Kindergarten Literacy
Find activities, games, worksheets, centers, and stations to support kindergarten literacy. Make teaching reading, phonics, and letter recognition in kindergarten easier with these fun and engaging lessons and lesson plans.
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Emergent Readers in Kindergarten for Reading Small Group, Back to School Centers FREE Center
Need help using emergent readers in your kindergarten classroom or first grade classroom? This teaching blog post shares how to use emergent reader books free printable in small group activities & literacy center activities, plus includes an emergent readers free printable to get you started on your reading lesson plans. You’ll find engaging emergent reader activities that build fluency skills, reading comprehension for kids, & builds reading confidence for beginning readers!
Writer's Workshop Tips and Routines for Lessons
Looking for fresh writers workshop ideas & writers workshop routines? Learn how to teach writing to kids with simple writers workshop activities designed for kindergarten, first grade, & 2nd grade. These tips for teaching writing include writer's workshop mini lessons, writer's workshop anchor charts, & classroom organization ideas to help you build confident young writers in your elementary classroom. Perfect for busy writing teachers wanting easy-to-implement writing workshop lesson plans!
Keeping Students on Task During Literacy Centers with Classroom Management Tips & a FREE Printable
Boost student engagement with these simple strategies for literacy centers first grade management & classroom management centers. Find out how classroom center management can transform your literacy block schedule by keeping students on task in literacy centers & promoting classroom independence. Don’t miss the classroom management printables free & classroom management freebie included in the blog post to support your classroom management routines & make literacy centers productive & fun.
Literacy Assessments for Science of Reading Assessments for Kinder, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
Making the shift away from MSV & running records can feel overwhelming, but this blog post helps with a list of literacy assessment strategies. Discover why MSV isn’t aligned with the science of reading strategies & what reading assessment to use in its place. You’ll learn about structured literacy practices, decoding-based instruction, & reading assessments with student data. Whether you’re a classroom teacher or reading specialist this will guide you toward more effective literacy instruction.
No More Guided Reading, See What Reading Small Groups Look Like Now!
If you’re an elementary teacher looking to improve your small group reading instruction, this teaching blog post will guide you through the shift to structured literacy small groups. Explore the importance of explicit phonics instruction, effective high frequency word activities, & how decodable readers support effective guided reading strategies. You’ll also learn the best way to teach reading through guided reading with decodables & the science behind orthographic mapping sight words.
The Differences Between Sound Walls and Word Walls for Science of Reading Classrooms
It's time to ditch the traditional classroom word wall display! Learn why a sound wall for the classroom is a more effective phonics tool for the best way to teach reading. This post breaks down how to set up a sound wall, why it supports explicit phonics instruction, & offers helpful sound wall ideas for daily phonics practice. Whether you're setting up a phonics sound wall first grade or phonics sound wall kindergarten, this teaching blog post has you covered with classroom sound wall ideas.
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