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Happy New Year! I can’t believe 2018 is already here! I know this year will bring lots of amazing adventures for me and I wish the same for you! This month’s free “treasure” is an editable template for Question Cards! As teachers, we all have those tiny pockets of time between classes, before dismissal, or while standing in the hallways… Read More
Happy November! A new month means a new “treasure” for all of my friends out there! I hope your school is lucky enough to have a short week the week of Thanksgiving. My district usually has teachers and students in school on Monday and Tuesday of that week. Because it’s a two day school week, we would take a short… Read More
This post mentions this resource being available for free. It was free during the 2017 – 2018 school year. It is now available for purchase HERE. Make sure to follow me for the chance to receive more free resources like this one was! It’s that time of year again (depending on where you are in the world!) – Back to… Read More
Back in 2013, I created the first unit of Daily Phonics Review. It really was a labor of love to create those sheets. I am so happy they are finally all finished! I created these review sheets while I was using Reading Street so the skills match the sequence they are presented in the series. However, you could use these… Read More
The most important thing I had to teach my first graders was how to write a complete sentence. In kindergarten, students are still learning letter formation and letter sounds. No doubt the K teachers work hard to teach those little kinders to start putting those sounds together to make words. In first grade, I was expected to have my students… Read More
I was very excited when Hameray Publishing contacted me about reviewing some of their Letter Buddies books. The Letter Buddies offer children a fun, engaging way to begin their alphabet learning. Alphabet knowledge is an important aspect of a child’s literacy foundation. Your learning environment needs to provide many opportunities for children to explore the network of information associated with… Read More