Easter Fun!

Hi Friends!

Today I want to tell you about a great little FREEBIE I just posted.  I am so excited about Spring and Easter that I thought I'd share my excitement with you.  This year our district has spring break during Easter time, so I pulled some small groups last week to work on some Easter activities.

I love to have my kids write, so I created a couple of short writing pages to get them excited about Easter and about writing! I spread this out over a few days, but you can use them in writing centers, as homework, or even as morning work.

Student love to share things they have done with their family, so the first page asks students to write down 5 things they do with their family.  After the list the things they do, they can draw a picture to go with their writing.

The next sheet got them really excited! They got to list some things they wanted in their Easter basket.  Then, they were able to draw a picture of what their basket would look like.

After that they were able to talk about the reasons they like Easter.  They loved sharing their thoughts.

When the students were finished we played a short matching game to help them with sight word fluency.  The loved matching the eggs to the basket.  It was a blast!

If you'd like to do some of the activities with your students, you can download this Easter Freebie, you can click here to download it!

Enjoy!

Reading, reading, and more reading!

My district uses the Balanced Literacy Framework for reading.  One of my favorite times is when  am able to pull small groups for reading.  Guided reading allows me to work with a small group of students at a specific and with specific skills.  I have four groups with one being a literature circle.  I see each group every day.  Here is an example of how my guided reading baskets look for each student. 

I made these signs to help during my reading lessons.  I laminated these and stuck them to some wide Popsicle sticks.  I use these prompts during whole group lessons or at my guided reading table.  I love them because they are colorful and they catch my student’s attention.  All I have to do is raise it up and they know what I am going to ask of them.  It also gives a description of the important word so that they know what it means.  Click here to check them out!

 

During guided reading my kids are at centers.  I want them to be aware of what they are doing in each center so I made these easy to use signs that help them remember what they are learning.  I put them in protective sleeves so I can reuse them.  You can write on them and then wipe it off to write the net skill they will learn. Click here to check them out they are FREE!!

I hope you enjoyed this quick look into my reading time.  

I'd love for you to tell me about your reading time and the great things you do!

I'm linking up with Sugar and Spice for Wordless Wednesday! 

Today I spent a few more hours in my classroom getting things ready for the new school year.
I can't believe the first day of teacher in-service is tomorrow! Summer is gone. :(

      

        What are some things you do to keep your
                  classroom neat and organized?