Add some fun to your guided reading groups with personalized pointers. My kids adore these winter pointers! Pointing to words is essential for beginning readers and it helps them stay on top of tracking print left to right. There are three images available in each seasonal pack to keep your reading pointers interesting during guided reading. In addition […]
Rethinking Calendar Time/Morning Meeting for the Primary Grades
Calendar time or morning meeting is a critical part of the primary classroom or homeschool’s day. Every teacher or homeschooler has a different system that works for them, but I recently overhauled how we ran morning meeting in our homeschool. Sharing the reasoning with you may motivate you to make some subtle changes to improve […]
Free Winter Literacy Center: Winter Making Words
Need a winter literacy center that is differentiated, simple to prep (just copy!), and engaging? This free winter making words activity has students slowly build up to the mystery word “freezing” and really is a perfectly differentiated literacy activity! The words built in this winter literacy center cover a variety of sight words, high frequency […]
5 Last Minute Teacher Gift Ideas
Hello! Are you stressing about teacher gifts? Want to give something meaningful with a handmade touch? Or better yet, something that will help organize the teacher in your child’s life? Let’s face it: all teachers really want for Christmas is more time and energy. And maybe a nap. Here are few teacher gift ideas that […]
Christmas Scavenger Hunt Ideas
With our unseasonable weather, we seized the moment and headed outside to enjoy a Christmas Scavenger Hunt! Beware Christmas Scavenger Hunts come with contagious amounts of excitement that you might catch! The perfect amount of excitement for preschoolers, kindergarteners, first graders, second graders, and third graders because these scavenger hunts are differentiated. I printed out the scavenger […]
