Getting organized for guided reading can be a challenge. In order for it to be effective, you need to keep your resources handy and all together. So I like to keep my guided reading books and lessons together in individual binders. Each binder is organized by level. and having the spine labeled helps to find the resource I need in seconds! Inside the binder is where a disaster can happen if you are not mindful! Right inside the cover is where I put the sound boxes. I slide ... continue reading...
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National Talk like a Pirate Day Activities
Did you know that National Talk Like a Pirate Day is this Monday, September 19th? I've got you covered with this Set the Stage to Engage unit all about PIRATES!!! This unit is also perfect for kicking off the year with a pirate theme, teaching -ar, or it can be used as an End of the Year celebration. This unit is packed full of literacy, math, and science fun. Here are some pictures that Holly Ehle took of this pirate unit in action: First, we "flip" the classroom so it looks like ... continue reading...
St. Patrick’s Day Inferencing Activity for Kindergarten
As the weather warms up and students are starting to feel Spring Fever, it can be helpful to add some engaging activities to the daily learning routine. In this post, I’m going to share a fun St. Patrick’s Day inferencing activity for kindergarten that would be a great addition to your March lesson plans!The Importance of Practicing InferencesAs we know, authors don’t always connect the dots explicitly for readers. Part of the joy of reading is to be able to read between the lines and draw ... continue reading...
Guided Reading Lessons and Activities for your Favorite Traditional Tales
Guided reading lessons, books, and activities for reading levels AA-J. Digital and printable options for teaching guided reading to K-1 students. Guided Reading Lessons & Activities Guided reading lesson plans can make your daily guided reading instruction simple! With lesson plans, books, running records, and word work activities you will have all you need to organize and effectively teach during guided reading groups. Our traditional tales guided reading pack is full of ... continue reading...
Playdough Learning Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Playdough learning activities for kindergarten and first grade. Students have fun practicing letters, initial sounds, and numbers to 30 with these hands-on learning mats. Playdough Learning Activities If you're a kindergarten or first-grade teacher, chances are, you use playdough at some point throughout the year! Sometimes having playdough for students to play with when they first arrive is a good way to calm those beginning of the year nerves. What's even better is when they are learning ... continue reading...
Letter Identification and Concepts of Print Digital Centers
Letters are hard to learn! First, there are 26 different ones to know. On top of that, there are 2 versions of each letter in the form of uppercase and lowercase! Second, those letters all have an individual sound. This means that students have to be able to look at a letter and understand the sound it makes. Third, students must learn how all those sounds blend to create words. Of course, there are always exceptions and rules for students to learn as they progress through school. ... continue reading...
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More Activities
An engaging read aloud can be a gateway to many different learning opportunities for early elementary students. One story that I have always loved reading with students is I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! There are so many ways that you can enhance the read aloud experience with additional mini-lessons. In this post, I’m going to share some of my favorite I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More activities that are the perfect complement to this read aloud.The Importance of Read Alouds Students can strengthen ... continue reading...
A Fun Halloween Inferencing Activity
As Halloween approaches, our students are often distracted by thoughts of costumes and trick-or-treating plans. Sometimes the best way to keep students on track and engaged in learning is to incorporate a bit of holiday fun into our lesson plans! In this post, I’m going to share a fun Halloween inferencing activity that would be a great addition to your October lesson plans.The Importance of Inference PracticeMaking inferences is something that all readers do, since authors don’t always spell ... continue reading...
Turkey Trouble Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade
Are you looking for a fun read-aloud for November? Turkey Trouble is a great option! Not only is it an engaging story for students to enjoy, but it's also a perfect read-aloud for comprehension practice! Keep reading for some of my favorite Turkey Trouble activities for kindergarten and first grade.The Importance of Read-AloudsRead-alouds are an important part of the early elementary curriculum since they allow students to practice important comprehension skills while they're still learning how ... continue reading...
Fun Pirate Activities for Preschoolers
If you’re looking for an engaging preschool unit for your classroom, a pirate theme is always a fun choice! In this post, I’m sharing some of my favorite pirate activities for preschoolers that you can use to put together an entire week of themed learning. Your students will love these hands-on and engaging activities!8 Pirate Activities for PreschoolersThere are so many fun activity ideas for a pirate preschool theme that it can be hard to narrow down the choices to what can fit into a week! ... continue reading...
A Fun Bubbles Theme for Preschool
As the weather warms up during the spring months, it’s always fun to include themed learning activities in preschool lesson plans. Even better is when those themed activities get students outside for some fresh air! In this post, I’m going to share a fun bubbles theme for preschool that would be a great addition to your spring lesson plans.7 Fun Activities for a Bubbles ThemeThemed learning gives students the chance to build on their background knowledge and learn new vocabulary in a fun way. A ... continue reading...
Fun and Easy Crafts and Poems to Celebrate National Holidays
These easy crafts are so much fun and perfect for celebrating some quirky national holidays. Cherry Popsicle day, Pickle day, Taco day, and more! Fun & Easy Crafts! These are easy to assemble and so much fun! You and your students will enjoy celebrating 14 quirky national holidays. I recommend printing the patterns on colored cardstock. Then, have students cut out the pieces and assemble these adorable crafts! There are informational pages for each holiday and fun ... continue reading...
RAWR! Dinosaurs Unit
To view all of the fun filled learning ideas and activities that we did from my Dinosaurs Unit click HERE and HERE to see our charts, pictures and activities. Here are a few new activities that we did this year.... We read, Can I have a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dad, Can I please? and wrote what we would do if we had a T-Rex. I want a T-Rex so he can take me to the movies. He would pick me up from school. He would clean up my room. (I love all the labels she ... continue reading...
Insects Unit and a FREEBIE!
I will admit that I was kind of sad for my spring break to end. I LOVE being able to sleep in just a little bit and it is so much nicer to wake up without having an alarm clock buzzing in your ear. But today we started one of my favorite units so that made going back to school a little easier, Insects Unit. This Insects Unit can be used with an Insect Animals theme or as stand-alone Reading and Writing lessons and activities. Here is how I plan out my Insects ... continue reading...
Spider Informational Text Activities
Spider informational text activities for kindergarten and first grade? You got it! Done and done! Deedee and I were asked for more informational texts in our Guiding Readers units, so we added a stand-alone edition. As you know, these units are week-long close reading lessons that really allow students to dive in deeper. The teacher does the decoding work, but the thinking work sits on the shoulders of the students. Spiders Informational Text We started this unit of study with Spiders ... continue reading...
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