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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Read and Write with a Scarecrow Theme!


Using a scarecrow theme this resource is filled with activities to support and enrich building comprehension skills..

The books used are:

The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston

Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown

Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant

Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Brown Wise

**I love putting a scarecrow up and creating a reading corner. 

**These books can also be found as read aloud stories online.

The packet contains:

Strategies listed for posting

Graphic Organizers and Activities

The Lonely Scarecrow...recall details, KWL, Author's Purpose

Scarecrow's Hat...Main Idea, Sequencing, Cause and Effect

Scarecrow...Inferences, Summarize, Predict

Scarecrow Boy...Compare and Contrast, Fact and Opinion, Definition (using text)

The packet ends with Making Connections.

Any book may be used.

Text to Self

Text to Text

Text to World

There are also some treats with the October Packet:

Craft

Word Search

Making Words

Mini Book

True/False

Vocabulary for posting.









And now an interactive Google Slide Resource with a scarecrow theme.
Slide One:  Informational Text
Slide Two:  Writing...A scarecrow is, has, can
Slide Three: Organizer for gather thoughts to write about scarecrows.
Slide Four: Write about the scarecrow.
Slide Five: Build a scarecrow...click and drag pieces.
Slide Six: Poem...Click and drag pieces to answer who, what, where using text in poem.
Slide Seven:  Poem...Click and drag your opinion.
Slide Eight:  Making words with the letters in scarecrow. Click and drag letters.
Slide Nine:  Compound words.  Click and drag to make a compound work.
Slide Ten: Writing about math.  Use the picture to answer number questions.












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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

October Math and Literacy Activities

 

I developed these October Math and Literacy activities at a low price for you yet that are WAY ENJOYABLE!
Literacy Slides:
Read and match the sentence
Parts of Speech
Let's Make Words
Word Endings
Question or Exclamation
Long and Short Vowels
Math Slides:
Count and Double ... write the number word
Sequencing
Odd or Even Sort
Count and Double... find the number word
Solving Math Facts














The games are so much fun and the activities are perfect for centers, whole group or "I'm finished what now?"

I love using them in my literacy and math centers.

They are also ideal for small group skill practice, whole group, or I'm done...now what!

The 12 math activities include:

addition

subtraction

greater than

counting

patterns

shapes

The 12 literacy activities include:

parts of speech

vocabulary

making words

types of sentences

The 8 writing activities include:

sensory

writing sentences

writing a paragraph

details





We paired up the Interactive Google Slides and the Paper Pencil Resource for the perfect classroom TEAM.  They really work together!!







Monday, September 27, 2021

Activities to Support Red Ribbon Week

 





YES I CAN JUST SAY NO AND I CAN LIKE ME!

YOU CAN SAY YES to this resource.
For the primary child the idea of red ribbon week and avoiding drugs and alcohol can be tough for them to understand BUT they can participate in identifying healthy choices that will help them make a better, kinder THEM!!
One of my favorite stories is:
I'm Gonna Like Me
Your students will LOVE it and it is the perfect lead into saying YES to healthy habits and saying NO to harmful habits.


This first resource is a set of Google Slides focusing on making healthy choices.
Slide One:  Focus on only taking medication when parents give it to you and choosing healthy habits.
Slide Two: Students click and drag to identify healthy habits.  Students click and drags way they respect others.
Slide Three:  Students read and complete the sentences using vocabulary such as habit, respect, choice, healthy, responsible.  Students click and drag to sort healthy/harmful.
Slide Four:  Students say YES to and say NO to.  Students share how they are special.








Red Ribbon Week is celebrated October 23rd to October 31st. It is a wonderful time to work on building character and positive habits. This resource focuses on both of those while embedding it into word work, writing, and recall. It ends with a cute craft.


There are two themes...

Red Ribbon ...Just Say No

Halloween...Say "boo" To Drugs

The packet includes:

Red Ribbon Poster

Vocabulary for Posting

Word Search

Word Work with ee (Drug Free)

Definitions

Healthy/Hurtful...Which would it be?

Coloring Poster for kids

Writing Poster for kids

Mini Book...Just Say No...Build Healthy Habits

Writing...prewrite, final copy, building ideas

Bookmarks

Craft

Just say YES to developing a meaningful week celebrating Red Ribbon.





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Sunday, September 26, 2021

Everything you need for a "Spook" tacular Halloween!!


So many wonderful mini books for guided reading and activities to accompany them followed by literature suggestions and comprehension printable pages.
Take a peek.
IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT
This mini book focuses on nouns (Halloween characters), verbs and descriptive words.
In the dark of the night I see black bats flying.
The sheet that follows allows students to draw or write the characters in the book.
Activities include practice with parts of speech and two writing development pages.
There are also final write pages differentiated for leveled writers.
I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING!
Again students will focus on nouns, verbs and descriptive words.
I'm not afraid of the tall white mummy.
Follow the story with word work practice and two new writing activities associated with the mini story.
Again differentiated final write pages are included as well as a class book cover.
It will be the most popular story in your classroom.
IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE I SEE
This adorable story focuses on number words.
Again followed by number word work and writing.
WHAT WILL I BE ON HALLOWEEN?
Students will read about costumes they might see.
The story is followed by a data collection sheet of favorite costumes.
Word work includes a making words and an activity on opposites.
Writing includes an opinion page.
Below you will find the literature suggestions and the follow up printable pages.
Vocabulary is also included as well as other Halloween activity treats!!