Winter Theme Therapy Materials for Articulation  These materials provide you with quick and easy, 'ready in a moment' activities that are sure to keep your mixed articulation groups entertained during Winter. Best of all, they are easy to prep…simply print and go! Contents Sounds Related Products Each of the packets included contains: ★ a set of easy-cut articulation cards in full color and black and white - all sets have 15 cards representing initial, medial, and final word positions. (Blends sets actually include more cards - 5 per blend). ★ 3 Winter theme designs of game board (use with counters or crayons) ★ 3 Winter theme Roll, Say & Color Worksheets This packet contains materials intended to be used in Winter. The 24 sounds included in this product are: /s/, /z/, /l/, /r/ (pre-vocalic), /r/ (vocalic), /s/ blends, /l/ blends, /r/ blends, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /J/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /v/, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /m/, /n/, /h/ & /w/ Products in this Series: ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Spring ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Summer ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Fall ★ Print and Go Articulation Activities for Winter Or save some $$$ and you can own all 4! ★ Value Bundle Print and Go Articulation Activities for Seasons

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Today I wanted to share a fun and easy way to work on following directions and basic concepts. I have a few friends who are targeting these goals in speech so I need to make sure I keep the activities fun and engaging. I also found these awesome toy cars on sale, so of course I had to use them right away. So we decided to go cruisin' with our new cars to work on our goals. I had some colorful duct tape that I put on the floor to make the road. I made sure to put some left

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capitalization. Common Core, second grade

I have been dying to link up with my sweet friend Kacey over at Doodle Bugs for her Five for Friday post. Well, I have come to this realization...that is never gonna happen! :) By the time Friday night hits...this teacher is so doneeee! So...pretend today is Friday! Here is how my week went down! 1: SLEEP You know you are exhausted when you fall alseep in your school clothes and don't wake up until 6:30 a.m. True story. On Monday night, I told myself that I would lay down for just a second, and before I knew it, it was 6:30 the next morning. I was still asleep...fully clothed...jewelry and all! My husband even tried to wake me up and then he gave up! {Not sure if I believe that story!} :) ...seriously though, I need summer to get here ASAP so I can be awesome every single day! Ha! 2: Summer Writing Fun After a week of state testing, we are back to a normal routine. This week, we spent a lot of time writing our way through my End of Year Writing Bundle. The kids loved thinking about and planning their futures. After that, we also planned our summer with our Dive into Summer Writing. Love how these turned out, but I love these sweet babies even more! Going to miss them so, SO much! {But we won't talk about that right now!} 3: Do the Harlem Shake A few days ago, I posted about my end of the year behavior management system. If you missed that, we are using balloons! :) So...what was day three you ask? Make a Harlem Shake Video. The kids brought props and were counting down the seconds until go time! Here is our Harlem Shake... 4: Science Experiment Fun I love living so close to a local university. They are always so wonderful about bringing experiences directly into the classroom. On Friday, our kids were instructed by the 5th and 6th graders {they were trained earlier in the week}. During this time, they completed 12 hands-on science experiments! Such a great way to give ownership to our older kids and build school community throughout our grade levels. Also a great way to keep our kiddos engaged during these last few weeks! 5: End of year mayhem! Oh my...I can feel it inching closer. Today, I will be working on my classroom awards and finishing up my end of year gifts. Here is a little peek... I will be posting more about this tomorrow! Be sure and link up with Doodle Bugs to show us your week! Have a great weekend!

