After creating my Phonics Based Fluency Passages, I had some requests for a Phonics Based Poetry packet. I love writing poems, so these were so fun to make. This packet includes 70 poems covering short vowels, long vowels, digraphs, diphthongs, and more. The students read the poem and color in a star for each time…
Seriously! How is it almost December? This school year is just flying by. My little man turned one this past weekend, and I swear it was just yesterday that he was born. We had a monster themed birthday party. Even though his smash cake was adorable, he was NOT a fan. It was such a…
The Astrobrights Paper Colorize Your Classroom Challenge is back, and I’m thrilled to be teaming up with Astrobrights for this campaign. Studies show that color can increase memory by up to 50 percent and help students remain engaged. ColorizeYourClassroom.com gives teachers a gallery of inspiration and ideas on how color can help transform their classrooms. The…
Do any of your students need extra practice learning short vowel sounds? Most of my students have a really good grasp with short vowel sounds and can blend CVC words together pretty easily. However, I have a few that need some extra practice with this skill. We group our 1st graders into five ability groups…
Fluency is such an important aspect of reading, but it’s often something that we only think of working on with our highest readers. I am constantly trying to think of ways to work on fluency even with my beginning readers. These Sight Word Sentence Trees will be a perfect way for my students to work…
We just got home last night from Lake Michigan. It was much chillier than I hoped, but we still had a lot of fun. This is how the little man spent his time at the beach. I was able to finish this Back to School Flip Book last week, but just got around to posting it…
Kids love music! I try to find ways to incorporate it throughout our school day. It is such an amazing learning tool. My Songs for the Year packet is the perfect tool for any primary classroom. I love using songs during our school day! Kids LOVE to sing. They sing with abandon, and they do not care…
Today my students became Pumpkin Detectives. I enlisted some parent volunteers to help with our pumpkin rotations. I split the students into 4 groups. Two of the groups became Pumpkin Detectives. We weighed our pumpkins, measured the circumference, measured how tall our pumpkins were with cubes, and predicted the number of seeds. We kept…
This 1st Grade comprehension notebook will provide your students with rigorous and focused daily comprehension practice. Each week includes an original text for students to read or have read to them. Each day, the students will practice a comprehension skill related to the text for the week. *This also includes a FULLY INTERACTIVE digital version to be used in Google Slides.
I know, I know…I’m posting twice in the same day. This never happens, but it’s for a really good reason. I FINALLY finished all of my morning work packets!!! Can you hear that BIG sigh of relief!?! I cannot even tell you how excited I am to have the entire year finished!! This packet…
This morning work packet includes 20 days of Common Core correlated morning work. Each day includes two different versions of morning work, one for below grade level learners and one for at or above grade level. Each day also includes a sight word practice page to be copied onto the back. Students will be working on sight word fluency as well as sentence and passage reading fluency.
This morning work bundle includes 10 months of Common Core correlated morning work. Each day includes two different versions of morning work, one for below grade level learners and one for at or above grade level. Each day also includes a sight word practice page to be copied onto the back. Students will be working on sight word fluency as well as sentence and passage reading fluency.
