Hello Reader, Fluency speed drills are a game changer for building reading fluency, automaticity, sight word fluency, decoding, and more! But don't take our word for it... "This resource has really helped me integrate fluency practice in my small group time easily. They are quick and students love to complete them. I also love that they have skills that relate to what we are learning for the whole year. My students have been using them for about three weeks and I've already noticed a...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, It's almost April, but this is no April Fool's joke...Scroll down for your exclusive, FREE Spring Activity! Spring is a time for new life, and a perfect time to introduce some life cycles for science and reading! Learning about life cycles is important for our young students. Life cycles outline the stages of development and processes that living organisms go through from birth to reproduction. Complete with lesson plans and more than enough activities for a 3-week unit! Living...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Spring, Reader! We have some AWESOME, easy-peasy Spring activities that you can use today! Most are quick and easy to prep and so engaging. Check them out! Cut, color, glue, and staple these Spring Ducks to your wall! These adorable spring ducks turn out so cute! You can either print the templates on colored paper for students to cut out or make templates on heavy paper for students to trace around. Then they trace their hands and glue together. EASY PEASY! Spring Duck Craft These...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss was sure ahead of his time. He knew the importance of phonemic awareness, rhyming, and alliteration before Science of Reading was a thing. His books are filled with fun, repetitive phrases, sight words, and silly nonsense words that keep students asking for more until they can read Dr. Seuss books independently. So why not celebrate his birthday with...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, You AND your students will love this super easy phonics center and they will ask for more: These little flip books are one page to print, easy to cut, easy to staple, and great practice for reading word families! Each book also includes one nonsense word. Students have to circle whether it is a real word or not a word. Differentiate with various levels: ose word family ose word family with blends and digraphs Completed ose word family books Long Vowel Flip Books BUNDLE Short...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, If you didn't get a chance to dive into our popular 5 Ways To Build Reading Fluency blog post, here's the link again. We just added more content you may like in that post. We all know that better reading fluency leads to better reading comprehension. In fact, reading fluency is one of the BIG SIX elements of reading. If this all resonates with you, you're in luck today. We just created another SOR-aligned reading fluency resource that you will love. And it's a STEAL at 50% off...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, We have a great blog post on ideas for celebrating the 100th Day of School! It's filled with the best ideas for your 100's Day, so just click on the pic below to see it! Read about 3 great ideas for celebrating the 100th day of school! Get ready for Groundhog Day with this cute little puppet book! See it in action below: Groundhog Day Activity Puppet Book TPT Store We have had requests for this HMH product, and it's here! If you use HMH Into Reading for 1st Grade, then don't...
8 months ago • 1 min read
Happy New Year, Reader! We hope you are relaxed and refreshed and ready to start the new year right. It doesn't matter how long you've been teaching. Most of us in education spend this time of year reflecting on our goals for the New Year. By now, you know your goals and your students' goals. But do your students know THEIR goals? When you ask your students, ” What are you working on, or what are your goals?” they should be able to respond with something like: “I’m working on raising my...
8 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, November is the perfect time to teach about culture and family traditions. We get to discuss our family units, the different holidays that we celebrate, and our unique family traditions. And we have the planning done for you! Get ready for 2-3 weeks of engaging Cultures and Family Traditions lessons and activities! We have interactive PowerPoints to instruct from, vocabulary cards, concept posters, hands-on interactive notebook activities and so much more. Check out our 77-page...
10 months ago • 1 min read