notebooks
Yesterday, I shared a little about our Writer’s Notebooks in first grade. Here’s another little glimpse. We spent some time browsing through magazines. The kids cut out pictures of things/people/animals that they might want to use in their future writing. They added labels, helping to remind them of the important aspects from their pictures. Some
Using Our Writer’s Notebooks
I’ve always been fascinated with Writers’ Notebooks. I love hearing about the way authors use their notebooks to hold ideas, titles for future stories, beginnings for possible sentences, or even just words that fascinate them. The most amazing workshop I’ve attended about keeping a Writer’s Notebook was given by Ralph Fletcher. (He’s the writer’s workshop
How to Make Apple Cider
We’ve been working on identifying a sequence of events in our reading curriculum lately. One of our recent posters showed a man making pizza. We identified the transition words that told us there was a sequence of events. We found the words first, next, then, and finally. As much as I would have loved to
LeapFrog Learning Path App
Hello everyone! I’m so excited to tell you about this new app from LeapFrog. It’s available in the itunes store today and I think it’s a resource you’re going to love! You can customize it for your children. I told the app the ages and genders of my kids (and even made up a few
Our Monsters
A few weeks ago I was browsing through the Deep Space Sparkle website and found this book. I’ve been struggling to come up with NEW art lessons, since moving to first grade. I taught my favorite art lessons to my kindergartners last year, so I’m having to be creative this year. Deep Space