What a year it has been! Whether you are in the classroom or distance learning, the spring sillies have hit your class (your know what I mean)! These Earth Day digital activities and centers are the perfect way to get your kindergarten students engaged again.
I know what you’re thinking. I’m teaching in person. Can I even use digital centers and activities?
Yes! These Earth Day digital activities are perfect for a no prep literacy center option or as an addition to your technology ...
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11 Earth Day Books Your Class Will Love
It’s officially April, which means Earth Day is right around the corner! In addition to our usual Earth Day activities, I love to fill our week with picture books. This blog post is packed full of the very best Earth Day books for kids!
These Earth Day books are the perfect way to integrate social studies throughout your day. You don’t even have to plan an entire lesson! Just pull out one of these picture books for a quick, meaningful Earth Day read aloud.
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13 CVCe Word Activities Your Class Will Love [Freebies Included]
It is officially time to teach those tricky CVCe words! As our beginning readers and writers move past CVC words, it is important to spend time on these long vowel patterns. But there’s a reason we call it “super sneaky silent e”! For some reason it can be one of the hardest patterns for our kiddos to remember.
These CVCe word activities will amp up your phonics lessons and literacy centers and give your students hands on and meaningful CVCe words practice. There are also plenty of freebies ...
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How to Manage Effective Turn and Talks
My first year teaching in first grade, there was no way I was trying turn and talks. I was just trying to survive! When I moved to kindergarten, I literally laughed at the idea of trying turn and talks in my Kindergarten classroom. They can’t do that!
Boy, was I wrong!
Done right, turn and talks can me a powerfully effective tool.
Here are my best tips for teaching turn and talks in Kindergarten and 1st Grade.
Do You Want Turn and Talk Partners?
First, you will want to decide if ...
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Free Bee Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Spring is the perfect time for all the honey bee activities for both kindergarten and 1st grade! Students get such a kick out of learning about these buzzy creatures.
These free bee activities include options for differentiation, so they are perfect for both kindergarten and first grade!
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The Very Greedy Bee Activities
The Very Greedy Bee is one of those books that never fails to ...
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Kindergarten Phonics Scope and Sequence
We know how important teaching phonics in Kindergarten is, but too often, this is an area teachers are not given enough resources for. You know you need a Kindergarten phonics scope and sequence, but where do you even begin?
When planning for your Kindergarten phonics instruction, a scope and sequence will help guide your planning and instruction.
Think of your scope and sequence like a map for your phonics instruction. You can look at where you are and see where you need to go ...
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