We finished up learning about the /oo/ {as in cookie} sound last week and I was so proud of my kiddos when it was time for our spell check on Friday.Ā They did AWESOME!!Ā One of the little activities we did for word work last week was āFeeding the Cookie Monsterā.Ā The kids had to sort through /oo/ words on little cookie cut-outs and feed the cookie monster with the cookies that had the /oo/ {as in foot} words. Click HERE to download :) We celebrated our learning with a little āCookies & Bookiesā party on Friday :) {I just passed out cookies while they read during D.E.A.R time.Ā Put the word āpartyā in front of anything and the kids … [Read more...] about The cOOkie Monster Freebie & A āBagāpack Tutorial
*Spelling/Sight Words
Stomp Your Feet
Iāve been a little MIA lately.Ā In all honesty, Iāve had the blogging āblahsā.Ā Not a whole lot of motivation to sit down and post anything.Ā Iāve just been lovinā on my boys and spending an insane amount of my āfreeā time just having fun with my little family of four {and some out of town visitors, too!!}.Ā Since my last post, things at school have been, ummmā¦CRAZY.Ā Since Friday, I haveā¦ ā¦sanitzed my handsā¦and the hands of 17 littlesā¦NO LESS than 2,347 times. ā¦successfully cleaned up a few cases of the pukies {talk about gag reflex} ā¦counted 6 kids absent on Friday & Mondayā¦and sent two pukies home today. ā¦cloroxed {yes, itās a verb ;)} … [Read more...] about Stomp Your Feet
Candy Heart Math {& A Making Words Activity}
I know Valentineās Day is over, but I like to extend my Valentine-ish activities throughout the month.Ā After all, February is the month of LOVE, right?!Ā Well, thatās what Iām goinā with anyway.Ā Candy hearts are my favorite February math manipulative and here are a couple of little math printables & activities for you!!Ā The first is a little candy heart graph.Ā I know there are a GAJILLION of these floating around right now.Ā I like to graph the number of letters in the conversation.Ā I pass out a large conversation heart to each kiddo and have them count the number of letters on the heart.Ā Then we create a big olā graph on a giant … [Read more...] about Candy Heart Math {& A Making Words Activity}
Boggle – Making Words
I love Boggle.Ā One of my most favorite apps. While writing about my love for this game during Writerās Workshop one day, I realized that my kids sorta love this game, too!Ā A few of them said that their parents play it on their phones and some of the others talked about playing Boggle Jr. at home with their families.Ā Love it!Ā So I combined their love for Boggle with their love for the SMARTBoard and now they ALL have a FAVORITE Work Work activity!!Ā At least once a week, I have the kids visit the SMARTBoard to play Boggleā¦and they LOVE it!!Ā They each take turns connecting words and then recording them on a corresponding sheet.Ā You can … [Read more...] about Boggle – Making Words
BANG! A Sight Word Game
My favorite sight word game to play with the kids is BANG!!!Ā My kids DIE for this game and BEG me to play it.Ā Whatever helps āem learn, Iām all about it.Ā Iām sure you guys play this inĀ your own room, but just incase you donāt, check it out for yourself!Ā {click on pic to download} … [Read more...] about BANG! A Sight Word Game
Mystery Words
This week was a chunk week review for us, so I made up a little activity that would get the kids thinking about word families & popcorn words. I took a couple of lunch bags and filled them with letter tiles. In one bag, I included the letters contained in all of our popcorn words {to date}. In the other bag, I included all the vowels & word endings to the chunks weāve learned thus far, plus a few additional letters. The kids had to pick a bag and use the tiles inside to make words. I told them to read the room if they had trouble figuring out what words to make. {Weāve got our chunk charts & popcorn … [Read more...] about Mystery Words
