A year ago before leaving for summer break,  I received a new Math book, Number Talks,  from our Assistant Principal, Suzanne Shall.  She ...

We are not the first class to have a mascot that gets sent home with each child so the child can write about his adventures with the masco...

One of the Science standards for first grade is for students to recognize health care workers. To meet that goal first grade teachers organi...

With soft music playing in the background, our students took 45 minutes today to complete their last prompt piece of the year, this time a...

This year our final bulletin board features a first grade student's writing.  We have had Adrian for two years and have watched him gr...

As I am standing by the window of  my classroom so that I can get a signal for my iphone. so that I can download a blog I have just written ...

In the midst of Lucy Calkin's new writing units, first grade found a little space to celebrate one of its favorite authors - Kevin Henke...