Bridges Blog Archive for Grade 1

Have a few transitional minutes? Enjoy this clock song and activity link with your kids. Thank you to Misti Simmons, a K-1 teacher from Casper, Wyoming.

Hip Hop Around the Clock  (song)

Telling Time Games (activity)

The following place value online activities sent in by K-1 teacher Misti Simmons of Casper, Wyoming, could be used for classroom warm-ups and transition times. Preparing for the first grade penguin unit? Note the penguin theme in one activity.

First grade Bridges students are preparing to "visit" penguins! If you're a first grade teacher and want a little inspiration, take a peek into some other classrooms...

Ready for a little movement with money? Enjoy these money song links sent in by Misti Simmons, a K-1 teacher from Casper, Wyoming:

Money, Money, Money
Show Me the Money

In September and October we took a little peek into Shelly Schaefer's first grade Bridges classroom. Wanting perspective from an advanced educator and mathematician, we invited Eric Stade to reflect on what he read about Shelly's classroom. Eric received a PhD in Mathematics at Columbia in 1988.

Enjoy these counting songs sent in by Misti Simmons, a K-1 teacher from Casper, Wyoming:

Counting Songs:

I Can Count to 100
Whatcha' Gonna' Do (Count by 2's, 5's, 10's)
Ready or Not, Here I Come (Count by 5's)

And a song on writing numbers:

K-1 teacher Misti Simmons of Evansville School in Casper, Wyoming, loves to play the guitar during transition times, integrating movement into warm-ups. Even as children hang up their back packs they know to look to the Smart Board to see what's rockin' today. No down time in this K-1 classroom!

Misti sent in the extensive collection of links for songs and activities that she uses with her kids. The blog will feature them over the next several months, by content. Warning: After listening to these, I've been known to walk around for days, chanting the lyrics. They're catchy!