by Shanon | Dec 30, 2022 | 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...
by Shanon | Nov 6, 2022 | 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...
by Shanon | Oct 15, 2022 | 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...
by Shanon | Aug 11, 2022 | Center Activities, Center Activities
Fun fluency Games If you are looking for fun fluency games to play in your elementary classroom, here’s a WINNER! This will quickly become the “MOST FAVORITE” 😉 center game! It’s quick, easy, and a lot of FUN! The best part is that every...
by Shanon | May 20, 2022 | Writing Activities
Creative Writing Ideas for Picture day! I love this creative writing ideas for Picture Day activity! We always ended up with the funniest book! I’m not sure about you, but one of my MOST favorite things to do with my students is to write books as a spin off...
by Shanon | May 8, 2022 | Center Activities, English/Language Arts
9 Quick and Easy Literacy Center Ideas Are you shocked to hear me talk about 9 Easy Literacy Center Ideas versus math? I love math, I truly do! I love teaching it, love creating resources for it… but I also LOVE centers! One of my favorite things to do is...
