I have a late addition to my little Groundhog unit. Really, I just found another way to entertain myself while we practice sounding out words. :)  Mr. Groundhog here keeps popping up  to look at the letters. When he pops up, he makes the sound of that letter. After popping up under each letter, he runs through the word again (to blend the sounds together and read the ... Read More about Mr. Groundhog Poppin’ Through Words

One of the things I love about first grade is being able to do activities that are authentic and engaging because they eat. it. up! Don't get me wrong, I've had some flops. Big time. Overall though, if you are excited about your cheesy, (but super educational) activity, so are they. I made this unit a few years ago when I was struggling to make S.S. fun. There, I said it. I love history ... Read More about President’s Day Activities for First Grade

Holy Snowly!  We. have. snow!! If you live anywhere where it actually snow, you have my permission to laugh at me. Compared to other places, this is nothing. But for here, it is a lot! Over here we cancel school for a dusting of snow. We have actual inches people. Woo-hoo! You can totally go sledding with only a few inches. ;) Annnnyway, we are well into February, and I haven't posted ... Read More about Kindergarten literacy centers for February

You may have seen this on my Facebook page already, but I wanted to post a full preview of my newest set. I've been using these activities for the past few weeks to help my struggling readers get some extra practice. I use these with first and second grade students.   I have action shots of some of these centers.   making words adding in silent e sorting by word ... Read More about Hands-on Winter Phonics Activities

Valentine's Day will be here before we know it! The kids get SO excited about Valentine's Day. I sort of love it too. :) I added this short story to my Valentine's Day pack. I made three levels for this story.  You can get this little story here for free today.         Click here to download these. To get more Valentine's Day activities, head on over to ... Read More about Valentine’s Day Activities

Hi everyone! I know, it has been for-ever! I have been working like crazy on this and that, not trying to neglect my poor little ol' blog. :) Since my job was sort of created out of thin air this year, I've been working hard to develop a solid curriculum. You may remember that I work at a private school, so we don't have public funding, and we don't have a big system set up in our school...yet. ... Read More about Helping out those Struggling First Grade Readers