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Category: 1st Grade

Brain Breaks Bundle

Our year of Brain Breaks is finished! Wondering if you should try Brain Breaks with your students? Read why your students really need Brain Breaks! The bundle is by far the best price for all of these Brain Breaks (540!!). Included in the bundle: Halloween Brain Breaks Thanksgiving Brain Breaks

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Why I Read Magic Treehouse to My Students

When I was in 2nd grade, Mrs. Green read aloud to us every day.  It was one of my favorite parts of the day.  I fell in love with books because of that time. My first favorite was a book she read us (this post contains affiliate links): A Little

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Beginning Fluency: Letter Name Fluency (LNF)

When we were looking at extending the levels of fluency practice that we offer, we played around with a few things and finally realized that to make this meaningful we needed to start at the beginning.  So, here is a look at the very beginning. (The framework of our fluency

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Brain Breaks Activities for The Classroom

Do your students struggle to focus in the classroom during the school day? If this is the case, they could benefit from regular movement breaks or brain breaks activities! I do this all the time. I’ve got that thing I should be focusing on (like writing this blog post!), but I’ve

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St. Patrick’s Day Brain Breaks

I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but we are having the mildest winter where we live. It feels like spring already! But if you’re stuck inside with cold weather and snow, maybe these will help ease the pain. It’s so important for kids to get

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Valentine’s Day Brain Breaks (Freebie!)

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate in the classroom. There’s just something so sweet about the students writing little notes to each other. We loved making these Valentine’s Day themed brain breaks, and we hear your students are loving them too! These NO PREP brain breaks

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Brain Breaks for Winter (Freebie!)

Is there anything worse than indoor recess? Sometimes that announcement feels like a prison sentence. We all need a break! The kids need to run around! But with cold temps and snowy weather, it’s bound to happen a lot over the next few months for those of us in winter

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Top 5 Nutcracker Themed Reads

I have loved the story of the Nutcracker ever since I was a little girl and Grammy gave me a copy of the book when she came to visit. So let’s start our list there with the story of the Nutcracker. #1 The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet by Deborah Hautzig

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Top 5 Christmas Folktale Reads

#1 The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie DePaola  WWW I cry every time I read this.  Seriously.  This book has a special spirit and the kids feel it too.  When I read the last few pages, all the wiggles are stilled and everyone is paying attention.  This is a

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35 Favorite Christmas Reads

If we were to make a list of our favorite Christmas books, it would be REALLY long. Heidi and I both have an addiction to kids books, especially Christmas ones. So for this list, we picked 5 favorite books in 7 specific categories and reviewed each one. We’ve given each

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Brain Breaks for Christmas (Freebie!)

December is one of my favorite months for teaching school because there are so many fun things you can do. But it’s also one of the most difficult times of the year for teaching because the kids are so wound up. Throw in some snow days and it can be

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