Susanjonesteaching.com Website Review

Welcome to Susan Jones Teaching! I taught first grade for 5 years before accepting a primary literacy position at a local school. When I am not running around with my two little boys, I am cooking, drinking coffee, and shopping online (usually at the same time). I hope you’ll spend some time looking around my site as I share my ideas, resources, and experiences from the clas*room! Do you use Reader’s Workshop in your first grade clas*room?!   It was an absolute game-changer for me when I started researching and implementing Reader’s Workshop and its benefits in a primary clas*room. I really wanted to get away from the overwhelming prep of It is no surprise that I love a good read aloud. I have written numerous posts about why I love interactive read alouds and spent years finding the perfect picture books to use to teach different skills in my primary clas*room. It wasn’t until later that I began Hands-on math. I love it, I live for it, I believe in it. Nothing keeps my students engaged more than getting their hands on a piece of the action. I spent this past year focusing on math and trying to come up with tons of engaging activities, lessons, and games for first These first grade and kindergarten activities are perfect to help students gain awareness of the numbers 0-20. Students practice ordering numbers, comparing numbers, building numbers, and identifying different ways to make the numbers 0-20.