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Apples Sight Word Book with a FREEBIE

September 11, 2016 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, SEASONAL, Uncategorized, Writing Leave a Comment

Apples Sight Word Book with a FREEBIE

This is a great way to teach the life cycle of an apple! I love using these sight word books in small reading groups. We read them the whole week and at the end of the week, they can take them home to show their families. They are differentiated with 3 different level readers. Each reader […]

Start the school year like a boss

July 26, 2016 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Assessments, Fall, Literacy, Math, TEACHER RESOURCES, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Start the school year like a boss

Get ready to start the school year like a boss! This isn’t your post about how to make your bulletin boards super cute or where to hang that chevron bunting, I am getting down to the nuts and bolts of teaching that I feel set the tone for the entire year. Here are some tips, […]

Summer Review with a freebie

May 31, 2016 by sarahcasady Filed Under: SEASONAL, Summer, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Summer Review with a freebie

Help those kids from getting the “summer slide” with this 100 page packet! Included is 50 pages of math and 50 pages of literacy including reading and comprehension, grammar, writing, and word work. This would also make a great addition for any beginning of the year work for 1st grade too! Click here to download. here […]

21 Things Teachers Appreciate About Summer Break

May 29, 2016 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Summer, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

21 Things Teachers Appreciate About Summer Break

Summer Break is here or almost here for most of us! Here is a list of things that most, if not all teachers really enjoy about summer! Make it a great one!!! You deserve it! No alarm clocks I can use the bathroom whenever I want.  I have no clue what day of the week […]

Guided Reading Groups in 15 Minutes

February 9, 2016 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, Spring, TEACHER RESOURCES, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Winter 2 Comments

Guided Reading Groups in 15 Minutes

Guided reading groups are so important. I have always cherished this time to reach a small group of students that are grouped at the same reading level. Not to mention this gives me time to sit down and not be on my feet! I make sure to do small groups EVERY day no matter what. In […]

Winter Sight Word Book with a Freebie

December 17, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Math, SEASONAL, Uncategorized, Winter Leave a Comment

Winter Sight Word Book with a Freebie

Need reading books that are differentiated for your entire class? These winter books will surly do the trick! They are fun to read and color while they are learning their sight words and practicing reading strategies! I love to use these readers while I’m doing small guided reading groups. We practice them every day and […]

Thanksgiving Sight Word Book with a FREEBIE

November 17, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, Math, SEASONAL, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Sight Word Book with a FREEBIE

These Thanksgiving sight word readers are a great way to engage your students this upcoming Thanksgiving. They are differentiated into 3 different books with reading strategies, comprehension worksheets, and printables. All the books are black and white to help you save ink, and the students can color their own books! The teacher prep is SO […]

Halloween Counting Towers with a FREEBIE

October 9, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: CURRICULUM, Fall, SEASONAL, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Halloween Counting Towers with a FREEBIE

Halloween is upon us once again and it is personally, one of my favorite holidays of the year! So I thought I could combine my love of Halloween Activities and Halloween-related things with my love of counting towers. Counting math centers are super engaging and my counting towers have been very popular, so I decided to […]

Holiday Word Families

December 14, 2014 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Uncategorized, Winter, Writing 1 Comment

Holiday Word Families

I am loving these cute holiday word families! My students also love doing these, and it has really helped reinforce their CVC words and their understanding of word families. Each short vowel sound comes with a Christmas or winter theme in color or black and white line art. I have also included student recording sheets […]

Hands-on Literacy and Math centers for the beginning of the year

August 20, 2014 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, Math, TEACHER RESOURCES, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Hands-on Literacy and Math centers for the beginning of the year

This week our class is getting to know their ABC’s with exposure to this fun and interactive literacy center. It also helps build fine motor skills with the use of the clothes pins. I used a sentence strip (had to tape two together) and color coded them to match the letters on the clothespins. It’s […]

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