Hop on over to Education to the Core to read my guest post on my STICKY NOTE OBSESSION and how I use sticky notes/post-its all around the classroom!
Fall into Great Resources
Happy FALL my friends! I am linking up with some of my sweet blogging friends to #fallintogreatresources {search this hashtag on TpT and you’ll pull up a TON of great fall resources just for you}! I am a children’s picture book LOVER! Here are two of my most favorite FALL books! The Ugly Pumpkin {affiliate link} is about a little odd looking… Read More
Shades of Meaning in First Grade
I bet you’ve seen these paint chips before! Teachers love to use them for all sorts of things! With the shift of my state to common core, there was a change in the 1st grade ELA standards {no surprise}. Before we get started, let’s review some of the new vocabulary with common core. shades of meaning: how words are related; in… Read More
Wishlist Wednesday: Number Bonds
It’s Wishlist Wednesday again! Thanks to Jen at Teacher by the Beach. If you didn’t check out last week’s deal, you can still see my Grammar Readers in action! Here’s today’s deal… I created this pack to give my students more practice with number bonds, decomposing numbers, and making numbers in a fun way! These are perfect activities for the beginning of the year,… Read More
Wishlist Wednesday: Phonics/Grammar Readers
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
