Are you confused about the type of word work to do with emergent readers during guided reading? I’m going to share with you three simple word work activities I do with emergent readers during my guided reading instruction. I’m going to focus specifically on emergent readers in this post. Those…
Today, I’m going to share how I actually teach grammar skills in my classroom. I’m going to show you, step-by-step, an exact lesson. This lesson is going to focus on one specific lesson I teach on the Four Types of Sentences and Punctuation Marks. Every time I teach a grammar skill,…
One of my favorite people in history to teach about is Martin Luther King, Jr. I always couldn’t wait to read multiple books about this incredible man and his life and mission with the students in my classroom. I had so many wonderful books in my classroom library that celebrated…
Real Talk… Are you ready? I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life other than teaching.. but…I AM T.I.R.E.D….with a CAPITAL “T”! This year, I have the cutest and sweetest group of littles…but they are A.C.T.I.V.E. with a CAPITAL “A”! So I literally have to take this into account…
Hi Friends.. I hope this post finds you well. I am nearing the end of my summer vacation and I am sure that some of you are already back to the grind! This summer I was on a QUEST to revamp my spelling instruction to make it more effective. I…
Hi Friends… UGH….my summer is almost coming to and end and I am ACTUALLY starting to think about my classroom and the first few weeks of school! I basically have my first week planned out, but the second week of school we hit the ground running with content…content….content! LOL! The first…
Hi Friends…. The past two weeks we have been working on Prefixes and Suffixes in our second-grade classroom! My kiddos were having such a good time brainstorming words with prefixes and then figuring out the meaning. They really had a strong grasp of the concept… I was pretty…
Getting my little kiddos to THINK about spelling patterns in words is no easy task. Many times they’re rushing during their writing activities to “just get through it.” Often when writing, they refuse to take the time to use the spelling patterns and strategies I’ve taught. This makes me a…
Hi Friends… I hope this post finds you all well! I’m sure you know that I have been teaching second grade FOREVER for over 22 years…so I have been teaching the same skills for that long as well. I don’t know about you, but I get bored pretty quickly…
Hi Friends! Teaching about parts of speech is one of my favorite things to teach about! Specifically because after I teach them, I look forward to making sure they use “juicy” adjectives and adverbs in their sentences! Above all this makes for a happy teacher!!! I always start teaching parts…