Happy Saturday! I know it's been a while, but I wanted to drop in real quick to share a little resource with you that you could use to communicate with parents. These Reading Skills Snapshots are informal assessments that I use during small group instruction. I use these as a communication tool for parents. I've used them during conferences and as something I send home each month. You could also ... Read More about Reading Skills Snapshots
Phonics Intervention
After teaching first grade, I transitioned into a new role doing reading intervention. I absolutely. love. this. job. One thing I've really improved upon after taking this job is my phonics instruction. This post is really about reading intervention, but I titled it phonics intervention because so much of what I do for my students revolves around word study. As you probably know, phonics is an ... Read More about Phonics Intervention
Classroom Management Visuals
Happy Monday! I'm here today to give you a quick management tip for the beginning of the school year. I thought I had blogged about this years ago, but realized I did a little video about this (as part of a Primary Chalkboard Back-to-School youtube link up,) but not an actual blog post. So here goes, better late than never! When I first started teaching first grade, I was so overwhelmed by the ... Read More about Classroom Management Visuals
Automaticity and Fluency with Phonics
When I used to think about reading fluency, I assumed it was something that third-grade teachers and beyond needed to worry about. I have since realized that fluency instruction truly begins right when we start teaching foundational skills. Reading fluency does begin with phonics! Sounds strange, right? Research shows that a strong foundation in phonics is key to reading success. But what does ... Read More about Automaticity and Fluency with Phonics
September Literacy Centers for First Grade
A few weeks ago I blogged about how I managed my literacy centers. This system is literally the best thing I ever did as a first grade teacher. It made things so much easier for me in the long run. You can read more about it HERE. I finally took photographs of my September centers to show you all. I have these monthly centers for every month except July. I train my students in September, reinforce ... Read More about September Literacy Centers for First Grade
Writing Rubrics for Common Core
Hi Everyone! Last week I updated my writing rubrics pack again. This update includes all new rubrics with the common core standards right on them. The other rubrics were not grade-specific, but these ones are. I added rubrics for kindergarten through third grade. For each grade there is a conventions rubric and narrative, opinion, and informative rubrics. Here is a little preview of the ... Read More about Writing Rubrics for Common Core
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