Reading

Holidays, Reading, Social Studies

Fire Safety: Hands On, Engaging Activities Your Students Will Love

Fire safety is such an important topic to expose our students to. Whether you’re discussing fire Safety during Fire Safety week in October, a community helpers unit, or any time of the year, here are some of my favorite books and activities to use with students. Fire Safety Books This post contains affiliate links. If there is a Gail Gibbons…

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Classroom Organization, Reading

Playroom Book Organization with Oriental Trading: Color Coded

As a teacher, I’m obsessed with books. Books are the gateway to other worlds and places, and you can never have too many! However, my two daughters have so many books that they were all over the place. When we decided to build a playroom in our basement, I knew organized book storage would be key! I used some of…

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Enrichment, Intervention, Math, Reading

Dice and Dabbers in the Classroom: Cheap & Engaging Tools

Dice and bingo dabbers are two of my favorite cheap, engaging, and versatile classroom tools. Today I’m going to share ways you can use them for math and reading activities in your classroom as part of my September series. This month I will share how you can use items you already have in your classroom to engaging students and enhance learning!…

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Classroom Management, Classroom Organization, Intervention, Phonics, Reading, Writing

The Secret to Engaging Word Work & Writing Centers on the Cheap

Reading centers that are engaging for your students and cheap and easy for you? What if I told you that you also don’t have to change them all year and you can still differentiate at the same time? No, this isn’t the beginning of a really terrible joke, it is the reality in my classroom! And I’m excited to share…

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