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    My Favorite Classroom Transformation: Camp Day!

    Raise your hand if you love a good (and easy to set up) classroom transformation! -Insert me holding up both hands- My first grade team and I typically planned one classroom transformation each quarter. In the spring, we created Camp Day for our students! A camping classroom transformation was all about review for us. The beauty of a Camp Day classroom transformation is that it can be done at any time of the year! The spring was a great time to do it for us, as we were preparing for testing. Therefore, we had A LOT to review! We set up reading centers for the morning, math centers for the…

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    FREE Valentine’s Day Write the Room Activity!

    I love Write the Room activities! They are a great way to get students moving around the classroom and practicing vocabulary, sight words, or spelling! I have created a set of 12 Valentine’s Day Write the Room task cards for your students to enjoy! How to use a Write the Room Activity It’s simple to get this center going! Cut out the cards, hang them around the classroom, give students copies of the recording sheets, then let them find and record the words from around the room! Moving around the classroom will keep them engaged in the work, and the vocabulary cards will expose them to words they might not…