Executed well, student-centered instructional methods can disarm some of the more intimidating parts of academia.
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Give your child practice with his sentence building skills with this printable worksheet that's all about capital letters.
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Teaching morphology can be a great way to help students with understanding unknown words, decoding multisyllabic words, and spelling.
Basic vocabulary, like knowing prepositions, is necessary for beginning readers. Teach prepositions with this simple game.
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Contractions are great for writing words shorter to save some time. But there is some confusion when students shorten the words. Contract means to make smaller. Students contract two words into one small word. This is what students need to remember about contractions: The first words always stays the same (except for the word; will not, won't). The apostrophe goes where the letters come out. I have a Free Contractions Bingo game to practice reading and writing contractions. This 2-Player game has students matching the two words that make a contraction to the contraction word on their bingo board. The first player to make a bingo is the winner! All you need to play are the Bingo Boards and Contraction Cards. Click the picture for your free download! Place the Contractions Bingo Game in you center rotations or use during small group time. Play after teaching or reviewing contractions. Feel free to send home for homework to play with a family member. Place the Contraction Cards and some writing paper at a Writing Center. Students use the cards to write sentences using the contraction word. Check students for understanding. It helps to remember the first word stays the same and the apostrophe replaces the letters that come out. The only time this rule doesn't apply is for the contraction word, will not - won't. Try this pack of Contraction Task Cards. It includes 3 centers. The first center has 40 task cards that students choose from multiple choice answers to find the correct contraction. The second center has 36 task cards. Each task card has a contraction. The students write the two words that make up the contraction. The third center has 36 task cards. Each task card the two words that make up the contraction. Students write the contraction that make up the the two words. This pack will keep your students sharp on reading and writing contractions all year long. Here are some resources you may need when teaching contractions. I linked them to Amazon to make it easy for you: Contraction Puzzles Contraction Chart If You Were a Contraction - book Thanks for stopping by today! See you soon, Check out more GRAMMAR activities by Teacher's Take-Out:
Howdy! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKarma.com. Synonyms are SWEET! While we are diligently focusing on comprehension instruction, sometimes we need to take a step back... and decide how we can help our kiddos move forward with their reading comprehension progress. Vocabulary! Vocabulary! Vocabulary! Our students need to be able to have a "better than good" grasp on vocabulary before they can deeply comprehend the text they are reading. Good vocabulary knowledge = good comprehension!! I have a few FREE vocabulary resources for you today. To get your FREE resources and read more about vocabulary strategies, please click here.
KINDERGARTEN MATH - UNIT 3 I am so excited to have my new Measurement and Data kindergarten math unit posted and ready to share with you. So far this year, my sweet kinders have learned so much in math. We have mastered 1:1 correspondence, reading and writing numerals to 20, counting to 10
Check out this list of prepositions to help your young learner master her parts of speech!
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Free Consonant Digraphs Posters for immediate download and print. Laminate and hang these in your classroom or homeroom setting for great visuals.
Looking for math centers for your 1st Grade classroom? Grab some FREE 1st Grade Number centers here!
First graders can gain capitalization practice by fixing the short paragraph. Simply change the appropriate letters to capitals then re-write the paragraph!
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Want your students to have rich, complex conversations about the texts they read? This method leads to the kinds of classroom discussions you thought only happened in college.
Homophones drive adults crazy, let alone our students! Make the fun anchor chart on this post, then play learning games on the computer that make learning homophones not only easy, but fun! Don't miss the fun video and the freebie!
About four years ago I decided to “flip” my traditional classroom. I moved myself away from being the center of the room. I used to stand at a podium and offered 5 lectures a week. Instead, I shifted to a more student-centered classroom. This was not something I did overnight, however my first transition into the student centered… Continue reading →
Contractions are great for writing words shorter to save some time. But there is some confusion when students shorten the words. Contract means to make smaller. Students contract two words into one small word. This is what students need to remember about contractions: The first words always stays the same (except for the word; will not, won't). The apostrophe goes where the letters come out. I have a Free Contractions Bingo game to practice reading and writing contractions. This 2-Player game has students matching the two words that make a contraction to the contraction word on their bingo board. The first player to make a bingo is the winner! All you need to play are the Bingo Boards and Contraction Cards. Click the picture for your free download! Place the Contractions Bingo Game in you center rotations or use during small group time. Play after teaching or reviewing contractions. Feel free to send home for homework to play with a family member. Place the Contraction Cards and some writing paper at a Writing Center. Students use the cards to write sentences using the contraction word. Check students for understanding. It helps to remember the first word stays the same and the apostrophe replaces the letters that come out. The only time this rule doesn't apply is for the contraction word, will not - won't. Try this pack of Contraction Task Cards. It includes 3 centers. The first center has 40 task cards that students choose from multiple choice answers to find the correct contraction. The second center has 36 task cards. Each task card has a contraction. The students write the two words that make up the contraction. The third center has 36 task cards. Each task card the two words that make up the contraction. Students write the contraction that make up the the two words. This pack will keep your students sharp on reading and writing contractions all year long. Here are some resources you may need when teaching contractions. I linked them to Amazon to make it easy for you: Contraction Puzzles Contraction Chart If You Were a Contraction - book Thanks for stopping by today! See you soon, Check out more GRAMMAR activities by Teacher's Take-Out:
There are so many engaging resources and activities that can be used to help 2nd grade students master verbs!
I've been a little MIA this week in the bloggy world. SCM is my excuse. SCM stands for Safe Crisis Management, so if you gotta problem with it...you're goin' down!! :) Just kidding of course! I have been trained this week though in restraint and de-escalation strategies. Two things have come out of this training; one I'm certified in SCM, two my leg muscles are killin'! Whew! I haven't work them out enough this summer obviously! So, even though I have spent several hours four days this week in training, I have had time for Pinterest! I always got time for that! ;) 1. I think this Parts of a Friend poster is just adorable! 2. This is a great visual to help me remember what the functions of behavior could be in an acting out student. It also helps me explain function of behavior to other people that don't exactly speak special ed. lingo 3. On Monday, I get to get into my new classroom! I am so excited! I am about to burn up my classroom decor Pinterest board! This is one of my favorites for the door decoration. 4. This Sensory Tree would be such a cool idea for the classroom! 5. I am so excited about my new school and what all this experience has yet to bring. I am thankful that God has used me in different places and different schools for His purpose and now I will be going somewhere brand new and will be able to use what I've learned over the years to grow more there. I feel so blessed that God has continued to put me on the right path!
Over the last few months I've discovered interactive notebooks and folding resources - and I've fallen hard for them! I love the ways you can combine folding, colouring, words and ideas to create an interactive resource which helps students to explore and engage with the topic they are learning.&
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It's time for a little vocabulary lesson! Do you ever struggle with teaching synonyms? Well, then this set of printable synonym puzzles is for you! This printable set includes 20 different synonyms including the following words:
