Often poor productivity and performance among employees is entirely management's fault. Read these 10 common management mistakes that kill productivity, along with easy solutions to prevent and/or fix them.
Are you required to teach a list of vocabulary words each week? Check out this list of vocabulary activities for little to help teach students to read!
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I am so excited to share that first grade no prep packs are here! This resource makes it so easy to teach the first grade standards for math, reading, phonics and writing. No more searching for high quality, engaging worksheets and activities.. they are all here. Plus I am sharing thr
Free Consonant Digraphs Posters for immediate download and print. Laminate and hang these in your classroom or homeroom setting for great visuals.
The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless exp…
Teaching morphology can be a great way to help students with understanding unknown words, decoding multisyllabic words, and spelling.
A bookmark for children to use when learning about common digraphs and blends.
Farley is hosting her monthly Linky Party! Check out Currently February: As many of you know, I'm preggers (due in April). Therefore, my hubby and I are staying in a lot more than we usually do and watching lots of TV! We've watched Breaking Bad (all five seasons) and Homeland (just starting season two). We also watch lots of documentaries on Netflix. We found a great one the other night that I'd like to recommend. It's called "American Teacher" (2011), and it follows the lives and experiences of four teachers. It's only about 80 minutes long, so check it out if you have some free time! Matt Damon narrates the documentary so enjoy that! =) Photo courtesy of IMDb. On another note, did you hear about the Sunday Super Sale over at TpT!?! Everything in my store will be on sale for 28% off! Yippee!! I know I'll be shopping for lots of activities for the month of February, spring time writing activities, more clip art, and some center activities! Last but not least, I just added a great resource to my store called Sweet Sentences Mega Pack! It's only $4.00 and contains 56 pages of grammar and writing activities to help young writers grasp the concepts of complete vs. incomplete sentences. There are posters, activities for literacy stations and small groups, printables for independent practice, and whole group lessons. Check out a few examples below: {CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1j and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1f} Leave a comment below about writing instruction in your classroom (also include your e-mail), and I'll choose a few lucky winners to receive the Sweet Sentences Mega Pack for FREE! :)
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Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.
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Teaching schwa-A vowels can feel tricky, but it really isn't! This article will help you discover some useful ways how to teach schwa
The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless exp…
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that mainly impacts the development of writing, reading, and language skills. It is likely to be present at birth and to have lifelong effects.There are 4 types of dyslexia. The 4 types of dyslexia include phonological dyslexia, surface dyslexia, rapid naming deficit, and double deficit dyslexia.
Every English language arts teacher needs a variety of successful, student led discussion strategies that will provide opportunities for student learning.
Teaching regular past tense form is one of the very first morphemes (fancy word for a unit of meaning) that we teach our young readers and writers.
Hello, everybody! And happy summer! In this post, I am going to show you how to teach some basic critical thinking skills to young ch...
The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless exp…
Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to teach and reinforce basic math fact, phonics, or grammar practice.
Ideas and activities for learning, building and writing about landforms. See our imaginary islands and creative narrative writing about landforms.
A poster to display in the classroom to encourage children to use capital letters correctly when writing.
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Learn how to plan and manage literacy centers through differentiated instruction activities, rotations, & behavior management strategies.
Before we ever pick up a book for comprehension purposes, we focus on print awareness. I like to begin the school year with 10 days of lessons that
Phonemic Awareness Teacher Task Cards to make the most of every classroom moment. Activities for kindergarten, first grade, and intervention!
Use the FREE literacy manipulatives to create a literacy toolbox for kinder, first, & second grade for small groups, centers, or at home.
As teachers we spend countless hours searching for the perfect activities to go along with our lessons. Having a list of go-to resources that can be used the
Teaching reading strategies in kindergarten that follow the Science of Reading research and a free printable to help support students
I find my students work best through play and these pet theme centers for Kindergarten are the perfect way to teach students in a fun, age-appropriate way.
A list of best practices for emergent literacy in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms; beginning literacy for Pre-K
Here are 12 research-based books every pre-k or kindergarten teacher should read to become a better teacher. Add these titles to your professional library.
Teaching reading doesn’t have to be so hard! Are you tired of: searching for decodable readers that align with your curriculum? trying to figure out how to connect your phonics instruction to authentic reading? scouring the internet looking for text that meets the needs of all of your learners? Does this sound familiar? Here’s the ... Read More about Unlock the Key to Early Reading Success!
