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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 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...

I have been meaning to make these activities for a while and I finally had the time to do it!  Every time I teach my class a new sight words, we always look at the phonemic sounds that go into it.  I decided to make task cards for a center game that will be sure to help reinforce the phonics that go into the sight words!  I made two sets of cards: pre-primer words and primer words. I can't wait to use this lesson plan with my Kindergarten students tomorrow! 

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!

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!

This game is so simple to set up/prepare for... and it's so exciting for the kids that it's their favorite game to play! It's also my favorite game to play because I love to see them get so excited just to read their words! I initially found this game years ago on Little Giraffes , but I've expanding on it a bit to incorporate some math skills! First things first, download this template.  Technically, you don't even need it... I usually just write three columns on the board that say Boys, Girls, and Teachers.  But hey, I threw it together quick and I thought it looked cute! Click this picture to download a HQ image for the game... 8.5" x 11," 300dpi First things first, your prep work... and guess what, it's simple!  Write your sight words on index cards (or, have your kids write them up if you don't already have a collection!)  I happen to keep mind on binder rings organized by unit.  This way, I can easily keep the words in order from year to yea...

Do you know those ideas that evolve from a passing thought? This is one of them! My principal got us us poly spots to do some exercise and movement in the classroom, and I used them occasionally, but not too often. One day at a staff meeting, my principal asked how we could use poly spots to teach across the curriculum. This picture links you to Amazon if you want to buy some poly spots or read more about them... they're $15 for 6 of them (yikes)! Off the top of my head, I could think of a few ideas for math but ELA?!  It took a bit of thinking but here's what I came up with! I print our current sight words on index cards in all different colors, and I print enough so that each child has five cards.  It ends up for a lot of cards!  I only print one set for each month so I'm not printing them too often! When I do the lesson, I give each student a poly spot and five cards (the cards are stored with 5 cards together of the same color together for time/organization purposes...

The day has arrived: 25 followers! As promised, I have an exciting freebie for you: a Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Uno game!  It is amazing where good ideas stem from... I was having a parent-teacher conference and I told one of the parents to incorporate sight words at home in whatever way she can.  She mentioned that her son loved Uno, and the idea was born!  I've been playing this with my kids for a week and they love it! The game has a full color version, and a version that uses less color ink!  Click any of the pictures to take you to my TPT store to download it. I also created other versions with the Primer Dolch Words, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade Dolch words, also available at my TPT store for $2 each... but I'm going to host a little giveaway for those versions as well!  You will be awarded three entries: 1. Follow my blog! 2. Give a rating to the Pre-Primer freebie! 3. Follow my TPT store ! Comment on this post with separate comments to enter the con...

I started something this year which has made a MAJOR difference in my classroom... word crowns.  I use these crowns in two ways... for new words that we're adding to the word wall and to review words for the spelling test. First, let me talk about the new words.  New words get a fancy crown... like this gold crown below (from the dollar store of course!), or a crown with bunny ears, or a crown made from bulletin board trim. Every crown has re-adjustable velcro in the back of it (you can kind of see it on the right half of the photo above).  This lets me store the crowns easily and easily adjust them for different students from day to day. There also a small piece of velcro on the front of each crown that I attach the word to... I figured this was easier than storing 100 crowns throughout the year (each with their own word) and it allows me to easily put a picture with the new word. Once we introduce a new word, the student gets to wear it all day on their new crown  ...