A huge joy in the classroom is when you see your learners actively engaged in a game. They are having so much fun they forget they are doing real work. This is a complete victory for the learner and the teacher. Fill the ten frame is a game I invented to help my learners do just that... have fun playing a game while they are working on standards based activities. Let me break this game down … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Playing 20 Questions
What is the game 20 Questions and why should you be playing 20 questions in your classroom? This is a fun game that your students will enjoy! What is 20 Questions? 20 questions is a FUN game that your students will love. This game focuses on asking and answering questions, which every young child needs to work on! It also can be concentrated on one subject or another. For example, a game … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Center Saturday Time. Here is where I show you and tell you all about my weekly work centers with pictures and words. Don't forget to use the border colors on the pictures to match the description with below. And if you want to know how I run my centers, esp at the beginning of the school year, check out this post here. Yellow- Math- I use these apple tree accents to practice counting and number … [Read more...]
A is for Apple
{Updated this post on 9/16/14} I am preparing as many fall activities for my class now. Here is what I am going to be doing the 4th week of school while learning about the letter Aa. (We use the Orton Gillingham Recipe for Reading letter order.) First, I just finished this simple Aa Activities letter pack. {I updated this pack on 9/16/14 so re-download it to get all the NEW … [Read more...]
Alligator CHOMP!
Here is an idea I came up with this week and my kids LOVED it. I call it Alligator CHOMP! since we were learning about the letter Aa. I made 5 numbered alligators and wrote ONE letter of a sight word on each. THEN, I hide them in the room. I gave each of my students their Alligator CHOMP! sheet and them then find the alligators. When they did, the wrote down the letter next to the number on … [Read more...]
