Fishy Alphabet Game for Letter and Sound Recognition
Teaching Kindergarteners to recognize letters and identify sounds can be so difficult. When I began taking these little guys out
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4 Fun Activities for Kindergarten Intervention
Every fall before Kindergarten universal screening takes place, my reading specialist partner and I take a few little learners into
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Four Simple Ideas to Manage Small Reading Groups in the Primary Grades
Managing reading groups in the primary grades is challenging because what on earth are you having the other little people
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Free Fall Themed Activities for Emergent Readers
I have been working extra hard in these first few days after the season change to bring you some free
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Independent Math Activities for Use During Small Group Instruction
Working on differentiating math instruction? Trying to plan small math groups? Need independent math activities? Read on! Full disclosure: yes,
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Six Easy Ways to Manage Small Group Instruction
Differentiating for students through small group instruction in both math and reading is important for all students’ success. Kids who
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Six Simple Strategies You Can Try Right Now to Make Your Whole Group Lessons More Engaging
We’ve all been in the class where the teacher droned on, and we struggled to stay awake. I know I
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The Importance of Posting Daily Classroom Objectives
When I was a classroom teacher, I spent many moments every morning writing classroom objectives on the board. Standards-based? Kid-friendly?
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The Hunters and Farmers Theory about ADD/ADHD
We’ve been deep-diving into classroom management over the past several posts. We are getting to know that one kid and
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Trauma Informed Behavior Management Strategies
We’ve met that one kid back in this post. This is the kid who can’t sit still. That one kid
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