Second Story Window: words their way. EDITED AUGUST 14, 1014: Now includes suggested chunks for 1st and 3rd grade (scroll to the bottom).
Spelling is one of those things that EVERYONE has an opinion about and very few people agree on. I think that the best way to learn how to spell is to spend extensive time reading and writing. I also believe that a weekly word list has very little carryover into written work. That being said, spelling lists are expected. So I should make the spelling words as useful as possible, right?
I Want to be a Super Teacher. Word Study Lesson: Spelling short and long a words (a-consonant-e) Have you seen my 5-part Word Study series?
Now that the series is complete, I’m excited to get to work doing sorts and games with my six-year-old. For her first lesson she sorted short a words and long a words spelled with a-consonant-e. I’ll be sharing a lot of printables today — you’ll find them in one download at the end of the post. (This post contains affiliate links.) So what can you do with this post if your child (or word study group) isn’t ready for this list?
This book is my go-to resource for teaching spelling. Here was her word list. After sorting the words again and reading them aloud, my Six glued them into her Word Study notebook. Multi-Sensory Spelling Activity Cards {Freebie} We have 9 days left of this school year.
That's right; we're in the single digits, people! I'm looking forward to the summer, and I'm working on a training class that I'm doing for my district - Multi-sensory Spelling Instruction. As part of this professional development, I'm offering these multi-sensory spelling activity cards along with these spelling routine cards. The first cards (done in color as well as black and white) can be used as a reminder as you go through your short, daily spelling routine. These can be laminated and laid on the table, posted on a white board, used as a bookmark, etc. D.I.Y. Tactile Letters. It’s somewhat of a mixed blessing living in a small town.
I love where I live, but outside of Walmart and Meijer, there really isn’t much terms of shopping. It’s always a treat, though, when I get to travel to a “big city” about an hour from my home and visit the Michael’s Craft Store. Alphabet Sounds Fishing and Matching game. Use ping-pong balls to practise letter names and sounds with a fun fishing and matching game for pre-schoolers!
Recently I found a large box of ping-pong balls for only £1 in the Pound Shop and bought them up (like I always do!) Thinking they would be useful for something one day! They’ve turned out to be fantastic for making alphabet games with, and here is the first one that the girls enjoyed doing recently. Using a Sharpie permanent marker I simply wrote one letter of the alphabet on each ball, uppercase on one side and lowercase on the other. Then we dropped them into a large tub of water which I’d coloured with a few drops of blue gel food colouring. Next I wrote out the letters of the alphabet into the spaces in some empty egg cartons and we placed those next to the tub, ready for filling up with the fished out balls. They took it in turns to find the letter of the alphabet that I was calling out. Tippytoe Crafts: Class Cookbooks. When we talked about healthy foods last week, I decided to make a class cookbook.
I asked each child to contribute one recipe to our book. Some had a hard time coming up with something, others didn't. Here's one of the recipes: Chocolate Cake5 sprinkles2 birthday sticksfire (a little)1 piece of cheese2 pieces of chicken3 pieces of broccoli Mix it together. Sorts. First six weeks math work stations. I have been working on some worksheets/work stations for the first six weeks for math.
I tried to make them different from work in the book. These could be used for learning centers or just review worksheets. I heart Science kids: Magnets Experiments! Just finished our magnets unit!
Check out some of our experiments and activities: Most are quick and easy! Horseshoe War! We battle these horseshoe magnets to be sure students understand the difference between not attracting and repelling! Printable File Folder Games, Other Fun Classroom Activities. I never spell isosceles correctly the first time.
I put together a fun and easy dice game for the three types of triangles. It is a B*a*S*i*C game, but it serves the purpose of reinforcing these three triangles. Yes, I know you can have an acute, right, and obtuse triangle, too, but this game doesn't cover those. Oh well. This will work perfectly as a math center activity. If you would like to try it with your students, print it for FREE.
Cooperative Learning Companions. The Moffatt Girls. Halloween Themed 4-In-A-Row Game Boards for MATH! Little Miss Kindergarten - Lessons from the Little Red Schoolhouse! Free Printable Math Games. No matter how "online" our world becomes, pen and paper remains an important part of how kids learn.
Perhaps once, in the past, every child had a stick of chalk and a piece of slate, perhaps one day in the future, every child will have a stylus and a table PC, but for now, we need printable games and resources to run a classroom. They're indispensible! That's why, when I started this site, I made a special effort to include as many printable games and resources as I could. This page lists all the printable math games on this site. Actually, most of the games on this site are printable, but some require significant extra preparation. News Flash : Looking for the printable worksheets? Usage Instructions : Print.
The April Fool's Date Calculator worksheet lets kids calculate the date of April Fools Day for any year. This page has a whole bunch of different graph paper, including this square graph paper in different sizes. Need worksheets to practice Telling the Time? Oceans of First Grade Fun: MTBMF Chapter 3: Adding and Subtracting 0. So not school related: Y’all this is so not school related but I just had to share. My sister-in-law had a role in Blue Crush2. It comes out on DVD Tuesday. Forest Friends in Kindergarten. MTBMF Chapter 3: Adding and Subtracting 0. Frog Spot: Spring Lamb Handwriting Freebie. Click on one of the above pictures to download a FREE copy of these Spring Lamb Handwriting worksheets. Your little ones will enjoy tracing from left to right along the pattern lines to help build their handwriting skills. Teaching in Progress. Teach123: Math Center: Graphing Boxes.
Do you shop at Staples very often? I swear I should get a stipend for all the publicity I do for them. But, I love Staples, and I can't resist telling you about the great stuff they carry. On my latest trip, I bought these: The package of small plastic containers was $2 and each of the bag of 36 erasers was $1. Growing Kinders: Math Centers and random things… Holy bananas! The first 10 days of school went so fast! I’ve had so much fun getting to know my new kinders, but I sure am exhausted! I don’t have much for you here…just a few randoms and our math centers from last week! Here are the sweet little handprint puzzles! The card is from Kim Adsit’s site – it’s a free download! The Brilliance of Highlighters « Miss Mancy's Blog.