My students are excited to come into class every morning. They sometimes push by me to try to get into the room!You can do this in your classroom too! Young Children are curious. They are easily motivated by tweaking their curiosity.In my room I avoid the boring monotonous morning work. No student is excited to come to class to fill out a worksheet! (Okay there is always 1 of those!)* To ... read more
Help Your Students Learn Sight Words
Here are 10 ways I help my students learn their high frequency words - 1. I have a high frequency word of the day for each day of the school year. 2. I show the student the word of the day as I greet them at the door. The students say the word. Each student gets a card with the word of the day printed on it. This is their "ticket" into the ... read more
Student Writing Folders
Most of my students need support when writing. It is not possible to help all of them at the same time. This is where the use of a writing folder can be very helpful. In my classroom, each child has a plastic writing folder with their name on it. Inside of each folder is a sheet with the letters/sounds on one side and commonly used words on the other. This sheet is laminated, hole ... read more
