~Abby
Monday, April 23, 2012
Illustrate an Idiom
Holy cow! My kids are having a ball with idioms. :) I made this freebie to use in class tomorrow. Click on the title to download if you can use it in your class too!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Descriptive Writing Freebies
We just finished our descriptive writing pieces and I was tickled to death with how they turned out. My class has been working all year on adding details and using our senses to describe various things, so I threw in a couple mini lessons on similes before we wrote our "official" descriptive composition for the year. I introduced the concept using Crazy like a Fox: A Simile Story by Loreen Leedy.
We created a couple of our own using this freebie. I am a big fan of half sheets. :)
This week I also came across the cutest simile freebie at The Learning Tree. My students loved completing it.
I sent a note home and asked students to bring in their favorite toy or knickknack from home. Then we used this organizer to brainstorm descriptive adjectives and similes that described our object.
Here is the writing paper we wrote our final drafts on.
Click on the titles to download anything you can use in your classroom. :) We just found out we are getting out June 8th! That is the earliest since I've been a teacher. Wahoo!
~Abby
Fonts used are by Kevin and Amanda and the border I used is from Scrappin Doodles. If you haven't already, you should definitely sign up for their emails. You get a freebie every Friday!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Slinky Sentences Freebie!
It was time to add a new writing center (one of my students kindly suggested), so here is what I came up with. We have been working on adding details to our sentences all year. I always tell them they need to stretccchhh their sentences out by adding details....kind of like a slinky, hence the title. :) Someone along the way used that comparison once and I was a big fan.
The kids seem to be liking the idea so far. I think I am going to make a couple more sets of the cards. Check back if your lil ones end up liking the activity too! Click on the title to download.
~Abby
Clipart by Scrappin Doodles and fonts by Kevin and Amanda.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Shooting for 100! Manic Monday!
I LOVE Manic Monday! Check out my freebie for this week below!
This is a game I made as a challenge for our addition unit. We worked on complimentary or “friendly” numbers and then built up to this game. Click on the title to download the game as a freebie!
Here are some of the daily warm-ups and assessments I used throughout the unit. Click on the title to download. Hope everyone has a great week!
~Abby
Read the Room - Venn Diagrams
“Read the Room” has been one of my most popular centers this year. The center basically had students roam the room with a clipboard and a “fancy” pointer (dollar magic wands and fly swatters) and record words that they recognized. It was great for students who were trying to learn new words and needed additional support in that sense. I felt that some of my students needed this to be more challenging, so I made these organizers that has them think about the words they are recording a little more critically. We talk a lot about multiple meaning words and how many words can be more than one part of speech. They are always up for a challenge and we use the venn-diagram sometimes to try to organize our understanding of this concept. It has been a great tool for discussion and students have really enjoyed adding the activity to their center choices. I also included one that has them locate words with long and short vowels, and words with long and short vowels. I will try to post some samples soon, but let me know if you have any questions. Click on the title to download.
~Abby
Monday, March 5, 2012
Scrabble Spelling
My kiddos seem to be almost as obsessed with word making games as I am. Words with Friends and Scramble ensure that I am NEVER bored. When I saw these Scrabble crackers at the grocery store, I immediately got excited.
Adding the food factor to the already popular trend in my class was no doubt a hit. Here are the recording sheets I made. We used them initially as a whole group activity, but I plan to bring them out for center time every once and a while. Click on the title to download.
Permission to Pin!
I’ve been trying to follow the buzz about the privacy and copyright issues the keep popping up about Pinterest. Geez Louise. Ms. Candler’s blog, Corkboard Connections, was very helpful when it came down to breaking it down so I could understand. She also has a linky party going on that helps connect blogs that are granting “pinning permissions.” Check it out!
Pin Away!
Please feel free to pin anything and everything you find useful from my website! Follow me on Pinterest too!
~Abby
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