First Grade Lyons' Den

It was a perfect day today!!  I will say having the temperature in the 30's and outside recess also makes the day seem brighter. Plus,...

This week our focus has been properties.  We've been listing properties for different solids. Here students are working with different...

I began Brown Bag Book Club a few years ago after reading about it here ( The First Grade Parade ).  The kids love sharing a book they'...

So the kids know that I ABSOLUTELY love this song (insert sarcasm here)!!  Pandora seems to know too because the last couple of times I'...

We began our Foss Kit today!!  These are hands on lessons that focus on matter.  This week we'll be taking a look at solids. Today kid...

We read good ol' Tacky the Penguin  last week and completed some work.  Students brainstormed a list of adjectives to describe him. Thei...

So last night while my brain was still thinking about school (it never seems to shut off) I had an "Aha" moment on how I might imp...

This week students worked on asking questions. Our mini-lesson was, "Good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading.  I...

Ugh, I haven't been blogging lately and just can't seem to keep up! I promise to get some pictures of the kids up soon.  I seem to...

We've been focusing on bears this week. Students studied black bears in the fall so we did a quick review and moved on to brown bears ...