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Okay, I admit it... I have been slightly neglecting my blog, but not because I haven't been doing work!  I've been working hard to prep for the new school year and for the Phonics, Vocabulary, and Comprehension PD that Katie (over at Kdot's Learning Spot ) and I have been working on! Well of course, this big TPT sale coming up tomorrow has inspired me to post a few of the things I've been working on!  And of course, to repay all of you for continuing to follow me even though I'm posting less frequently... I think I'll give away ALL OF MY NEW ITEMS today! :) And of course, if you don't win, all of these products will be on super sale tomorrow and Monday! (Props to Krista  from  The Creative Chalkboard  for the amazing sign!!) Now... let's see what you can win! I'm going to start with the project that took me the most time.  I made videos that are about 5 minutes long each for each letter of the alphabet!  And even though the video itself is only about...

I have been hard at work on this Magic Y video for what seems like forever.  I kept changing and updating it but I love the final result (as do my kids!)  Just look at how cute it looks! Head over to TPT to check it out... for 20% off tonight only!  Or be the first person to leave me a comment and I'll send it to you for free! Be sure to check out the preview and let me know what you think!!!

I know, I know... most of you are already long into your summer break... but my school hasn't ended yet!  This Monday will be the 176th day of school... and the final day for my kiddos! As such, I've been putting together my summer vacation packet for them and I decided to go with a day by day packet! The worksheets included follow a day by day pattern: Math Monday Tell Me About Science Tuesday Writing Wednesday Sight Words Thursday Phonics Friday The following skills are addressed: Math Monday Addition, Subtraction, Problem Solving, Numbers 0-20, Patterns, More and Less Tell Me About Science Tuesday Summer, Autumn, Five Senses, Seeds We Eat, Winter, Animals in Winter, Keeping Healthy, Spring, Butterfly Life Cycle Writing Wednesday Telling a story using first, next, and last Sight Words Thursday away, about, around, any, beside, boy, could, come, came, close, does, down, every, eat, first, from, funny, find, gave, going, help, how, inside, into, just, jump, knew, know, look, li...

Yikes!  This cold has taken its toll on me this week... I even missed my Wednesday linky party!  I thought I had scheduled the post but I managed to leave it as a draft so it didn't post! Anyway, a few months ago I made this cute spelling practice book for my class, and it has made a world of difference for my students.  One of my parents even said, "Thank you for sending the book home.  He never wanted to practice his spelling words since they weren't printed on a sheet that said 'homework' and now he has no excuse!"  My kids love bringing in their book each Friday, and I love how well they're doing on their tests. I still do lesson plans in class for spelling, but this book has made a major difference in getting them to practice at home! This editable book allows you to input your own list of 5 or 10 spelling words. It has special instructions to encourage your students to practice writing their words at home every single night! Just type in the da...

I love to introduce my students to advanced vocabulary, but some Tier 2 and Tier 3 words can be hard for them to grasp!  I decided to come up with a worksheet to help my students learn some of the more advanced vocabulary to go along with each of our units.  Since everyone's lesson plans/vocabulary words always seem to differ, I figured I'd offer this item as an editable template! This item includes two templates... just input your word and definition and have your students practice using their new vocabulary words!  These “superstar” themed vocabulary worksheets have only the clipart locked down… everything else is editable! Change the vocabulary words and definitions to the ones you are working on in class, and even use your favorite font! Click the picture below to see the item on TPT! Win this template right now by guessing which TV show I am watching right now!  I'll give you one hint only... it's live on TV, not on DVR!

Happy Labor Day!  What did you all do to celebrate the Monday off?  I ended up spending my whole day making curtains for my giant 20' window (yes, that's 20 FEET!)  I had so many problems with the sewing machine and will definitely be writing a post up about it at some point this week!  There are truly so many things to blog about and there is so little time! In the meantime, I've been working on a cute little game to use in my class to work on syllables in the fall!  I wanted something that I could use whole group or at centers... so I came up with one set of cards and two sets of directions!  I can't wait for the school year to start up (my kiddos start in one week) so I can get to playing this game!  We'll be addressing one of the common core standards (K.RF.2b) the first week of school! Click the picture to get it at TPT!

I am absolutely in love with these new cootie catches that I made!  I've been meaning to make this for a while, and I finally knocked it off my to do list!  Click the picture below to grab all of the Dolch Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade words!  This document has 71 pages and is available in black and white! This set addresses the common core standards CCS:K.RF.3c, CCS:K.RF.3d, CCS:1.RF.3g, CCS:2.RF.3F, and CCS:3.RF.3d!  Click the picture below to download it at TPT! Also, as a request from Erin I'm adding the frame for your own use!  You're more than welcome to use this frame for personal use or in your TPT paid/free items, just be sure to give credit to me for creating it!  Enjoy! To save the file, just click the image to get to the higher quality picture, then right click (or Mac: Ctrl + Click) to save the image onto your computer!  Let me know what you think!

