Fairy tales are such an engaging way to teach reading comprehension and writing skills. Students love the stories and we love all of the teaching opportunities. We do a three-week-long…
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November is packed with many great themes and units and great learning. It’s also packed with great read-alouds for the classroom. One of our favorite November read-alouds is Balloons Over…
1/2 price offer is valid through 10/31/22 November is full of great learning: Thanksgiving, turkeys, needs and wants, stone soup, and thankfulness. November also means so many great read-alouds and…
Schedulin Sunday: Spiders, Rap A Tap Tap, Word Family Bootcamp And Shapes
It’s Schedulin Sunday! This week we kick off our second quarter with spiders, shapes, Word Family Bootcamp, and Rap A Tap Tap! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our…
Schedulin Sunday: Billy Goats Gruff, ING Words, Comparing Numbers
This week starts with Valentine’s Day and ends with family conferences! We’re also wrapping up our Olympics Research Project, reading Billy Goats Gruff, working on TH words with Blends Bootcamp,…
Schedulin Sunday: Blends, Three Pigs, And Number Paths
This week is a do-over for last week because we had Monday off, Tuesday was a 2-hour delay and Thursday was a snow day so we didn’t anything done last…
Schedulin Sunday: Word Family Bootcamp, Counting, And Creepy Carrots
It’s week 10 of school for us! Week 10 means we’re starting Word Family Bootcamp and really diving into blending and decoding CVC words! We actually do some blending and…
Schedulin Sunday: Money, Shapes, And Apples
It’s week 7 of school for us! Week 7 means we are continuing ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing our district-mandated requirements, and our foundational skills curriculum. And this week, we’re doing our…
Shifting The Balance: How Comprehension Begins
Ya’ll! I am so excited to join my friend Abby from Kindergarten Chaos for our annual summer book study. This summer we’re reading the book, Shifting The Balance. We have…
The beginning of the school year is simply overwhelming, right?! There is so much for us to do and prepare and so many procedures and routines to teach. We have…