Digraphs Sort, Glue & Write is a fun activity for students learning beginning and ending digraphs. Students read aloud the name of each picture and decide if it has the beginning or ending digraph being practiced. They sort the pictures and complete the sentence about a given word. This is great ... READ the POST
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My Jar of Hearts Writing Activity
February is here and Valentine's Day is right around the corner! Two things I love most about Valentine's Day are the "feel good fuzzies" you get from someone else's kind words, and the all yummy candy hearts. So, I created a writing activity that includes both of those things and is perfect for the ... READ the POST
3 Tips for Improving Listening Skills
Teaching your students to follow directions and build their listening skills takes work! I couldn’t believe this when I read it, but did you know that LISTENING makes up 45% of our daily communication?!?!?!?! That blew my mind! As teachers, we spend so much time teaching reading and writing, ... READ the POST
The Compliment Box
Teaching students the power of their words is so important, especially early on in the elementary years! Giving students an opportunity to practice using their words for encouragement, kindness and to bring others joy is something that we as teachers can so easily build into our day. The Compliment ... READ the POST