Fun learning activities

This is a fun thing to set up in your class to get students excited from the start

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Hands-on inferencing activity for primary students.

If your second grade students are working on writing friendly letters, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help.

Easy and Fun! I had this idea over a month ago when I saw the Easter eggs and baskets in Walmart. I was actually excited about Spring Break ending so that I could implement my new and awesome idea! (Of course, I did enjoy Spring Break with family, friends, and good food! No one can beat a Philadelphia Pretzel Factory Pretzel!!) Notice the GIANT bag of eggs and 3 separate bags of chocolate. I don't know why, but I always seem to overbuy for projects! I will have to come up with more ideas for...

The Science of Reading tells us that Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping is an effective way to help students build their word recognition and become stronger readers. In this post you'll get details about my Word Mapping Bundle and a FREE CVC Word Mapping activity perfect for the Kindergarten, first or second grade classroom! #teachingreading #ScienceofReading #wordmapping

Ideas to launch Writing Workshop in the classroom! Writing workshop printables, organization and activities to teach the Writing Process.

As we continue working with compare and contrast this week in the classroom... this is a fun activity to compare/contrast the Big Bad Wol...

Amos and Boris by William Steig (Amazon link) has been a long term favorite read of mine and now ranks high on Sam's go-to list. Over the years, I've read it with children as young as kindergarten and as high as third grade - and there is always a mountain of post-read discussion and learning possibilities. The story tells of a small and adventurous mouse named Amos who develops a friendship with Boris, a huge whale. Amos the mouse becomes lost at sea and Boris saves his life. They learn...

My Favorite Ways To Work On Compare and Contrast in Speech Therapy

Hi all! I've been completely slacking on blogging so I'm glad to be back! A while ago, I posted a picture on my Instagram of some "Magic Compare and Contrast Glasses" that I had used with my first graders. I got so many questions about them that I decided to blog about how I use them and how to put them together! How to use the glasses: Well, there are a couple of different ways. One way would be to have students make the glasses when you introduce Venn Diagrams. Before introducing Venn...

Compare and Contrast Construction Day

Comparing and contrasting can be a tricky skill for kids. It seems like a simple reading skill, but it trips up a lot of kids. Often kids understand what same and different mean, but can't apply those concepts to stories yet. It really helps if you can find two books with strong similarities and clear differences that really lead the kids in the direction you want them to go. This post recommends some picture books and fun activities to teach kids how to compare and contrast...

I love learning about arrays because they are so visual which allows for a lot of really fun rectangular arrays activities and practice! I l...