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  • Looking for some spooky reading fun this October? These Halloween reading centers are perfect for creating an engaging literacy block! My kids love practicing CVC words, sight words, letter sounds, and short vowel families with these fun games!
  • Sight words are an important building block in learning to read. We could all use fresh ideas and activities for practicing sight words like this fun game! Sight word scratch is perfect for Kindergarten, First Grade, and even Second Grade!
  • Behavior management is so key to optimum classroom performance, but behaviors often slip before and after breaks from school. Click to read my top 7 strategies for promoting positive behavior and independence at school!
  • This hands-on pumpkin investigation is one of my all time favorite units to teach! I love that my students get so excited to explore and practice being little scientists! Measuring, graphing, tasting, art - it's all included! This unit if perfect for Kindergarten, First Grade, and even Second Grade!
  • Back to School is such an exciting time, and it's the perfect time to boost foundational reading skill while helping our Kindergarten students learn how to work in groups! I love that these games address literacy standards (letter naming, letter sounds, beginning sounds, syllables, and sight words) but also provide a chance for partner work! These are absolutely perfect for centers!
  • Kickstart your school year with these Back to School math games! These centers are perfect for Kindergarten and reinforce counting, one-to-one correspondence, subitizing, 5 frames, comparing numbers, non-standard measurement, patterns, and the concept of basic addition. Grab yours today!
  • Find out how to plan a publishing party that will wow students from Kindergarten, First Grade, and beyond. Ideas and strategies to make your Writers Workshop a HIT!
  • Looking for new math and reading centers? Check out several easy and cheap DIY ideas for creating engaging activities for Kindergarten and First Grade using supplies from Dollar Tree!
  • Reading games are nothing to be scared of! These Halloween literacy center games are perfect for centers in Kindergarten and some First Grade classrooms. Letter recognition, letter sounds, CVC blending and segmenting, rhyming, sight words, word family recognition, critical thinking, it's all included!
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When it's Friday and ALSO the premiere of Hocus Pocus 2.... how can one POSSIBLY stay calm? Maybe I need a calming circle 😅Who else is going to be watching Hocus Pocus 2?! ... See MoreSee Less

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Do you use math toolkits with your kiddos?If not, what are you waiting for?! 😅These are easy to use and the best part? INDIVIDUALIZED. That way there's no need for sharing and they're perfect for the whole school year. Grab yours here and see how you can use them: info.theteachingtexan.com/mathtoolkit ... See MoreSee Less

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Just can't pass up a chance to share with you some really fun, engaging, hands-on center activities.Check these out! www.youclevermonkey.com/2015/04/literacy-centre-ideas.html ... See MoreSee Less

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