Groundhog Day Word Work

Groundhog Day is next Saturday!  I sure hope that little guy doesn't get scared by his shadow, since I've already had enough of winter!  Of course, here in New England, we know better than to think a rodent can predict the weather.  There's a whole lot more than 6 weeks of winter here!

Here's a little Groundhog Day freebie to practice the consonant +le syllable.   

Here's another Groundhog Themed game on prefixes and suffixes:  My kids love this, and they're getting awesome at naming the baseword in words with prefixes and suffixes! 

Come on over to Elementary Matters to download these items!

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

Your Favorite Word Work Idea Linky Party!

Do you have a great word work idea that you would like to share with others? If so, head on over to Rockin' Teacher Materials to link up your fabulous idea! Check out some of the other great ideas as well.

Can't wait to see your ideas!

  



Word Family Flower Power & 20% Off Sale! Going on NOW!

Now's the time to get some good deals! We are back in the swing of things at school...ok, sorta, but I've got some new items that I added this week!

 Here's my latest creation! I think they turned out pretty darn cute...if I do say so myself!  I am planning on making more 'flowers' with different word families. I hope you will check them out...I have a sale going on right now...20% off of everything in my store! I even have these cute word family flowers on sale too!



Click above to get more info and pics of these awesome
additions to your word work station!





Literacy Centers {free printable}

Looking for some literacy centers that produce great gains with little set-up?    Centers like...

These literacy stations were created with 2nd graders in mind but could easily be used in 1st & 3rd grades too.

Head on over to I Love 2 Teach to see what I've done.  Oh yeah, and all 16 of them are FREE!

Word Work- an explanation and a picture!

Howdy! I have recently gotten a few e-mails from teachers asking how I structure my "Word Work" station in my classroom.

I have posted a picture of my station and a detailed explanation of how it works on my blog.

If you click the picture below, you'll head straight there! :)


I would love for you to check it out and let me know how this looks in your classroom!



Christina