Years ago my youngest daughter was taking piano lessons. On the wall above the piano at her teacher's home hung a poster that read "If you can talk, you can sing. If you can walk, you can dance". I love that quote. Every week while waiting for her lesson to end, I read that … [Read more...]
DIY Number Puzzles
I've been seeing number puzzles all over Pinterest. These puzzles are ideal for independent centers for working with number order. They've been printing the puzzles on card stock and cutting and the pieces. That's a great idea, but I thought if we created the puzzles on craft … [Read more...]
Flipping Pancakes!
It's important to add a little variety into our small group instruction and into our literacy center activities. Sometimes just adding a little twist to a drill and practice activity can do the trick. The Flipping Pancakes activity is super easy to make and guaranteed to keep … [Read more...]
Motivating Struggling Readers
This is a post about helping children to become better readers- I promise. Before we talk about reading, however, I’d like to share with you a story about the love-hate relationship that I have with my guitar. Yep, that’s right- my guitar. Fifteen years ago I was a … [Read more...]
Teaching Students to Blend Words
Blending sounds into words--what an exciting step in learning to read. Once students know a few consonants and vowels, we can begin to teach them how to blend those sounds into meaningful words. Blending, for some students, is a challenge. Do you have students who know their … [Read more...]
Race Car Blending
Here's a super fun way for teaching students to blend words. Just a quick little stop at the dollar store to pick up a few race cars and you're all set. Simply provide each student with a racing track and a car and have them say the sounds of the letters as they move the car … [Read more...]
Mitten Match Math FREEBIE
Looking for a fun winter-themed activity for your math centers? The Make, Take & Teach Mitten Match activity for addition may just do the trick. Simply print, laminate and cut out the mittens and your center activity is ready to go. Put a few clothespins in the storage … [Read more...]
7 Syllable Types Classroom Posters
It's always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those "longer" words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllabe words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply … [Read more...]
Santa’s Reindeer
Kyle (fabulous artist) made this adorable reindeer clip art just so I can create a few Christmas-themed activities. Many of our kindergarteners, first graders and second graders are working on various list of the Dolch 220 sight words, so I thought it'd be fun to make an … [Read more...]
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