Shared reading is one of my most favorite parts of the day!! It is a time for me to model what great reading looks like, sounds like, and even how great readers think. The best part is that the students get the joy of reading the on-level text with me! When I taught Kindergarten in […]
I have been super busy the last few weeks with school, but when I got crazy sick on Friday, I just didn’t have the energy to focus on school work. Instead, I spent my time finishing up some MUCH needed TLC for my Guided Reading and Conference Binder. {click the picture above to go to […]
In the classroom this week we are working making connections…for about the 3rd week in a row. We read this great book! We can ALL make connections with Alexander! {click the image to purchase the book} Then we wrote about our connections! We also made an Alexander and then my friends made themselves, too […]
Last week we focused on cause and effect. We read some fun books as we did this. Before you check it out let me just say this….I know, I know, the books don’t flow. But there was no “theme” that was good for teaching cause and effect. I just picked literature that had easy to […]
Last week was wonderful! We had a great time digging into main idea and details during our reading time. We have continued to focus on it because my little ones are having a hard time. I think it’s just a hard concept for all. I tried to do a few things to make it easier […]
I have a love/hate relationship with this week of school. It’s this way every year for me. I LOVE it because we get to do some more fun activities, but I hate it because the kids are just as ready for the break as me, which makes for a bunch of crazies in the classroom! […]
After the holidays, do you ever feel like you’re heading into a slump? The holiday gifts are put away. The lights are down. The fun parties are over. The winter blues are a real thing! Our students can get a little restless after the holiday break, so I wanted to help you bring some purposeful […]
Author’s and media’s purpose are really new concepts for my first graders. They also seem a little advanced at first, but when I broke them both down, they were able to grasp the concepts quickly! This week as we wrapped up author’s purpose, I also introduced media. We discussed the many kinds of media and […]
One thing I know can be difficult and tedious is tracking and monitoring sight words in first grade. From teaching the words and practicing to remembering to assess students and record data, it can be more than overwhelming. I remember in my early years of teaching struggling to assess each and every student on 1000 […]
Have you ever had a student struggle with reading comprehension? Maybe a student can read with a high accuracy score, but just can’t seem to grasp what the text is telling them. I sure have! When I put all the pieces together, I realized that my students needed more practice with reading fluency. As soon […]
As the end of the year nears and we finish our curriculum, it’s a great time to review all that has been learned, while still having engaging lessons. This is no different with this end of year writing freebie. We spent some time doing fun writing since we finished our curriculum for writing and had […]
Summer break is wonderful for so many reasons, but it also can be so hard for so many of our little learners. Many times the lack of structure, routine, and the many unknowns make it tough for them. Often times, students’ first response isn’t to pick up a book or play a math game. Parents […]
