Wanting to create a writing center station for your students to visit during ELA centers, but not sure how to make it functional and low-prep?! I’ve got you covered! There are 3 print and go resources that I use to create my writing center, and my students love coming back to this station each day because of these resources. Read here to find out more about our classroom writing center!

I think it’s safe to say that my classroom love language is “storage and organization!”

Organizing and managing a classroom library is actually a piece of cake! Let me show you!

At one point, I worked for a school district that told us “calendar time wasn’t really appropriate for First Graders anymore,” so they were removing it from our master schedule. My response to that was “on what planet?!”

Wanting to give your class some End of Year themed days to review everything that you’ve learned throughout the year but not wanting to lose the structure of your day? This EOY ThemedDay bundle is for you!

Want to jump on the Sound Wall train but not sure where to start? Let me help you!

The end of the year is near! Hang in there, you’re so close to SUMMER! Fill your final days with some of these EASY and FUN activities!

This is the perfect way to wrap up the end of the year together. While some may think that the idea of a “Yes Day” is scary, I’m here to tell you that I promise you it isn’t! It’s actually one of the sweetest days of the year, and it’s a day that students remember for years because they get to take control of ONE day and have a blast with their classroom family. Read here to find out how I make this day “not so scary” and grab the YES DAY Kit HERE.

The end of the school year is chaotic enough already- who wants to try to plan a classroom party on top of everything you have to do?! This party pack is super fun and low-prep, so you won’t spend hours planning!

For several years, I searched for the perfect end of school year read aloud. I was convinced that the book didn’t exist, so I decided to write it myself!

Add this sweet book to your collection and read it at the end of the school year for years to come and grab the FREEBIES that pair with it by clicking HERE.

Celebrate the solar eclipse with these fun math activities, literacy activities, writing crafts and more! Plan your solar-bration!

Looking for a super fun activity to pair with your Economics unit? What if I told you that it doubles as an awesome classroom management technique! Click to read more!

Spring has sprung! By this time, students are much more independent, so teaching them is a little easier, and it feels a lot more fun. There are lots of fresh math, literacy, and science activities for you to mix into your routine this April. Read to see some of my faves!

When I think of March, I think of the rainbows, pots of gold, and the color GREEN! I love all the fun leprechaun-themed learning that can be done in the classroom! St. Patrick’s Day brings so many opportunities for you to do engaging math, literacy, and science activities that students get excited about.

Read to find out a few of my faves!

Looking for low-prep, chaos-controlled, and standards-based Leap Activities to celebrate the Leap Year in first grade? Read about them all here!

The 100th Day of School is truly one of my favorite days of the year. There is SO much fun learning to do that revolves around the BIG number 100, and it’s only right to celebrate in a BIG way! Check out how I celebrate the 100th Day of School from beginning to end by reading more below, and grab the entire pack of 100th day or 120th day of school activities HERE!

Y’all- I LOVE Valentine’s Day! I know it’s the holiday that usually gets hated on for being mushy and gushy, but I think of it as a holiday to celebrate love, kindness, and friendship. How can you hate on a holiday that celebrates such good things?! Valentine’s Day has quickly become my favorite holiday to celebrate with my first graders and I make sure to absolutely pack February full with 14 days of heart-themed learning! Read more below to find out some of the easy activities I do each year with my class.

Tracking student data would be a very daunting task if I didn’t have students help me do it! Of course I save their assessment and behavior data for my own records, but I also like having students track their data so that they can see their growth, and so I have visuals to show families during conference time. Read more about how I do this in my classroom!

For a long time, I struggled with wanting my word work options to be engaging and hands-on, but also low-prep. Over the years I came up with several word work options that meet all of my qualifications: engaging and standards-based, hands-on, and low-prep. Read about some of my fave options here.

Looking for easy ways to keep your class running smoothly?! Let me help you!