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Woo Hoo! I'm so excited and thankful for all of you for your support! Language Arts and Math FREEBIE – Here’s a FREEBIE for you to help celebrate reaching my 2nd TPT MILESTONE. This milestone was made possible by the support from all of my followers through your purchases and feedback. Thanks to everyone for helping me achieve this milestone. In celebration of this achievement, I have created this new eight page freebie to share with everyone as my way of saying “THANK YOU” for supporting my store. This eight page freebie sampler includes language arts and math skills from the following resources available in my store. These resources include writing (tell a story), reading comprehension (Who? What? Where?), fix it up sentences, scrambled sentences, morning work, addition word problems, subtraction problems with manipulatives, and ten frames 11-20. ***This sampler also includes links throughout the pack to similar resources that you may find useful for your classroom. When printing, to save on ink, make sure to only print every other page (even pages). Click on any of the photos below to view this FREEBIE! FREEBIE for 2nd TPT Milestone Celebration! I hope you find all of these resources to be useful for your students in your classroom. Please leave me some feedback on this freebie. I love reading your comments. Thanks again to everyone who has supported my store. Also thanks to TPT for the opportunity that you provide for me and other teachers to create and share our teaching resources with others as we provide for our families. Finally, I would like to thank the many talented creators of clip art on TPT. Without you, these creations would not be possible. You may also enjoy my 29 other FREE resources. You can find them HERE!

Teach and practice understanding and use of multiple meaning words in speech therapy with this Homonyms with Pictures Beginner Level Vocabulary for Google Slides™ digital and PRINTABLE resource with 3 tasks. Ideal for younger students with its early elementary vocabulary, pictured words, sentence contexts, and minimal reading required! Start by teaching or reviewing the definition and examples of a homonym with the included Anchor Chart, then choose one or all 3 tasks. For Task 1, students will match homonyms to their multiple meanings. For Task 2, they will complete a sentence with a homonym. For Task 3, they will create sentences showing 2 different meanings for a homonym. Click here to SAVE 20% by buying all 4 Word Relationships Beginner Vocabulary products from this series in one convenient BUNDLE! Click the PREVIEW button for more details about this resource! This resource includes: 3 Activities: Match Homonym Meanings to Words activity Fill-in-the Blank Sentences Homonyms activity Homonyms Games Sentence Creation activity Homonyms Word List (words that are spelled and pronounced alike but are different in meaning): band, bark, bat, bowl, chest, date, ear, foot, glasses, letter, light, match, mouse, nail, punch, ring, saw, spring, tie, trunk Homonyms Anchor Chart with digital and printable formats Digital for Google Slides™ format Black/White Printable worksheets You may be interested in these Vocabulary Word Relationship resources: Word Relationships with Pictures Beginner Level Vocabulary Digital and Printable Bundle Homophones with Pictures Beginner Level Vocabulary Digital and Print Activities Teaching Humor with Homonym Riddle Jokes Task Cards CLICK HERE to follow my store for new products and sales. Follow me on Pinterest After you have tried this product, please provide feedback to rate it. You can earn TpT credits for future purchases. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me through Product Q & A and I’ll get back to you! Thank you!

These SILENT E cut and paste worksheets are great for your Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classroom or home school students. Use these for review, early or fast finishers, as seat work, homework, test prep, literacy centers, and more! 2 MB - PDF

I am all about making learning fun and engaging for our little learners! Inspired by the energetic learners in my care, I have combined the age-old art of making paper planes with the learning of sight words! Simply color and trace the sight word. A star has been added at the start of each word so the little learners know where to begin! Then the fun of folding can begin - full pictorial instruction included! Once complete, the literacy center will be alive with flying planes. Add buckets with sight word labels as landing targets for an extra challenge! Click here if you're ready for your literacy centers to really take off (sorry, I couldn't help it)! Or grab this freebie and try it out!

