time saving tips

I am too embarrassed to share how many years of incorporating S.M.A.R.T. into my class it took me to discover that I can just use my whiteboard as my Learning Ladder area...

Let’s just say YEARS!

Instead of always writing content on strips of paper and fussing around with how to keep them hung up, a whiteboard is something that can be prepped each day in just a few seconds. 

This class of early readers is practicing a fluency pyramid based on phonics patterns and heart words they are learning. They read each growing sentence while bouncing on a rebounder. If you don’t have a rebounder, add in some sort of movement like Cross Patterning, tossing a bean bag, squats, jumping jacks, or anything else your class is finding fun.
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Don’t wait years to cut down your material prep time…use this time saving tip this week!

Reference: 

• S.M.A.R.T. Pre-K MORE Program Guide page 108
• S.M.A.R.T. Curriculum Guide page 246​