I love teaching with a theme that gets my kids excited! During our big “Apple Week” student engagement is at an all-time high and that is a powerful ingredient for student learning. Here are five tried-and-true apple activities that have been favorites in my classroom. 1. READ APPLE BOOKS Gather as many as you can and make sure they are… Read More
You probably noticed that things are a bit of a mess around here! The blog is under construction for the next little while as it is receiving a bit of a facelift, but hopefully it won’t take too long. I wanted to share a few screenshots from a recent project that has my students and I all excited! I… Read More
Hey there. Thank goodness it is the weekend because I am all but wiped out. We’ve had all kinds of apple fun this week in first grade and I’m excited to share some of our fun! We started with a K-W-L chart. We did the “Know” and “Wonder” portions on the first day and added sticky notes to the “Learned”… Read More