Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
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
In this post I’m sharing FREE, standards-based Reading Response Activities for Kindergarten, first and second grade students. These activities make a meaningful no-prep literacy center, small group activity or whole class lesson. There is nothing better seeing kids share their excitement about what they’ve read. I love having discussions about books and hearing students’ thoughts and ideas about what they… Read More
Meaningful spelling practice is so important for students but it can take a lot of time to plan and prep! To help you out I’m sharing 12 FREE, NO PREP, printable and digital Spelling Activities for K-2 students. Sign up for my weekly emails and you’ll receive the spelling freebies directly to your inbox! As a teacher I know your… Read More
Free sentence building activities! This DIFFERENTIATED writing center will help students practice writing conventions and build reading fluency skills. As teachers we know that in any classroom you’ll find a wide range of abilities among students. While we can probably all agree that differentiating instruction is important, meeting the needs of all your students can often feel like a daunting… Read More
Struggling with how to teach students spelling words? Read our word study practice activities and download free spelling word practice worksheets! Let’s be honest, how many times in your own schooling did you find yourself cramming information for an exam only to forget all of it after the test was over?! I know I did it more times than I’d… Read More
Elkonin boxes are an excellent phonics intervention strategy. Use these free blank templates of elkonin boxes with students who are learning to segment & blend phonemes while building a relationship to spelling words. One of the biggest jobs we have as early elementary school teachers is teaching children how to read, but it is no easy task! Did you know… Read More
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