Chinese New Year

This week starts a long list of fun activities and events in our classroom! We start with MLK celebration tomorrow, Chinese New Year, 100th Day of School, Valentine's Day, Dr. Seuss' Birthday and MORE!! To kick off this fun time, I wanted to make some morning work that tied in with our themes but also reinforced some skills! Click on the picture below to get a copy of your Chinese New Year ABC Order!

Enjoy!

Winter Writing and Story FREEBIE!

Happy day after Christmas! I hope that everyone got what they wanted and are finally relaxing!! (Which is something I should probably do too!) But, I've officially decided that this is the time catch up on EVERYTHING that is on my to-do list!

Which means, time to prepare for all of our fun winter stuff!!

I created this winter writing packet:

Included:

“Snow” acrostic

“Winter” acrostic

How many words can you make with the word: winter

How many words can you make with the word: snowman

How many words can you make with the word: snowball

How many words can you make with the word: hot chocolate

How many words can you make with the word: mittens

My Little Snowman (create a snowman) (2 different versions)

Winter Word Picture Cards

Write the room record sheet

All About My Snowman Fill in the blank

Senses Writing: In the winter, I (see, hear, smell, taste, feel)

How to build the perfect snowman:

Blank Paper

First, Next, Last

First, Next, Last (with pictures).

Winter Mad Libs! Fill in the parts of speech and then fill in the blanks for a funny story!

I have provided two options for each of the following writing prompts (large lines and smaller lines)

“All About My Snowman”

“You built a snowman and all of a sudden it grows legs, what happens next?”

“A penguin escaped from the zoo and is now in your classroom. Write a story about what happens”

“If I were a snowflake”

“In the winter, I see…” (with blank picture space)

“I wish it snowed...” (with blank picture space)

“When it’s cold outside I like to...”

“My favorite part of winter"

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But I wanted to give ya'll a little freebie to start off your new year right! We did this with Christmas stories before winter break and the kids LOVED it! We then broke up into two groups and made up our stories and then shared them. They were amazed at how different a story is with just a few different words!! I hope your kiddos enjoy it as much as mine did!

Thanksgiving Writing and a Freebie

Okay, so I feel like school just started and now we are already at Thanksgiving? I guess it makes sense considering I've seen Christmas stuff in stores for weeks already! We will probably see Valentines Day stuff starting next week?

Anyways, I love all the activities, books, crafts, and MORE about Thanksgiving. I created this writing pack with some of the activities that I have used in the past and my kiddos love it! I have also really seen a love of writing prompt cards in my class, so I decided to start making monthly, or theme prompt cards. When my students are able to free write, I have many who ALWAYS take the writing prompt cards and write the cutest stories!

This pack that I made has 36 pages of FUN!! 

It includes:

1.I am thankful for…. (whole page)

2.I am thankful for _____ because…(half page blank)

3.I am thankful for _____ because…(half page with b/w picture)

4.How to cook a turkey (full page lines)

5.How to cook a turkey (First, Next, Last)

6.How to help a turkey escape (full page lines)

7.How to help a turkey escape (First, Next, Last)

8.How to make pumpkin pie (full page lines)

9.How to make pumpkin pie (First, Next, Last)

10.THANKS Acrostic

11.PILGRIM Acrostic

12.INDIAN Acrostic

13.Blank Turkey Writing Paper

14.Blank Pie Writing Paper

15.Blank Pilgrim Writing Paper

16.Blank Indian Writing Paper

17.Thanksgiving Words (Writing Prompt Poster)

18.Thanksgiving Then Vs. Now (Venn Diagram) (b/w)

19.Thanksgiving Then Vs. Now (Venn Diagram) (color)

20.Indians vs. Pilgrims (Venn Diagram) (b/w)

21.Indians vs. Pilgrims (Venn Diagram) (color)

22.Turkey Facts

23.Pilgrim Facts

24.Indian Facts

25.My Turkey Story

26.Thanksgiving Foods (List Writing)

27.My Thanksgiving Dinner Grocery List (List Writing)

28.Turkeys Can, Have, Are

29.Blank Writing Paper with topics:

1.Indians

2.Pilgrims

3.The Mayflower

4.Thanksgiving

30.5 facts I learned about Thanksgiving

31.Thanksgiving Fun: What are some things you like to do on Thanksgiving?

