Guess my Word

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Here's a little game we have been playing lately!  We have 5 or 6 sight words to learn every week.  So to review these we play Guess my Word!  I put it under the projector.  I write in the blanks as I go through it.  Students write what their guess is as we go down the line on their marker boards.  Many of them can figure it out before the we get to the end of the sheet. I hope to turn this in to a game they can play in pairs during workstations.  FUN! Fun!

Festive Freebie!

Here is a little freebie to get you in the holiday spirit!  Assessments are coming up and it's cold outside.  So here's a fun way to practice during inside recess. Kids will be busy and working the whole time!!  Get it here on TPT!

Have a fun day!  Stay warm!

April Calendar and a FREEBIE!

So I finally got my April calendar book done!  If you are follower who uses these they are in my TPT store.  Here are a couple of new pages from my calendar book.  I did add the Spanish words to the days of the week page.

Click April Calendar Book to go to my TPT store and get your calendar book. Change you calendar time into fun time!  If you don't have binders to keep them in you could use 3 prong folders. It will transform your calendar time.

We are going to add a little place value into calendar time.  We are going to write the tens and ones and then draw them in the big box.  I'm excited to do this with them. 

 

Here is our Daily Domino page.  I did make an addition and a subtraction page.  We are going to do the addition page and then do subtraction problem with the double dice.  But choose which ones fits your kids needs best. :)

We enjoyed doing write the date last month so we are going to continue it.  The kids really started to catch on to the process of writing the date.  They are getting better everyday.  So I felt that it would be good to practice again.

 Here is the Daily Double Dice Roll.  We are going to do it with subtraction.  If you wanted to make it addition just add an extra line to the make it a plus sign before you copy it.

Here is an example of the problem of the day.  I work hard to create these so they are different everyday.  There are a few that I have repeated from last month because my kids need more practice with them. There is a mix of number writing, addition, shapes, subtraction, and story problems. 

Of course here are our 10 frames.  My kids really like these too.

And now for your FREEBIE! 

During calendar we use our 100 chart and do a random number search everyday.  I have the helper of the day pick a specific color crayon to use.  Then he/she picks a card out of a little bag.  The helper tells everyone the number and then they repeat it.  We talk about how many tens and how many ones.  Then we talk about where it is on the 100 chart.   We find it and color it in on the chart.  We do this for 5 numbers a day.  It's amazing how much it has helped even my lowest students with number recognition. 

I made new number cards to use.  Mine we ones I made quick with notecards and a marker. 

Here are the number cards. Use them as you wish.  The are bright fun colors for spring. 

 It's my little Easter gift to you!

Happy Easter!

Number Cards 1-100

Have a wonderful holiday break and enjoy time with your family!

 

Subtract with Pete!

We started subtraction this week. Of course, we have to read "Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons" by James Dean! Love that book!  I especially love that you can go to the website and listen to the groovy music.  The kids love it!!

 

So anyway I wanted to do a simple subtraction matching page to go with the book. 

 I made this quick subtraction matching sheet. 

 

just click on Subtract with Pete's buttons to get your copy of this worksheet.

 

Here is a subtraction video that I can't stop singing!  My kids love it!

Mr. Harry has the best songs!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

How to make a shower curtain keyboard and play Swat!

Are you in need of a NEW FUN literacy center? 

 A new way to practice spelling words or sight words? 

I have a fun new way to have fun while practicing spelling. 

Here is a step by step way of making a shower curtain keyboard or two! 

You will need four things:

1.plain shower curtain

2.black thick permanent marker

3. Kleenex box for tracing

4. Fly Swatter

 Easy-peasy!

Just get a plain colored shower curtain.  I just grabbed one from Dollar General for a couple of bucks.  Lay it out and cut it in half horizontally.  You can actually make two keyboards out of one curtain.  I cut the end off where the magnets are so they weren't in the way.  Next lay it out on a flat surface. Lay the Kleenex box down on the shower curtain and trace around it.  10 boxes on the top row, 9 in the middle and 7 on the bottom.  I added an ENTER button on the bottom by tracing a bigger square the size of two boxes.  A little tip start tracing on the bottom of the box and go slow around the corners. 

First row done.

 

 

A close up of the tracing.

 

 Here it is without the letters. Just look at any keyboard on the computer
and write in the letters in the correct order.

