Oh. My. WORD.

Since going back to work I have not felt like myself...until TODAY!  Thank goodness. 

It's hard to bring yourself back to the beginning of the year when you left off with independent little beings.  Took me a few days but I remembered all my old tricks :)

So I put up my literacy lessons before my school year started and thought I would do the same for math but I was hit by the school bug.  It's a little late but here are my plans now:  Unit 1 Math plans



In the plans I refer to various blogs that I got math centers from...gotta love the sharing.  I also created a few things myself.

Subtracting with Zeros

 

 

Roll it baby! Switch!

 

Candy Land: adding zero

Adding to with pictures

 

Adding To



 

 

 

Lastly, I took pictures of my finished classroom.  I've been posting pictures during the setting up process so I don't feel as if they are too different but still I took them and I got time to upload them :)

 

Happy Birthday Bunting

 Front of the room with my new Mimio attached to the white board

 Other side of the front

 

 

 Library area with supplies littered about

 Other side of the library and my guided reading area

 

 

 Back of the room and our meeting area

 

 

 The door.  In the corner, over by the small art easel, will become our reptile's domain very shortly

 

 

 Computer area and loads of blank cabinets...not sure if I'm going to add something or keep it clean and calm

 

My new reminder board that I got on clearance at Homegoods

 

New Bravo Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alright starting to fade....heading towards bed.

 

 

Lesson Planning (Unit 1, First Grade)

I created a Unit Lesson Plan full of mini-lessons for reading and writing based off my county's roadmaps and overviews that focus on the Common Core State Standards.  I was lucky enough to be a part of the team that designed the Literacy roadmaps and unit overviews.  This is my translation from curriculum to classroom handy. 

I included language for mini-lessons that was provided in previous trainings and comprehension strategy talk from PEBC. 

I also included anchor charts from all the amazing teachers that post them to pinterest.  I tried to label where I got it from underneath the chart.  I plan on using it as a reference (not copying them exactly).   For some mini-lessons I had a hard time finding charts and I gave up.

This unit is planned for approximately 20-25 days. In one day you may do two mini-lessons depending on your class. It includes reading and writing!

Lesson Plans for Unit 1



How are you planning your lessons?  Any good ideas out theres that you are willing to share?