Are you looking to increase your Kindergarten or 1st graders fluency when reading Short Vowel CVC Words? After looking at Dibels data, it was clear a group of students needed help with reading real and nonsense short vowel words. Here are some simple centers I used to give them a lot of fun and meaningful […]
7+ Ways to Practice Sight Words
What are your favorite sight word games and activities? As an intervention teacher, I’ve had several groups of students who needed help learning sight words. I’ve tried several different strategies over the years and I’ve settled on a routine that has proven highly effective for sight word intervention. I look at their latest sight word […]
Fact Families: Add and Subtract within 18
Making connections between addition subtraction is so important. I love using fact families for this. Fact Family “Turn Around” Dance To introduce fact families, we do the turn around dance. Kids hold up a fact and we sing as they make a new fact that is true. It helps them see a great visual and […]
Using Dollar Bills to Teach Place Value
Anytime we can relate a math lesson to real life, student interest increases. My go to real life example is money. Over the years, whenever teachers dump things on the free table, I collect the play money. I’ve used it from Kinder to 6th grade and the enthusiasm never dwindles. Play Money as a Math […]