Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
In this post I’m sharing 4 helpful tips for organizing literacy centers and activities in the kindergarten, first and second grade classroom. I love literacy centers….but it hasn’t always been that way. Yep, during my first years in the classroom literacy centers weren’t the best part of my day. I made a lot of no-so-great choices and learned from… Read More
In this post I’m sharing 4 tips for planning and choosing engaging and manageable literacy centers for kindergarten, first and second grade students and classrooms. Planning literacy centers can be overwhelming. There are so many different activities to choose from and it can be hard to know which ones will be best for your students. And I know it is… Read More
In this post, I share 4 reasons why I love literacy centers and explain how centers can help you better align your instruction and practice to the Science of Reading. Center time in the K-2 classroom….Does the thought of it make you cringe? If so, you’re not alone. Many find centers to be overwhelming to plan and difficult to manage,… Read More
Literacy activities that combine reading and writing reinforce each other and promote learning. In this post, I recommend differentiated literacy center activities that combine reading and writing and share FREE Reading Response Activities for kindergarten, first and second grade students. I think literacy center time is the best part of the school day! Yes, centers take time to prepare and… Read More
Full sentences are the foundation of good writing. In this post, I’m sharing tips for teaching students to write in complete sentences and then details about literacy center activities that help kindergarten, first, and second grade students learn to write complete sentences. Writing is a core skill we use all throughout our life. The ability to write in full sentences… Read More
In this post I’m sharing 6 tips for building k-2 students’ reading comprehension and providing details about my standards-based Reading Response Activities resource for Kindergarten, first and second grade students. These activities help develop reading comprehension and make a meaningful no-prep literacy center, small group activity or whole class lesson. As teachers we teach a variety of reading skills and… Read More
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