First Grade Teachers Chatboard

Sep 15, 2014

A teacher with ADHD writes candidly about her past struggles as a student, her current challenges as a teacher with ADHD, and what she's learned about how to manage the effects of ADHD.

Buddy Programs for Elementary Schools [How to]

Buddy programs consist of upper-grade students paired with younger children for projects and other interaction. The experience provides benefits for both students involved, providing children with stimulating opportunities for learning, skill development and social support.

Read the article linked below to learn how to plan and implement ...See More

Sep 13, 2014

10 Tips for Teachers to Avoid Laryngitis, Sore Throats

Sep 8, 2014

If you’re a teacher who's prone to sore throats or laryngitis, especially common during the back-to-school period, you might want to give these tips a try.

Tip #5 surprised us!!

spelling

by l

Sep 7, 2014

What is a good amount of spelling words for a test ?

10 Quick Tips for Teacher Survival

Sep 5, 2014

Encouragement and helpful advice for teachers in a very short piece! Take a look, and pass it on!

Differentiated Instruction Not Dependent on Ability Grouping

Aug 30, 2014

Cheryl Sigmon wrote: There is no evidence that ability grouping is necessary for Differentiating Instruction. Here’s how teaching all children to read, write and grow in literacy can be accomplished.

I have this message on the pen pal board, but wanted to put it here too, as most messages there concern older classes, and I'd love an exchage for my firsties.

I will have a small class (16-18 students). I am looking for another first grade with < 20 children for a monthly pen pal exchange via US mail.

At first it may be class-...See More

Pen Pals, anyone?

by Di

Jul 27, 2014

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Di, On 8/06/14, Kristin wrote: > On 7/27/14, Di wrote: >> I have this message on the pen pal board, but wanted to >> put it here too, as most messages there concern older >> classes, and I'd love an exchage for my firsties. >> >> I will have a small class (16-18 students). >> I am looking for another first grade w...See More

Aug 14, 2014

Di Kristin, You might want to respond to Raymie, who answered my post on the Pen Pals board. She has 24 children in her first grade class, and so it would be a good match for your group. I am hoping to find a smaller class to exchange letters with mine. I lost a child who moved away over the summer and I ,have only 15 students now. have a great school...See More

Aug 14, 2014

Apps for Android Tablet

by Kristin

Aug 6, 2014

Our school just got all of us Android Tablets. Most of the apps I find out about are for Ipad. Does anyone know of any for an Android tablet. Thanks so much for sharing.

Kristin

Share your writing prompts for younger students?

by Kathleen

Jul 2, 2014

A teacher contacted me asking whether we would post writing prompts for students in the primary grades. If you have written or collected prompts for that level and are willing to share them, please contact me here or in email, or through the submission form linked below.

Thank you!

Kathleen

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Andrea Sele In my classroom, the kids LOVE doing Sticker Stories where there isn't really a prompt, but they need to create their stories from the sticker(s) they have. Also, Scholastic.com has a fun tool called "Story Starters" where kids spin to get random selections that they need to intertwine together to create their stories (which usually turn out to be ...See More

Aug 5, 2014

The Teacher Who Couldn't Read - True story

Aug 4, 2014

Difficult to imagine, but a true story! In the just-posted August issue of Teachers.Net Gazette:

The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read - By Owen M. Griffith - an incredible story!