Horray! The bowling pins are back on the shelves at Walmart! Last year I found these adorable bowling pins and decided to create a hand-on activity for learning and practicing sight words. While they're not exactly the same bowling pins as I originally purchased last year, … [Read more...]
Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives!
Many of my second and third grade friends are now learning the parts of speech. I thought I'd create a few posters that they can use for reference. Here's a little sampling of the 8 posters that you can download for free. Just click the link below. Click HERE to … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Sight Word Game Boards
St Patrick's Day is coming up soon so let's celebrate with a little freebie! Kyle, my fabulous artist, created this adorable game board last year. When you click the link below, you'll be able to download 6 game boards with sight words from the Dolch 220 sight words. I've also … [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...]
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...]
Word Building Mat- A Quick and Easy DIY Project
As soon as students learn a few sound-symbol correspondences, it's important that they begin putting those letters/sounds together to form words. Nearly all reading programs begin phonics instruction by introducing a few common consonants with a vowel so that students can … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Activities
Kyle (best artist ever!) created these adorable turkeys last year. I love them! Just to add a little seasonal fun into centers, I created a turkey feathers matching game for addition, beginning sounds and for word families. Be sure to visit my TpT store to download this … [Read more...]