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Hello Everyone!! This time of year makes for busy households and busy school days...but we power through...and glean those precious moments of pure joy with our families and with our students. One more day left of this wonderful week at school. Yes, we are completely exhausted, and yes, we are ready for a winter break, but...yes, the sparkle in those little eyes makes it all worth while! We have so enjoyed the work of Dr. Seuss this week with his wonderful tale of a changing heart and the transforming traditions of life and love. We got to celebrate Grinch Day today with some fun learning experiences. Here are a few pics! My crazy fun team!!! Grinch Kabobs Grinch Grime Adjective Work Tons of Math! ! Who Pudding! Green Candy Canes! All of this fun stuff is available in my Updated Grinch Unit. All the above activities are still available if you click HERE!! :)   FREE!! We also had a special delivery today...straight from the North Pole!  Santa discovered that my kids had such gi...

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to catch you up on what we've been up to. If you are a first grade teacher(or anyone working with kids!), you know how exciting this time of year is! We have to work hard to keep kids engaged and learning. For the past few years, I have found that "Santa's Stuck" by Rhonda Greene fits the bill.  I have shared this unit before, but I keep reworking it.  This year we did the traditional Santa with his legs sticking out of the chimney, (We've done this one a gazillion times- but every year, the kids love solving the problem of Santa getting stuck!), but then we've been doing some work on adjectives, and the use of fun words from "Must Be Santa" led to some very simple but effective focus. The kids know their adjectives!!! If you have my Santa's Stuck unit already, yay!  If not you can get it... when you CLICK HERE!!! There are a ton of activities included. This week I am using "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies...