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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
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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. Whether you want
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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 beginning to grasp that sounds can
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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 the one time
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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 the
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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 then never master the alphabet. They
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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 finding additional resources to
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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 has always been my jam.
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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, they are beginning to grasp that sounds
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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 specials). There
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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, making boredom busters
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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 to