The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizza is a delightful picture book...
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Back to School Escape Room for 1st and 2nd Grade
Are you looking to add some excitement to the first day of school?...
Back to School Activities for Building Classroom Community
As a teacher, one of the most important things you can do is...
A Comprehensive Guide to Using Decodable Readers in the Classroom
Phonics is the foundation of reading and involves making connections...
Derby Day in the Classroom – Tips and Ideas for Teachers
The Kentucky Derby, a Grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old...
Developing Brain Pathways with Phonics Instruction
My family just got back from a spring break trip to the beach! We...
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...
Teaching Phonics in the Classroom with Decoding Drills and Decodable Activities
Decoding is the process of reading words! AUTOMATIC WORD RECOGNITION...
Our Class Is A Family Back to School Activities
I love using the book Our Class is a Family at the beginning of the...
HG Phonics Club: Building Fluency and Confident Readers
There are no words to express how excited we are about the launch of...
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...
Decoding Drills for Fluency – Phonics Fast Reads
As a first grade teacher, my goal is for my students to become...
Reading is MAKING MEANING with Kevin Henkes Author Study
At the beginning of each school year my goal is for my students to...
Teaching Dialogue and Point of View
It's MARCH!!! WOOHOOO! But... it's also been SNOWING all day. I'm...