That's Nonsense!!! :)

This week we are starting our insect unit!  The kiddo's always love learning about these little creatures and little do they know that they will have live ladybugs to watch!!  I was hoping they would have come last week but ther is still no sign of them....sigh...  Maybe they will come tomorrow. :)

I will be practicing Nonsense Word Fluency this week in preparation for our last Dibels Benchmark.  Here is the activity I will be using.  

Enjoy!

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Don't get SQUISHED!!! :)

A little Vowel Sound Sorting

Today I brought out the Flower Power Vowel Sort again for some extra practice.  My kids are really good at telling me ALL the sounds in a word, but when it come to isolating a specific sound, this is not so easy for them - so I thought a little practice on hearing the middle sound would be great!!  I used this in my small groups this week and it has worked out great!  Since we have done this before, they were familiar with how to play.

Here are the leaf pieces - I printed them on the back of some scrapbook paper/cardstock so they would have a cute design on the back.  :)

I literally opened the bag, laid out the materials and they took off.  This left me with some time so do some much needed conferencing!! :) I conferenced with one or two students and when I returned to the group to check on them they were ready for the response piece for this activity.  We did not complete the response sheet the first time I introduced this activity, so this was new for them.

Sorry for the bad picture... :)  I had my main lights off and just had lamp light in the room - I do this alot... it's a wonder my eyes aren't worse then they already are!! :)

I did this response sheet a few different ways to differentiate for my groups.  For my highest group, I told them that I wanted 4 words in each box and that they could use 1 of my pictures they sorted - the rest they had to come up with on their own - and then I had them pick a word from each box and use it in a sentence.  For my middle group, I gave them basically the same directions except they could use 2 of my words and they had to come up with 2 of their own (no sentences).  And for my lowest group - I only required 2 PICTURES in each box - one could be mine but 1 had to be their own - this was a little difficult for some, but others surprised me!! :)

I sometimes forget to go back and revisit some of the activities we have done in the past.  When I do bring something old back out, it is amazing to see how excited they get.  It is also fun to see their confidence go up and to see them be successful!!

Ladybugs Ladybugs!!

This time of year I always like to do the Butterfly life cycle with my kinders - where we get to see the whole thing in real life!!

I decided to change it up a little this year, so I was so excited when this little surprise was delivered to my room on Friday!!

I sent off for our new friends and they should be here a week after we get back from Spring Break!!  That will give us plenty of time to finish up our Dinosaur Unit and get ready for LADYBUGS!!!  In preparation for this fun unit, I made a new game for my TpT store.  This time of year I also like to teach addition and finding the pairs of 10.  This game will help you little ones practice finding those numbers that add up to 10!

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More Ladybug Fun to come!!

Rhyme Time

Here is a new Rhyming Game I added to my store at Teachers Pay Teachers!  I told you I had to do more with this adorable clipart!! :)

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Birds of a Feather...

Valentine Literacy Games

So here is attempt number 2 at posting something on Teachers Pay Teachers!  It has some games that I like to play during small group time and eventually let them play on their own.  It has been up there for a while but I just keep forgetting to let y'all know!! :)

Just for my blog readers...

Here is one of the games that is included in the pack.

Broken Hearts

You can find the entire pack HERE.  :)

Enjoy!!

 

First attempt...

Well, tonight I posted my first products to Teachers Pay Teachers.  It is a group of Valentine Math Games!!  In honor of this I have decided to post one of the games here for my fellow bloggers, readers, teachers and parents!  Enjoy!

You can find my full listing HERE!!

I will be posting some literacy games soon!!!