This time of year we can get overly comfortable with each other. Our comfort can be taken for granted when friends do not cooperate or say u...

I have a couple of students who love the hand held pencil sharpeners. This is a great project from Martha Stewart Living.

Our school is on a photocopier and paper budget. Being on a paper budget with 1st grade is tough. Students usually need a frame or a model t...

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1st Graders love the office. During journal writing time, students place the binder standing up to create a private mini office. The first w...

This art is inspired from the work of Laurel Burch and created by 1st graders in Patty Palmer's art classroom in Goleta, California. She...

"The Weekly 5". In the past, I have found students need repeated practice in these skills. I use these templates for each day of t...

Chinese New Year begins January 23, 2012. My students love making a mask for Chinese New Year out of a pre-made template run on construction...

Both of these games are a ton of fun for 1st grade Number Sense. You can simply draw a table on a blank sheet of paper to save copying.