Long Vowel Centers

Hey Everyone!! Hope everyone has been enjoying this beautiful fall weather. I have been trying to get things in order and figure out when my feet are going to start touching the ground.

I have been working diligently with my kiddos to help them learn the basic phonics skills. We have just wrapped up our first unit and I was exciting to see the results from their unit assessment. (I was ecstatic with their results!!) All of our hard work definitely paid off! Now we are heading into unit two digraphs and long vowels. I began centers pretty early on and wanted a “fresh” new look for my long vowel centers. I have decided to begin making products again after a mini hiatus. (Thank you all for blowing up my email and inbox. Your sweet comments and pleas have been quite overwhelming. I apologize for the delay, but I am back and ready to start cranking out some first grade goodies for you and your students!)

I just finished two Long Vowel Center Packets

Long A

Let’s make a cake

Here is a sneak peek:

This packet includes 5 different activities. to use to reinforce long a. The packet includes colored and b/w cards ( I like to print my b/w cards onto colored paper to save ink!) The packet also includes theme style recording sheets and keys. The skills covered: ABC Order, Word Scramble, Fill in the Blank, Long vs. Short Sort, and Word Order (Sentence Activity)

Long I

It’s Time to Ride

This packet includes 6 different activities. to use to reinforce long i. The packet includes colored and b/w cards ( I like to print my b/w cards onto colored paper to save ink!) The packet also includes theme style recording sheets and keys. The skills covered: ABC Order, Word Scramble, Fill in the Blank, Long vs. Short Sort, Real vs. Nonsense, and Boggle Boards.

Here is a sneak peek:

Coming Soon Long e and u

Always, M

 

Spring is in the air…

I’m back… I took a bit of a hiatus from the blogging world to get things back on track. Without going into a lot of detail- I needed a break. Over the last few months, I have been trying to regain my focus and remember why I went back to school to become a teacher. With that beginning said, I’m happy to announce I am back and motivated to jumpstart my spring blog posts. Although I haven’t been posting, we have been quite active in room 212.

I am not much of a holiday gal, but there is definitely something special about “springtime”. I love being able to rock out my favorite wedges and slipping into a colorful dress to start my day. It simply makes me happy!!

Everyone knows that I “love” smelly markers. I have quite a collection, but when I saw these adorable Easter ones at Party City, I knew I had to snag them up. There are three available a chick, a bunny, and a lamb. I can’t wait to share them with my kiddos this week.

During our intervention time, I utilize the thirty minutes to run my daily skill stations a.k.a centers. I have 10 different activities ranging from english, reading, spelling, and math. These are reinforcement activities to help my students retain skills previously taught in the classroom. They complete the stations with a peer buddy. I swap out my skill activities every two weeks. Due to the fact this is my first year using skill stations in my classroom, this has really helped lessen my time printing, cutting, and laminating.

Tomorrow, I am introducing our Easter theme skill stations. I think these are my favorite stations to date. I am using a combination of activities created by Katie King (Queen of the First Grade Jungle), Jennifer White (First Grade Blue Skies), Amy Lemons (Step into 2nd grade), and ME!!

I whipped up some recording sheets after a trip to the Dollar Tree. Oh My Word… Why oh why do I even step foot into that store. I went for one thing…bunny feet. I ended up with these chicks, bunnies, carrots, and speckled eggs.

Well, I knew I wanted the activities to be fun, but also they needed to reinforce key skills we have been practicing.  Here you go…

Carrot Count Up (Coin Counting)

Load up the carrot shaped containers with coins. Students will grab a carrot, count the coins, and record the sum. I made myself a key as I was filled the carrot shaped containers.

Chicky Chicky Shake (Double Digit Addition)

Add a pair of dice to the chick shaped container. Students will shake their container get their first number and repeat to get the second number. After they record, they will solve the double digit addition problem. (I printed this on both sides for extra practice)

 

Bunny Money (Coin Counting)

Load up the bunny shaped containers with coins. Students will grab a bunny, count the coins, and record the sum.

Scrambled Eggs (Spelling Word Practice)

Simply add letter tiles for the weekly spelling words or sight words you want the students to review. Students will open an, egg, unscramble the letters to form a list word and record their answer on the sheet.

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Thanks Krista from Creative Clips for sharing this cute sale button.

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Happy Shopping

Melissa

psssst! have you heard?

Have you heard the news? The “joy”normous TPT Cyber sale is happening this Monday and Tuesday!!

Thanks Krista from Creative Clips for the “cute” button. (I love her clipart!)

My entire store will be 20% off and if you apply the code CYBER, you will save an additional 10% off!!! I don’t know about you, but I love a good sale!! If you want to get a jump start you can load up your “wish list” full of goodies. Don’t forget to leave feedback on your past purchases. Did you know you can earn credits for taking the time to leave feedback?? I have been saving my credits since August. I have tons of clipart and writing items in my overloaded wish list.

As many of you might have seen, I started making centers again. (Yes, I did take a little hiatus!) I run 10 different centers in my room and use them for two weeks. I have 4 literacy, 4 math, and 2 spelling activities.  I try to add skills for literacy and math that reinforce past skills and/or new skills we are working on. There is a lot of work put into prepping the centers that’s why I find it easier to use them for two weeks at a time. This week, we will be using my new Gingerbread Goodies Unit. I can’t wait to add these “sweet” centers to my baskets tomorrow. {You can read more about these activities here.}

A few of my favorite gingerbread books

I will also be using some writing activities from Linda Kamp’s adorable Gingerbread Unit to correlate with my unit plans

Well I better get busy. I have a stack of lamination to cut….

Have a fabulous day!

Always, Melissa