Two for Tuesday Time!

It's time once again to link up with the fabulous ladies from The Teaching Tribune for Two for Tuesday!  Can you believe we're in week five already?  Slow down, Summer!  I only have 7 weeks left until I go back to work!

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Today, I'm putting a paired set on sale for 50% off each.  My First Grade Supplemental workbook( aligned to Journeys, but works well in any first grade classroom)  This resource covers writing labels, nouns for people and animals, beginning sounds, medial short a, identify details and main idea, and high frequency words in a fun way that the kids will actually look forward to doing!  

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To go along with this unit, I am also putting my sight word and spelling word (short a focus) crowns on sale for 50% off.  I just thought of this idea while I was sick on the couch two weeks ago.  I know crowns are a dime a dozen on TpT now, but I haven't seen them designed to complement a reading series.  Et voila!

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Be sure to click on the Two for Tuesday picture up above to visit The Teaching Tribune and see what others have linked up!  Have a great Tuesday, and 

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian friends! 

It's All Fun and Games -- Hopscotch!

Today, we want to send you on a wild game of hopscotch, hopscotching through our blogs to collect various games you can use in your classroom!

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And today, I have a great freebie game for you.  This is a spelling gameboard I pulled out of my Quick Activities for Spelling pack.  

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This is a great game to use either as teams (you can project it onto a board and use circles to keep track of the teams), or with the children working with partners.  I let my students use it on Friday mornings after they finish their morning work.  They are allowed to work as teams, so four children playing all together, two teams of two.  The children would get out their spelling notebooks, and first they had to give each other words from the current spelling list.  Then, they could go back to any lesson to quiz each other on the words.  One team gives the word, the other team spells.  The first team checks the spelling, and if it is correct, the second team moves forward a space.  Then they switch, and the second team gives the word, the first team spells, and the second team checks.  They continue until someone wins the game.  My students really looked forward to Friday mornings and spelling game time.

As I said, this is part of my larger spelling unit, Quick Spelling Activities

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As a special bonus to this game, I will have this resource on sale for 50% off all day tomorrow.  I hope you enjoy the hopscotch freebie!

Your next stop is going to be at the fabulous Sugar and Spice blog.  Just click on the button below to visit Christina!

Have fun playing hopscotch, and have a fabulous Sunday!

Worksheet Wednesday Linky

Yay!  I missed hooking up with The Teaching Tribune on Monday and Tuesday because I've been sick.  I suspect one of my little dumplings might have passed it on last week as he or she walked out the door for the last time.  Not only did it knock me down, but it got my hubby and daughter as well!  Ah, well, such is the life of a teacher.

But the good news is I'm feeling a bit better and at least able to sit up for more than 10 minutes at time!  So I'm joining up with Worksheet Wednesday to offer you this amazing ELA freebie worksheet.

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This worksheet comes from my larger resource, Seasons.  I make these as a supplement to the Journeys first grade reading series, but I do not base the activities on the stories specifically.  I base them on the SKILLS being taught during that particular story.  As a result, many people who do not use the Journeys series have said these worksheets are helpful to them as well. 

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Each resource contains at least 12 pages focusing on skills taught during the unit.  This has been a work in progress, so I will be adding more resources all summer long to this series.

Here's some of  the feedback I've received on these resources.

Cannot wait to include this with my Lesson 13 activities! I would absolutely purchase any additional packs that you create! This is comprehensive and thorough! These supplemental materials make learning engaging and fun for my firsties! Thank you!

These always make such a nice addition to teaching the Journey's lessons. Thank you

Another wonderful supplement to our reading series! I can't wait to use this with my firsties!

Thanks so much for taking a look.  I hope you enjoy the freebie!  Click on the picture below to visit the Teaching Tribune and see what other people have linked up!