Teaching first grade

Learn how to be a successful 1st grade teacher with these tried and true tips that will help you become the teacher you always wanted to be.

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I have been on a math kick lately. I think it is because my kids are strugglingggg with basic math concepts lately and it’s killin’ me! We have been learning addition strategies and practicing addition within 20 for two weeks now and my class has just started to pick up their momentum. They are […]

Transitions make the school day feel smooth and well-organized or rushed and crazy! Smooth procedures help both the students and teacher c...

First grade anchor charts are great tools for reminding kids about concepts in math, writing, spelling, science, and more! Check out these great ideas.

Teaching the concept of time to kids in first grade and kindergarten is way easier with these visual examples and ideas for how to introduce it

September is one of my favorite months of the year in the first-grade classroom. Where I live, we usually start back to school around mid-Au...

During the first week of first grade, it's important to plan engaging and fun activities to build community and relationships with your students.

Teaching kids to read is an important tasks in the primary classroom. If students can practice beginning reading skills at school and home they can master these important skills faster. Help parents by providing then with reading games and activities they can do with their children. These decoding activities are perfect for kindergarten and first grade students or those learning to read. Head over to this blog post for all the decoding games and activities to use with your primary students.

Back to school ideas to teach your students about sentences and their parts. This color-coded resource is perfect for K-1 literacy centers.