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Teaching vowel teams is easy with these 5 tips for teaching this important phonics skill in first grade.

5 Tips for Teaching Vowel Teams in First Grade

This photo showcases decodable texts focusing on different cvce word patterns.

The Best Decodable Texts for Teaching CVCE Word Patterns

Helping students learn about fiction and nonfiction books is easy with the ideas in this blog post.

Teaching Fiction and Nonfiction to Primary Grade Students

Embrace the power of editable spelling worksheets for grade k-2.

The Power of Editable Spelling Worksheets For Grades K-2

Try using educational coloring pages to practice any skill with these winter themed color by code activities.

Using Educational Coloring Pages to Practice Any Skill

Looking for a way to plan a year of first grade spelling activities without the stress? If so, this free reference sheet has you covered with ideas for first grade spelling units as well as resources you can use to target each spelling pattern!

Planning a Year of First Grade Spelling Activities

Read about how I use Decodable Reading Passages in my First Grade classroom. Get a free set to try in your own classroom!

How to Use Decodable Reading Passages in First Grade

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!

Integrating Technology with Digital Spelling Games in First Grade

This image says, "Using Word Searches to Practice Phonics Skills in Lower Elementary Classrooms" and features a photo of some examples of word searches. The activities in the photo focus on magic e and long vowels.

Using Word Searches to Practice Phonics Skills

The Best Spelling Games for Kindergarten and First Grade Classrooms

Best Spelling Games for Kindergarten and First Grade

Grab this free set of Editable Spelling Activities for your Kindergarten and First Grade students.

Boost Your Spelling Instruction with Free Editable Spelling Worksheets for Kindergarten and First Grade Students!

Use these controlled texts activities to help you young readers of all levels feel successful this year.

Differentiated Instruction with Controlled Texts: Activities for First Grade Readers of All Levels

Use cloze reading activities to help your first grade with reading comprehension skills

How to Use Cloze Reading Activities to Improve Reading Comprehension

Improve your students' spelling skills with easy-to-use editable spelling worksheets. You can use these spelling activities with any list!

How To Use Editable Spelling Worksheets to Improve Spelling

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

Supercharge Sight Word Learning with Boom Cards

With these editable spelling activities, get your back-to-school season off to a great start. Save yourself prep time throughout the year with these easy to use spelling worksheets your students will love

Editable Spelling Activities For The School Year

Learn how to use "magic e" as a fun and effective way to master cvce words!

Magic E: The Fun and Effective Way to Master CVCe Words

These fun grammar activities for first grade will help your students get valuable practice with correcting sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation.

Fun Grammar Activities for the 1st Grade Classroom

Use these fun and easy spelling activities to keep your students engaged as they learn.

Easy Spelling Activities Your Students Will Love

First Grade Spelling Activities

How To Use Boom Cards To Teach Spelling

These rhyming activities are the perfect way to keep your Kindergartners excited to learn this year.

Must Have Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten

Use these tips to help your students learn how to decode reading passages this year.

How To Use Decodable Reading Passages

Get your kindergarten students excited to start writing by beginning with a coloring lesson they will love.

The First Kindergarten Writing Lesson Of The Year

spelling games for a first grade classroom

3 Simple And Fun Spelling Games For Elementary Students