Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences start this week for me. It is a time that I REALLY like and can share with parents how their child is doing. I LOVE to show off each child's individual growth! No matter what level a child is performing at in my class, there is always room for growth. I like to provide easy ideas that parents can take with them from the conferences to do at home to help their child in reading, writing, and math. Click on either picture to download them for free!

Sick Sentences

 

Capitals and end marks?!?!? You can talk about them everyday, all day long and some students still forget to use them correctly. It's that time of year when I break out the stethoscope! The students love to be the doctor and "fix the sick sentences"! I model with the help of the class to show how to fix the sick sentences and then each day, I let a couple kids be the doctor. They get super excited to wear the stethoscope and act like a doctor. Once everyone has had a chance to fix a sentence on the board, I then hand out the sheets once or twice a week and they fix them on their own. Each sentence has a number next to it that lets the children know how many mistakes there are in the sentence. Some sentences have spelling mistakes also. Once they fix the sentence and write it neatly, they are then asked to go back and highlight the capital letters and end marks. Click on either picture and it will take you to my TpT store!
 

November Centers

It is the beginning of the month and it is time for a new activity board and centers. Even though my November Activity Bingo Board is the driving force for differentiating, I also like to have 8-10 additional centers/stations up and running. I would never want anyone to get bored! This month, I have the following centers/stations up and running: Pocket chart with "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", Shapes picture for students to count and color, magnetic letters building long vowel words, roll and write sentences, free write notebooks, listening center, computers, word search with magnifying glass, blends/digraphs spinner game to work on real and nonsense words, and puzzles to help reinforce counting. Below are several stations in action!

 

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If you are interested in trying any of these centers/stations, hop on over and pick them up at my TpT store!

Fall Fun!

With all the things we "have to teach", we sometimes forget the little things that make a First Grader's day. I'm not big on sugar, sugar and more sugar, so "parties" look a little different in my room. To celebrate Fall, we spent the afternoon rotating through different activities. If you mention the word "craft" to my kids they scream with excitement, so when I explained they get to do 2 in one day, imagine the huge ROAR!

 

Since we are learning about bats, it was only fitting to have a bat craft. My daughter helped make the example bat for the students to look at!

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Candy corn anyone?? Seeing how each child's creativity shows in their craft is great. Even when they follow an example, it is neat to see how each one is different!

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I love "sneaking" learning in when they least expect it. We have been working on short vowel words and the students played a game called "Bat Race".

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Last, they showed off their sorting skills by separating nouns from verbs.

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November is here! I will be posting my November centers sometime this weekend, so stay tuned!!!