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Whimsy Workshop Teaching & Clever Classroom Newsletters

July 26, 2015 By Emma Farrell 5 Comments

Whimsy Workshop Teaching & Clever Classroom Newsletters

I’m teaming up with my good friend Susanna from Whimsy Workshop Teaching to launch our newsletters. Susanna and I know that we want to offer our you awesome ideas that you can use in the classroom.  We are both compassionate about literacy and have so many ideas that we want to share with you. By […]

Filed Under: Reading, Sight Words, Word Work Tagged With: desk strips, ELA, free, freebie, freebies, games, learn to read, literacy, Literacy Games and Activities, long vowels, Reading, sight words, spelling, vowels

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5 Sight Word Activities that are FUN

May 26, 2015 By Emma Farrell 3 Comments

5 Sight Word Activities that are FUN

We all know that children learn best with practice and repetition, most of us cover this in our daily planning and delivery.  However, planning activities that are fun and hands on can be more difficult. I have come up with 5 fun ways to learn sight words that are also hands-on. I have teamed up […]

Filed Under: Reading, Sight Words, Word Work Tagged With: any word list, bottle cap centers, bottle cap games, centers, centers on the cheap, Dolch, for any word list, Fry's, hands-on games, I spy sight words, interactive, literacy, Reading, sight words

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Vowel Sounds

March 30, 2015 By Emma Farrell 2 Comments

We all know learning to read and write is tricky for young learners. Learning vowel sounds is also super tricky for our students. I noticed that when I was listening to students read that they didn’t always know or weren’t able to recall the letter-sound relationships and specifically what sounds that vowels can make. By […]

Filed Under: Reading, Word Work Tagged With: a e i o u charts, Anchor Charts, classroom displays, Guided Reading, long vowels, Reading, spelling, strategies, vowels, writer's workshop, Writing

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8 Ideas to use with any Word List

November 19, 2014 By Emma Farrell 2 Comments

Having resource ideas to use for any word list makes planning very easy.   I have collected a bunch of my activities that you could use with any word list like sight words, spelling words, HFW, book, vocabulary, math, personal or interest lists.  This approach will save you planning time and your students will enjoy […]

Filed Under: Reading, Sight Words, Word Work Tagged With: any word list, bottle cap centers, centers, first grade, for any word list, free, freebie, freebies, Literacy Games and Activities, Reading, round up, second grade, word work

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I can Read!

September 23, 2014 By Emma Farrell 1 Comment

One of my favorite things to teach when I taught Kindergarten was reading, followed by writing. Our reading program started by the third week of school after the students were mostly settled into the routines, transitions and everything Kindergarten. Over the years, I tried a few different ways, small groups, half groups, as well as […]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: centers, December, emergent readers, Guided Reading, I can read, Kindergarten, learn to read, November, October, Reading, September

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