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Set up and manage ELA Centers

I've said it for years, but ELA centers are the most peaceful time of the day.  It's the time of the day when we're most productive.  Let me help you set up and manage ELA Centers in your primary classroom.

I’ve said it for years, but ELA centers are the most peaceful time of the day.  It’s the time of the day when we’re most productive.  Let me help you set up and manage ELA Centers in your primary classroom. During this time, students are working independently in heterogeneous groups while I pull homogeneous guided […]

Classroom Essentials to Increase Student Engagement

Increase engagement with these classroom essentials are easy-to-use in your classroom.

I’ve got a few classroom essentials to increase student engagement that are easy to implement and fun to use. I teamed up with Oriental Trading Company  this year to create a wish list with items I knew would be helpful in my classroom.  Although I was given these items for free,  I only share classroom resources that […]

Phonics Activities and Games for K-2

Implement these 3 easy phonics activities and games into your classroom tomorrow. They require little prep. and can be used with any reading curriculum.

For the last 3 years, we’ve had to supplement phonics instruction with phonics activities and games because we didn’t have a reading program.  Every week, we were scouring different blogs and TpT looking for meaningful activities that would support student learning.  I’ve got a few phonics activities and games that you can use in your […]

Differentiating Reading Instruction…where to begin?

I remember when I first began teaching, I was overwhelmed with all of the learning styles, abilities, and outside influences that affected my students and their success.  After a few years, advice from veteran teachers and administrators, hours of PLC meetings, 300+ hours of training and workshops, I feel like I’ve finally got it down.  […]