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<p>Here&#8217;s another look at my Spring Poetry project. The image above is from one of my students this year. I used a die cutter to cut out the flowers and the kids made their own leaves.  I&#8217;m really happy with how they turned out. CLICK HERE if you are interested in your own FREE copy</p>

<p>I really love the book I&#8217;m Bored.  CLICK HERE to go to my store and get your own freebie.</p>

<p>Today I&#8217;d like to share with you a quick and easy writing lesson that is free from Tara West over at Little Minds at Work. &nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#8217;s my little display out in front of my room. It was a quick and easy lesson that I left out for a substitute to do for me when &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/friendly-letter-writing-lesson-and/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Friendly Letter Writing lesson and a FREEBIE<

<p>So here&#8217;s a quick and easy activity that we did in my class the day before Spring Break started.  I wanted to come back to a classroom full of bright, happy, Spring-like images.  So why not rainbows? So here&#8217;s how this activity worked. First they wrote their names vertically down a page of their journal. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/rainbow-name-poetry/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Cute Rainbow Name Poet

<p>This is what I tried with my class today. It&#8217;s super easy and terribly cute. You can find these free printables over at Krokotak.com It&#8217;s an adorable site. &nbsp;I highly recommend you take a lot around It&#8217;s in Hungarian, I believe, but you can translate the site to English. &nbsp; Just click on the British &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/cute-christmas-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Cute Chris

<p>10 frames are amazing, aren&#8217;t they??? I love how much it helps children organize their thoughts. 10 frames help children keep track of counting,  see number relationships, learn addition to 10, and understand place value.  Check out this video below to explain more about the value of 10 Frames.   I use 10 frames that &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays-cute-candy-corn-10/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about

<p> I&#8217;m super excited to share this new creation of mine with you.  It&#8217;s my approach to differentiated learning. This is a letter to Santa activity which is good for children of many levels of development from K to 2.  I&#8217;ve broken it up into 3 levels.  The beginning level is good for Kindergarten, Level 2 &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/post-card-from-santa-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Post Card

<p>Here&#8217;s a cute Art / Language Arts project for Fall that we did last week. I need to apologize again for the terrible photos, please bear with me. This is how we made the painting. First we painted the background.  We used pucks of tempera paint.  I showed the children how to mix blue and &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/fall-leaves-art-and-poem/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Fall Leaves Art and Poem</span></a></p>

<p>Scroll down for the freebie, but if you&#8217;re interested, here&#8217;s a little update on our trip to California. We&#8217;re back from our vacation.&nbsp; I was a crazy lady and decided to travel to California with my 2 kids WITHOUT my hubby.&nbsp; My parents are down in Palm Springs for the winter, and usually we fly &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/freebie-friday/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Driving With Small Ch

<p>Wow, I need to get back into regular posting.&nbsp; I have so many ideas and photos from the past few months that I really want to share with you.&nbsp; Sometimes life can be really crazy though. warning &#8211; scroll down if you want to avoid the complaining and get to the teaching stuff&nbsp; 🙂 I &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/wow-am-i-behind-or-what/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Flood Update, Family Messes and a

<p>I&#8217;m just finishing up my Valentine&#8217;s Day Mini Unit.&nbsp; I&#8217;m so excited about it that I couldn&#8217;t wait.&nbsp; So I&#8217;ve decided to give you a FREE sneak peek.&nbsp; In a few days I&#8217;ll post up the link for the whole unit.&nbsp; But for today, here&#8217;s a FREE 3 page sneak peek. This lesson also includes &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/valentines-day-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">abo

<p>Yup, it&#8217;s Groundhog day. This is just a quick post today.&nbsp; Check out the FREE printables over at activity village. Click here to go get your freebies!</p>

<p>Do you think that studying grammar is important in early literacy???&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it definitely has a place. For my own grade two class, which is highly ESL, I find that these kinds of exercises are really good for them.&nbsp; They are old enough, and have 2 years of English schooling, in order to understand &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/simple-halloween-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about A Simple Halloween

<p>Well I&#8217;ve gotten myself organized and I&#8217;m posting my first  download.  I&#8217;m using Teachers Pay Teachers. Click on the photo above or click here for the link This little download has 4 mini books about falling leaves and signs of fall.  It&#8217;s perfect for your 4 levels of guided reading in a grade 1 class.  &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/my-first-free-download-and-its-free/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">ab