Happy Sunday! Tomorrow, we will be celebrating our first student birthday of the year. Thinking about it this morning, I realized that I didn't have anything ready! I always give my students a little surprise on their birthdays, and we sing to the special birthday student. In previous years, I...
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Five for Friday – Oct 2
Five for Friday is a weekly teacher linky party where you post five random things from today or this past week and on your blog. Then, you come back and link your blog post up at the bottom of this post in the linky tool. Hi guys! I can't believe...
La rentrée 2015
We are over halfway through our first full week, and it has been SUCH A GOOD ONE! I must admit, I was feeling a little discouraged last Friday after school because Kindergarten is hard in September. I missed my old students who knew the routine and were so well trained, it...
On ne partage pas les microbes!
Aujourd'hui, nous avons fait une expérience scientifique! C'était au sujet des microbes et comment le savon est si important lorsqu'on se lave les mains. Je veux partager ce que nous avons fait avec vous, as cas où que vous avez des petits qui oublient souvent le savon, aussi ;) La...
Our first day in photos & a new game for conscience phonologique!
Wow, back-to-school kicked my butt this week! I haven't been to bed later than 9:15 since school started on Thursday. I am finally feeling (mostly) rested and recovered now, after a couple of nights of 10-12 hours of sleep! :) I also have what is shaping up to be a...
Pomme, pomme, petite et ronde!
Bonjour! Je préparais ma salle de classe ce matin et je voulais vite partager un jeu très simple que j'aime jouer avec mes élèves pendant le mois de septembre. Le jeu s'appelle « Pomme, pomme, petite et ronde! » et c'est parfait pour certains moments de transition (par exemple, lorsque...
A post about Clip Charts
Grab your coffee - this is a long one! :) Clip charts - yay or nay? Ask your teacher friends what they think about behaviour clip charts, and you will probably hear a LOT of differing opinions! Many teachers have used them successfully (and not so successfully) in the past,...
Comment faire votre propre cartable de données!
Today I am going to share with you the secret to how I keep all of my student data organized. Now, it should be noted that by nature, I am not the most organized person! I am definitely a Type B teacher, and use sticky notes instead of detailed lesson...
Homework, a new alphabet product & a freebie!
I am on a product roll! I have been super motivated ever since the #TpTSellerChallenge and crossing things off my massive to-do list. I have been thinking a lot about the (academic) things that my students REALLY need to know to be set up for success in grade one, because,...
How to make homemade tic-tac-toe games with your students
Hello and happy summer! I am officially on vacation and I am so excited to have time to myself to relax, to rewind... and to attend summer institutes and do professional development, to get through my massive to-do list for TPT and for my new house... hahaha. But in all...