Teacher Clip Art, Literary Resources, Classroom Ideas
Here’s another bunch of socially distanced learning activities that you can use in a primary classroom. You can see the first 8 ideas in this previous post! These are activities I used with my student when we went back to in-class teaching, but still had to maintain social distancing rules. These are chosen for simplicity, lack of prep needed, and student engagement!
Socially Distanced TARGET GAMES
I was talking to a student recently who told me about how her family loved going [Read More…]
There are many fun teaching activities that we can do as teachers while still keeping students socially distanced. With a bit of creativity there are a lot of adaptations we can make – preferably with very little preparation. I’ve listed eight activities below (and seven more here!) that were popular in my classroom when we went back to in-person teaching.
Socially Distanced OUTSIDE PHONICS
Unless it was pouring rain, we spent as much time outside as possible. A lot of learning happened [Read More…]
Confession time: When I first heard of Boom Cards my thoughts were “I can’t learn another new thing right now!” But when distance learning became a reality, I decided to give myself 20 minutes to read and learn, and then decide if it was something I wanted to try.
Guess what? TOTALLY worth my time! I think there’s a good chance you might agree with me! I’m going to break it down into a few small steps so that [Read More…]
Stories are the perfect way to teach social skills and introduce new concepts. This post focuses on a series of books based on silly monsters who explore and illustrate essential social skills topics. They also illustrate principles of distance learning and ideas for how to stop the spread of germs. Perfect for starting important discussions, whether you are teaching remotely or in person!
Monster Social Skills Stories
My students love everything about monsters, whether they are scary or just silly! This set [Read More…]
As more and more of our teaching involves online learning, I’ve realized that I have to get super organized with my online resources. This includes my huge collection of online stories! Here’s how I’m keeping everything simple and organized this year:
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Organizing Online Stories
Google Slides is the perfect way to build a virtual class library, and it’s a fun way to visually store all of the stories you share with students. Each one of the books [Read More…]
When my students enjoy a particular phonics center, I want to keep using it even when we move on to a different phonics focus! This way I know students will be happily engaged, and I won’t have to spend time explaining a new activity every week. Below are some of the phonics centers I use through the entire year for centers, morning work, small group lessons and even take home work. I hope it inspires you with some new ideas! [Read More…]
How do you manage the rest of the class while you’re doing small group lessons? There are many ways to organize this situation, and I’ve tried them all! The most important part for my students is to make sure the centers are both engaging and easy to manage (so I don’t have to stop and explain directions over and over!)
FAMILIAR TASKS
When I find a task my students enjoy, I like to make different versions of that task for all of [Read More…]
Do you use social skills stories in your classroom? One of my favorite things about teaching is sharing books and stories with my students. Even better if students can learn about important topics while they enjoy the stories and characters!
Bunny And Bear Social Skills Stories
This post focuses on our series of books called Bunny and Bear. Bunny and Bear books are social stories which teach essential social skills to young children. My own students immediately fell in love with [Read More…]
Over the last few years I’ve spent more and more time during my reading block on small groups. This means I need to make sure the rest of the class is engaged and learning independently. My solution has been to fill up my literacy and writing centers with simple, effective and fun tasks that my students can complete independently.
SAME TASK, DIFFERENT SKILLS
One of the things that make planning easy for me is to create a task my students enjoy, and [Read More…]
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MORE FREE DOWNLOADS
You may also be interested the FREE downloads in the posts listed below!
I hope you find some helpful resources!
Free Downloads: First Grade Writing
Free Downloads: Simple Art Templates
Math Centers: Free Downloads
Free Directed Drawing Videos: Students Draw Along
Free Letter Sounds Song [Read More…]
