Behavior Rewards

I just love Sarah Cooley's ideas about behavior rewards.  I borrowed many of her 'bee'-autiful ideas and added a few others. Please visit Sarah's site to read more about her plan.

Parent Communication Binders

I love the idea of a communication folder/binder for first graders. The acronym ideas are so cute.  I've created some F.R.O.G. (Fully Responsible, Organized and Growing) documents to match my room theme. I'm thinking of using this as the cover in a 1"binder.

I intend to use a parent letter explaining the use of the binder and a communication log.

I think labels for a homework pocket and a money pouch might be helpful.

The Frog Pouch labels are available to print, too!

Graphics are from Scrappin' Doodles  - and labels are set for Avery 8163 shipping labels. :)



Pirates - r-controlled vowel /ar/

After purchasing the marvelous unit from The Inspired Apple, we used Kim Saylor's idea at Saylor's Log and let the students create their own treasure maps using words from the Pirate Mark listening activity.   These /ar/ pirate activities sparked us to schedule a Pirate Day.  So more to follow . . . .

Message in a Bottle

Arghh Parents!

Our 1st Grade Pirate Day was a ton of fun.  One of the activities students were a part of was creating messages in a bottle.  Students wrote out their message on worn tea stained paper, and added it to their bottles. 

Field Trip

The field trip to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh was amazing!  The Art Studio, The Attic and The Garage always provide so many fun learning activities for the kids.  This year Whoosh! was the temporary exhibit.  It was all about air and it blew us away!  The rockets, parachutes, orange airplane, and especially the whirlwind room captured the attention of all the students.  Thanks to the chaperones and the PTA for making our trip possible.