First Grade Lyons' Den

This week has been so CRAZY busy!!  I feel like a mad woman running around. Today (crazy me) decided sponge painting and an afternoon of a...

Here's a look into our Writer's Workshop... At the beginning of the year we looked at different forms of writing and why writer...

We've been learning A LOT about apples.  First we completed a KWL chart and wrote in our science notebooks. Then we learned the pa...

We've been learning about communities.  Our focus was school community.  We went on a school hunt trying to find and take pictures of co...

We read The Recess Queen  today.  This went right along with Peacemakers and Peacebreakers.  After we finished the book most kids said she w...

Today we kissed our brains!!  We've been building stamina for reading to self.  Kids read for 15 solid minutes with no interruptions.  S...

Today we began Special Person of the Day.  Each day we'll be interviewing and learning more about each classmate.  This is a great way t...

Whoa, even with the caffeine this morning it was crazy busy!  Lots of energy and excitement.  I'm quite PROUD of the class I have.  Whil...

So I awoke to find my blog had made the top 10 on  Mrs. Ayala's  Kinder Fun!!  Thank you so much taking the time to check out my blog. ...

Here I am with a 5 lb box of York Peppermint Patties and a shirt to show just how much I LOVE  these little treats!!  I thought this wo...