The letter Dd is a great time to use the book If You Give a Dog a Donut. I know you will love all of these If You Give a Dog a Donut Activities and Fun ideas for the week. Tying learning into literacy and math skills is a great, solid teaching tip to cover multiple standards in an inventive and engaging way. Charting and Write the Room I love to use this chart (shown in the back) on my … [Read more...]
Fill the Ten Frame
Fill the ten frame is a game I invented to help my learners enjoy learning. A huge joy in the classroom is when you see your learners actively engaged in a game. They are having so much fun they forget they are doing real work. This is a complete victory for the learner and the teacher. Break Down Fill the Ten Frame Let me break this game down to show you how powerful and FUN it can be! Since we … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Playing 20 Questions
What is the game 20 Questions and why should you be playing 20 questions in your classroom? This is a fun game that your students will enjoy! What is 20 Questions? 20 questions is a FUN game that your students will love. This game focuses on asking and answering questions, which every young child needs to work on! It also can be concentrated on one subject or another. For example, a game … [Read more...]
Bb and Dd Reversal Tip & Freebie
I have to share with you this Bb and Dd Reversal Tip & Freebie. Don't you love it when you see a teaching tip that not only makes sense... but you can name 3 students who can benefit from it TODAY?! Me too! I recently saw a Facebook video from a mommy showing this cool Bb and Dd reversal tip to others that helped her own son. A fellow teacher saw it, tagged me, and asked me to make a … [Read more...]
Dog Gone GOOD Activities
What a FUN week we had at school with the letter Dd and the book, If You Give a Dog a Donut. Here is a peek... We did some creative writing, a dog art project, we also went on a Dd letter hunt in the room. We listened to the book, made donuts (yummy!), and created and read donut words. I created these cute labels to send home to my parents as a prompt to get their … [Read more...]