Hey, hey! Oh my goodness! How exciting is this?! I am so happy to be here with some of the most wonderful 2nd and 3rd grade bloggers in the blog-o-sphere! :) I have been blogging at my little slice of cyberspace, One Extra Degree, for three years. I have really enjoyed being able to share my experiences with other teachers, and I have learned so much from others. I just LOVE it! It hardly even seems like I've even been blogging that long, because cliche or not, time flies when you're having fun! I am so grateful for all of the friendships I have made and all of the interactions I have had with people from all over the world. So, since I enjoy sharing my classroom happenings and ramblings so much, I am really stoked to have the opportunity to contribute to this fabulous collaborative blog! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Amanda Nickerson, and I will be entering my eighth year of teaching this fall. After spending one year as a 3-8 Title I tutor in an inner-city behavior school, and one year as a 1-2 Title I tutor in a rural district, I made my way into the world of third grade! I taught third grade in that same rural district for a few years before settling into a suburban school that's essentially in my own backyard. Although there were wonderful things happening at my old district, and I loved my colleagues, I am extremely happy with my new habitat. :) I plan on staying and growing roots there. It feels like HOME to me! This year, I am going to be experiencing a bit of a change, however. Our building has a very large percentage of gifted students, so this year, I will have the wonderful opportunity to teach social studies and language arts to the gifted third and fourth grade kiddos with a brand new partner! Teaching is a wild ride, isn't it? In the past seven years, I have worked in an urban district, a rural district, and currently a suburban district! I've instructed kiddos ranging from 1st through 8th grade. {No joke!} I've worked for SIX different principals, and I've taught with and without a core ELA curriculum. I've been self-contained and departmentalized. I've switched classrooms five times! I've also coached two sports and served on lots of committees. So, basically I feel like I've had my fair share of diverse classroom experiences thus far. I can't wait to see where the good Lord leads me next! :) Whew! Any-who! I have my Masters in Literacy Curriculum & Instruction, and it is my greatest passion! {Literacy honestly makes my heart go pitter-pat!} I am also really starting to enjoy presenting at workshops, and that's something that has really developed over the past few years. I never thought I would enjoy standing up in front of BIG people to present information, but as it turns out, I actually kinda dig it! One could say that I have nerdy tendencies, but I embrace it! Ha! :) As much as my job has become by hobby, and as much as I love it, I really try to have a nice FULL life outside of the classroom too. My husband and I will be celebrating our third anniversary on July 31st! We've been "together" almost five years, and we have known each other for nine years! He is truly my best friend, and we have a lot of fun together! We have two golden retrievers who are our fur children: Loralei and Stella. I just ADORE them! No kiddos just yet... I love Jesus, sweet tea, family, friends, running (on the elliptical mostly), avocados, trying out new recipes, dancing, singing, doodling, creating resources for my classroom, decorating our home, shopping for major deals, everything vintage, and being PRESENT in every moment! Okay, I can be a bit of a windbag, so I am going to show composure and move on to the really fun part of this post! I get to share an exclusive back-to-school freebie with you that can only be found here! Simply click the image below for your download, and ENJOY! I'd LOVE if you would pop on over to my blog, One Extra Degree, to check it out! :) If you want to stay in the loop, make sure to follow me on Blog Lovin'! Happy Monday, friends! Have a fantastic day!!!

**For the new school year, 2012-2013, students in Room 121 created an updated version of Angry Verbs. CLICK HERE to check out the newest post--featuring tons of pictures and writing! After being inspired by this Angry Verb bulletin board using the Angry Birds, I had my students review verbs as well by writing a sentence on an angry bird and underlining the verb/verbs. During class project time on Monday (when some students were in Orchestra), a few students covered the door with butcher paper while several others began working on coloring the birds. Later on during Daily 5, students who were doing Word Work practiced finding verbs by creating their own Angry Verbs.

Similar to how Charlotte uses her web to communicate, students create webs for short messages. They learn how spiders create their webs, and about the different types of webs they make. With this knowledge, students design and create their own webs and incorporate messages.

Learning to spell is not for sissies! There are so many rules and nuances to the whole operation, and it can seem overwhelming for children.

There are so many narrative writing lessons and narrative reading lessons available. Check out this post for some real-world examples!

It’s time for the 3rd post in my ABCs of 2nd Grade series. Today, I am going to focus on centers. Centers are a huge part of my classroom. FYI – Part of this post has been recycled from a previous post. My students do literacy centers during my small group reading time. I usually...

160 Basic Janpanes Kanji 16 basic kanji that children learn in 2nd grade of elementary school. Related Post: Learn N5-N4 Kanji relating to animals, nature 40 Kanji You Need to Know to Pass the JLPT N5

Yowsers. So y'all... Can I just take a moment to tell you how BUSY my life has been for the past two weeks??? AYE-YI-YI!!!! Seriously, there has been nary a moment to fix my mascara much less log into Blogger as of late. But, I am very pleased to announce the end of the madness because... let's face it- life without internet-laden free time is HOR.EN.DOUS. And that is why I am back. Backety-back-back-back and oh-so-excited! Well, wanna know what I've been up to while I've been gone? I have been testing the willies out of nineteen of my favorite First Grade friends. DIBELs, sight words, math, you name it, they've done it. And if they haven't done it, they probably should have. Of course having all of this testing to do, I was naturally faced with the age-old teaching dilemma of what to do with the nineteen students I wasn't testing while still managing to maintain a silent classroom for the one student I was testing. Answer? I used Cut and Paste friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These little buddies occupy AND assess. TOTAL. BONUS. I use them to assess my Firsties knowledge of various components of language (syllables, parts of speech, etc.) while I get my testing done. Keeps the kids occupied, gives evidence of learning, and gives me a product to send home for parents to enjoy and admire (refridgerator work, anyone?) These buddies aren't much, but having TOTALLY saved my life in the past two weeks, I just knew I had to share them. (And don't mind my tacky Easter-themed syllable sort. What can I say? Giant chocolate-dispensing rabbits just gets me in the mood to decorate syllable sorts.) Want your own cut and paste friends? Click any picture preview to download. Compound Word Sleuth Contraction mania! Easter Syllable Sort Homophone Match-Up Synonym Match-Up Verb and Noun Town Wishing you a marvelous Monday!

