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For vocabulary and comprehension- small guided groups with vocabulary from the books or through thematic studies fluency- students need to do...
My first graders love Froggy, Franklin, Clifford, Junie B., Curious George, anything by Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Gail Gibbons, Shel Silverstein,...
My favorite part: Working with the kids and watching them grow in every way. You forget to look back and see where they started and ended- it is...
Excellent ideas- I do a lot of the same with story elements. I teach two groups a day with at least six kids in each group. Some of the...
Sorry - I have been busy tutoring. The interventionists are title 1 paid teacher assistants who help with k-2 reading groups. They use to go to...
Sorry this will be a little long... This whole situation started about three months ago. I teach across the hall from a room of...
I have to make a portfolio for my master's program and the advisor stated how much they would love to see them on cd and in a binder so that is a...
Do you have a copy of the standards/benchmarks from the state? You can use those to get the big ideas of what the students should know for first...
On a field trip recently the speaker had a magic box with things typed on paper and laminated. Whatever was on the card she held up is what the...
I am doing a week long study on needs and wants, goods and services. I need some lesson ideas for five days. I found one on this website using if...
I love candyland, chutes and ladders, memory, scooby doo domino, puzzles (you can put puzzles together as a group)
I don't have any help at all- I wish I did! My students love centers and know that if they are fooling around they are on vacation from centers...
I would love a copy too. hurd_sarah@hcde.org Thank you!
From the book Strategies That Work- there are eight comprehension strategies to become a good reader: They are connecting (text to self, text to...
I'm not sure but I think it might be your set or beginning, guided instruction, student practice, how you are assessing while they are practicing,...
I sent you an email. You can send me the questions.
I can tell you what Debbie Miller says and uses as her schedule but I think you would either need to see it in action or read more on it. 1st...
I love first grade because they are so willing to try everything especially if it pleases the teacher. Their little lightbulbs stay on all year...
I am interested in starting reader's workshop in my first grade classroom during the second quarter. I am curious how you get it started and if...