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  • These back to school spelling activities practically prep themselves!

    Back to School Spelling Activities That Practically Prep Themselves

  • Learn how to teach the foundational reading skills of fiction vs. nonfiction using these lesson ideas and resources.

    Fiction vs. Nonfiction: How to Teach This Foundational Reading Skill in K-2

  • Meaningful Earth Day Activities for K-2 (That Are Still Easy to Prep) copy

    Meaningful Earth Day Activities for K-2 (That Are Still Easy to Prep)

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

    Everything You Need for Read Across America Week

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

    Your Stress-Free Guide to Planning an Engaging Reading Week

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

    How to Teach Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives in K-2 (Without Losing Your Mind)

  • These seasonal spelling activities can be used for every month of the school year.

    Seasonal Spelling Activities for Every Month of the School Year

  • Find out the secret to easy, independent phonics centers in the k-1!

    The Secret to Easy, Independent Phonics Centers in K–1

  • Take students from sounds to sentences using engaging decodable digraph practice activities like interactive passages and word searches.

    From Sound to Sentence: Decodable Digraph Practice

  • These engaging and interactive digraph practice activities are perfect for centers and small groups.

    Engaging & Interactive Digraph Practice for Centers and Small Groups

  • These resources and strategies will show you how to introduce digraphs in the primary classroom.

    How to Introduce Digraphs in the Primary Classroom

  • Looking for a great activity that you can use to kick off the school year on a positive note? These first day feelings activities will help students to share their feelings and concerns so you can start building your classroom community.

    First Day Feelings Activities To Kick off the School Year

  • Celebrate the end of the year with my favorite activity: Last Day Feelings!

    My Favorite End of the Year Activity: Last Day Feelings

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • This image shows a digital weak choices and strong choices sort that can be used when teaching expectations in elementary classrooms.

    Teaching Expectations and Rules at the Beginning of the School Year

  • 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

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Need an easy phonics center that doesn’t take a to Need an easy phonics center that doesn’t take a ton of prep? 🙃

These are some of my go-to activities:
• print and go
• simple routine
• easy for students to do independently

They give students hands-on practice with phonics skills using decodable words… and they’re fun 🙌

Comment CRAFTS and I’ll send you the link to check out all my phonics crafts 🫶🏼

#firstgrade #iteachfirst #firstgradeteacher
Teaching fiction vs. nonfiction… and your students Teaching fiction vs. nonfiction… and your students are still mixing them up? 😅⁣
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This is one of those skills that seems simple… but needs clear, repeated practice.⁣
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This lesson makes it easy:⁣
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✔ introduce the skill with ready-to-go slides⁣
✔ practice with hands-on sorting⁣
✔ reinforce with independent activities⁣
✔ apply it with a creative project⁣
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So students aren’t just guessing… they actually understand the difference.⁣
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It’s no-prep, easy to use, and works for whole group, centers, or small groups.⁣
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Comment LINK, and I'll send you the link to this ready-to-use reading lesson!
Telling time can be a tough skill for students to Telling time can be a tough skill for students to master ⏰

These Boom Cards make it:
• interactive
• self-checking
• easy to use during centers

Students get instant feedback, which helps them build confidence while they practice 🙌

Boom Cards are perfect for small groups, independent work, math centers, and more!

Comment TIME and I’ll send you the link to this bundle of ready-to-use games ⏰
R-controlled vowels… but make it something your st R-controlled vowels… but make it something your students actually get excited about 😅👑⁣
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Instead of another worksheet, this gives students:⁣
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✔ hands-on phonics practice⁣
✔ built-in differentiation (3 levels for each skill)⁣
✔ fully decodable words they can actually read⁣
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Students color, write, and build their own crowns…while practicing Bossy R patterns like ar, er, ir, or, ur.⁣
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It’s fun, engaging, and easy to use for centers or small groups.⁣
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Plus… they LOVE wearing their crowns (always a win 👏)⁣
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Comment CROWN, and I'll message you the link to these R-Controlled activities!

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