Reading is a powerful, yet complicated skill to master. All the components, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension all work together to help students become a master reader. We as educators know that all of these components are important, but I have noticed in my years of teaching, that once students master blending and segmenting, the growth is immense…. Read More
This year is a year like NO other. We have had to adapt and change, especially in regards to technology. I’ve been fortunate to have one-to-one devices with my students the past 5 years and I thought I was tech savvy. However, this year technological skills have exploded as we navigate through various models of distance learning. If anything good… Read More
Be careful reading this post about CCIRA because after I attended, I will never go back to the way I was teaching before. In this year alone I have learned so much about myself as an educator and have grown more than any other year I’ve taught. In reflecting on what has had the biggest impact on the drastic shift… Read More
Do you have an uninterrupted sustained silent reading, or SSR, time in your day? This year was the first year that I had a carved out time of 30 minutes in the schedule specially designated for sustained silent reading. At first I thought, “30 minutes for first graders? That’s impossible!” However, I quickly came to realize that not only was… Read More
Hello all!! Welcome to the blog of sweetnsauerfirsties! My name is Lindsay Sauer and I’m a first grade teacher. I’ve been teaching now for five years and I have loved it! I have evolved so much as an educator and I am constantly looking for new ways to improve my practice. On my blog, I’ll talk about personal experiences (the… Read More