Oh.... it's officially winter! Winter in Northern Michigan is tons of fun! There's skiing (both downhill and cross country), sledding, ice fishing, snowmobiling, but most of all...SNOW DAYS! I can't say that I'm much of an ice fisher-person or snowmobiler, but I do love to … [Read more...]
10 Activities for Teaching and Practicing Letters and Sounds
So it's late November and we have just a few first graders who have not yet mastered their letters and sounds. For these little firsties, we needed to readjust their intervention plan and bump it up a knotch in terms of intensity. It's always difficult to find time in a … [Read more...]
R Controlled Vowels
When a vowel is followed by an r, the r changes the sound that the vowel makes. The vowel is called an r-controlled vowel. Sometimes teachers refer to the "r" as the "bossy r" because the r "bosses" the vowel to make a new sound. When the "a" is followed by r, it makes the … [Read more...]
DIY Magic e Wands
Look what I found at the Dollar Tree! The Dollar Tree is literally a gold mine of fun stuff for creating engaging classroom activities. I found this pack of three foam wands in the arts and crafts section and thought how easy it would be to write an "e" on the star and make … [Read more...]
Eyeball Bingo
Yesterday I decided that I really needed to be done with making Halloween activities and move onto Thanksgiving, but then I received the Dollar General flyer with our newspaper. These eyes were literally staring back at me! Oh my gosh! They look exactly like the 4-In-A-Row … [Read more...]
Focus Sticks
I love my job. I really, really do! One of the favorite parts about my job is that I get to network with a whole bunch of very talented teachers. I love hearing about and seeing them implement creative strategies to improve student learning. During the past several years, … [Read more...]
Build It- Write It Cards for CVC and CVCC/CCVC Words
A few months ago, my good friend Keri from the Sweet Life of Teaching was preparing for a training that she was about to offer. On the table was a roll of vinyl chalkboard paper (I've never seen or heard of it until this time). As she was describing what it was and how she … [Read more...]
DIY Word Family Sliders
Teaching students to identify "chunks" in words is an important step in learning to read. Identifying these "chunks" helps to build fluency as the student will not have to stop and blend each individual sound. Word families are groups of words that share the same ending. For … [Read more...]
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