Happy Spring Everyone! The flowers are blooming and everyone seems to have a smile on their face now that we can be outside in the beautiful weather. In springtime, I love decorating my classroom with brightly colored crafts the kids have ... Continue Reading
Simple Mother’s Day Purse Craft Moms Will Adore!
It's that time of year that all mothers love, a day dedicated to them! I really enjoy spoiling the moms in my kids' lives with a little extra effort. We make a Mother's Day Purse that all moms will melt over. Kids are able to write all of ... Continue Reading
Learn to Read with Digital Guided Reading Boom Cards!
Have you been looking to implement guided reading while teaching virtually or giving your students the opportunity to practice reading independently? You will LOVE these Guided Reading Boom Cards! They provide lots of word work practice and ... Continue Reading
Easy Spring Crafts for Kids
We always love to celebrate springtime with cheerful little crafts. There is SO much learning involved when putting together classroom crafts and they always make our classroom look cheerful and happy too! We like to incorporate our ... Continue Reading
Encourage and Support Fluency With Targeted Short Vowel Blends
Now that your students are mastering CVC words and sounding out short vowel words, it's time to increase their reading fluency. One of the simplest ways to do this is to incorporate short vowel blends into their daily reading and writing ... Continue Reading
3 Exciting St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for Your Classroom
Can you feel the spring in the air? I am so excited to welcome the warmer weather as March rolls along! We love to celebrate spring in our classroom with fun activities! Here's a look at some of my favorite St. Patrick's Day ideas including ... Continue Reading
FREE Sight Words Center Your Students Will Love!
I am always looking for fun ways to keep my students practicing reading and spelling their sight words. I recently created this free sight words center so I wanted to share it with you today! The words are editable so you can switch out the ... Continue Reading
Fun Ways to Work on Reading Sight Word Sentences!
When it comes to teaching my students to read sight word sentences, I love to use word family words. We focus on reading short vowel words first, then we move onto reading those words in sentences! Incorporating sight words we have ... Continue Reading
3 Fun Ways to Teach Addition in Kindergarten
In kindergarten, we teach many strategies to help our students practice simple addition problems. I like to give my students several strategies to use when learning to add so they can find the one that works best for them! There are so ... Continue Reading
Teach Your Students How to Read CVC Words
Teaching reading is my favorite, so I have several tools that I find helpful when my students are ready to learn how to read CVC words! Once your students have a strong understanding of words, are already identifying letter sounds, and can ... Continue Reading