First Grade Lyons' Den

I read the picture book, A Letter to Amy , and students responded in their Reader's Notebooks. Here are their responses. ...

We have been studying a variety of animals this year. Last week I introduced engineering and we talked about animal beds.  Students looked...

What to do on a snow day??  How about progress reports, RTI, reading assessments, and typing a quick post. I've taught all reading str...

We spent the week learning about different types of bears.  I also add in koala bears because most kids think they're bears too!  Instea...

Here's another group in action on their writing day.  They were fascinated by volcanoes so we read an informational book.  They were exc...

We have been learning a lot about animals in winter.   We've focused on the words hibernate, adapt, and migrate.  We also took a closer ...

I just had to share this great sentence and illustration. My reading groups consist of one day of word work, a book walk through, and a ne...