Literacy Center Cards

I do a combination of Daily 5 and the requirements of my school district. Here are some cards that help me communicate with the children.  I mount these on tagboard and put magnets on the back, and I can organize our Literacy time anyway I want.  Come on over to Elementary Matters to see ideas!     

Singular and Plural With a Holiday Twist

This is a key Common Core Standard in Language for grades 1 - 3:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1:  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Here are singular and plural nouns, holiday style! There are several noun pairs, some regular plurals, some irregular plurals, with several activities for the kiddos!

Come on over to Elementary Matters to see how to get this product at a reduced price in honor of my quest for Acts of Kindness during the holiday Season!

School Days!

Come on over and check out my Back to School centers!

Classy Mail

Here's an activity that's fun for everyone, and makes a great addition to that emergency "Sub Tub"!  Come over to Elementary Matters to see how to use this freebie!

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Writer's Workshop and Shopping

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The other day I spent several hours updating my Writers Workshop materials.  (And they say teachers have summers off!)  I was happy with most of what I had, but tweaked a few things, and now I'm happy with the whole package.  Come on over to Elementary Matters and see what's been upgraded!

For the 35th Time, Ending on a Monday

I have officially lived through 35 "last days of school" as a teacher.  (I'm not doing the math to include my last days of school as a student!)  This year ended up being one of my favorites.  Read on at Elementary Matters to find why, and to get a free copy of Things to Do During the Summer So the TV Doesn't Suck Out Your Brain, written by my students.
Sally

A Few Thoughts About Fluency and a Freebie

There are many studies on fluency these days.  One of my favorite is that fluency is directly related to comprehension.

Here's a freebie to help kiddos become fluent with short and long a sounds.  They can use these pages as word sorts, or just practice reading each row to practice short and long vowel words.

There's a page of nonsense words and a page of real words.  The nonsense words are great for those readers who depend so much on their visual memory that they really haven't developed fluency on the skill of "sounding out".

I'm sure we all have a few of those!  (You can spot these kids by their spelling... if they spell birthday brithday or girl is gril.  They remember what the word looks like, but they don't listen to the sounds of the word in order!)  Enjoy your freebie!



Sally

Know It All Gnat!

I've just finished my newest pack...

The Know It All Gnat!

Practicing words with silent letters.

My husband created the little guy for this pack - isn't he just too cute?!

Come on over to see my new pack and to grab your freebie from it!

You can also enter for your chance to win this pack! 

Laura Numeroff Lit and Math centers

I just finished my latest unit!! I am so excited to start on these next week!
There are TWELVE different centers and activities that you can use with Laura Numeroff's circle stories. 

 

Come on over to read about them!

A.R. and center freebies!

Come on over to see how I use the great freebies!  You MIGHT have to hear me babble about my day though :)

 

Proper Nouns

This week, I noticed in one of their centers my students were having a difficult time knowing what a proper noun was...So, I came up with the quick review game..and I think they got it now!

Fly on over to The Teacher's Cauldron to see how I use these!

Dr. Seuss Centers!

Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite themes to work with...lol...well, I have a lot of favorites, but these are so much fun!(Forget V-day! lol)

This unit is great for all different levels; I made a lot of the centers differentiated (ack! I used a teacher word! lol..pretty soon I'll say that they have rigor and relevance! lol)

And come on over to grab your freebie!

Fly on over to The Teachers' Cauldron to check them out and to grab your freebie!!

Weather Literacy Centers

I just created supplemental Literacy packet to your weather and storms unit.

There is 36 pages and 5 different activities

Fly on over to The Teachers' Cauldron to check them out!

Circus Time Centers

I'm so excited! I just made a Circus themed unit both Literacy and Math.

Fly on over to The Teachers' Cauldron to see what it's all about!