First Grade Lyons' Den

If you're looking for a DELICIOUS recipe, look no further!!  That is if you trust a first grader.  They began this lesson by doing a Qui...

Today I read Raven  and we completed some art to go with the book.  This is a Native American trickster story.  We have been reading many le...

Here's the Venn Diagram we completed the other day on Colonial Kids Vs. Kids Today. Some interesting facts the kiddos learned are... ...

Kids listened to All About Turkeys  by Jim Arnosky.  They brainstormed a list of new facts they learned.  They wrote on sentence strips, whi...

We've been reading and learning about Pilgrims.  Students listened to Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy  and Sa...

The kiddos worked with talking leads today.  I had examples ready and had the kids try to figure out how the author started.  The kids had t...

I saw some cute ideas on other blogs for Thanksgiving ideas so I've been creating some!  If you can use them, here they are.  These will...

Today our kindergartners put on quite the show.  They put together an assembly and invited veterans to come celebrate with us.  Students wer...

I thought I'd share our Main Character poster.  The kids have been adding LOTS of Post-Its!

Today's mini lesson was good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading.  I used the book Where's Spot?  by Eric Hill....