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Classroom Zoom Ideas for early childhood

May 12, 2020 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Math, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Writing Leave a Comment

Classroom Zoom Ideas for early childhood

We have now entered into a world of Zoom calls with our students, friends, and family members. It is a great way to stay connected and feel like you are a part of something. I have been in contact with my preschool class for the entire distance learning by conducting weekly Zoom calls. I created […]

Life Cycle of a Flower – Activities & Seesaw Freebies

April 28, 2020 by sarahcasady Filed Under: FREEBIES, Literacy, Math, Science, Spring, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Life Cycle of a Flower – Activities & Seesaw Freebies

Spring has sprung and so have all the plants and flowers! This is a great time to teach your students about the life cycle of a flower. I have created some life cycle activities that will keep your students engaged. Also, why stop at the life cycle of a flower, when you can do all […]

Kindergarten Winter Activities for the Classroom

January 4, 2020 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Math, Science, SEASONAL, TEACHER RESOURCES, Uncategorized, Winter Leave a Comment

Kindergarten Winter Activities for the Classroom

Wintertime can be so magical and fun for kids. If you live in a cold climate, there’s the freshly fallen snow, ice skating and sledding, and building snowmen. Well even if you don’t live in a chilly tundra, like me, you can always bring that winter fun to life in your own classroom! Here are […]

6 Activities to Increase CVC Word Fluency

December 16, 2019 by sarahcasady Filed Under: CURRICULUM, Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Writing Leave a Comment

6 Activities to Increase CVC Word Fluency

Teaching children to read and write CVC words doesn’t have to be challenging. If you follow some basic steps and give them meaningful ways to practice CVC words, they can become quite fluent in reading and writing CVC words. Here are some steps I have used over the years that work for me and my […]

Hands-On Phonics Games for Your Students

June 25, 2019 by sarahcasady Filed Under: CURRICULUM, Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Writing Leave a Comment

Hands-On Phonics Games for Your Students

Are you looking for some unique phonics games for your students to practice letter practice, word families, CVC, CVCe words, digraphs etc? I made a list of 13 different ways to practice phonics. Early childhood is all about visuals. Kids learn best when they see a visual representation in their learning. The repetition helps build […]

End of the School Year Tips

May 6, 2019 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Math, Spring, Summer, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Writing Leave a Comment

End of the School Year Tips

6 ways you can make your last few weeks with your students enjoyable. The end of the school year can be stressful, but it can also be fun! Once the testing is done, the grades are accounted for, it’s time to relax a little. However, it is important to still stick to your schedule, routines, […]

Spring Centers and Activities for Kindergartners

April 2, 2019 by sarahcasady Filed Under: FREEBIES, Literacy, Math, Science, Spring, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Writing Leave a Comment

Spring Centers and Activities for Kindergartners

Spring is here! What a great feeling, am I right?! Living in Minnesota makes for a LONG winter. So, I always get excited to shed the winter clutter and activities in the classroom and bring out the new spring centers. I have created a list of some of my favorite spring centers, spring teaching tips, […]

Consonant Digraphs: How to Teach Them in 5 Steps

January 15, 2019 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Consonant Digraphs: How to Teach Them in 5 Steps

Teaching consonant digraphs to primary students can be a bit challenging, especially after they have finally mastered the rules for sounding out simple CVC words. The fact that each letter doesn’t have a sound can really be confusing to our little learners. This post will give you phonics strategies to help you successfully introduce teaching […]

6 Classroom Management Tips for the Holidays

November 16, 2018 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Behavior management, Literacy, Math, SEASONAL, Uncategorized, Winter, Writing Leave a Comment

6 Classroom Management Tips for the Holidays

Teaching through the holiday season can be very challenging. The kids are not focused, and they can’t wait to be on winter break. Meanwhile, you’re just thinking about how many more gifts you need to buy and when you’re going to find time to do this! Here are some kindergarten classroom management tips to help […]

Teacher Favorites for November

November 9, 2018 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, Math, SEASONAL, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Teacher Favorites for November

Well here we are… a week into November! I woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow on the ground. Man, was it hard to get motivated. All I wanted to do was stay in my pajamas! With that being said, I feel like this is the time of the year when we […]

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