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Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to our V.I.P. exclusive newsletter for SECRET SALES and FREE printables. Note: This blog post contains resources from our TpT store and our Amazon Associate store. --------------------------------------------------------- Your students will love learning about the parts of speech with this fun rap. It would be fun to have students create their own raps as well. The more involved they are the better they will remember. Have fun! -------------------------- Do you use interactive notebooks in your classroom? These parts of speech foldable projects are a great way to reinforce these language arts skills. They are high interest. Your students will love them! Halloween Parts of Speech Foldable Project Your students are going to love this Halloween themed interactive notebook activity to learn about the parts of speech. Students will define the parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Students will write Halloween words for each part of speech. They will also practice writing sentences and will identify the parts of speech in each sentence. There are activity ideas for differentiation as well. -------------------------- Thanksgiving Parts of Speech Interactive Notebook Craftivity Each Thanksgiving turkey represents a part of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs. Students color, cut and match the Thanksgiving turkey feathers to the correct Turkey. Blank templates are also provided for students to create their own Thanksgiving word lists if desired. Step by step photos and answer keys are included. -------------------------- Verbs Interactive Notebook Activity You will receive 2 foldable literacy activities. In the first craftivity, students will learn the three main types of verbs: action, linking and helping. There are three ways to differentiate this common core verbs reading activity: Level 1: Students copy key for practice. Level 2: Students use the provided word bank. Level 3: Students brainstorm their own examples. In the second craftivity, students will use sentences to show the different types of verbs. This activity allows for differentiation as well: Level 1: Students copy key sentences. Level 2: Students sort sample sentences. Level 3: Students create their own sentences. Lots of photos, directions, and answer keys are provided for your convenience as well. -------------------------- Task cards are also a great way to get students involved. You can create a scavenger hunt or play a game of SCOOT. Your students will request to play these games again and again. Here are some FREE parts of speech task cards to get you started. Pronouns Language Arts Task Cards and More! These ten grammar task cards work well with your parts of speech unit in your literacy centers or stations. You may use them as a review, test prep or quick formative assessment. You will also receive a cut and paste worksheet to use as a quiz or homework. Game ideas and answer keys are provided. Common Core Pronouns: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1d Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their, anyone, everything). For 30 more task cards plus two cut and paste activities for a mixed review of pronouns (including he, him, she, her, I, me, we,us, they or them): Pronouns Task Cards plus Cut & Paste Activities -------------------------- Free Nouns Task Cards Here are six grammar tasks cards for students to read each sentence and identify the noun(s). These literacy activities are a great alternative to worksheets. Students may play SCOOT, have a scavenger hunt or play other task card games. A student response form and answer key are also provided. For 30 additional cards: Spring NOUNS Set of 30 Task Cards -------------------------- Free Adjectives Task Cards Here are 6 grammar task cards for 3rd grade, 4th grade, special education, ESL or speech therapy. They are a great alternative to worksheets. Students may play SCOOT, have a scavenger hunt or play other games. Additional game ideas, a student response form and an answer key are also provided. For 30 additional task cards: Adjectives Task Cards Set of 30 -------------------------- Free Adverbs Task Cards Here are 6 grammar task cards for 3rd grade, 4th grade, special education, ESL or speech therapy. They are a great alternative to worksheets. Students may play SCOOT, have a scavenger hunt or play other games. Additional game ideas, a student response form and an answer key are also provided. For 30 additional cards: Adverbs Task Cards Set of 30 -------------------------- Prepositions Interactive Notebook Craftivity Here is a fun foldable craftivity for students in 1st or 2nd grade. This activity also works well for ESL, special education and speech therapy. Your students will create mini-file books for 14 prepositions. Two blank pages are included to add two more prepositions. They will then match adorable pictures with each word. On the next page, your kids will fill in the blanks on the cloze sentences using prepositional phrases. Average to high learners may write their own sentences with prepositions. An answer key and sentence writing rubric are included. -------------------------- Parts of Speech Task Cards Bundle In this fun packet, you will receive 150 tasks cards, which includes nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs. Literacy center game ideas are included for small groups or large groups, such as a scavenger hunt and SCOOT. -------------------------- You may also like these resources from our Amazon Associate store: Carson Dellosa Parts of Speech Bulletin Board Set -------------------------- #1 Best Seller The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source or Every Writing Assignment -------------------------- Parts of Speech Superheroes Posters --------------------------------------------- Click HERE to view our Teachers Pay Teachers Promoting Success store. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for SECRET SALES and FREE printables. Click HERE to follow us on Instagram. Click HERE to follow us on Pinterest. Shelly Anton is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ** This means there are Amazon affiliate links in these blog posts. 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Transform your kindergarten reading instruction with our comprehensive task cards, meticulously crafted to target the Florida B.E.S.T. kindergarten reading standards. These versatile cards offer a diverse range of question types, from basic sight word recognition to more complex comprehension exercises, providing students with a well-rounded practice experience. Ideal for both independent and guided centers, these task cards offer educators a flexible teaching tool to cater to varied learning needs and styles. With questions carefully curated to mirror those found in the STAR Early Literacy Kindergarten Assessment, students can confidently develop their skills while preparing for the end-of-year evaluation. Each set includes an answer key, allowing for effortless assessment and immediate feedback. Whether used as: a warm-up activity small group instruction homework practice These task cards offer a dynamic and engaging way to reinforce critical reading skills. Elevate your classroom instruction and empower your students for success with our engaging task cards. Purchase your set today and watch as your students thrive in their literacy journey!

