My Diigo Library

Well I certainly have been giving my mouse a workout!  There are so many amazing resources available for teachers...I could spend hours every day searching!  Here is my Diigo library which includes a variety of different resources including lesson plans, activities, articles, games and much more. I can't wait to add more links to my library and I am looking forward to sharing it with my first grade colleagues.

Read All About It!

I use a variety of early childhood literacies and digital storytelling resources in my classroom.  Our district has subscriptions to One More Story and Tumblebooks. Both of these sites have an extensive collection of pictures books and I can always find a great story to play for the students during snack time.  My personal favorite is Storyline Online, the students love listening to the different actors/actresses reading the stories.  Sean Astin reading A Bad Case of Stripes is one of my all time favorites!  If you haven't used this site before please take a look and share Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, a great story for Valentine's Day!

    

Xtra Xtra...Learn All About It!

One of my favorite math resources this year has been XtraMath. It is a free math program that teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.  All you have to do is enter your class list and the students receive their own pin.  The best part is the students can log in at home and you receive weekly updates on their progress.  The parents love having the extra math practice at home and the students enjoy tracking their progress. Check it out!

Diigo

I am absolutely loving this site.  Every time I find a website I want to go back to all I have to do is hit my little Diigo icon and there it is.  For now most of my links are for first grade resources although many sites contain resources for multiple grade levels.  Check out some great resources I found.
Educational Resources

The Commutative Property of Addition

Before my math lesson this afternoon, I was searching for some additional resources to use for introducing the commutative property of addition to my first grade class.  I love to use videos with my class so I did a quick search on YouTube and I was very surprised to find quite an extensive list of videos.  This was the one I finally chose to use...take a look.

Great Resources

After reading Chapter 5: RSS, I was excited to try it out for myself.  While I was searching for some great first grade resources I came across some amazing teacher blogs.  The First Grade Lyon's Den had a lot of great resources and an interesting activity involving adjectives.  I also found another blog, First Grade Schoolbox, which had many free printables and activities for CCSS. Be sure to check out the teacher's extensive list of websites! I am looking forward to spending more time using this feature.