First grade songs

8 catchy songs to begin a school day. These songs, chants, and rhymes are a great way to build community in the classroom and fun way to start the day.

Not Your Gramma's Grammar. Sung to Happy & You Know It.

I'm was so excited to wake up this morning and see that Hadar at Miss Kindergarten has started a Linky Party!!! And... it's for my favorite...

Preschool philosophy

"Oh, the dreaded Writer's Workshop block of time"....these were my thoughts after the first week of school. I was beyond worried after the first week was full of non-stop talking. How would we ever be able to make it through our writing time successfully??? Then, this week, they walked in like little angels. No talking, following directions, I thought I was in a dream! Here is how our first week of Writer's Workshop really played out... Day 1 To get our "writer's minds" thinking, we...

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These posters are adapted from Ruth Culham's 6+1 Traits of Writing for the Primary Grades. I use these songs with my students as I introduce the new traits. I just love it when they break into song and repeat the tunes before we start our Writing Workshop! You will find cute polka dot themed poster for: The Idea Song The Word Choice Song The Organization Song The Sentence Fluency Song The Conventions Song The Voice Song The Presentation Song Enjoy! Happy Writing! Tammy

The sentence buddy serves as a great visual aide for kiddos who are learning about the parts of a complete sentence: capital letter, noun, verb, and punctuation marks.He came to be after an impromptu song I created about capitals and periods- which is also included in this pack! If you enjoy this product and feel you can use it in your classroom I would love it if you would take a moment to leave some positive feedback and earn yourself more TPT credits!! Enjoy!

Practicing good hallway behavior is a routine for many teachers at the beginning of the year. Hang this Hallway Poem by your door and teach your students to self-monitor their behavior before they leave the classroom. Aubrey Dau...

*** SIGHT WORDS FREEBIE *** The following sight word chants and cheers have been compiled and collected during my last 14 years in the classroom. Many of these chants and cheers have been around longer than I have been teaching and several of the chants and cheers were made up by a few of my creative Kindergartners! Keep them on a ring in your classroom for quick and easy access and have fun introducing and reviewing sight words with your class any time of the day! Looking for MORE sight...

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Come to the Carpet(transition song for the classroom)To purchase this song in video format (.mp4) or audio format (.m4a), please visit www.harrykindergartenm...

I love the first week of library lessons!! While it’s often a blur of activity, it’s always fun to see the kids walking into the library, some for the first time, some for the 100th time, but all of them having that look of excitement. I know just how they feel! ... Read more

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