by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Language Arts, Other Teacher Stories
Setting goals is an important lesson to learn, especially when we are young. The first week of school, my students set reading goals for themselves for the month. We talked about setting attainable and reachable goals. Since my classroom theme is hot air balloons, I...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Other Teacher Stories
For years I have struggled with supplies in my classroom. The students come in with them in September, but by December, nothing. So I have created supply bins for my classroom. Each student is given a numbered bin to keep all of their supplies in. They are allowed to...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Math
Does anyone feel like there should be a “I made it through the first two weeks of school, and lived to tell about it!” award? Yeah, me too. It should be wrapped in chocolate. Anyways, my school’s math curriculum just got delivered this week, yes this...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Other Teacher Stories
Today was our first day of school and we have been hard at work to get our classrooms set up for our kiddos. I was moved into a new classroom this year to teach second grade and I couldn’t be happier about it! I have spent the majority of last week preparing my...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Other Teacher Stories
Wow, back to school already?!? Didn’t we just go on summer holiday?? Anyways, I have been working on building my literacy centers for the school year, so I decided to create the these Literacy Sorts. These sorts are directly aligned to the first and second grade...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Language Arts, Math
I can’t believe it is that time of the year already! Where did the summer go?? That being said- I am super excited to start the new school year and to meet my new kiddos! I feel like a kid again. I have been working really hard over the summer to get ready for...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Language Arts
These Plural Grammar Boards are a HUGE success in our class. Thanks to Sarah at The Elementary Helper for creating these Plural Grammar Boards. We use these throughout the year to make sure we are up on our plurals. There are endless possibilities on how these can be...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Other Teacher Stories
Setting expectations in your classroom is extremely important, no matter what grade you teach. Students want to know what the expectations of them are so they know how to achieve them and feel successful, and we definitely want our students to feel successful! I use...
by Jestine Cross | Grades 1-3, Math
I can’t believe that the end of the school year is almost here, this year has flown by so quickly! By the end of third grade, the Common Core State Standards state that students should be fluent with their multiplication and division within 100. I don’t...
