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Joyce and Steve | 1st Grade Pandamania
We are Joyce and Steve, educators with over 60 years of experience. Our mission is to help teachers and homeschool parents target π― their instruction to enhance student learning. We are excited to share our ideas, easy-to-use materials, and wealth of knowledge with you. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and receive tips and FREE resources to help you and your primary students thrive this school year! π
Hello Reader, So here's the story. One busy morning before school, I let my hair go curly instead of styling it straight as usual. I thought it looked pretty good, so I went to school. No one said anything about my new style, good or bad, but I did get some second glances... The bell rang, and I opened the outside door to greet my 1st graders with a big smile. As many of you know, first graders notice everything new. James, in particular. And there he was, first in line, eager to start the...
Hello Reader, It's hard to teach guided reading groups when the rest of the class needs your attention. During centers, are your students: off task? asking for help? lacking confidence? frustrated? misbehaving? When your students lack confidence about the task they are required to complete, they may show it in disruptive ways. Here are some things to be mindful of when you are planning centers: Target activities to your students' needs. Target activities to your students' levels. Be clear...
Hello Reader, When we group and regroup students regularly based on data, we are grouping flexibly. As our students' goals change, our instruction to target those goals changes. *If you want to read more about how to assess, group, and instruct students flexibly, see the link to a great blog post at the ββbottom.ββ Once you have them in appropriate learning groups, we get busy organizing our materials. Here are some materials that you can easily create every time you re-group students! Just...