Cyber Monday is here and I am so excited! I skipped out on the Black Friday shopping just so I could stay in my jammies and shop online instead. There are so many great sales, but one that I am anxiously awaiting is the Teachers Pay Teachers sale. I will definitely grab some items that I've had on my wish list. I hope that you can snag a few on yours too! Below are links to some of my favorite resources in my store that I think you will enjoy … [Read more...]
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Amazon Teacher Must Haves
Disclaimer: Post contains Amazon affiliate links. These top picks are based on my personal opinion. I am so excited to share some teacher must haves from Amazon with you all! I have rounded up my top picks for teachers, games, phonics, reading, math, and classroom management. Whether this is your first year teaching, moving grade levels, or you're just wanting to add some new ideas to your classroom - I hope that you will find this post … [Read more...]
Farmhouse Classroom
In 2015 I shared all about my farmhouse inspired classroom. You can read that post here. What I absolutely love about a farmhouse classroom is that it is so warm, welcoming, and has a home feel for students. Plus, in my opinion...it doesn't get "old" after a few years. Today, I am going to share with you several of the the items I found at Target and other stores to create a farmhouse classroom. Farmhouse Classroom First up, this Target … [Read more...]
L Blends phonics activities and games
Last month, I shared all the components within Phonics Friends and really talked a lot on what Phonics Friends are and how they came to be. If you missed that post, you can catch it here. Today, I am back with L Blends phonics activities and games and I am so excited to share this Phonics Friends with you all. I T . I S . S O . M U C H . F U N . L BLENDS PHONICS ACTIVITIES AND GAMES The "theme" of this Phonics Friends is a pizzeria. … [Read more...]
H Digraph Brothers phonics activities and games
Have you used Phonics Friends in your classroom yet? Over the past few years I used them in my classroom to bring engagement and enrichment to our phonics learning annnd lemme just tell ya' ... G A M E C H A N G E R! My students were so anxious to meet our new Phonics Friend each week...asking on Fridays who we would meet on Monday....having fun during their learning....eager to start working....and were starting to recall sounds quicker. … [Read more...]
Growth Mindset activities
Whoohooo!! It's finally here! Launch day for my new site! I am so excited about the new look - it was long overdue. I've been working with Becca, from Jumping Jax Designs, and I just canNOT say enough amazing things about her. If you're looking for a blog/site makeover, I highly suggest using her. She's the real deal. Ok, so let me just tell ya'... I was a nervous wreck about switching from Blogger to Wordpress. Like way nervous. I … [Read more...]
Back to School Icebreakers plus a FREEBIE
Who's already prepping for their back to school week?!? One of my very favorite things about the first few weeks of school is getting to know my students,....and my students getting to know one another. I just love it! They are so eager and excited about their new classroom, teacher, and friends! I put together several fun and interactive icebreaker activities, as well as interactive team building activities and games to use during those first … [Read more...]
Teaching non-fiction text and graphic features
I think we would all agree that teaching non-fiction text features in the younger grades can be quite the struggle! It just doesn't hold their attention. #canigetanamen Last year, I did a few activities with my students that helped make this comprehension skill fun and engaging for them. Throughout the summer I have been adding to those previous activities and put them all in my newest Tying Up Comprehension pack. Let's take a … [Read more...]
Prefix freebies and Adverbs!
After wrapping up suffixes last week, this week was all about prefixes. We kept our focus just on prefixes un- and re-. I wanted to pop in real quick and share a few freebies with you all. Most of our activities were the same as the activities we did with suffixes. We started off by playing Match It. Each student got a base word card or a prefix card. They had to walk around the room to find their match. After finding their … [Read more...]
Earth Day, Dream Houses, and Suiting Up for Summer!
I wanted to share a few Earth Day activities with you all....I know I am late in the game, but maybe you can pin them for next year. Over the past few years, we have read The Lorax and created these 5W poems to summarize one of the characters from The Lorax story. The Once-ler (who) cut down truffla trees (did what) a long time ago (when) in the forrest (where) to get rich. (why) I let them choose if … [Read more...]
R controlled Phonics Friends
Long time no chat friends! Life has been one crazy party around here, but I'm back and ready to catch up with you all. As you know, phonics is a huge skill in first grade and most of the time, it is pretty boring for most of our kiddos. Last year I knew I had to jazz things up in my phonics instruction and create something meaningful, engaging, and something that helped the sounds stick with my students. That's when … [Read more...]
Verb Tenses and a Long A Freebie!
I wanted to hop on real quick and share a quick, cute, and simple long a freebie with you all. Last week we worked on long a. On Friday we sorted snowballs by long a and short a. We used all the long a snowballs to create a winter scene. I usually do these every year and always love to see what scenes my students come up with. Here's a few from this year. Some days we just run out of time. Friday was one of those days! Otherwise, … [Read more...]