Back for another Wishlist Wednesday with Jen from Teacher by the Beach!If you missed last week’s Wishlist Wednesday, you can still see my Fluency Roll & Reads in action. This week’s deal is one of my FAVORITE classroom products, GRAMMAR READERS! Let’s take a peek inside one of the readers: They are organized by phonics pattern {each book has the… Read More
Roll & Read Fluency & Freebie
Fluency. A dreaded word at times. But here’s a super fun way to practice your phonics pattern as well as reading sentences. Grab dice (I use both these small foam dice or these large foam dice-affiliate links) roll it, pick a sentence, read it to a partner, & color it! Whatever pattern we are working on, we take… Read More
Summer Stock Up with a Giveaway!
Welcome welcome to the Summer Stock Up {hosted by the amazing Amanda over at The Primary Gal}! I’m sure you {and I} will find a TON of great things to stock up on this summer before school starts back up! Check out what I’ve got for you…To start off the school year, it’s nice to have a fun little “get… Read More
So Cal End of Year Linky!
Happy Summer to some of you lucky ducks! I still have a good 4 weeks before I get out, so this post might be painful for me to write and look at 😉 One of my favorite places to visit in So Cal during the summertime {or really anytime} is San Juan Capistrano Mission. It really is the “gem” of… Read More
Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland {Blog Hop}!
Hi friends! HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s finally “winter” here in So. Cal! That means it has dropped below 70 degrees 😉 But it still looks absolutely gorgeous, right!? I’m a Long Beach local, born and raised. Around the holidays, I love to look at the lights in Naples every year, they are just beautiful! If you didn’t get a chance… Read More
Free Phonics Fun: Word Hunters!
I love things that are free, fun, and no-assembly required! I have a quick little idea for you that is all of these things! We in first grade THRIVE on phonics. As much as I have drilled and killed patterns into my babies’ brains, nothing gives me more delight than when they read a word and say “LOOK IT’S AN… Read More
Decomposing Numbers to 10
My little firsties have been ROCKIN’ number bonds these past few weeks & we’re still not done! Our first math unit is all about making numbers in different ways and adding fluently. I created this pack to give my students more practice with number bonds, decomposing numbers, and making numbers in a fun way! Click any of the pictures to… Read More
Common Core File Labels-All Grades
Scroll down for a list of common core labels in each grade! Switching grades is hard! At least going from 2nd to 1st is like dumbing myself down…just kidding 🙂 Firsties leak a lot more than second graders…but I know I’m going to have a lot of fun! In preparation, the most important thing I feel I HAVE TO DO is to look… Read More
Summer Blog Hop!
Hi Friends! I’m so excited to be a part of Britney’s Summer Blog Hop! We still have 4 days left. FOUR DAYS! I sure wish we didn’t have to take it all the way to a Friday.. but we will survive! Some of you lucky ducks are already out! For those of you who aren’t yet, just enjoy the blog hop 😉… Read More
World Travels {aka Cultural Diversity Day}
We had Cultural Diversity Day at school a few weeks ago! It was so much fun! We each got to deck out our classrooms in the country/culture of our choice. We had everything from South Korea to Australia to Zambia! I loved that we all got to teach about our particular cultures. The kids enjoyed learning new things. I could… Read More