Today I'm going to share with you my FAVORITE student parent gifts...
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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...
Tie-Dye Classroom Theme – Farmhouse Flair Black and Pastel Tie-Dye Classroom Decor
I just added another tie-dye classroom decor set and I want to give...
Balloons Over Broadway Read Aloud Activities and STEM
Anyone else LOVE the book Balloons Over Broadway? Learning about the...
Holidays Around the World
I feel like I've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus!!!! Part of the...
Word Work and Grammar Review Worksheets
Hey guys! Today I'm going to share how I use my Word Work and...
Weather & Suffixes
Happy Sunday!!! I can't seem to make time for blogging during the...
Penguins and Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week we learned all about penguins!!! My kiddos had a blast...
January… Here I Come!!!
The last few weeks have been a bit of blur!!! We had an amazing...
Polar Express Day of FUN!
Today was Polar Express Day in my first grade classroom! And......
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Christmas!!!
Where does time go?!?! Seriously!! It goes faster and faster each...
Sight Words
I'm so excited to be joining some other great bloggers for our...
Arctic Animals EXTRAVAGANZA
I love teaching reading! And... I really enjoy engaging my students...
It’s January!!! {Snow, Opinion Writing, Text Features, Bossy R}
Christmas has come and gone! We have a new family member.... His...
Pumpkins and MORE!
It's Friday!!!! Woohoo! It has been a dark, rainy, and dreary week...