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This Small Classroom: Parts of Speech Dice

This cube is intended to use with the word wall in my classroom.  We are just moving into learning about parts of speech, so I think this will come in handy very soon.  The students will roll the dice, see which part of speech they get, find such a word on the word wall and… Continue reading This Small Classroom: Parts of Speech Dice

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This Small Classroom: Wall Organizer

I had thought about getting a bookshelf that was accessible to my students.  This would free up more time for me to teach because I wouldn't need to hand them everything.  It would also be safer than my kindergarten students getting things off the higher shelves themselves.  Since I didn't really have the space for… Continue reading This Small Classroom: Wall Organizer

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This Small Classroom: Flashcard Books

The students I teach are Kindergarten and 1st grade.  There is a wide range of reading ability between them.  For the literacy center activity, I wanted to include books that emphasized vocabulary, but also had an option of stretching the student's reading skills.  I had previously purchased First Word and Numbers flashcard from the Dollar… Continue reading This Small Classroom: Flashcard Books

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This Small Classroom

I teach five classes a day.  Some classes are really well behaved, others are not so much.  During my planning time last Thursday, I sat in each chair of one class that was particularly hard to manage.  In each chair, I tried to imagine that I was that student.  At this point in the year,… Continue reading This Small Classroom