My daily Do Now routine helps students settle down at the start of class, but also builds and reinforces a variety of reading and writing ELA skills.| The Literary Maven
Use stations to set a tone of active learning and get students up and moving on the first day of school. Here's a look at my six stations, some of which included group tasks while others included independent tasks.| The Literary Maven
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At the start of the year, we review the grammar basics: nouns, verbs, and adjectives with a choice writing piece called “Where I'm From."| The Literary Maven
The first day of school is not the day to do something complicated or important. Instead I plan a series of no prep getting to know you activities.| The Literary Maven
Here's 3 different activities I use during the first day or week of school so my students are exposed to the books in my classroom library.| The Literary Maven