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    CVC Words and Short Vowels: My Favorite Reading Activities!

    Activities for CVC words have always been something I have reached for in the classroom. My teaching career started in Kindergarten. Then I moved to First Grade after my first year. I taught the lowest readers in First Grade and spent a lot of time teaching foundational skills such as short vowels and CVC words. I have found that making sure I had fantastic short vowel reading centers and CVC activities gave my students the extra practice and review that they needed when they were not at my teacher table. There is also a FREE CVC activity in this post, so please keep reading! CVC Words Activity Bundle I have…

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    My Favorite First Grade Math Station

    Do you ever feel like you are running out of creative ideas when planning your first grade math stations? I want to help with this freebie! I LOVED planning math. It was the one subject that I felt a lot of freedom in, but coming up with new math stations to put out at centers could feel overwhelming. I wanted to have math centers that reviewed the standards I had taught, but didn’t need me to use 15 minutes of our math rotation time going over directions. Time was precious! I also did not want to answer the question “What do I do with this center?” over and over again.…