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A compound word is a combination of two or more words that create a single meaning. Check this out if you are you looking for games and activities to help your child understand compound words!

These fun Alphabet Dot-to-Dot Worksheets can help Preschool & Kindergarten students learn their uppercase and lowercase letters. Use them with paper and pencil or make laminated cards to use at literacy centers. These alphabet cards are also good for small group lessons, independent work, and for early finishers. They would also make a great morning bin activity! Students can get further practice using the Letter Tracing Dot-to-Dot Booklet that is included in this package. This resource is also part of: Literacy Centers for Kindergarten Bundle ★ Click to follow me and be notified when new resources are added to my store!

Alliteration PuzzlesUse these ALLITERATION puzzles with your Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade classroom or home school students for literacy centers or stations, activities, literacy tubs, review, morning work, seat work, review, early or fast finishers, assessment, and more. *12 puzzles are inc...

Teach understanding and use of Homophones that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings with this Homophones with Pictures Beginner Level Vocabulary for Google Slides™ digital and PRINTABLE resource with 4 tasks. Ideal for younger students with its early elementary homophones vocabulary, pictured words, sentence contexts, and minimal reading required! Start by teaching or reviewing the definition and examples of a homophone with the included Anchor Chart, then choose one or all tasks. For Task 1, students will complete a sentence with a pictured word from a homophone pair. For Task 2, they will match pictured homophones to words. For Task 3, they will match a pictured word to a word from a homophone pair. For Task 4, they will create sentences with pictured homophones. Click here to SAVE 20% by buying all 4 Word Relationships Beginner Vocabulary products from this series in one convenient BUNDLE! Click the PREVIEW button for more details about this resource! This resource includes: Target Homophone Pairs: ate-eight, bare-bear, hole-whole, one-won, pair-pear, right-write, road-rode, sail-sale, sea-see, T (tee)-tea, tail-tale, toe-tow 4 Activities: Homophones Sentence Completion activity Match Words to Homophone Pairs activity Identify Correct Spellings for Homophones activity Homophones Sentence Creation activity Homophones Anchor Chart with digital and printable formats Digital for Google Slides™ format wth movable words and markers Black/White Printable worksheets You may be interested in these resources: Word Relationships with Pictures Identify and Use Beginner Level Vocabulary BUNDLE Homonyms with Pictures Beginner Level Vocabulary Synonyms and Antonyms with Pictures Beginner Level Vocabulary Four Squares Games CLICK HERE to follow my store for new products and sales. Follow me on Pinterest After you have tried this product, please provide feedback to rate it. You can earn TpT credits for future purchases. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me through Product Q & A and I’ll get back to you! Thank you!

These L BLENDS cut and paste worksheets are great for your Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classroom or home school students. Use these for review, early or fast finishers, as seat work, homework, test prep, literacy centers, and more! 23 pages - 2 MB - PDF

Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to teach and reinforce basic math fact, phonics, or grammar practice.

