Guided Reading: A little novelty goes a LONG way!
I will be the first to admit that I LOVE cute… I love when things match… I love using colors to code EVERYTHING… I love when things just work like magic… but most of all, I love when SIMPLE things increase engagement, and therefore help my students. I have a pretty fantastic collection of tools I use for Guided Reading groups. Every class, and even every small group, responds differently to the “tools”. So some years, I use a variety, and some years I stick with one or two that are best. You…
Labeling the Teacher & Some Syllable Fun
Last year I saw the cutest labeling lesson from sweet Julie Lee . I had already introduced the concept when I saw it, so I tucked away the ...
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Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten
Check out all the fun things we are doing in room 28!
How To Laminate an Envelope! • A Turn to Learn
Are you addicted to laminating? (Aren’t we all!?) Have you ever wondered “How could I laminate an envelope?” If so, this is the post for you! The Technology Tuesday winner this week was “How to Laminate an Envelope!” This poll was pretty exciting… it had a record 147 votes, and almost half of those votes […]
Making Montessori Ours
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Printable Sentence Strip Template, Print on Sentence Strips
Now you can save and print your files. No more tossing strips because your handwriting got funky. No more rewriting strips year after year. Great for bulletin boards, cutting up sentences, separating phonemes, centers signs... Anything that you usually write on sentence strips. Note: This is set...
Story element wall- wipe off sentence strips make for easy cleaning!
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Teacher Mom of 3
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Word Work FREE
Word Work FREEBIE! This set has 10 pages of word work for kindergarten and first grade. It has 2 pages of each of the following activities: match and write sight words, sight word word searches, fill in the sight word sentences, making CVC words, and making words with blends/digraphs. Several ...
Sentence Strip Template (3"x9"), Two per Page from norskpdx on TeachersNotebook.com (4 pages)
Sentence Strip Template (3"x9"), Two per Page from norskpdx on TeachersNotebook.com (4 pages)
Swat it!
What do you do with bugs? Swat them, right? Here's a fun activity to use with my "Buggy for Reading" packets. You can also use this with other lessons, too. When you meet with your reading group, give each student a copy of this: This is from my primer packet. First, give your students time to read these sentences silently by themselves. Then you let each student read a sentence or have partners read a sentence together. Ahead of time, write the sentences on sentence strips. Choose two…
Foldables, Foldables Everywhere
I couldn't resist sharing these two photos of Foldables in use. Amy Mallow, a contributing author to the blog, shared these samples of Foldables. I loved how she created the Foldable, photocopied it for students, and allowed them to fold, cut, and fill in the answers. Students appreciate this as the "shell" has already been completed. Notice how the Foldable was added to student Interactive Notebooks for easy access and review when needed. Foldables make a great addition to Interactive…