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Teaching Phonics in the Classroom with Decoding Drills and Decodable Activities

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How to Teach Students to Ask Questions When they Read – First Reading Lesson Plans of the Year

From the moment my students enter my classroom it is my goal to help them understand that their questions have VALUE! When they realize the importance of their questions their thinking grows and their confidence soars. Once my students find worth in the questions they...

Our Class Is A Family Back to School Activities

I love using the book Our Class is a Family at the beginning of the school year! There is really nothing more important than meeting new friends and forming that classroom community! This year I wanted to create some new activities to go along with it... so we came up...

Back to School Activity – Find a Friend Who FREEBIE

It's the season.... Empty rooms and blank walls are quickly becoming that "home away from home." You're also probably busy and stressed. Trying to enjoy the last of your summer while also prepping your room to welcome a new group of smiles that will quickly become...

HG Phonics Club: Building Fluency and Confident Readers

There are no words to express how excited we are about the launch of the HG Phonics Club!!! If you're a first or second grade teacher, read on to see what it's all about... What is the HG Phonics Club? The HG Phonics Club is for first and second grade teachers OR...

Fluency and Comprehension with Phonics Brochures

Welcome!JOIN THE HG PHONICS CLUB AND FINDEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO STREAMLINE YOUR PHONICS AND FLUENCY INSTRUCTION.facebookpinterestinstagramyoutubeHi there! I'm a mom, wife, first grade teacher, and curriculum designer. I love teaching and I also enjoy creating...

Guided Reading and the Reading Process – Step 2 READING

After pre-reading comes the FUN PART - READING! You can read all about pre-reading HERE! Reading is when my little learners apply what they have learned! They apply knowledge of sight words, phonics skills, decoding, vocabulary skills, word identification, and reading...

Guided Reading and The Reading Process: Step 1 Pre-Reading

Sixteen years ago... I was a first year teacher... I had NO IDEA what I was doing when it came to guided reading groups! I DREADED that small group time! I taught a 1/2 split and my kids were on so many different levels. I couldn't figure out how to organize my...

Virtual Classroom Games for WINTER

2020 has been one for the books! I've learned things I never thought I would... I'm using technology to implement my instruction... I've learned google slides, google forms, google classroom, google meet, ZOOM... What in the world? THIS IS SO NOT ME! I know technology...

Virtual Classroom Games – Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving

It's November and I'm still teaching first grade VIRTUALLY! We are live for an hour each morning for ELA... my students get a 15 minute break and we're live again for 45 minutes of math. During those live sessions I do my best to keep my students engaged, working, and...

Decoding Drills for Fluency – Phonics Fast Reads

As a first grade teacher, my goal is for my students to become fluent readers. I want them to enjoy reading, and I want them to leave me and enter second grade knowing that they can pick up any book and read for enjoyment. While fluency is only one key ingredient in...

Reading is MAKING MEANING with Kevin Henkes Author Study

At the beginning of each school year my goal is for my students to have fun and enjoy reading! My first reading lesson is to teach them that reading is MAKING MEANING. My students learn that they can read a story by reading the words AND/OR by reading the pictures....