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Back-to-School: Guided Discovery

by Heidi

Do you know The First Six Weeks of School by Paula Denton and Roxann Kriete?  I love this book!  I got it early in my teaching career and it’s one of the few books that I pulled out to reference EVERY YEAR! The main philosophy of this book is that taking time to shape the…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Grade, Back to School, classroom organization, management, organization

Beginning Fluency: Leveled Passages

by Heidi

When it comes to fluency practice, students need something to read.  But what?  Really, any text that students can read independently works for practice: rereading familiar books Reader’s Theater scripts student newspapers (Scholastic News, Weekly Reader, etc.) joke books short poems But if you’re looking for more targeted practice, leveled passages are an excellent resource….

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Grade, fluency, homework

Why I Read Magic Treehouse to My Students

by Heidi

When I was in 2nd grade, Mrs. Green read aloud to us every day.  It was one of my favorite parts of the day.  I fell in love with books because of that time. My first favorite was a book she read us (this post contains affiliate links): A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  I…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, Books

Beginning Fluency: Letter Name Fluency (LNF)

by Heidi

When we were looking at extending the levels of fluency practice that we offer, we played around with a few things and finally realized that to make this meaningful we needed to start at the beginning.  So, here is a look at the very beginning. (The framework of our fluency was designed to correlate with…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, fluency

Top 5 Nutcracker Themed Reads

by Heidi

I have loved the story of the Nutcracker ever since I was a little girl and Grammy gave me a copy of the book when she came to visit. So let’s start our list there with the story of the Nutcracker. #1 The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet by Deborah Hautzig WW I love this version…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Grade, book review, christmas, Christmas Books, Top 5 Christmas Book Lists

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We are Heidi and Emily. Sisters. Heidi & Emily are both former 2nd grade teachers and current preschool teachers with a combined 17 years experience.

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