I created a set of handwriting sheets for all of Fry's Instant Word Lists and added them to my Teachers Pay Teachers Store . These words...

One of our favorite word work lessons is Making Words. The students use a set of letters to build various words that build up to a mystery w...

During our study of digraphs, the students were asked to bring in an object that started with /ch/, /sh/, /th/, or /wh/. The students brough...

We use the Daily 5 process in our class to help the students learn to read in fun, engaging ways. While I work with small groups on reading,...

During our Daily 5 time, our main focuses are Read to Self, Read to Someone, and Working on Words. During Working on Words time, the student...

To review parts of a set, the students colored their names in blue and red. They colored the vowels blue and the consonants red. They then c...

One of the many ways we practice our weekly word wall and phonics words is through the lessons and games on SpellingCity . The students love...

    Fellow teachers, I created a set of Word Family Train Sorts to use during Daily 5. If you are looking for word work ideas, stop...

  To help the students in my class build fluency and see the spelling patterns among words, I created a set of Word Family Buildings . T...

While searching for something else online, I came across a site called Tagxedo . Tagxedo is similar to Wordle except that you can choose w...

Last Friday the first grade teachers taught a joint lesson on how to bake cupcakes. I was out on this day so I do not have pictures but the ...

Last Friday the students were treated to a special story time in the library with our principal, Mrs. Oliver. Mrs. Oliver read The Polar Exp...