 Here is the finished product. 
Now grab a couple of fly swatters.
 They have cute flower shaped ones at the dollar store this time of year.

 Here is my daughter playing on it! I was just telling her letters and she had fun slapping them.

I created these bug cards.  The kids will pick a card and slap the letters to make the word
Click here to get your bug cards.

 I made letter cards for the beginning of the year.
 I also have all the Dolch Pre-primer words in the FREEBIE!
There is also a page of blank cards.

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 I make them push enter at the end.  You can put two next to each other and put kids on teams and turn into a race.  It's super fun!  They will love it!

FUN! FUN! FUN!

What's in my egg? Freebie

This is a fun center I just created.  Just print off the jellybean cards, laminate them and fold them into a plastic Easter egg.  I have a cute pail I keep mine in.  The students pick and egg, open it and read it.  Then they write the word in an egg on the recording sheet.  Simple yet fun!  You could play this as a whole class and have one student come up at a time and pick and egg and everyone write the same word.  A great way to review sight words.  Click on the link to get it Free from my TPT store. Please consider following me if you download it.  I'm so close to getting my first 100 followers. YAY!  What's in my egg?

Unit 5 complete and FREEBIE spring sound boxes

I finally got my word work unit done for Unit 5.  We will be starting this soon and I have been working to find clip art that I love to complete it! I focus this unit on these words: make, play, she, all, no, he, said, good. Many activities are included that help kids focus on learning these words.  The pick and write students pick a word card and write it in blank spot on the page.  I also include pick and color to just color the words you pick. Here is the Read the Room page. This is in my work on writing center all year.  

 

 

 

  

Clip, trace, write

Students use the word card and clip the word on them with clothespins.  I write the letters on the clothespins and put one alphabet set in the box.  Students clip the word on the card, trace it in the middle box and then write in the last box.

 Here is the sight word color by word assessment sheet.

My kids love the scavenger hunts that I have created! They have to walk around the room and find the word and write the words on the recording sheet. 

 This unit I made something a little harder.  I created a word building sheet.  I focused on four words at a time.  I have students cut up the letter to build the words.

 The word cards for this unit.  I use these to flip through everyday at the beginning of guided reading groups.  I also make a set for the clip, trace, write.  I also make two sets for memory with each unit.

 Here are the cute word cards for pick and write!

 

Here is the link to my TPT store to grab your copy!
If you would like any of the activities with your words you study let me know. 

I can customize it for you. :)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lisa-Bohaty

 

 

I also created some new SpRiNg SoUnD BoXeS!  Head over to my Royal Freebies page!

 

 

Valentine's Day Freebies!

Valentine's Freebie

I made a couple Valentine's Day magazine search from my Letter Detective Magazine Search throughout the year. 
Sorry I had to take down my color by word and addition color page.  Copyright rules.  So sorry!

 

 

Enjoy!

FeBrUaRy CaLeNdAr and a FREEBIE!

So I'm finally done with my Calendar set for February.  I love how the kids are interacting with calendar instead of just sitting there listening.  Of course February we are going to change our pattern to pink and red. :) I also created a calendar with dot numbers in case you have a student still working to write their numbers.  This will help create less frustration.

I also created this page.  I am going to have the kids cut out one heart for each day.  They can build the date with the 10 frames.  So on the 10th they will have their first 10 frame filled. 

 

Daily Domino was created to help my kids practice an addition sentence each day.  I made one with 6 on the page and one with 12 on the page. I just have the helper pick a domino from a mystery bag.  Then we draw it to match the domino and write the addition sentence on the line. You could also do this with subtraction.  Just make sure the bigger number is first.  :)

I am using this weather tally sheet instead with the graph this month.  Just to change it up a bit. I did include the graph if you want to use that.

 Here is an sample of the problem of the day.  I do one box a day.  There is are special days for groundhogs day, Presidents day and 100th day.  If you don't have school any day in February you may need to take some out. :)

And not for the FREEBIE!  I included this in my calendar packet but I don't think I will use it everyday.  I created three different pages. I have one with 1 ten frame for numbers 0-10.  There is one with 2 ten frames for numbers 10-20 and one with 3 ten frames for numbers 20-30.  Or you can just give them the one with 3 to challenge them.  Totally your choice.  This would be a great warm up or bell activity.  Students could be challenged to complete this on their own. 

Number of the day freebie

 

 

 

Go to be TPT store and get your own copy of the February calendar book