What is Math Fact Fluency? Fact fluency is knowing a math fact with accuracy and automaticity. Rather than needing to use math strategies to figure it out first-grade students should be able to see an addition or subtraction problem within 10 and give the answer within 3 seconds. It is recommended that kindergarten students have math fluency within 5. Why is Math Fact Fluency Important? When students are able to fluently solve basic addition and subtraction problems, it frees up their ... continue reading...
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Engaging Reading Fluency Activities for 1st and 2nd Grade
Reading fluency activities to help you focus on fluency in your classroom. Weekly fluency activities that can be completed in class or at home! Reading Fluency Activities The National Institute of Child Health and Development identifies fluency as one critical component to becoming a proficient reader. Along with phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and comprehension; reading fluency should be a focus in your classroom. So, set a clear focus on fluency with these fun and ... continue reading...
Sight Word Fluency Phrase Cards for Fluency Practice and Assessment
Sight word fluency practice for your primary classroom. Dolch word phrases broken into colorful lists for fun practice and assessment. Sight Word Fluency Do you practice sight words in your primary classroom? Of course, you do! Sight word recognition and fluency is the foundation for reading in your kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Dolch words comprise approximately 60-75% of what is printed in almost any piece of children's literature. Whether students read words from ... continue reading...
February Reading Fluency Activities for 1st and 2nd Grade
Focus on reading fluency in February. Differentiated fluency passages and activities that can be used in class or given for homework. Reading Fluency As educators, we know that reading fluency is important and should be a focus in our early elementary classrooms. It is a building block in literacy. The more our students automatically recognize words in reading, the better they comprehend the text that is being read. There are four components of reading fluency: accuracy, rate, ... continue reading...
Alphabet Recognition and Fluency Activities for Kindergarten (FREE FILE)
Alphabet recognition and fluency activities. Fun activities and ideas to help your students master letter identification and sound during whole group, small group, and centers! Alphabet Recognition & Sound Alphabet recognition practice starts on day 1 of kindergarten and it consumes a lot of our time during the first several weeks of school. It is our focus because it is essential. With a strong foundation in letter recognition, students have an easier time learning the sounds ... continue reading...
Sight Words Working on Fluency
I've teamed up with Stephanie Stewart from Falling into First to bring you this amazing resource. Dolch words are some of the most frequently used words in the English language. The Dolch words comprise approximately 60-75% of what is printed in almost any piece of children’s literature. These sight word sentence fluency cards cover the words on the Pre-primer and Primer lists. When you present sight words in short sentences rather than in isolation children are more likely to remember ... continue reading...
How to Start Teaching Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten & First Grade
Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
Mega Math Giveaway, a Freebie and a Bonus!
Last summer Deedee and I talked about how our District's math curriculum just wasn't cutting it. It wasn't fun to teach and it wasn't engaging for the kids. AT. ALL! Out of those conversations our math units were born. We are amazed at the growth we've seen in Number Sense and Problem Solving. And the best part? These units make math workshop so much fun! We've had lots of feedback from teachers telling us that their students love the hands-on math lessons and activities. Deedee and I ... continue reading...
Math Units with FREEBIES and Toolkit binder covers {REPOST}
Hi friends, as many of you are starting the countdown to summer you are already starting to think about next year! I don't think ANYONE works harder than a teacher. We never turn our teaching brain off! Deedee and I have received a lot of requests for more information about our Math units. So I thought I'd do a quick blog post to share how we structure the lessons and give you some free sample lessons so that you could check it out if you're interested. We are both ... continue reading...
Math Workshop Model with FREEBIES
Hi friends, as many of you are starting the countdown to summer you are already starting to think about next year! I don't think ANYONE works harder than a teacher. We never turn our teaching brain off! Deedee and I have received a lot of requests for more information about our Math units. So I thought I'd do a quick blog post to share how we structure the lessons and give you some free sample lessons so that you could check it out if you're interested. We are both big ... continue reading...
Guided Math Workshop: 10 Questions Answered
Do you have questions about how we plan and structure our guided math workshop? We often get asked about this so I wanted to take a few minutes to see if I can answer the top 10 questions we get about the guided math workshop. 1. How do you organize the curriculum? We like to use binders...ALL the BINDERS! Each unit fits nicely in a small 1" binder. 2. What does a typical lesson look like? Each day: Fluency practice (5 mins) *more on ... continue reading...
Sight Words Making them Stick!
Sticky Sight Words! A year-long sight word program. Sticky Sight Words pack includes 9 Dolch lists for your kids to practice and learn. Each one is a separate bubblegum color so as they master a list they can color in that gumball on their gumball recording sheet. This unit is packed! It includes: 9 lists to send home Flashcards for sight word rings Practice sheets for all of the words Assessment sheets and reward certificates to send home. Progress sheets for tracking ... continue reading...
Thanksgiving Fun!
Thanksgiving classroom activities for kindergarten and first grade with free files. Turkey in Disguise activity, pilgrims, and other crafts to make Thanksgiving the best EVER! Do you ever have one of those weeks where you feel like you haven't accomplished a lot? Well.. this has been one of those weeks for me! Here are some of the things we've done so far. Thanksgiving classroom activities: Read Aloud We read, If I Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. Then we used this book to work ... continue reading...
Arctic Animals Fun!
Comparing and Contrasting Polar Bears & Walruses using a venn diagram. {All of the directions for the crafts and the venn diagram strips are included in my Arctic Animals unit).EXCUSE the fact that it says, live in Antarctica! Mercy! I didn't even realize I had made the mistake until a sweet person told me. Ya know how your brain just kicks into auto? As a class we read these together and we read, lives in the Arctic. (didn't even notice the mistake). ... continue reading...
Arctic Animals: Polar Bears and Walruses
Arctic Animals Polar Bears and Walruses Lesson Plan Ideas for Kindergarten and First Grade! We have always loved learning about polar bears and animals that live in the Arctic. This graphic organizer is an oldie but a goodie! And their learning transfers into their informational writing beautifully! Here are a few throwback pics Comparing and Contrasting Polar Bears & Walruses using a venn diagram. EXCUSE the ... continue reading...