Use engaging and interactive books to teach about plant and animal life cycles! FLIP Books are incredibly popular, and no wonder! They are fun to color, cut, glue, and assemble, AND the finished product is a book filled with great information that supplements just about any unit. These informative plant and animal life cycle flip…
Learning writing skills like simple sentences for first graders doesn’t have to be boring. Beginning writers LOVE writing these silly simple sentences and their giggles are priceless when they spin this silly holiday sentence: Santa hugged Grandpa between sneezes, on the roof. Without even realizing it, your students are writing simple sentences for first graders…
Buddy reading (or Partner reading) is an important Must-Do in our opinion. But just like any literacy activity, buddy reading needs to be managed well or it may not go quite as planned. So here are my 5 simple tips to managing buddy reading in your classroom: (Don’t miss the FREE editable reading anchor chart…
It’s such a great feeling to have subjects like spelling planned and ready to go at the beginning of the year. Once the year begins and fall hits, so many unplanned things start popping up! Get your planning done early with these easy-peasy, tried and true spelling products to use ALL YEAR LONG: Here are just some…
In the original post, Guided Reading Lessons in 1-2-3, I mentioned there are 3 parts to designing effective guided reading lessons. The process I used is quite simple: I know. It’s not a big secret method. It’s what many of us already do. But in order for our guided reading lessons to be effective, each of the 3…
In the original post, Guided Reading Lessons in 1-2-3, I mentioned there are 3 parts to designing effective guided reading lessons. The process I used is quite simple: I know. It’s not a big secret method. It’s what many of us already do. But in order for our guided reading lessons to be effective, each of the…
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