Guided reading with non-readers can seem pointless, but it is a must-do! See how this teacher structures her guided reading lessons with her non-readers.

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Are you looking for a new way to work on social skills, emotions, behaviors? This resource is packed with helpful VISUALS, WORKSHEETS, and IDEAS to help with behaviors and the emotional rollercoaster that students may experince throughout the day! Grab this growing resource and cover many of those social emotional goals. Resource includes a variety of year-round materials including black and white worksheets. ************************************************** ALWAYS GROWING RESOURCE! CONTENTS: I will periodically add to this resource. 1. EMOTION WHEEL AND SCENARIO WHEEL – (p. 8 – 10) 2. SELF-REGULATION SHEETS & TOKEN BOARD – (p. 12 – 15) 3. CALM DOWN MENU – (p. 17 – 19) 4. EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS, CARDS, & worksheets – (p. 21 – 27) 5. BIG PROBLEM-LITTLE PROBLEM – (p. 29 – 33) 6. PUPPETS (color & black and white)– (p. 35 – 43) 7. ADDITIONAL BLACK & WHITE EMOTIONS WORKSHEETS – (p. 45 – 54) These are suggestions to use during speech and language therapy or as a reinforcer activity, or other classroom activities. You can also use these in other creative ways. And remember HAVE FUN! You can do anything if you have ENTHUSIASM! All the Best, Monae :) Related Products ⭐ 100 PAGES Speech Auditory Bombardment WORKSHEETS color & No Prep black & white ⭐ ARTICULATION FUN BUNDLE PLUS BONUS TURKEY/CHICKEN BOOK AAC SPEEC ⭐ ARTICULATION GIRLS FUN SPEECH THERAPY "L" worksheets ⭐ SPEECH SOUNDS POSTER Speech Therapy WORKSHEETS ⭐ SPEECH THERAPY PHONOLOGY FUN /s/ blends worksheets ⭐ 100 PAGES Speech Sound WORKSHEETS No Prep black & white Monae’s Speech Activities & Craftivities are the perfect tools for working on speech sounds at the word, phrase, and sentence level.They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! Also, check out Monae’s Books & Language Packets for developing and improving receptive and expressive language skills for children with language and/or learning disabilities. Some of the skills these books target are vocabulary development, social skills, and behaviors. They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! *************************************************** Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists will find using these stories make teaching these skills fun and easy.

This pack provides you with a range of FUN, HANDS ON and ENGAGING activities, perfect for introducing early multiplication, equal groups and arrays. It includes lesson ideas, hands on activities and accompanying crafts that will not only make classroom displays but will delight your students. You, a...

This Nose Picking Booger Book and Packet is meant to be used as a tool to help reduce or eliminate nose picking while holding the attention of you students and causing some oohs & aahs! Great for Early childhood and Early Intervention, circle-time, whole group and small group speech therapy. Pre-k teachers, and special-ed and autism classrooms will love these stories and language activities! SLPs can target many goals using these interactive storybooks. ************************************************** CONTENTS: 1. YUCKY BOOGERS BOOK & MATCHING PIECES (p. 5 – 25) 2. EXTRA LARGE NOSE, FINGER, & BOOGERS (p. 26 – 28) – Use these as an extra activity. Put boogers around the room or on people’s shirts or have students put a booger on the tip of the finger and tell what they need to do if they find a booger. Have them imitate blowing nose, throwing away a tissue, or washing hands. 3. WASHING HANDS SIGN & NO BOOGER CUE CARDS (p. 29 – 30) – Hang the sign in your bathroom or print 4 per page and put them on your tissue boxes. Carry the “No Boogers” cards in your pocket as a quick visual aid throughout the day. If needed, tape to a table. Give parents the small cut out “no boogers” so they can reinforce at home. 4. COLORING and SEQUENCE ACTIVITY (p. 31 – 33) – Use these extra activities to reinforce the lesson during a center or small group activity or as you see fit. And remember HAVE FUN, You can do anything if you have ENTHUSIASM! Monae’s Speech Activities & Craftivities are the perfect tools for working on speech sounds at the word, phrase, and sentence level. They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! Also, check out Monae’s Books & Language Packets for developing and improving receptive and expressive language skills for children with language and/or learning disabilities. Some of the skills these books target are vocabulary development, social skills, and behaviors. *************************************************** Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists will find using these stories make teaching these skills fun and easy. Related Products ⭐ Behaviors: Autism ⭐ GERMS GET WELL SOON DOCTOR

