Exploring First Grade

Named after the philosopher Socrates, the Socratic Seminar is a structured dialogue between students about important ideas or moral and ethical issues found in a text or across multiple texts. Stellaluna is a wonderful book for students for students to practice critical-thinking, rick discussion, along with listening and speaking skills. The goal of a Socratic Seminar is not to debate, but rather to have a dialogue that enables the participants to construct meaning of the concepts presented in t

EL (Expeditionary Learning) Benchmark assessments for in person and distant learners. Including: letter names and sounds, all sight words, and fluency. The testing is used to assess children on grade level throughout the year (start, middle, end). Great resource for parent conferences.

These Google Slides are great for introducing Geometry with student lead inquiry.

Fun activity for students to share a little bit about themselves using pictures, words, or sentences. This is great for handwriting, spelling, and baseline assessment for student portfolios. Then complete the same activity at the end of the year for comparison.