first grade loving.

here are some fun recent first grade things:

how we do spelling...

(separating by syllables, then writing in paint, in sand, in glue, on giant rolled paper, with magnetic letters... anything and everything!)

 learning adjectives! (thanks, pinterest!)

 learning friendly letter format... writing to characters in stories!

melted snowman writings--so adorable!

(again...thanks, pinterest!)

side note: a long time ago, i wrote about BASE for math.

it's INCREDIBLE. my students are obsessed with it, and working with small groups while they're doing BASE has allowed me to move really quickly through material! so great.

i love my job.

so, i hate being away from micah... but i sure do love my job.

some days, or most days, i wish i was just two people.

instead, i'm just multiple personalities: teacher by day, mom by night and weekend.

here are some things from that the teacher side of me.

teaching half past and how to number a clock with pull and peel licorice.

(the kids get to bite the licorice to make the different length arms of the clock, too!)

teaching magnetic force with magnets, paperclips, and letting students choose items to discover what breaks the magnetic force.

a few other things i forgot to take pictures of...

-melted snowman writings: created pictures of melted snowmen and wrote how we thought our snowman melted.

-letters to our favorite famous character (after reading the jolly postman) and practice addressing envelopes

first grade is the best.

the very hungry first graders. and more.

okay.

here's what we've been up to in first grade.

really adorable first real writing prompt that i have to share...

taken from, obviously, the very hungry caterpillar.  

teaching the students about beginning, middle, and end... while trying to teach them to love writing at the same time (thus allowing it to be silly!)

and also in first grade, some examples of the BASE centers...

Buddy Games... 

letting them roll dice with a partner and make matching number sentences.

All About Numbers... 

writing numbers in rainbow (this student reused a paper from a Daily Five center :))

 Solving Mysteries...

drawing all the squares they see in the classroom.

Exploring Manipulatives...

pattern blocks and counting pennies.

Also...

 Mystery Reader on Fridays.

 and... field trip to Great Harvest Bread Company to learn all about bread (since we're learning the food pyramid right now!)

good stuff.