Quick Writes

All Cycles! A fun way to get my students' creativity flowing is by giving them a quick write. I give a random story starter and a set...

South Africa Unit: Animals

Cycle Level: 1 As part of our South African unit, we looked at some animals that could be found in South Africa. For each, we researched...

South Africa Unit

Cycle Level: 1 The Complete Lesson Introduction: (the “hook”) I will begin this lesson wearing my authentic South African shirt and a...

Step into our Dr. Seuss Unit: The Lorax

Cycle Level: 1 As part of our unit on Dr. Seuss, here's the learning about pollution section in action. The Complete Lesson Introduction:...

Step into our Dr. Seuss Unit: Alliteration

Cycle Level: 1 As part of our unit on Dr. Seuss, here's the alliteration section in action. The Complete Lesson Introduction: (the...

Ricky Sticky Fingers

Cycle Level: 1 Julia Cook always has such good books to introduce moral concepts to students. This time, we looked at stealing because...

Letter Writing for Thanksgiving

Cycle Level: 1 It's Thanksgiving week and what better way to show our friends why we are thankful for them than writing them a...

Dr. Seuss is on the Loose!

During the middle of October and beginning of November, my cycle one students learned about new concepts and ideas using Dr. Seuss. We...