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  • These 11 first grade math crafts can be used to practice a variety of math skills all year long.

    11 First Grade Math Crafts to Use All Year Long

  • These end of the year math crafts for first grade target fractions and addition.

    End of the Year Math Crafts for First Grade

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

    5 Ways to Practice Telling Time in First Grade

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

    5 Tips for Teaching Place Value in First Grade

  • My favorite Valentine's Day math craft helps students to practice place value.

    My Favorite Valentine’s Day Math Craft To Practice Place Value

  • Make word problems fun with a winter math craft that your students are sure to love.

    Make Word Problems Fun With a Winter Math Craft

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

    Festive Fall Math Games for First Grade

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

    Back to School Math Games for First Graders

  • 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

  • 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 kindergarten number sense activities to help your students build a strong foundation in number sense skills.

    Engaging Lessons to Master Kindergarten Number Sense

  • Teaching number formation in kindergarten is fun and easy with these hands-on activities your students will love working on again and again.

    Fun Ways to Teach Number Formation in Kindergarten

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

    Math Games Make Mastering Addition Easy in First Grade

  • Teach your first grade students all about data and graphing with these fun activities!

    Data and Graphing Activities for First Grade

  • Are your math centers getting stale and boring? Use these 3 fun ways to freshen up your math centers to get everyone excited about math center time this year.

    3 Fun Ways To Freshen Up Your Math Centers

  • Teaching doubles to your kiddos is fun and easy with these engaging activities they will love.

    Teaching Doubles Facts with Songs, Games & More Fun Activities

  • My Favorite Way to Teach Word Problems to Beginning Readers

  • Pop Its are a great resource to use in your classroom for math activities to keep your students engaged and having fun at the same time.

    Using Pop-Its in the Classroom!

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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 💛

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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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