32.What would the turkey say? (Creative writing)

33.If I were a Pilgrim (write about your experience on the first Thanksgiving)

34.If I were an Indian (write about your experience on the first Thanksgiving)

35.On Thanksgiving, my family...

36.Happy Thanksgiving Coloring Page!

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I have also took a page from the pack for a FREEBIE for you!! Follow my blog and/or teacherspayteachers to receive followers ONLY freebies coming up!! :)

Click below for your own copy!!!

What are you thankful for??

Alphabet Board Games!

I sometimes feel that my kiddos get board with constant repetition of letter recognition practice. I do a lot of small group practice with my kids, and I wanted to make something a little more exciting for them.

My students LOVE games. You put a skill with a board game and they are all over it! :)

So, I decided to make a bunch of alphabet games that you can use with your little ones!!

THese board games are perfect for small group instruction, practice, literacy stations, or even review! 

They help reinforce:

letter knowledge

letter sounds

beginning sounds/ending sounds

and MORE!

INCLUDED:

Capital Letter Board Game

Lowercase Letter Board Game

3 Blank Board Games

Capital Letters (color)

Capital Letters (b&w)

Lowercase Letters (color)

Lowercase Letters (b&w)

Directions: 

Roll a dice and move that many spaces. When you land on a square, you must say the letter name, letter sound, or beginning/ending sound. If you do, you can stay. If you do not, you must go back. 

There are many OTHER ways you can play this game:

Letter Sounds (say the sound the letter makes when you land on it)

Lowercase Letter Recognition (say the letter)

Uppercase Letter Recognition (say the letter)

Beginning/Ending Sounds (say a word that begins/ends with that letter)

Writing Practice (land on a letter, and you have to write the letter)

EVEN MORE ADVANCED IDEAS (for differentiation):

Land on a letter and write a word with that letter

Vowel Practice (make a word with that vowel in the beginning/middle/end)

The ideas are endless!!

There are also blank board games where you can roll the dice, and pick up a card. The student then has to say the name of the letter, sound, or word that starts/ends.

If you have any other ideas that you use with this pack please comment and share! I LOVE to hear how teachers use my products differently than intended! Everyone always has such great ideas!!

Click Here, or on the picture above to check it out! 

Happy Teaching!!

Teacher To-Do List Freebie!

Do you have to-do lists for your to-do lists? Well, I do! I feel like I am constantly making to-do lists and then I can't find those little pieces of paper that I wrote on!

This has by far been one of the best organizational tools for me! I made a "to-do" list divider of my lesson plan binder. That way, when I think of something that needs to be done, I write it there, and it's ALWAYS with me! Yes, I take my lesson plan binder with me EVERYWHERE....call me crazy :)

I wanted to help out my former teachers, so I decided to make it a freebie for ya'll!

Click on the picture to grab a copy of yours!

Happy Organization! Have a great week!!!

Elephant Ending Sounds and Bear Beginning Sounds!

I don't know about you, but I LOVE literacy stations! I especially love making them! My favorite types are the interactive ones that they kids really get into! Because of this, I created two really fun stations that my kiddos really loved!

Beginning Sound Bears and Ending Sound Elephants! 

How to use this activity:

Print the elephants or bears (or both) onto different colored paper. Print the pictures (black and white or color on their own paper). Once you have copied the elephants/bears, cut them out, and glue the sound pictures on each elephant/bear.

How to play:

The students will pull an elephant (if doing ending sounds) or a bear (if doing beginning sounds), and write the beginning or ending sound on that picture. Then, color the picture to match the color of the elephant/bear!

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Elephant Ending Sounds

Bear Beginning Sounds

Follow my blog to find out about the freebies I will be posting this week and stay tuned for some giveaway opportunities! :)

I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of a new school year!!

                                 

First Day of School FREEBIE!

I promised myself that this year I would try and post at least once a day, but AH!!! Hopefully things will slow down!

I am feeling pretty excited about being in the second week of school so I thought that I would have a fun freebie for ya'll! Click on the picture to grab yours! 

Have a great first week of school!!!