Marsha McGuire

It’s crazy to think that I’ll hardly know my students’ names, and I’ll be starting Morning Work Stations, but I do! It would seem that by changing out stations every month, it would be quite a bit of work to have to introduce all new activities, but really it isn’t that big of an ordeal. What I do then, is during that first week of stations (and yes I start morning work on day two of school), each day at the end of the day If you’d like to check out Getting Started With Morning Stations, just click HERE or on the picture below.

Students use shell letter cards and editable sight word cards to practice their sight words by linking them together with plastic links. At The Beach Themed Number Cards and Quantity Cards printed on cardstock and laminated for durability * Count Your Ice Cubes self-correcting cards printed on cardstock, laminated, and secured with clothespins. Students use the shells and number bond mat to complete the equation on the self-correcting card.

It’s a wonderful problem to have because once they learn the game, you can change up the skills, tier it to differentiate based on readiness and because your sweet kiddos know and love the game, it becomes a super independent station activity. Back To School Letters and Numbers Editions   of this Hide and Seek game are perfect for teaching the game. Well, Hide and Seek, with a little help from one of my favorite assessment tools, makes collecting data easy for you and engaging and fun for your students. Not only is it great for gaining assessment data to find out where your students are at any given time, but, if your students are like mine, they will love seeing that little pie chart get fuller and fuller as they master more and more skills.

One of the reasons I love attending SDE’s National Conference each year is because I always come home with a ton of questions from teachers about things I never think to blog about. Things that are just second nature to me