Rehearsals for First and Second Grade Plays
The best way to study drama in my combined first and second grade was to visit a professional theatre, before simulating the whole process in our class. Before reading about my entry for rehearsals,...
View ArticleA Simple Game for Learning Beginning Sounds
After determining the number of sounds to be learned, using blank cards, a picture was pasted on each one. The pictures could be cut out of a beginning sounds workbook. In my combined first and second...
View ArticleOpportunities for Cognitive Growth During Choice Time
In my combined first and second grade, Choice Time was an important part of each day, allowing children’s self-initiated learning to grow through their freedom of choice. There were math, science, art,...
View ArticleFreedom of Choice for Choice Time
In my combined first and second grade, Choice Time met daily for 30 to 40 minutes each day. There were five learning centers – math, science, art, reading, and writing. They weren’t told where to go...
View ArticlePhonogram Flip Cards
In my combined first and second grade, children learned phonics as an aid in learning to read with phonograms in a Reading Folder. See a copy of the Reading Folder:...
View ArticleUsing Basal Readers for a Literature Study
In my combined first and second grade there was a literature study for the first semester, using basal readers.. All second graders took part, and every year a few first graders were included who were...
View ArticleWarm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies
TA for Tots and Other Prinzes by Alvin Freed was printed in 1973 and is still available today. I’m retired now but it was used in the beginning of every year with my combined first and second grade...
View ArticleA Concentration Game for Learning Beginning Sounds
A simple concentration game was made with cards and stickers. A pack of plain cards were divided in half. Half the cards were made with a letter on each one and the other half with a picture of...
View ArticleIndependence and Responsibility in First and Second Grade
Throughout each year children, in my combined first and second grade, were told our class was like one big family within our school community with respect, thoughtfulness, and support for one another....
View ArticleClass Rules
In my combined first and second grade, my goal was to allow children to participate in a peaceful, productive, and comfortable atmosphere while learning well. We developed as few rules as possible but...
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