Literacy Centers for the Entire School Year
As I am lying by the pool with my drink in hand, I’m loving life. The birds are chirping, there is a slight warm breeze brushi...
1st Grade Centers
22 Simple Things You Can Prep for Next School Year Now!
When the calendar flips to May, some teachers start thinking about what they can prep and get ready for their classroom NOW. Wh...
18 CVC Activities to Get Your Students Reading
So your students now recognize their letters and associate these letters with their sounds (phonemic awareness). And, they are ...
9 Ways to Engage Your Students During Reading Block
For many of us, our reading block lasts anywhere from 90-120 minutes every day. That time is extremely important because it is...
Prep Literacy Centers in 10 Minutes or Less!
Ah, literacy, my personal favorite to teach. We do literacy in the afternoons and it makes for such an easy and relaxing end to...
Teaching Tips for Your Students with Dyslexia
Students with Dyslexia are sometimes the most challenging students to figure out! They seem brilliant at specific tasks but the...
Ideas for Engaging Students with Fluency Passages
Improving reading fluency in our students is one of the main goals of any elementary school teacher. I personally struggle with...
32 No Prep Activities Perfect for Individual Centers
Individual centers are nothing new...whether pre/post-COVID or in the thick of it, I use them with my students. Center learning...
12 CVC Activities to Get Your Students Reading
So your students now recognize their letters and associate these letters with their individual sounds (phonemic awareness). And...
10 Centers that Get Kids Moving
I have been working on centers that get my kids moving (especially since we don't get to leave the classroom for lunch or speci...
47 Boredom Busters for Kids at Home
For many of us, school is happening at home to help keep our students, staff, and families healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic...
10 No Prep Activities to Include in Your Send Home Packets
So you found out you need to make 1-2 week's worth of send home plans, and you need to put something together ASAP! Education t...
End of the Year Teacher Hacks
The countdown to summer has begun! But before we can close up our classrooms and enjoy some rest and relaxation, we have to ma...
Story Elements and Retelling
Story Elements and Retell Story elements are the five components that make up a story. They are the characters, setting, plot, ...
Guided Reading Groups in 5 Simple Steps
It is hard enough planning for whole group reading block and small group centers/stations. We now also incorporate guided read...
Implementing Literacy Centers in the Primary Classroom
You've purchased our fabulous years worth of literacy centers, but now what to do with all of those hands-on activities?! Impl...
Teaching Emergent Readers: 14 Tips to Ensure Success!
“My kindergarteners need to be able to do what?!” I still remember the day my principal sat my team down and explained to us t...
Literacy Centers: Your Top Questions Answered
You asked, and I am here to answer! Play the video below to get your burning questions answered when it comes to our 1st and 2n...
Literacy Centers Done Right
You might already know the many different options in which you can run your literacy centers. You can have students work in rot...
1st Grade Literacy Centers for August
First Grade Literacy Centers for AUGUST are here! Kick-start your year with meaningful, intentional centers to get your student...
1st Grade Center Activities for July
I am in LOVE with the new centers we have for you this July. I was sure to include a variety of Literacy Centers you can use w...
1st Grade Centers Activities for June
If you teach first grade, this is the magical time where many of your students are making the shift of “learning to read” to ...
10 Easy to Prep Literacy Centers Ideas for May
May is almost here! If you teach first grade, this is the magical time where many of your students are making the shift of "lea...
April Literacy Centers for First Grade
10 More First Grade Literacy Centers await you! I can't wait to share what I've had up my sleeve this month! Each month I rele...
1st Grade Literacy Centers for March
I can’t be more excited to share my March Centers with you! You will find a variety of phonics, language, vocabulary, and liste...
First Grade Literacy Centers for February
We can’t be more excited to share our February Centers with you! You will find a variety of phonics, language, vocabulary, and ...
First Grade Literacy Centers for January
We can’t be more excited to share our January Centers with you! You will find a variety of phonics, language, vocabulary, a...
December Literacy Centers for First Grade
We can’t be more excited to share our December Centers with you! You will find a variety of phonics, language, vocabulary, and...
November Centers for First Grade
We can’t be more excited to share our November Centers for first grade with you! You will find a variety of phonics, language...
October Literacy Centers for First Grade
We have just added TEN MORE First Grade Literacy Centers for the month of October! We can’t be more excited to share our Octobe...
September Centers for First Grade
We can't be more excited to share our September Centers with you! You will find a variety of phonics, language, vocabulary, a...