Elementary Nerd
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Videos
  • Products
    • Substitute Plans
    • Author Studies
    • Social Emotional Learning
    • Reading
    • Writing
    • Math
    • Social Studies
    • Science
  • contact
  • Winter Break Countdown

You can Call Me Mrs. Appleseed!

9/29/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

...like apples! We added an "I can" statement to the tree in our classroom every time we learned something new this week. A lot of new learning was going on, and those BRAINS were getting TRAINED!

Picture
Picture

​www.getepic.com

EPIC!

Pebble Go:

Pebble Go Biographies
Picture
Picture
Picture
This sweet first grader in Ms. Kirkman's class came in her classroom and told her teacher that "this was the first day [she] was excited about coming to school". It is so uplifting to hear that students are enjoying their time learning and growing! Ms. Kirkman tried to get the reenactment for Twitter!

Call me Mrs. Appleseed! My favorite seed to plant is the love of learning. “I’m gonna have a fun time in first grade!” #beverlylearns pic.twitter.com/6g10Adp0gf

— AnchoredInElementary (@AnchoredinElem) September 26, 2017
0 Comments

"Make It" Monday

9/25/2017

1 Comment

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
1 Comment

Week 5 is Alive!

9/21/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Beautiful Oops! By Barney Saltzberg
Picture
Fancy Nancy
Picture
Betsy Who Cried Wolf
Picture
Picture

Our amazing counselor used the story "Beautiful Oops" to teach that mistakes can be made into something beautiful. 

Before: "The Oops"

After: "The Beautiful"

Picture
ABCya Story Maker
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Week 4 Was Not a Bore!

9/14/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Pigsty by Mark Teague
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

www.mathplayground.com

Sailboat Subtraction

www.​abcya.com

Balloon Pop Subtraction

www.fns.usda.gov

Blast Off Nutrition Game
Picture
  • I can use complete thoughts when I write.
  • I can sequence events in a story.
  • I can keep my body safe.
  • I can use different strategies to subtract.
  • I can tell the difference between rights and responsibilities.
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

"Make It" Monday

9/10/2017

0 Comments

 
In First Grade we have a ton of fun crafts and activities that could be tweaked for any classroom or curriculum. I would love to share these activities by showcasing my favorites during my Make-It Monday showcase. Join me for my first Make-It Monday as I take us to one of my wonderful teammates blogs to show you the...
Picture
My teammate Ms. Kirkman is a new blog owner, and she did a great job sharing one of my favorite back-to-school science activities, the "Healthy Me" Doll!
Click Here to See the Healthy Me Doll!
0 Comments

Weekly What's up?

9/2/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

What are we reading?

The Children's Book of Virtues
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf
  • George Washington and the Cherry Tree

Habits: How is our mindset growing?

Instead of thinking "I just can't do this!" we are thinking "I am going to train my brain!"

Apps, Games and Sites:

ABCya - The Sum of All Dice

Targets: what are the weekly goals?

  • I can use different strategies to add!
  • I can sequence events in a story.
  • I can use a picture plan to organize my writing!
  • I can observe using my five senses.
  • I can describe how to be a good citizen.

Share: Look at the pictures below to see for yourself!

Up-lifting message for the week:

Picture
0 Comments

Week 2 Wonders

9/1/2017

0 Comments

 
What a week it has been as we continue to get to know each other! We had so much fun experiencing more great stories, and learning a ton of new strategies!

We talked about what makes us unique:

Every year we do a lesson on the word unique. We talk about all of the traits that makes us who we are. This year, I had an amazing story fromwww.wondrousink.com to support my lesson! I absolutely fell in LOVE with how this story introduces special character traits. Wondrous Ink personalizes their books by using the letters in your name to show these special character traits. At the end of the story there is an acrostic with the traits listed beside the name. Of course my students loved figuring out that the book was SPELLING MY NAME, and they couldn't wait to make their own acrostic at the end!
Picture
Picture

We wrote about things we like:

I love modeling writing for my students, and I like to start out slow and build as I go. This week, I read "What Do You Like" by Michael Grejniec and our class made a list of all of the things they like. Next week we will learn about the word "too" and will use this book again to model how "too" shows commonality. 
Picture
Picture
What Do You Like? by Michael Grejniec

We learned strategies for solving story problems:

We learn a lot of strategies in First Grade, especially in math! Every Friday we use UPS check to help us problem solve our way through story problems!
Picture

We talked about how rules make us good citizens:

First Graders LOVE David Shannon, and I love the response I get when I read his stories out loud. We used "David Goes to School" to talk about the expectations at school. We came up with a good choice for each of David's bad choices, and we made our own version of the story called "Yes, David!"
Picture
David Goes To School
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

    Author

    I'm just an Elementary Nerd sharing my excitement for the classroom!

    Picture

    Blogs to check out:

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Weekly Updates:

    Favorites:

    Picture

    Archives:

    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    January 2015
    May 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

    Follow Me! 

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Videos
  • Products
    • Substitute Plans
    • Author Studies
    • Social Emotional Learning
    • Reading
    • Writing
    • Math
    • Social Studies
    • Science
  • contact
  • Winter Break Countdown