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Virtual Saint Patrick’s Day

February 28, 2021 By Jodi Leave a Comment

A year ago, who would have thought that Virtual Holiday celebrations would even be a thing?  However, I sure wish that I would have had this Virtual Saint Patrick's Day last school year after we went to remote learning in March. When I used my Virtual Christmas party, we were doing virtual learning, and it was PERFECT.  When I used my Virtual Valentine's Day, we were in-person, and it was still PERFECT to use in the classroom.  These are definitely something that I will keep using in my ...

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Improve Reading Fluency with Text Phrasing

February 15, 2021 By Jodi Leave a Comment

Prosody is one of the three main components in reading fluency.  It relates to the expression used while reading.  Beginning readers typically read word by word and do not use expression when reading aloud.  A fluent reader will read in phrases instead of one word at a time.  One way to improve prosody in reading fluency is to work on text phrasing. Text phrasing is the ability to group words together while you are reading.  This helps reading to sound more like a normal speech pattern.  It ...

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Virtual Valentine’s Day Party

Can you believe that it's almost time for Valentine's Day?  As of right now, we are in-person and will be able to have our "kind of normal" ...

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Improve Accuracy While Reading

We all know that reading fluency is an important part of becoming a good reader, but there are many components to fluency.  One of those important ...

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Digital Christmas Around the World

Teaching about other customs and traditions around the world is always fun to do at Christmas time.  My students always enjoy learning how other ...

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Making the Connection Between Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

Teaching beginning readers is such a challenging job, but it is so rewarding to watch things start to click for our little readers.  Our students need ...

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Writing Mini-Lessons for the Entire Year

When you hear writing instruction, do you want to pull your hair out, or do you get excited?  Let me be honest.  For way ...

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Christmas Reading on the Move

Fluency Poems

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Definitely not my favorite of his costumes, but he Definitely not my favorite of his costumes, but he loves it, so that’s all that matters 🦴🎃
We will be completing our Halloween Challenge on F We will be completing our Halloween Challenge on Friday. It’s such a great way to make learning fun while working cooperatively.🎃
Check it out by following the link in my profile.
Thank you, Halloween!!🎃👻 Thank you, Halloween!!🎃👻
🌟Easy small group activity🌟 Give each studen 🌟Easy small group activity🌟
Give each student the vowels using foam or magnetic letters. Say a CVC word.  The students hold up the vowel to show the middle sound that they hear.
Super easy and effective💙
I could not be happier that Halloween falls on a S I could not be happier that Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, but that definitely does not mean that the kids will be calm this coming week🤪
If you can’t beat them, join them, right? We will be working on reading fluency using my Halloween Reading on the Move.
Check it out by following the link in my profile.🎃
I’ve definitely need some coffee to get through I’ve definitely need some coffee to get through this past week that I swear was actually 15 days long 😂 But, I’m officially done with my parent-teacher conferences✔️👏👏
We normally do a student pumpkin decorating contes We normally do a student pumpkin decorating contest at school, and the pumpkins are always AMAZING. Due to Covid, we had to cancel it this year, but each classroom created a pumpkin.
We finished ours today, and I actually think it turned out pretty cute🦁
At this point in the year, I am definitely feeling At this point in the year, I am definitely feeling like my soup of the day should be coffee.
I’m *almost* done with Parent-Teacher Conferences. Only 2 more left👏👏
How are you holding up? Do you need some coffee soup along with me?
 

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