Are you looking for decoding strategies to teach your young learners? I am going to share five decoding strategies that are helpful for teaching children to read. These skills and strategies will help your students to attack those unfamiliar words with confidence and ease! Before I dive in, I also shared this information in a […]

In this blog post, I am going to share some quick and easy rhyming activities to do with kindergarten and first-grade students to help promote their phonological awareness. First, I should mention that rhyming is a phonological awareness skill. Phonological awareness is a meta-cognitive skill and in this case, students are listening to different words […]

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and today I wanted to share some of my favorite books to read along with some activities to do with each! Some of these books may be new to you and they’re a little different from your typical turkey books! I also have a fun and free writing activity […]

One of the positives of 2020 in the teaching world has been the transition to digital. It has been tough, don’t get me wrong, but digital games can be engaging for your students. I have been creating and adding digital games to my TPT store (you can see those >> HERE <<), but I thought […]

Teaching students to write personal narratives is usually the first genre of writing we begin with in the primary grades. For students, writing stories about themselves and their daily activities can be easier than making up a story entirely! When I would teach personal narratives, I would use the “small moments” method and teach students […]

Are you on the lookout for some new back to school books?! In today’s blog post, I wanted to share 3 of my favorite books to use at the beginning of the year for back to school. A new school year can bring many different emotions as students’ schedules change and their summer rhythm and […]

While many teachers are still finishing up a couple more weeks of distance learning, I wanted to share 5 easy comprehension activities that can be used remotely, at home, or in a classroom! I shared this information in a recent video so if you would like to watch or listen to it, just click below. […]