by Jaymie Genovese | Nov 23, 2014 | fall, reading
Today, I’m sharing some of my favorite Thanksgiving books for first grade and some easy reading comprehension activities to use with the books. These activities are great to use on the short week before Thanksgiving break or anytime during the month of November!...
by Jaymie Genovese | Sep 8, 2014 | Science
Last week we completed one of our favorite projects of the year…Solar Smores. It is a great introduction to our solar energy unit. You can make a solar oven with just a few basic supplies: a cardboard box, aluminum foil, cling wrap, and tape!...
by Jaymie Genovese | Jul 29, 2014 | classroom management, math
Today I wanted to share my new lesson form I am going to use for math this year. My math block includes 40 minutes of a whole group math lesson and 20 minutes of small group intervention and enrichment. This year for my intervention/enrichment time I...
by Jaymie Genovese | Jul 26, 2014 | reading
Are you planning yet for Back To School? Sadly, I am. I was looking today at my old Guided Reading notebook. It was functional, but not attractive!!! I have decided to spiff up a few of my pages and thought they would be helpful to others as well. Every year we...