Spring is officially right around the corner, and that means I'm in the mood to air out the house and freshen it up! What that really means is it’s time to give my home a thorough scrub to ring in the new season. So let's talk about how to get started spring cleaning.
Nothing makes my heart happier than watching my little ones develop a love for reading and storytelling. As a first-grade teacher, I have seen the difference it makes when children begin reading and telling stories at a young age. I love to see their little imaginations at work as they pour through books and retell the stories they have read. By instilling a love of reading at a young age, your child will be set up for lasting reading success. I am so excited to share some of my favorite tips
Visualizing the text is such an important strategy used for building your students’ reading comprehension. It is very versatile as it can be used in different ways with students of all ages and reading levels. I
Literacy centers in the classroom should be simple, easy, and fun! Using no-prep or low-prep ideas helps with time management, lesson planning, and easy weekly setup. Throughout the years, I have tried a plethora of ideas for my literacy centers. Some worked okay, and some did not work at all. Finally, I realized I was overthinking and making center time WAY more complicated than it should be for both myself and the students. Once I realized that the simplicity of the centers was what made them work, everything else clicked into place. Using five weekly centers in your classroom each week makes things easy. Having a group of 4-5 students in each group rotate through only one center each day keeps it simple for the students. The no-prep or low-prep activities keep it fun and SUPER easy for you! Five Literacy Centers for All Year Set up these five literacy centers at the beginning of your school year, and use them all year long! Center #1: Technology: Use any activity that you have on hand. This can be computers, Chromebooks, iPads, etc. Students can play online games or you can assign a digital activity via Google Classroom to your students for this center. Using digital task cards or interactive digital games for practice are great choices. Center #2: Writing: The activities change in this center weekly, but the supplies remain the same. Any activity that you want your students to use for a focus on writing can be used. Add a word bank, thesaurus, dictionary, writing tools, paper, etc and give your students a weekly writing prompt. You can also use one of the writing activities from my No Prep Literacy Centers units. Print the center directions on color copy paper to grab the students’ attention and place it in the same place in the center from week to week because students need that routine and dependability of knowing where to find the directions. Copy the other pages for the activity on regular copy paper to add to the center. These activities are sometimes longer in length, and students might need two weeks to complete. On those weeks, do not change out the materials. Center #3: Reading: It is especially important to give students multiple opportunities throughout the school day to read independently from books of their choice. For some, school might be the only time they are exposed to books. During this center, give students comfortable seating choices throughout the room so that they are not in a group and disturbing other students or being disturbed. Students can have individual book bins that contain books they have chosen to read. By having their book bins already stocked, students are not constantly moving around the room to visit the classroom library during this time. Use these Digital Reading Responses for students at some time during the week to add a writing component. Center #4: Word Work: This center can look vastly different weekly. I always use an activity from my No Prep Literacy Centers. Students might be manipulating letters to create words one week, and the next week, they might be playing a word game from the same unit. Another week, they might complete the monthly “Put It in Order” alphabetical order activity included in each monthly unit. For the last week, they might do a part of speech word sort from the unit. Adding some of these activities normally used for Morning Tubs can add a lot of fun to your literacy centers as well. Center #5: Miscellaneous: This center can include anything related to what you are currently studying in reading or grammar or a review of previous learning. One week students can move around the room on a scavenger hunt, while the next week has students reading an informational passage and answering questions. This center allows for flexibility and might include task cards, sightwords, or even an activity from my early finishers unit. Adding any kind of game that you already have in your classroom is a simple and fun activity for this center also. (Click here for a list of ten easy activities to add to your centers using items already in your classroom.) Using these five simple, easy, and fun literacy centers all year will help you keep your sanity. The prep time is 15-30 minutes on a Friday afternoon, helping me get out the door and home to my family. Grab FREE Math and Literacy Centers when you sign up for my emails. Keeping literacy centers simple, easy, and fun is just... My Kind of Teaching
Winter Math and Literacy Kindergarten no prep activities that will save you time and keep your children engaged during the Winter months.
In this post, I'm listing over 50 literacy centers and independent work activities we can all use in our K-2 classrooms. These ideas are all FREE and easy to implement!
Shared Writing in the primary classroom. How to use SHARED WRITING to write WITH students. Giving Primary students writing skills.
Helping K-2 Teachers Like You Save Time, Grow Instructional Skills, and Teach With Confidence!
Start your science of reading journey with the scripted Guided Phonics + Beyond Curriculum. Videos and helpful tips included.
