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Visual Literacy Center Menu

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If you’re struggling a little with organizing, prepping, or managing literacy centers, you’ll love the concept of year-long literacy centers using a visual literacy center menu! *This post contains affiliate links. **You can find two FREE visual literacy center menu at the BOTTOM of this post. Click on the teal download button. A visual menu is particularly helpful for: pre-readers &…
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Year-Long Literacy Centers {with Free Choice}

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Ever heard of year-long literacy centers? As a classroom teacher, they absolutely transformed my literacy center time! Literacy centers were an absolute requirement during our guided reading block when I taught K/1. So, I jumped right in, prepping cute literacy centers that were sure to please any administrator. {15-20 different cute ones a week to be exact.} But it became clear…
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About Running Records

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If you’ve taught in the classroom for long enough, you’ve probably heard of running records. Today, we’re going to dive into running records just a bit to talk about what, when, where, and why you should use them with your readers. Scroll down to the very bottom to see the posts in this series! If you’re a parent or homeschooler,…
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Johnny Appleseed Literacy Activities {FREE!}

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Get prepared for Johnny Appleseed Day with these FREE Johnny Appleseed Literacy Activities! They’re great for K-3 learners. My Kindergartner, 2nd grader, and 3rd grader, are working on them next week for what we’re calling “Apple Day.” *This post contains affiliate links. **The free download can be found at the END of this post. Just click on the teal download…
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Sounding Out Words Practice Pages

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It’s no secret that sounding out words is still a bit of a struggle for my now 2nd grader. Of course, I don’t want this to be her go-to reading strategy for every word because that just wouldn’t be appropriate. But truly decodable words, like track or stump, still often trip her up. Instead of reading through the word, she…
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