As a follow up to one of my most popular items, School-Themed Mad Libs, I have put together a set of 4 Animal-Themed Mad Libs which is available on TpT! There is a separate recording sheet for the list of words before students put their answers into the story so the teacher can then check the list of words for correct parts of speech before having the student their list of words into the actual story.You can also find my original Mad Libs which are school-themed on TpT.
A second grade teacher at my school found a set of phonics cards that she thought would be great to hang on the wall behind the table where she pulls small groups, but the cards were only sold in the UK. She scoured TpT for something similar and found nothing, so she told me about it, knowing that I’m always looking for new stuff to create. So, after days of searching for graphics that would fit each vowel and digraph, it’s finally complete! And, now that TpT is allowing you to correlate your items to the Common Core standards, it’s
Well, it’s been a busy few months, and I’ve added a few anchor charts to the list as the months have gone on, and finally got around to putting an updated version on TpT and on Teachers Notebook. The new charts include: Reading:Homophones Writing:Their, There and They’rey to i (adding endings)Crazy for CommasWhen Do I Need a New Paragraph?Fiction Writing Math:Math Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
Am I the only one who dislikes making those big anchor charts? Inevitably, I run out of space somewhere, or smudge marker when the poster is all but finished. Well, no more for me. I’ve started moving all of my anchor charts into small, digital format. With the Apple TV (which I LOVE by the way), I can put the digital copy up on the TV for my mini-lesson and then print a copy to put in our class anchor chart binder. Some of the charts I can print for individual students to keep in their own writing binders, too.
Many of my students have been playing Boggle as part of their Word Work and with the incentive of a homework pass for anyone who can beat my Boggle score on a board, they have been working hard to find as many words as possible. I’ve also been getting a lot of “Is this word spelled right?” at the end of every Daily 5 round. Enter, the dictionary! Some of the kids have been using it fairly well, although when they look up toward and try to start with ‘tw’, the frustration sets in quickly. So, we are taking the
Monday we are introducing the writing process, so I created a poster outlining the steps of the writing process. I also made a b&w version for the students to keep in their writing binder, and a tracking sheet where they can document what they are accomplishing each day. I also created an I Pick poster since we are introducing that during Daily 5. Both of these resources are available on my TpT store.
I put together a set of CAFE headers, with all of the strategies for my new classroom, which I have available on TpT. I’ve included the CAFE letters, the headers with their descriptions, and all of the strategies, some of which can be seen in the image below. Also included in the file, but not shown in the picture, are blank sheets where students can put their sticky notes to show which strategy they’re working on. I was planning to use them, but I am doing daily five with the other third-grade teacher, and we are having all the students
I needed a matching sign for my Daily 5 centers for a 6th choice – Work With Teacher, and of course I couldn’t find anything… so, what was left to do but create my own new set! So, here it is… my Daily 5 Center Management packet. 6 posters, small cards for students to keep track of their centers (see photo below), teacher check in sheets, and a sheet for conference an observation notes. You can download the Daily 5 Center Management packet on my Teachers Notebook store.
In preparation for the new year, I wanted to get my Word Work centers all set. When I did work work in Kindergarten, I felt like I was in a never ending race to find new centers for the kids to keep up with the new concepts that were being introduced, and by the end of the year, my word work shelf was an unorganized mess with way too many choices! So, I wanted to keep it simple this year, using a set of centers that could work all year long, allowing kids to practice their own individual list of
Here are a few little freebies from Kindergarten that I put up on my TpT store. One is a Roll a Sight Word game, which makes a great word work center. The other is my 100th Day Celebration Tickets, including instructions for how I used them, pictures of some of the activities, and printables, when applicable. Enjoy!