These HOMOPHONE cut and paste worksheets are great for your Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classroom or home school students. Use these for review, early or fast finishers, as seat work, homework, test prep, literacy centers or stations. 13 pages - 1 MB - PDF

This is a resource to help kindergarteners (or any other young grade) tell the difference between tattling and reporting. Including are a variety of teaching tools to help a teacher explain the difference. Included: Short Book: Explains what the difference is in simple terms and gives some examples where students have to decide if the character should report or not. Act It Out! Cards: Give a situation that two students can act out to practice how they should respond to common early elementary social situations. Posters: There are three colorful posters that remind students of the four questions they should ask themselves to decide if they are tattling or reporting. (Is it an emergency? Is someone sick, hurt, or crying? Did I try to solve the problem on my own? Am I trying to get someone in trouble?) Class Book: A class book where students make two pages each. One to show when they should report and one to show when they should NOT tattle. At the end is a short promise and signature page. Enjoy! Let me know what you think. =)

21 pages of time telling to the hour and half hour! This packet is full of activities and worksheets with a lot of variety to keep your student's interest while reinforcing time to the hour and half hour. -matching puzzles--time to the hour--time to the half hour--cut and paste--fill in the time--...

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These R BLENDS cut and paste worksheets are great for your Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classroom or home school students. Use these for review, early or fast finishers, as seat work, homework, test prep, literacy centers, and more! 23 pages - 3 MB - PDF

This is a fun FINISH THE 3D PICTURE WRITING PROMPT ACTIVITY for students to do for morning work, if they finish their other work early, for a literacy station, when a sub is there, or just for fun! Students will use the 3D image on their paper and use their imagination to turn it into something amazing! Once they have drawn their picture and colored it, they will write about it. ►I have included 92 different pictures! They each include a space to write at the bottom. There is also an extra writing page with no space for a picture, just writing lines, so that you can copy it onto the back if you want! These are ALL 3D shapes. I have included some were you can see all the verticies and some with the shape profile. You can pick and choose! There are also 6 different versions of covers in case you wanted to make this into a binded booklet! These covers are available in color and blacklines! An instructions page is also included! You may also be interested in: • Finish the Picture Writing Prompts Activity • Back to School Activities FUN Mystery Messages, Crossword Puzzle {1st, 2nd, 3rd} • Back to School Coloring Sheets and Writing Pages • All About Me FLIP BOOK, Back to School, Beginning of the Year Activity {NO CUT} Remember, if you are not following me yet on TPT, be sure and do so! I always put my new products on sale for 50% off for the first 48 hours! Alisha Busy Me Plus Three Search Key Terms: | writing | letter | story | note | finish | picture | drawing | station | write | prompt | activity | early finisher | morning work | center | busy work | first grade | kindergarten | second grade | 1st | 2nd | kinder | grade | 3D | 3d | 3-D | 3-d | three | dimensional | shapes | solid | shape | geometry | common core |

Challenge your early finishers with three types of activities! Have your enrichment activities set up and and ready to go! We all know that our students thrive when they have clear expectations, so why not have something available that they can expect to do when they have finished their work? This simple system will only take a second for you to introduce, but will save your sanity all year long! This resource has everything you need for 3 engaging early finisher baskets: 1. Crack the Code! (Math Problem Solving) 2. BOGGLE (Word Work) 3. Finish the Picture (Creative Thinking) Simply make copies of each activity, label each basket with the provided labels, and you are done! Your students will have three different challenging and engaging activities to choose from all year long. Only a pencil is needed to complete each activity so that they are easy to put away. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Included: ✔ 10 Crack the Code activities ✔ "Code Crackers" to laminate and keep in the basket ✔ 10 BOGGLE activities ✔ 10 Finish the Picture activities ✔ Horizontal, Circular, and Rectangular basket labels (choose the type that fits your baskets) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out these POSITIVE POSTERS- Growth Mindset Posters & Coloring Pages! I think you will also enjoy these classroom management resources: BRAVO Board and Brain Breaks! _____________________________________________________________________________________ If you like this resource, I'd love to have your feedback for my shop! Please always feel free to contact me under "Product Q & A" with any tweaks you'd like; I would be happy to make them! I appreciate you and truly hope you and your students enjoy using this product.

