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Christmas and Holiday Classroom Activities
I LOVE December in the classroom! My students are always extra...
Thanksgiving Escape Room Mystery – The Case of the Missing Thanksgiving Dinner
Anyone else love a quick and easy escape room?!?! Students love...
Balloons Over Broadway Read Aloud Activities and STEM
Anyone else LOVE the book Balloons Over Broadway? Learning about the...
SPIDERS Lesson Plans and Activities for October and Halloween
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Bonaparte Falls Apart Halloween Read Aloud and Escape Room
Bonaparte is in distress about his bones falling apart. He is...
Teaching Phonics in the Classroom with Decoding Drills and Decodable Activities
Decoding is the process of reading words! AUTOMATIC WORD RECOGNITION...
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...
Our Class Is A Family Back to School Activities
I love using the book Our Class is a Family at the beginning of the...
Back to School Activity – Find a Friend Who FREEBIE
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HG Phonics Club: Building Fluency and Confident Readers
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Guided Reading and the Reading Process – Step 2 READING
After pre-reading comes the FUN PART - READING! You can read all...
Guided Reading and The Reading Process: Step 1 Pre-Reading
Sixteen years ago... I was a first year teacher... I had NO IDEA...
Virtual Classroom Games for WINTER
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Virtual Classroom Games – Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving
It's November and I'm still teaching first grade VIRTUALLY! We are...
Decoding Drills for Fluency – Phonics Fast Reads
As a first grade teacher, my goal is for my students to become...
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