First grade small group activities

These free first grade reading games are great to use as first grade centers or in your first grade guided reading groups. Simply print the activities, and they are ready for use in your primary classroom!

Wondering what tools to keep in your literacy small group caddy? These are a few of the things that I am constantly reaching for during first grade small group literacy instruction, so I keep them all handy in a little caddy that I can easily move around.

Phonics notebook first grade amazing

Decoding drills for building fluency helps students apply phonics skills when reading. Perfect warm ups and a great tracking tool, too.

Use the first five minutes of your small group reading time to integrate one-on-one instruction for your growing readers! Learn how to help students self-start at the small group table, make time for running records and individualized instruction, and keep yourself focused and organized so that you stay on time during your small group lessons! #reading #smallgroup #guidedreading #literacy #classroomorganization #classroommanagement #classroomroutines #classroomschedule #reading

Hello, friends! I'll be doing a series of several posts this week all about Guided Reading! Today's post is all about how Guided Reading ...

Small Group Instruction - Mrs. LeBlanc's Learners

These guided reading games for first grade are great for practicing skills like beginning sounds, and cvc words. Use them in your kindergarten and first grade small reading groups.

Read to see how I plan and organize activities to run my small phonics groups in the beginning of the school year! Plus get this FREE customizable small group planning template to organize your own groups! #Kindergarten #Phonics #SmallGroups

Small group time is one of my favorite times of the day! I love meeting with the kids and listening to them talk about math or reading! It used to be a real grind figuring out what I would do during that time, but once I got a system down, it really became the highlight...Read More »

Play this super fun sight word game to improve reading skills! This is a great way to practice fluency with beginning readers! Oh Snap! is can be tailored to your child's reading ability & is perfect for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and/or 2nd Grade. #sightwords #readingskills #makelearningfun

If you feel like you never have time to complete all of your teacher tasks, you are not alone. This is a common feeling amongst teachers and because of this, teachers often get burned out very quickly. In order to avoid feeling burned out and still get all the important things done, it’s important to…

Math exit tickets for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade are aligned to standards. They help teachers assess their students quickly and easily!

Are you wondering how to structure your small group time so you can fit everything in? Here are some teacher-tested tips for using small group time most efficiently.#literacy #smallgroups #intervention #reading #teaching

Learn how to set up your guided math at your seat rotation with these independent math activities, plus find ideas for differentiating math lesson work!

These first grade reading games are ready to print and play... perfect for centers and small group practice! Grab some dice and a few game pieces and you're set to go! Aligned with first grade ELA standards, this set includes more than 40 fun games focused on a variety of skills from phoneme segmentation to sight words, blends, rhyming words, compound words, and more. Blank game templates have also been included so children can have fun designing their own games to play with friends!

Write and Wipe Blends and Digraphs to practice writing blend and digraph spelling patterns. Great for literacy centers, small group rotations, workshop, and early finishers. Read more on my blog theprimarybrain.com

Learn how to organize your small group guided reading table, teacher supplies, and student supplies to set your students up for success this school year. As you plan your Science of Reading small groups, it’s important to think about how to organize and set up your teacher table, and your student supplies. Learn what supplies your students need for small groups, how to set up your small group table, and grab my free science of reading small group toolkit here.

I have always believed the time my students and I spend at the small group table is THE most important time of our day. If you have followed my blog for

Hello darlings! Just a few more days until I leave 3 Teacher Chick and launch my new blog That Teaching Spark. The blog still looks yucky and I am just waiting on the designer for some finishing touches! She has been awesome! Make sure to check back for some amazing gift card giveaways, TPT Product giveaways, and crafty giveaways! This post is an overview of the Word Study Program I use in third grade. Stick with me though, because you could do the same thing in your classroom, you just need…