LITERACY CENTER GAMES

literacy center games These Literacy Center Games will have your students thinking YOU'RE THE BEST TEACHER EVER! They have NO IDEA that they are actually practicing fluency building/word recognition skills with this one. By far... the best center activity ever! ...

How to Use Task Cards

Center Activities, Digital & Printable Task Cards

How to use task cards I think this is one of my favorite topics! I absolutely love incorporating games into my classroom - and task cards are exactly that! It's really just a problem on a decorated card, but HEY! They make me so happy - and the students LOVE them!...

Jigsaw Puzzles in the Classroom

Center Activities

There's something about a jigsaw puzzle that just get's me SUPER EXCITED! My husband... not so much. I could leave a puzzle on my table all year long, and be completely content with the puzzle pieces everywhere. My only problem is that it's hard to walk away from...

Building Sight Word Fluency

English/Language Arts

Building Sight Word Fluency Practice Today I want to talk about all things SIGHT WORDS! I'm sure you're like me, and have come to realize that when students can get a handle on sight words and the ability to quickly read the majority of grade-level words, it sure...

Place Value with Tens and Ones

Early Finishers, Math

Place value with tens and ones I'm not sure about you, but I LOVE teaching place value in first grade. It seems like they just GET IT as soon as I teach it - no banging my head against the wall for this concept. Maybe it's because Eureka Math does such a great job...

$Math Review for 2nd Grade$

Math Review for 2nd Grade

Math

math review for 2nd grade If you asked me... worksheets or a game for review, I will 100% every.single.time pick a game, so this math review for 2nd grade is of course going to talk about a fun game. Just to clarify - this will also work well as a end of the year 1st...

$1st Grade Math Standards Common Core$

1st Grade Math Standards Common Core

Boom Cards, Early Finishers, Math, Worksheet

1st Grade Math standards Common Core How do you make sure that your students have mastered 1st Grade Math Standards Common Core? We always relied on our curriculum to teach the standards, until we moved to a standards-based report card. At that point, we needed to...

Fun Writing Activities for Centers

English/Language Arts, Writing Activities

Fun writing activities for centers I'm always looking for fun writing activities for centers! Yes, I am "one of those teachers" who had a thousand center activities and never enough time to implement them all. But hey... I wouldn't have it any other way. No matter...

School Door Decor Ideas

Classroom Decor

School Door Decor Ideas Many moons ago, I created a door poster for my classroom door... and then the School Door Decor Ideas began! Teachers started asking for their doors as well, and so the themed door posters were born! They are so much fun to make, and they...

Days in School Counting Chart

Back to School, Math

Days in School This Days in School Counting Chart is another oldie but goodie! When I first started teaching, we always did Everyday Counts on our bulletin board (way before Activboards/white interactive boards). I would get up on my ladder EVERY.SINGLE.DAY to add a...