I’ve added NGSS First Grade Life Science to our NGSS repertoire. The three first grade NGSS life science standards  pertain to plants and animals and meld perfectly with our Habitats unit.   Structures and Functions of Plants and Animals Identifying the structures and functions of plants and animals that help them survive in their particular […]

There is no busy like back-to-school busy! There’s no crazy like it either!! Right? I cannot believe our first month is already over! I’ve taken down our September bulletin boards and put up our October boards. It is so rewarding to have a blank canvas to begin each month. Dividing the school year into engaging […]

Carson Dellosa recently sent me a couple of products to try out in my classroom. Both focus on Differentiation and Stem. I excitedly added them to my lesson plans in October. Differentiated Reading for Comprehension The Differentiated Reading for Comprehension Resource Book worked as a great change for my guided reading groups. However, I must add that […]

Our classroom has been transformed into an ocean wonderland over the past few weeks. The kids love it and so do I. I recently gave my Writing Through the Sea an overhaul and added 30 pages! It now contains 5 complete (and differentiated!) writing lessons along with craft black lines. I use all of these […]

The end of the year is near peeps! We just had our Open House last week. Unlike some of you, we have Open House at the end of the school year. Back-to-School Night is at the beginning of the year and Open House is the culminating “thing” at the end of each school year. Well […]

Spring is around the corner. It was over 80 degrees here in SoCal today in the middle of winter. I’m curious as to what spring will hold. In my classroom we will be discussing the role plants play in our lives and what they need to survive. Regardless of what the weather holds, these sunflowers […]

Open House is a few weeks away for us. I know a lot of you don’t do an end of the year Open House. Sometimes that sounds fabulous, because Open House is a LOT of work. But – in the end it’s worth it. I absolutely LOVE watching the kiddos show off THEIR room to […]