In this post I’m sharing FREE Listening to Reading Response Activities for Kindergarten, first and second grade students. These activities make a meaningful no-prep literacy center. Many trends come and go in education, but one literacy activity that has stood the test of time is the Listening Center. Whether it be on cassette tape, CD or the devices we use today,… Read More
Vooks: My New Favorite Storytelling App!
Students will love listening to popular titles come alive on this AD-FREE storytelling app! Vooks is now offering teachers FREE access for an entire year! Do you ever have mixed feelings about the use of technology in the classroom? While there are definitely a lot of perks to using it, there is also pressure to make sure you are using… Read More
Free Spelling Activities
I’m sharing 12 FREE, NO PREP, printable and digital Spelling Activities for Kindergarten, first and second grade students! These activities provide meaningful and engaging spelling practice and are perfect for any word work literacy center. I also offer details about my Year-Long Weekly Word Study Resource that offers weekly word lists, practice activities, parent letters, assessments and MORE for k-3!… Read More
Hidden Sight Words and a Freebie!
Hey Friend! How do your kids learn sight words? They are so tricky but so necessary for emergent readers to learn! As teachers we teach reading strategies like: look at the picture, sound it out, skip the tricky word and come back…THEN they encounter the word said…ugh! Next thing you know the reader is frustrated and loses all comprehension of… Read More
The BEST Classroom Management Tip! {A FREEBIE!}
A free positive classroom management idea to keep your kids accountable and on task during centers! Hey Friend! Happy Back to School! So many of my friends are starting back this week. How did summer pass so quickly?! Summer is my favorite time of the year so I am just not ready to let it go…. Yes, I had… Read More
Back to School Organization!
Happy Monday! (That isn’t so bad when we are on summer vacation, right?!) I actually am getting ready to go back to school, meet a new bunch of first graders, and start a new school. Wait, WHAT?? You see, I teach in a year round school. I posted this on Instagram the other day and a few teachers were confused… Read More