Hi, friends! It's Gina here from Miss Peluso's Kindergarten. I hope you're all having an amazing start to 2015! I'm here today to share with you one of the big projects that I worked on over winter break. Since last year, I have been searching for some way to help my students become independent writers. Yes, they are in kindergarten, but I KNOW that they can do it… all of them! This year, I decided to take the plunge and design a writing office to take away the uncertainty that comes along with writing. If you stepped into my room during the beginning of the year, you would hear a lot of this: "Miss Peluso, how do you spell _____?" "I don't know how to write!" and "Can you help me sound out ___?" So, my mission was to create a resource that could help my students write, but not do it for them! I wanted to give them the tools that they need at their fingertips so that they can build some writing confidence. Here is an example of the kindergarten writing office that I created for my classroom: I chose to highlight skills that are focused on in the CCSS for kindergarten. These writing offices help my students correctly form upper- and lowercase letters, use digraphs, write color words, find the sounds that they need when sounding out words, write sight words, AND evaluate their own work to see if they are following the conventions of writing. It was SUPER simple to make. I took two manila folders and taped them together with packing tape. Then, I glued on the pieces that I wanted to use, and laminated it for durability! I introduced our writing journals to my class the day that we got back from winter break. I figured that we were ready for this challenge in the new year! After I got my kiddos all excited about their writing journals (they were ecstatic that they could write about anything they want!), we wrote a few journal entries together as a shared writing focus. They helped me to write and evaluate these sample journal entries. Then, it was time to give them their own journals! The first day, my kinders decorated the covers of their journals. I let them choose the color that they wanted, and personalize it. This got them really excited to start to write! The next day, we did our first free write! I was SO nervous to give them free reign, but I held my breath and stepped back while they worked. I told them that I would not answer any questions because they have everything they would need in their writing office. They LOVED having this small defined space as their office. Not only did it provide support, but it gave them a quiet space to work in that was their own. I was amazed at the quality of writing that I saw from ALL of my students! Some chose to start by drawing their pictures, and some dove right into their words, but they ALL did the very best writing that they could! I could practically hear the gears turning in their brains! Here are some examples of our kindergarten writing: "I got a haircut before {school}." "I like {sprinting}." "I played in the snow with my dad." I have to say that the BEST part of journal writing was when I rang the bell and one of my "struggling" writers said, "Oh man! I want to keep writing!" What a happy teacher I was! Do you think that these writing offices could help your students? I designed this product to meet the CCSS of grades K-2. You can completely customize the writing office to meet the needs of YOUR students! Plus, it comes with an editable word wall so that you can type in the words that your school district uses! Click on the image below to check it out in my TPT store. It's on sale for the first 24 hours! I hope that you find this idea helpful, even if this product is not on your wish list right now. Maybe it helped you to think of a way that you can give your students the tools to become independent writers! Before I sign out here, I want to remind you to click on over to my blog and link up with me for the second week of The Power of Positivity! I caught myself several times this week being negative and thinking… "How can I turn this into a positive?" You won't regret the time to reflect on the POSITIVE parts of your week and you'll be entered to win $5 to my store at the end of the month! Have a wonderful week!

Four years ago when I took a leap of faith into an intervention position, I realized how few resources there were out there for reading and phonics intervention groups. I read SO many books about developmentally appropriate phonics and how to go through the proper foundational steps in order for students to master phonics and […]

It's week three! Week three involves the next step of the writing process, the story elements, and hopefully your little learners are getting closer to writing a story! Continue With Mentor Texts I mentioned mentor texts in my last post about prewriting planning. I continue using mentor texts at this point in the writing process.