First Grade Round Up
Here’s how we’ve been spending the past week in Year 1. 1.Smartie Spellers I’ve been
Here’s how we’ve been spending the past week in Year 1. 1.Smartie Spellers I’ve been

Our Author Spotlight: Celebrating Nick Bland One of my favourite little corners of our classroom
One of the skills I have to practice all year when I teach first grade
I’ve got no real direction for this post, just random photos that I’ve taken over
First up, can I give a big thank you to the lovely ladies who have

For many years, classroom reading strategy displays featured cute animal characters that reminded students to
This week in math we were working on non-standard measurement, focusing mostly on length. I
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In December, I wrote a post detailing some of the party games I play on
I’ve just finished my first ‘big’ pack since October/November last year! Since then, I’ve been

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