First Grade Randomness

Here is a short video that shows a mini-lesson after Writer's Workshop.  I teach the strategy of underline and move on early in the ye...

Here is an example of using a social studies text to reinforce a reading strategy.  We were in our unit on long ago and today where we comp...

Here are some more sight word resources that you might find useful.  These are most useful if you use Scholastic's Systematic Sight Wor...

One of my favorite things to do after completing a unit of study in science is to have the kiddos make a video explaining our learning.  Th...

Once a comprehension skill has been taught and modeled over and over and over until you are sick of it, then it is about time to move to th...

I have mentioned using the same mentor text for a variety of lessons.  Here is another example of using Sleepy Bears by Mem Fox.  This tim...

One of the activities I do with my small groups and/or tutorials is making and writing words.  A few years ago my district bought each firs...