Easy Writing Center Ideas

Today I'm going to talk about Easy Writing Center Ideas. But first... my writing center! This little area is something I always wanted, but it took me a while to get there. I first saw this writing center in the Lakeshore catalog and I knew I had to have it. It...

Amazing Free Elementary Resources to Save You Time

Boom Cards, Center Activities, Digital & Printable Task Cards, Early Finishers, English/Language Arts, Worksheets, Writing Activities, Writing Activities

Amazing Free Elementary Resources to Save You Time Are you ready for some amazing free elementary resources to save you time? Your time is limited - I get it! Teaching is hard - I know! I've put together some freebies that should help you throughout the year. ...

Fun Ways to Practice Place Value

Boom Cards, Center Activities, Digital & Printable Task Cards, Early Finishers, Math

Fun Ways to PRACTICE Place Value Are you looking for some fun ways to practice place value? I feel like I start a lot of my posts with... "This is one of my favorite things to teach..." I'm starting to wonder if I just LOVE teaching almost all things math! 😉 I...

Short Story Writing Prompts

Writing Activities

Short Story Writing Prompts These short story writing prompts are such a fun way to get your students writing! The prompts are relatable for your students, and every booklet turns out different depending on the pages they use. Here's how it works: SET UP To set up...

Directed Drawing Lessons

Center Activities, Writing Activities

We had an art teacher who came into our classroom every other week and worked on directed drawing lessons with our students. I didn't know how lucky we were until we lost that grant. She made everything look so easy! Of course, I'm that teacher that draws on her...

13 Christmas Activities for Elementary Students

Seasonal

13 Christmas Activities for Elementary Students DISCLAIMER - This is my FAVORITE time of the school year, so these 13 Christmas Activities for Elementary Students are sure to grow as I add to this blog post. There's seriously nothing better than enjoying the...

Phoneme Segmentation and Blending Activities

Center Activities, English/Language Arts

Phoneme Segmentation and Blending Activities Today I want to discuss phoneme segmentation and blending activities. I'm not sure about you, but I think this is one of the most rewarding times - when they get it, they get it! But it might take a while to get there. ...

Short Vowel CVC Words Activities

Back to School, Center Activities, English/Language Arts, Worksheets

Short Vowel CVC Words activities After many years of teaching first grade, I think one of my favorite things is short vowel CVC words activities! WHY? Because most students either come with letter/sound knowledge, or quickly grasp the concept within the first few...

Elementary Halloween Activities

Center Activities, Seasonal

Elementary Halloween Activities Anyone out there looking for elementary Halloween activities? It pretty much never fails. I think... nah! I'm not going to do a whole lot of different things during this week, and then I end up frantically looking for things to make...

Fact Families Addition and Subtraction

Center Activities, Early Finishers, Worksheet

Fact Families Addition and Subtraction For some reason, students either get it or don't... fact families addition and subtraction. If they get it - it's so easy to keep trucking along, but when they don't... whomp whomp! We actually would scream any time there was a...