Keeping Up with Phonics and Word Families
I love teaching phonics. It’s so empowering for students to have confidence in their sounds as they tackle decoding new words. Teaching a new phonics pattern each week is fun…
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First Grade
1st grade teaching ideas and resources for math, Guided Math, literacy, writing, and more.
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How I Track Sight Words and Fluency Phrases
During a teacher training in Tennessee, someone asked how I kept track of sight words when every student was on a different list. I gave each reader one little booklet…
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Teaching Sight Words Through Phonics: High Frequency Words, Heart Words, and Word Work
Teaching Sight Words Through Phonics Teachers still search for sight words because that is the familiar classroom language. Today, we can keep the familiar term while teaching these words in…
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Teaching Word Families with Printable Word Family Books
A student reads sip on the left-hand page. On the facing page, that same word turns up in sip from a cup. That’s one of my favorite parts of teaching…
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Free Fall Math Centers for Comparing, Ordering, and Adding 10 and 100
Fall math centers can give students another opportunity to practice the skills you’re teaching. I created three free activities that focus on comparing quantities, ordering numbers, and adding and subtracting…
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Navigating November: 8 Must-Have Teacher Resources
Let’s feast on a bounty of teaching resources for November. Each resource hits on different subject areas and standards, creating a cornucopia of content to make November inspiring for teachers…
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Standards Alignment and Guided Math
Alignment documents make it easier to plan and teach Guided Math. Guided Math is used in classrooms across the United States. This post shares two free documents for standards alignment…
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The Comparison of Total Math and Guided Math
Since launching our new Total Math Curriculum, we have been receiving many inquiries about the comparison of Total Math and Guided Math. This post is a thorough comparison of our…
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Daily Math Fact Fluency Practices For Long Term Memory
Math fact fluency is the quick and effortless recall of basic math facts. When students achieve automaticity with these facts, they have attained a level of mastery that enables them to retrieve them…
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January Math and Literacy with Free New Year’s Activities
Happy New Year! Here’s a free New Year’s activities download just for you! This comes from our January Math and Literacy Resource. January Math and Literacy with Free New Year’s…
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How to Foster Independence During Math Stations
Every teacher struggles with how to foster independence during math stations to some degree during the school year. Although fostering independence is a universal pain point for running math workstations,…
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FREE Candy Hearts Graphing Lesson: Data & Math Printables for K-2
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach Graphs and Data to your K-2 students? We have the perfect Free lessons and printables for you! These special…
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