Back in April I started to make these adorable race car centers for the common core standards but I never finished them!  So today I made it my goal to finish them... and I did! There are five ELA centers: Phonics Bingo (Beginning Sounds) (CCS.K.RF.3ab, CCS:K.RF.1d) Middle Vowel Drivers (Middle Vowel Sounds in CVC words) (CCS:K.RF.2d, CCS:K.RF.3ab, CCS:1.RF.2c) Race Through a Word (Reading CVC & CVCe Words) (CCS:K.RF.2cd, CCS.K.RF.3ab, CCS:1.RF.2b, CCS:1.RF.3bc) Digraphs Keys (Beginning Digraphs sh, ch, wh, and th) (CCS:1.RF.3a) Race to Read Words (Pre-Primer, Primer, and 1st Grade Dolch Words) (CCS:K.RF.1ab CCS:K.RF.3cd, CCS:1.RF.3g) Math Centers: Race for More and Less (Comparing groups of objects to 20) (CCS:K.CC.4abc CCS:K.CC.5, CCS:K.CC.6, CCS:K.NBT.1 CCS:1.NBT.2ab) Road War (More and Less Using Numbers) (CCS.K.CC.4c, CCS:K.CC.6, CCS:K.CC.7, CCS:1.NBT.2ab, CCS:K.NBT.3 All the centers are available in color and black and white! :) Skip Counting Race (Skip Counting by...

Do you want to help your students write their letters properly?  Then these fun poems are the perfect answer!  I have been meaning to post these alphabet writing signs for a white but I wanted to be sure to spruce them up for TPT!  I am so excited by this new update and I can't wait to re-print them for myself later on! The signs are available at TPT for $3.50, and if offers three different sizes for you to print.  You can head there by clicking any of the pictures below! And, here's a free frame for all of my fabulous followers!  Be sure to click the picture below to load a higher quality version of the frame!  You're more than welcome to use this frame in your TPT paid/free items, just be sure to give credit to me for creating it!  Enjoy! I'm linking this free frame up with Manic Monday!

Though some of you may be on summer vacation, I'm just coming up towards the end of my school year.  This word family Prezi is the last one for the year!  Click the picture below to check out a fun Prezi for the -ay word family! Come next year, I'll be revamping some of my older Prezis to add animations and creating some new Prezis for other topics!  Until then, check out all of my other Prezis at the link below! And of course, head over to Manic Monday for some other great freebies!

One of the coolest parts about blog hopping and blogging is seeing what others are interested in.  That's why I love my Technology Tuesday poll... it really helps me tune in my blog posts to what interests you! This product came in as a special request on TPT... an Uno game to correlate with the Wilson Language Training Program, Unit 2.1.  It's focused on real and nonsense words that end with -ng and -nk.  I created an Uno game for these words... click any of the pictures below to head to my TPT store to purchase it for $2.  And... if you have any product requests, feel free to let me know!

Hey everyone!  As promised, I've added some really exciting updates to my "Writing a Winning Sentence" anchor chart!  I am so excited about all of these additions!  There is now: a coordinating writing goals chart, where you can post your students' names next to their individual goals ( Pinterest inspired) a self-check skills card, to help students check that they've addressed each skill two writing conferences charts - for if you have one teacher or two teachers in your classroom a SECOND writing anchor chart and set that is better suited for 1st grade and 2nd grade a THIRD writing anchor chart and set that is suitable for 3rd and 4th All of this is only $2 in my TPT store!  Click the picture to head over there and purchase it! I started using this set with my kids and they just love it!   And for all of you blog hoppers, I'm offering part of this set for free!  Check it out below... I printed out copies of this page for each of my students.  Du...

In case you haven't done so yet, be sure to download my free Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Uno game!  It's one of my students' favorite games to play! The game has a full color version, and a version that uses less color ink!  Click any of the pictures above to take you to my TPT store to download it! The cards for the other Dolch words are also available, for $2 each.  Check them out here . I also just updated my writing set, below... click the picture to check it out! This post is linked up with Mrs. H's Resource Room and Manic Monday! If you're coming here from Classroom Freebies, welcome!  Find my other freebies here!

Yesterday was such an exciting day for me... I hit 75 followers and started my b and d Uno giveaway and I got an invite to join Classroom Freebies Too!  If you haven't entered yet, click the picture below to check out the giveaway for my new Uno game! Also, to check out my post at Classroom Freebies Too, click the picture below! Also, I think I'm going to start a weekly tradition: a Technology Tuesday.  I'm going to add a poll to my sidebar to get your opinion on what I should blog about first!  Be sure to vote!