Using picture clues to help students decode a word seems like something students would do naturally right? Well, that’s not…
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Activities For Teaching Story Structure
Understanding story structure isn’t something that comes naturally to students. Sure, they can tell you who some of the characters…
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Character Traits Anchor Charts
Getting your students to understand and identify character traits within a story isn’t always easy. In fact, sometimes it’s downright…
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Author’s Purpose Anchor Charts
How do we get our littlest learners to understand the concept of author’s purpose when we teach reading? By involving…
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Sheila Rae, The Brave Activities
For our young students, school can be scary. It may be the first time they are away from their parents…
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Cause and Effect
Teaching cause and effect can be trick, but can also be engaging and fun. There are many great cause and…
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Pumpkin Activities
Don’t you just love the fall?! That smell of pumpkin spice just fills the air with goodness! It is also…
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A Bad Case of Stripes, Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon and The Recess Queen!
Oh my lanta I need to get better about blogging! I have been so busy creating that I have fallen…
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Classroom Management Tip & Complete Sentence Chant Freebie!
Hey All! I’m super excited right now because I’m hosting a give away on my Instagram!! My Handle is Emily…
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Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch Part 2!
The Tri-Fold!!! I love tri-folds! They are such a great tool to test comprehension, without the feeling of a formal…
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by. Eileen Spinelli
I am just loving how this unit turned out. These first graders in the Seattle area have ABSOLUTLEY loved it!…
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Kevin Henkes Author Study! Bonus a Freebie!
I can’t believe I finished it! It has been so fun reading through my Kevin Henkes favorites, and creating for…
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