Picture Direction Cards
One of the best things I ever introduced to my students were picture direction cards. As I verbally give directions for an assignment, I put up a picture card so that…
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DIY Classroom Library Sticks #MakeAmazing
Something about the end of the year approaching always has me thinking about what I want to organize, plan, rearrange and try differently for next year! So when Scotch asked…
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Sight Word Dice
I adore the Dollar Tree and I especially love their teacher section! Teaching goodies + $1 = a very happy teacher! A few years ago, I found these adorable sight…
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Mother’s Day Gift Recipe Books
This year as a Mother’s Day gift, our class made some adorable recipe books! My teaching partner has been making these for years and they are so much fun! Mother’s…
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Sentence Building Practice
My students love, love, love sentence building and they are becoming quite good at it too! We practice sight reading each word, then unscrambling it to make a sentence, and…
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The Cutest Spring Chick Craft
Hey Friends! One Spring Party stands between me and my Spring Break and I could squeal with excitement!! I absolutely love my job and I adore my class this year,…
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Super CVCe Practice {that tricky magic e!}
My students are loving our CVC centers and are truly becoming great readers and writers. They love the interactive, hands-on activities they get to use during center time. It really makes me…
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You’re in the Hot Seat!!
When I taught first grade, we played a game called Hot Seat which my students absolutely loved. I pulled my teacher chair up to the front of the room and…
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Stamping Sight Word Booklets…again ;)
Last month I posted about our stamping sight word booklets and how much fun we’re having with them. I’ve also received some great feedback from you guys too. I read…
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Math Word Problems for Spring
I’m fairly certain I say this about every subject I teach…but math is truly a favorite of mine! It was my favorite subject going through elementary school and I’m definitely…
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Spring Activities for Kindergarten
Spring is almost here! Yahoo!!! Okay so our California winter hasn’t been that bad…but it is supposed to rain tomorrow!! And that’s about enough winter that I can handle! But…
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Stamping Sight Word Booklets
Sight word booklets are a great way to teach students sight words or ‘popcorn’ words that cannot always be sounded out, but beginning readers need to readily know. My class…
