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IS IT CRAZY HAIR DAY??!
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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 day. James just stared wide-eyed at me in horror and yelled, "IS IT CRAZY HAIR DAY??!" You see, James LOVED crazy hair day, and he thought maybe he had missed the memo. This was well over 10 years ago, and I can still see James's look of horror and get a chuckle whenever I go curly. What would we do without those precious moments with our students? Life would be pretty dull without the daily chuckles. Have a fun story to share about your students? We'd love to hear it! β In the meantime, here are some great activities you may like for the month of February. Can you believe how much we celebrate in such a short month?: Our Symmetry Products have been selling like crazy, so we made a Symmetry Growing Bundle for the year! Grab it now because as we add products, the price will go up! Have you seen our Valentine's Day blog where you can grab this FREE editable Valentine for your students??
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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, You heard that right. This is big. We have now made our Phonics Videos for CVC, CVCe, and Suffixes all FREE on YouTube for you to use whenever you need to! Use these 14 Videos for FREE during: instruction morning work small group whole group interventions centers or whenever you have a few minutes for review! See ALL Full-Length SOR Targeted Phonics Videos Why are we doing this? We believe in these phonics videos. We want your students to learn and practice important phonics...
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...