Birdhouses/Fairy houses - cute craft for kids - paint a toilet paper roll and cut out a window. Trace a plate onto stationery and cut out circle for roof. Tie a button on the end of a string, pull string through tip of roof's cone to anchor. Make.
A list of procedures that you want to be sure and teach your students before you start your guided small groups to insure that your Small groups will be effective, differentiated, and meaningful.
DIY Kleenex box (math) games. Each child has a box they fill with math tokens. Number cards are on the side for practicing counting, etc. Can also color sort, etc.
I pulled out one of our favorite books Aliens Love Underpants. I also incorporated a writing activity in which the students wrote about things that they really liked about first grade. Check out the pic below!!!
5 Steps to Fighting Off Writer's Insecurity - fighting that little voice inside your head can be difficult sometimes. Read about some techniques that can help you get rid of you writer's insecurity....AND your overactive inner critic.