Differentiating a Word Work center isn’t an easy task. However, we know that differentiation is a must in order to meet the needs of the students in our classrooms. A kindergarten classroom alone can have a group of students that are working on letter sounds, a group of students that are working on blending CVC words, and a group of… View Post
Incorporating hand motions to learn letter sounds can be help young learners learn letter sounds quicker. Honestly, I use hand motions for teaching anything from alphabet sounds to science and scripture memory. Research has proven that using hand motions during instruction will aid students in remembering concepts. Watch the video below to see the hand motions I use in my… View Post
Hey guys! I wanted to share two quick pumpkin themed centers that you can integrate into your classroom. The first activity I wrote with a sharpie on a pumpkin all of the sight words that we have covered this far in the school year. I gave my kids magnetic dry erase boards where they had to use letter magnets to… View Post
I had a problem. In fact, I had 5 problems. I had a MAJOR problem with sight words. Don’t get me wrong. My kids learned their sight words. I planned center activities. We sang and danced to sight word songs. Still something was off. I felt like I was always scrambling to pull the resources I needed to pull for… View Post
This week during our summer Teacher Bible study: Grace Changes Everything, we mentioned the book The Monster at the end of this Book. Bethany and I thought it would be fun to share some ways you can use the book as a mentor text in your classroom. Soo… let’s dive in… What is a mentor text anyway? A mentor text is… View Post