Sight Word Dominoes

I love teaching sight words to young children as they become very confident and amazed as they learn they can read! There is a time after you have moved past focusing on concepts about print with your students we move onto sight words. I love teaching them by playing games in small group instruction! When I do this I try to focus on only 11 words until they have memorized the words and know ... View Post

Alphabet, Sounds and Concept About Print Activities

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Teaching literacy skills is one of my favourite things to teach. Making learning fun and engaging brings joy to my students, and I love that! Many of these activities can be printed ahead and used with students in distance learning! Letter Identification & Printing Bingo Bingo is often my student's favorite activity to learn. Why? I don't know. ... View Post

8 Benefits of Alphabet Books for Young Children

When teaching children Concepts of Print I often am looking for different ways to support students learning. One of the easiest ways for pre-readers is to use simple alphabet books. There are three different ways we use them in our classroom. Small Group Lessons Small group lessons help us teach children learn about a specific topic to prevent them from being overwhelmed or bored. We focus on ... View Post

Digital Graphing in Google Slides

In our classroom students often authentically come up with authentic questions to ask their friends in order to make surveys. We have loved providing authentic surveys for kids throughout our distance learning experience with our students. We use Google Slides activities in our weekly virtual choice board so that students can ask friends and family members the questions we want to offer them. ... View Post

Patterning Activities in Google Slides

My students have always love engaging patterning activities using a wide variety of manipulatives. As we moved into digital learning, I needed a way of being able to help students access activities through an online activity. It was Google Slides to the rescue! They simply click and drag the images in the bottom right corner to make the patterns! I have been assigning two slides, every other ... View Post

Recycling Bin Labels for the Classroom

Do your children know where recycling items are supposed to go? Many days I have had to sort the recycling myself prior to emptying it in the large school bins that go out to the road. Despite many hands on lessons to teach my students about proper recycling habits. Many children do not understand the concepts of different types of materials, or simply don't care about it. This causes ... View Post