Category Archives: 1st Grade
The Decision is…
The decision has been made and we’re going Dell. Wait! Wait! Before you start complaining and think about throwing rotten fruit at me, let’s look at the positives. The new Dells will be so much faster than the computers we … Continue reading → Continue reading
Brain Breaks with GoNoodle
I love being an ITRT. However, there are sometimes I wish I had a DeLorean that I could bring up to 88 mph and travel back to when I was in a classroom. I usually get this feeling when I … Continue reading → Continue reading
1st Grade Famous American, Measuring, and Plant Review
Ms. Aveson at Echo Lake Elementary wanted to have a fun activity that could incorporate reviewing some plants parts all while reviewing some Famous Americans as well. I came up with making this ActivInspire Template and also decided to throw in some measurement practice too! The students have to find the leaves that have “fallen off” […] Continue reading
1st Grade More and Less Comic Life
Today, I was able to work with 1st graders at Echo Lake Elementary. They are working on 1 more and 1 less of numbers up to 100. At the beginning of the lesson I gave the students three square pieces of paper. On the first sheet of the paper they had to draw a “magic […] Continue reading
1st Grade Spring Acrostic
First graders in Ms. Smith’s class at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about poetry in language arts and spring in science, so today they wrote an acrostic poem that spelled out SPRING. They came up with their own words or phrases to go with each letter and typed them on a Pages document. When they […] Continue reading
Talking Pictures Made Easy
There seems to be a ton of programs for the iPad that takes an image and make it appear as if it were talking. Many of these programs are great for older students but I wanted one that a kindergartener or … Continue reading → Continue reading
1st Grade Flower Animations
First graders in Ms. Long’s class at Davis Elementary have been learning about flowers and how they grow (SOL1.4) so today we made animations of growing flowers using ABCYa! Animate. I taught a similar lesson last year but I learned a couple of lessons since then. First, I learned a big lesson about modeling. I […] Continue reading
First Grade Matter Sort
The first graders in Mrs. Hall’s class are learning about Matter. Before we got started we reviewed what each state of matter was and some examples. My favorite was having a 6-year old student telling me “A solid’s molecules are tightly packed together.” WOW! I was ready to rock with this class after hearing that. […] Continue reading
Butterfly Life Cycle with Kindergarteners
Today I got to hang out with Mrs. Jackson’s and Mrs. Barradale’s kindergarten classes today. They are learning about life cycles. Today we focused on the life cycle of the butterfly. We’ve been working with Pixie throughout the year, so I decided the time for templates was over, and it was time for them to […] Continue reading
Wonder, Aurasma, & Choose your Own Adventure!
All of the faculty and students at Holman Middle School are reading the book Wonder by R. J. Palacio. Once finished or throughout the reading, each content area is creating their own thematic unit to go along with the book. The school has also created a blog called All Holman Reads where the school will participate in book talks. What an awesome way to […] Continue reading
