Enjoying the Journey
Teaching a child to learn how to read is exciting! Once a child has worked on phonemic awareness and letter names, they can move onto segmenting and blending 3 letter CVC words. This is a skill that requires a LOT of practice! CVC words are incredibly rewarding for children to read. They begin to understand that by blending letter sounds together, they can produce words! Laying a strong foundation ...
In Unit 1 of the 2nd Grade Math Curriculum, we begin by building number sense for numbers up t0 1,000. Laying a strong foundation at the beginning will help make other math concepts more concrete. ...
Teaching graphs and data to first grade students combines previously learned math concepts with making sense of and organizing the information of everyday statistics. Furthermore, it allows them to ...
Telling time is a skill that students should learn early on and master quickly, since they will use it their entire lives. Furthermore, we live in a very digital age where many kids struggle to tell ...
I love to see how excited 1st Grade students get over working with money. This unit is loaded with hands-on and engaging math centers that help students build a strong foundation for counting coins, ...
Teaching non-standard measurement to 1st Grade students allows them to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. When students become comfortable and proficient in understanding and using ...
Geometry is such a fun topic to practice in 1st Grade! There are so many hands-on ways to work with shapes and fractions. Furthermore, many students learn to love math through basic geometry. ...
