I have been super busy trying to get as much ready for the beginning of the year as possible, because I am already stressing about being on maternity leave in November and December and I know I will need as much time as possible when we go back to get ready for that. I am just a *little* obsessive when it comes to my classroom and my kiddos, so I'm already worried about things that could go wrong, won't get done, etc.
As most of you already know, we use Beverly Tyner's small group model at our school and if I haven't said it before, I LOVE it!! It is amazing how well the kids read by the end of the year. For the first 26 small group lessons, we focus on letters (5 a week), so I've been making centers to go with these lessons. You can find letter sorts and a letter roll game here and you can click on the picture below to get a sound sorting freebie. Once again, these go with the order we teach the letters.
I also made some graphic organizers for each letter that I am going to use whole group when we introduce each letter. This pack includes large circles for each letter that you can use as the center of a large circle or bubble map and also student circle and bubble maps for each letter. You can click on the picture to get it from my TpT store for only $2.50!
I would love to hear from you if you are able to use the freebie and if you can, I would also love for you to follow my blog {I'm getting close to 500 and feel a giveaway coming!}.
For those of you who have taken maternity leave before, what did you do to make it as non-stressful as possible? I'mfreaking out a little worried!
As most of you already know, we use Beverly Tyner's small group model at our school and if I haven't said it before, I LOVE it!! It is amazing how well the kids read by the end of the year. For the first 26 small group lessons, we focus on letters (5 a week), so I've been making centers to go with these lessons. You can find letter sorts and a letter roll game here and you can click on the picture below to get a sound sorting freebie. Once again, these go with the order we teach the letters.
I also made some graphic organizers for each letter that I am going to use whole group when we introduce each letter. This pack includes large circles for each letter that you can use as the center of a large circle or bubble map and also student circle and bubble maps for each letter. You can click on the picture to get it from my TpT store for only $2.50!
I would love to hear from you if you are able to use the freebie and if you can, I would also love for you to follow my blog {I'm getting close to 500 and feel a giveaway coming!}.
For those of you who have taken maternity leave before, what did you do to make it as non-stressful as possible? I'm