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Virtual Valentine’s Day Party

January 24, 2021 By Jodi 1 Comment

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" Valentine's Day party.  However, I know that many of you are still remote/virtual and you will not be able to have your typical Valentine's Day party.  We had so much fun with our Virtual Christmas party that I wanted to create one for this special holiday as well.  Even though we will be in-person, I am still planning on using this with my class during our ...

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Improve Accuracy While Reading

January 2, 2021 By Jodi 2 Comments

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 pieces of reading fluency is accuracy.  Having good accuracy is the ability to read the text with very few or no mistakes.  Accuracy truly is the most essential skill of reading fluency.  If a child is "reading" a passage quickly, but they are skipping over or changing every other word, they are not getting the full meaning and will not be able to ...

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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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Distance Learning for Guided Reading and Small Groups

As we’ve all settled into our “new” school year, that could look different in many classrooms across the country. One thing I wanted to focus my ...

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The Importance of Morning Meeting

Do you have a morning meeting routine in your classroom? When I started implementing morning meetings, I started off slow and added small pieces here ...

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Writing

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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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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