Chapter 5 in The Next Step In Guided Reading talks about transitional readers. You can learn more from Tobi on her blog, Teacher Talk with Mrs. Sadler!
Monday, August 10, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
the next step in guided reading: chapter 4
Chapter 4 in The Next Step In Guided Reading is about students in the early reading stage; reading levels D through I. You can learn all about this chapter from Beverly on her blog!
Saturday, August 1, 2015
TPT sale!
I don't know about you, but I go back to school Monday. Kids come the following week so it gives us a week to prepare for a new year. I'm excited about it! This summer has been good and I know this school year will be good. If you haven't heard, Teachers Pay Teachers is having their Back to School sale August 3-4! I already have my cart ready :)
From top to bottom:
Back to School Social Stories Bundle 1 - there are six different bundles, with three stories in each. They cover EVERYTHING you would need to talk about with your kiddos! This bundle has stories about playground safety, walking in the hallways and cafeteria monitors.
BAT Book for Kinders - this is full of early finisher activities! I don't know if I'll use it right away but it has lots of good activities! Maybe a good enrichment idea as well.
Sight Word Fluency Readers - fluency readers to practice those sight words!
First Day of Kindergarten - lesson plans and routines for the first day
Good Morning Kindergarten Morning Work - morning work is that time when kiddos can work independently and get themselves together for the day. I want my morning work to be meaningful and I think this will help me do that. Plus it's a growing bundle so now is the time to buy!
Interactive Alphabet Books - I think I'll use these in small group and possibly intervention. A good resource for those kiddos that need extra practice.
Read Trace Glue and Draw - this is another growing bundle! It's good sight word and fluency practice.
Monday, July 27, 2015
the next step in guided reading: chapter 3
I'm excited to be a part of a online book study for the book The Next Step in Guided Reading! My assigned chapter isn't until later but here's the scoop on Chapter 3: The Pre-A Lesson.
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Monday, July 13, 2015
chair pocket success!
It took me two days but my chair pockets are finished! I am so pleased with how they turned out! I like the hodge podge-ness of them :) What took the longest was cutting the fabric. I was a little concerned with the length - I didn't think to measure how long the backs of the chairs are but all I had to do was fold up those pockets that I felt were a little too long. I ended up buying four different curtains at a local thrift store to make these. I had enough material to make nineteen chair pockets - I wanted a few extra. The total cost was about $30 - which is cheaper than the pillowcase route I was originally going to go. I really think these are going to be a big time saver. No more having to go through table buckets to find your journal (and sometimes knocking the table bucket over) or me having to make sure I move journals to the correct bucket should I switch one kiddo with another :) This is a definite summer project and I'm glad I'm done! One more thing I can check off my list!
If you didn't see my other post, click here to grab the chair pocket tutorial for yourself.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
chair pocket success…almost
I'm not finished with this project but it's well under way. I'm halfway through and need to get more fabric but I'm super excited with how my chair pockets are turning out! I had posted an easy idea with pillowcases but I then realized how expensive that would be :) So I took a deep breath and decided to sew a set of chair pockets. I was nervous - the tutorials I looked at seemed complicated but I found the above tutorial and thought, with a name like that, I would give it a try. After making one, it really is pretty easy! I can just picture how these will look in my classroom and they're going to be really cute :)
Monday, July 6, 2015
getting organized
A new school year is like a new year (as in January 1). Just like in January, I find myself making teacher resolutions :) I consider myself a fairly organized person but want to do a better job with keeping paperwork organized. I found these super cute labels for the drawer I just emptied out by putting those supplies in my new teacher toolbox! My drawer organizer is a bit bigger so I have space on either side of my labels but oh goodness, how cute are these?!
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