Spelling is a skill that develops with time, teaching and practice. We work hard all school year to build solid spelling foundations in our little learners. To do this, we provide our students with engaging tools that assist and challenge them to be responsible for their own learning. Now's the time for us to up the ante a bit when it comes to their spelling. “My Writing Words Interactive Spelling Dictionary for Primary Writers” empowers our students to take a dive into their dictionary and ... VIEW POST
Interactive Spelling Dictionaries & Spelling Styles Freebie
Long Vowel Learning, Plus a Super Sunday Sale!
This is the time of year when we separate the men from the boys...The cream from the coffee...The Broncos from the Seahawks... Yep, it's that time of year...Long Vowel Learning time. Everything they thought they knew about vowels up until now has just been sacked by their Quarterbacks...That's us. We feel kind of bad, but if they don't get off the bench quick, we're likely to pull a penalty flag and send them back to the 40 yard line guided reading table. Fortunately for our team, ... VIEW POST
Firstie Friends Gingerbread Hop
We're joining forces with our Firstie Friends today to bring you another fantastic Facebook Hop full of freebies. Click {here} to head over to our Fluttering Through First Grade Facebook page. Look for the Firstie Friends Gingerbread Hop picture just like the one above hovering up next to our "Likes" on our Facebook page. Click on it and get hopping. You have to like each page to grab their freebie. But hurry...The hopping stops on Tuesday. In ... VIEW POST
America the Beautiful *Freebie* Facelift!
Nothing like Just like they retrofitted the Statue of Liberty many, many years ago, we've given a MUCH needed facelift to our America the Beautiful Freebie on TpT. America looks darn good for 237, but our old unit...Not so much. We've updated the fonts and clip art with some of our favorites. All the activities are the same, but cuter... We can admit when we need a little work done. Word Cards Little Book Word Building America is our first Social Studies unit when we ... VIEW POST
Fluency Building Bookmarks & Comprehension Cards
We spend oodles and oodles of time teaching kids how to read. We build words, break words, even make and take words. You get the picture...We spend a whole lot of time decoding. Decoding is reading, right? No, not quite... When we left for Spring Break our kids were cracking any code we put in front of them. They were decoding up a storm. It was the best robotic, cave person talk we've ever heard. But, it lacked 2 major things...fluency and comprehension. It was troubling us...A ... VIEW POST
Heart Boxes and I Love Learning Freebie!
We were inspired by sweet Cara over at The First Grade Parade last year and did a great word scramble activity. We grabbed these at the Dollar Tree ... We numbered each of the boxes with a permanent marker. These are just a few. We know they are not in order. We can count. Sometimes... We made 100 of these sweet things. We told you... We love February! We realized we had a TON of plastic letters from years ago. We have to admit, they were collecting dust...Only because they ... VIEW POST
