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It's that time of year again! Open House season is here and we are busily working on projects to share with our parents on our big night. One of the big projects my students will be working on is their Animal Diorama and Research Report. This was something I did for the first time last year, and it was a HIT! I got this idea after my son had to make a diorama for his first grade class last year. We had so much fun creating his animal diorama as a family project, that I decided it was…

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I had one of those moments today, you know the one I am talking about. The one that makes your eyes fill up and you can’t even find the words to tell them how proud you are. I had one. We have been working hard on using evidence from the text to support our answers. (Yes, I am gearing up for full-fledged Common Core next year.) We have also been working on close reading and reading text for different purposes. Today we did our 2nd read of Wilbur’s Boast from our reading series. The students…

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Tweet Have your first graders started working on time? I just introduced time to my first graders a week ago and they are already doing a great job! The Common Core standard for telling time can be found in the Measurement & Data section. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. It is short and to the point. First graders need to tell time to the hour and half hour. Here are a few quick and easy ways I get my students to meet…

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