The Lit Kit: A Comprehensive Resource
When it comes to reading instruction, I find myself treasure hunting for the right resources to enhance my instruction. This blog post shares the ins and outs of one of…
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Engaging Literacy Activities for Upper Elementary
This post focuses on engaging literacy activities for upper elementary students. Have you been searching for more student engagement or varied ways to teach and apply essential literacy skills throughout…
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Reading Response Flip Books for Any Book
Reading response can tell us a lot about what students understand, but it does not have to look like the same worksheet every time. Young readers often have more to…
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A Day in the Life…
Welcome to A Day in the Life Linky Party! I can’t wait to get to know you better by learning all about your day! Please link up at the end…
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Phonics: What Why & How
Phonics and spelling instruction can vary a lot from classroom to classroom. Over the last twelve years that I have been a first grade teacher, I have seen fads and…
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Printable Literacy Practice
I have been lean on literacy practice these days and really wanted to beef up our practice on some key concepts. I created a printable literacy practice unit to help…
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Making Sight Words STICK!
If you follow me on Facebook, you may already know what I am about to tell you. I took some time this weekend to update my Sight Word Stick Activities! …
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Workshop Talk!
This year my entire morning is workshop style. My class goes 3 full hours in workshop mode every day. We do our reader’s workshop (loosely based on The Daily Five)…
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Spring Forward with Motivation!
As we enter Spring it gets harder and harder to stay focused and interested. I mean let’s be honest! Your day’s structure is in place, the newness has worn off…
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The Big Phonics Bundle! {Purposeful Word Work}
This school year I have been creating purposeful word work for my students to do during our guided reading block. I wanted to give my students meaningful activities that would…
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All in a Day’s Work…
It’s been a little while since I shared some day to day activities happening in our classroom. Although I don’t have them all tied perfectly together in a tidy little…
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Word Wall Centers For Any Word Wall!
Last year my word wall began like this. I had two smaller bulletin boards so I divided it up between the two. It worked well and I kept it this…
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