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How to Make Phonics Centers Easier to Manage

December 27 By Linda Kamp 1 Comment

article on how to make phonics centers easier to manage

In this post I’ll share simple ways to make your phonics centers easier to manage. These tips will help make your center time more effective, more organized, and less time consuming to plan. They’ll help you and your students make the most of your minutes as they practice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classroom Management, Phonics Tagged With: centers, classroom management, phonics

My Weekly Phonics Routine in Second Grade

December 20 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

2nd Grade weekly phonics routine

Developing routines with our students not only makes the most of our instructional time, but they add structure to our students’ daily activities. Students know what to expect and how to do what is expected. In this post, I’ll explain my weekly phonics routine in second grade and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classroom Management, Phonics, Popular Posts Tagged With: centers, classroom management, literacy, phonics, routines

7 Secrets to Student Independence During Centers

August 16 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

article about how to increase student engagement and student independence during centers

As a first-year teacher, I dreaded center time. Mostly because I didn’t yet know that the secret to getting my students to work independently during centers was to train them. I didn’t yet know how to train my students well and I wasn’t consistent. And I was certainly no expert … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom Management, Popular Posts Tagged With: centers, classroom management, phonics, student engagement

How to Start Centers at the Beginning of the School Year

July 11 By Linda Kamp 3 Comments

how to start centers at the beginning of the year article with picture of girl doing school work

In this post we’ll cover decisions to make and things to consider as you start centers at the beginning of the school year. Centers and guided reading groups are one of my favorite times of the school day. I love how structured the time is and how smoothly centers can run with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom Management, Popular Posts Tagged With: back to school, centers, classroom management, phonics

Mayflower Math & Pilgrim Parts of Speech

November 8 By Linda Kamp 4 Comments

It's all things Plymouth and Pilgrims in my classroom and I'm still wondering where October went!  I thought I'd share a few things we've been up to now that October has come and gone!   Some of my second graders are still having trouble identifying proper nouns so I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Math Tagged With: anchor charts, centers, grammar, MATH, Thanksgiving

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