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  • These 4 Earth Day classroom activities are fun, flexible and easy to prep.

    4 Earth Day Classroom Activities That Are Fun, Flexible, and Easy to Prep

  • Celebrate Read Across America week with these digital and printable low-prep activities that are perfect for k-2.

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  • Use this post as your stress-free guide to planning an engaging reading week for your lower elementary students!

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  • Learn how to teach nouns, verbs and adjectives in k-2 without losing your mind!

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  • Your students will love these 5 ways to practice telling time in first grade.

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  • Engage students in math lessons using these 5 tips for teaching place value in first grade.

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  • This image shows an addition fall math game that has an apple theme that first grade students will really enjoy.

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  • Use these back to school math games to engage and excite your students in skills practice as you begin the school year.

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  • Looking for a way to integrate technology in your first grade classroom and tackle spelling skills at the same time? If so, then these digital spelling games have you covered throughout the year with Boom Card decks dedicated to digraphs, r blends, cvce words and more!

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  • Grab these Free Summer Boom Cards to help your child practice important skills over the summer break!

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  • This image says, "End of the Year Math Games for First Grade" and shows an example of a digital math game that targets the skill 10 more and 10 less.

    End of the Year Math Games for First Grade

  • The Best Spelling Games for Kindergarten and First Grade Classrooms

    Best Spelling Games for Kindergarten and First Grade

  • This image says "Engaging Spring Math Games for First Graders" and shows a student's hands holding an iPad. On the iPad, there is a subtraction digital math game with a butterfly theme.

    Engaging Spring Math Games for First Graders

  • Engage your first graders in learning and practicing math concepts with fun winter math games they will love.

    Fun and Engaging Winter Math Games for First Grade

  • Use these tips and helpful guides to get started with Boom Cards at home.

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  • It's easy to differentiate in your Kindergarten or First Grade Classroom when you use Boom Cards.

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  • Use these three fun math games to get your students excited about learning and practicing addition this year.

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  • Your students will love learning and practicing their sight words with these engaging Boom Cards.

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  • Check out 5 easy and creative ways to use Boom Cards in your First Grade Classroom. From morning work, to centers, to homework assignments, there are so many ways Boom Cards can be use effectively in your classroom to engage students.

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  • First Grade Spelling Activities

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  • Using Boom Cards in the Classroom

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  • how to use Boom Cards and find answers to frequently asked questions about Boom Learning

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  • How to use the FREE Boom Learning Account

    How to use the FREE Boom Learning Account

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Phonics crafts that are actually phonics practice? Phonics crafts that are actually phonics practice? Yes, please! ✂️

These digraph crafts are more than just something cute to hang on the wall!

Students read the words, identify the digraphs, and sort and glue the words onto their crafts. So they’re getting plenty of phonics practice along the way!

And the best part? I have these crafts for blends, magic e, vowel teams, and more!

Comment CRAFTS and I’ll send you the link! 💜
Independent reading lasting about 3 minutes? Been Independent reading lasting about 3 minutes? Been there 😅

When I taught reading stamina, I always started small. A goal they could actually reach, lots of talking about what good reading habits look like, and a few ideas for what to do when they start losing focus.

It takes time, but it does get better! And before you know it, those few minutes start turning into much longer stretches of focused reading 🤩

Save this for your independent reading time or comment STAMINA and I’ll send you the link to these activities.
Teaching a new phonics skill? You don’t need to co Teaching a new phonics skill? You don’t need to come up with a completely different lesson every day 😅

I love the idea of giving students multiple opportunities to practice the same skill in different ways. 

With this routine, students get to practice through a craft, worksheet, phonics crown, word search, and decodable passage. 

And the best part? You can use the same routine for so many different phonics skills!

Want to try it? I have a FREE sample using the SH digraph. Comment PHONICS and I’ll send it to you 💛

#iteachfirst #iteachkinder #firstyearteacher
Need an easy sentence editing routine you can just Need an easy sentence editing routine you can just print and use?

Students read the sentence, find the mistakes, and fix it. Simple, consistent practice without having to reinvent the routine every week.

Comment FIXIT and I’ll send you the link!

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