Common Core Alignment:   CC.1.L.2 Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.   What a week!  It has been

Common Core Alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1

In a classroom full of 28 first graders, centers are big part of our day. Students are on so many different academic levels I have found it easiest to reach

We are so excited to have a sale in our TPT stores to hopefully make your lives easier for these last few days of school before break.  Come check out

We are so excited to join our first December Currently! We are learning so much about other bloggers just by reading their December Currently’s, so we couldn’t resist jumping on

Common Core Alignment: CCSS.ELS-Literacy.RF.K2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.(This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

CC.1.OA.1 Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.  Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations or adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart,

Common Core Alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2d Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme

We are so happy that we received the Liebster Award from our blogging friend Kathy O. at Third Grade Doodles! Thanks so much for thinking of us!   The Liebster