Poems for 1st grade

Hello Everyone!! This is my favorite time of the school year. We are finishing up our testing, the kids have become quite independent with everything, they have become readers and writers, they have become problem solvers, I could go on and on! I want to share some of their darling work and a couple of free units. First off, after the big chick hatching extravaganza, I decided to have the kids write about what they would do if they had a baby chick. From what they wrote, they would make…

Classic poems for kids to memorize that they will actually love. Kids have great brain power and poems they learn now will stay with them forever.

This is a primary blog with ideas for teaching grades kindergarten, first, second and third grade.

This week I introduced visualizing to my little ones with a super easy and powerful lesson! Visualizing is such an important comprehension standard in primary grades! As our students delve into chapter books, and more challenging plot lines, they MUST visualize to able to understand the text. Though it happens naturally for us, we can't

If you live near Boston you won't believe how beautiful it is out !! The kids keep saying !! The kids keep saying It's Summer!! These are some poems my class is learning this week during Shared Reading Time. Each child will get a copy for their poetry books. During Daily 5 Time a must do read a new poem/song chart. The student's illustrate their small copy to practice during Read To Self Time! Happy Spring!! word chunk OOK ~sight words and, you The kids love this poem!!! Click Here For…

Poems for Kids: Below we have gathered a great selection of short and funny poems in English for kids to get them laughing and learning.

We've put together this list of kindergarten poems for kids that you can use to build reading skills or sing together as nursery rhymes!

Please cite all poem references: “Excerpt from ‘Suzie Bitner Was Afraid of the Drain’ by Barbara Vance.” Thank you! Don’t Rush Me Please I am a snail—Don’t rush me, please. I’m heading forTho…

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...

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