Open court reading first grade concept board

SF Reading Street Unit Questions Board

For those of you who teach Open Court, here are some signs I typed up to use for each unit. (If you teach Open Court, please let me know. I'd love to pick your brain for ideas. Especially how you teach the concept of this board to little first graders.) Now, some of the letters are on a different page. I was trying to save paper. I don't know about you all, but our school's so limited on paper. We only get 5 reams per trimester. LUCKILY, my donor's choose project for paper and pencils have…

Tips for teaching kids comparing and contrasting in reading. Introduce the concept in small steps, practice with differentiated materials, using vocabulary.

Unit 2: Camouflage

Open Court - Concept Question Boards

The reading groups organization for yourself, your students, and your parents is key to a successful small groups time. Let's chat about organizing each of these!

I decided to change up the question board this unit. I liked the way the first board looked, but I felt like it was more for decoration and...

I hope you had a good weekend. Mine consisted of "trying" to clean my house. It's one of those 2 steps forward, one step back type of things... One thing that I loved was having all my papers & tests graded before I left school on Friday, I contribute that to my husband bringing me my favorite Starbucks drink to school. Gotta love a little caffeine to power through. I know, he wins the best hubby ever award! What are we tackling this week at school? Reading Our main story this week is…

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