So over the past 3 years I've made all kinds of anchor charts. Some are just random ideas I came up with, or trying to find a creative way to remind the kids of things. Others came from ideas I've seen online. So here's my disclaimer, I can't take credit for every single one of the ideas on these anchor charts. Some have come from online, others from colleagues, some from my little ol' brain! I usually keep them up all year round, but some get tucked away behind others, or put away in a binder, so don't mind the messy edges. I tried to take pictures of all of the charts before I gave them away to my kiddos at the end of the year, but most of them weren't in the greatest shape. {language arts anchor charts} {reading anchor charts} {math anchor charts} {science anchor charts} {social studies anchor charts} {spelling anchor charts} {writing anchor charts}

Is anyone in need of some Daily 5 station cards, posters, and anchor charts? Just send me an email! [email protected]

This paragraph writing worksheet gets your child back to the basics of writing. In this paragraph writing worksheet, kids will write using a graphic organizer.

Students will be given eight different topics for paragraphs and will be asked to give each one a topic sentence. Great worksheet for 4th - 6th grade

Commas in a Series activities for first grade.

Sample a day of Rooted in Reading with these lesson plans and activities for Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar!

These Halloween and fall themed homeschool lessons are perfect for the month of October! 1st and 2nd grade children will love these activities and you can rest easy knowing they are busy with meaningful language arts activities. This set of October language arts homeschool lessons can be used as a full day of language arts plans OR for several days of your Language Arts block. Themes in the activities and lessons include: Halloween, bats, costumes, Columbus Day, fall, pumpkins, and more! Please review the photos which include an overview of the document PLUS sample pages. Additionally, please note that these lessons are NOT editable. They are print and go! This Resource Includes: “October Language Arts Lesson Plans” Binder or Folder Cover This adorable cover can be at the front of your folder or binder! Back cover also included. “October Langauge Arts Lesson Plans” Binder Spines These spines will work if you put your plans in a 1″, 1.5″ or 2″ binder! Table of Contents A list of everything that is included! Note to Parent This note to YOU explains what you need to do to get the lesson plans ready. Basically, you just need to print, copy, etc! Pumpkin Themed “How Did Your Day Go?” Notes Form This notes form lets you know how the day/week went. It gives your child a space to write what they weren’t able to finish, what went well, and what they struggled with. Perfect to be sure your child reflects on their day/week. It also includes the fun pumpkin theme! Pumpkin Themed Reward Coupons These reward coupons make a great behavior incentive! There are two pages of predetermined rewards and one editable page that you can decide rewards of your own and type them in. Copies for Children Clear layout of what you will need to copy for your child for the entire day Language Arts Lesson #1: October Fill-In-The-Blanks These basic fill-in-the-blanks allow children to fill in the blanks of stories using nouns, verbs, colors, etc! They are simple enough for young children to be able to do, but also a fun and educational activity. For the beginning of the year, blank versions are also available without the parts of speech. Younger children can just fill in the blanks instead. Includes lesson plan & 4 worksheets Language Arts Lessons #2: October Fixing Sentences October will fix sentences with these fun and engaging worksheets. These include Halloween, Columbus Day, and pumpkin themes! Includes lesson plan & 4 worksheets Opinion Writing Lesson: Which Candy is Better? October will brainstorm 2 candies as a class and will write their own opinion piece about which candy is better! Includes lesson plan and 3 Graphic Organizers Reading Prompts & Lesson 2 reading prompts are included at 2 different levels. Choose one to use or use both and differentiate! One of the prompts is an informational piece about bats and the other is a narrative about a costume party. A lesson plan is included to introduce the topics for each reading prompt as well! Reading Lesson to use with ANY Book! This reading lesson can be used for a read aloud OR silent reading of any narrative story. It is focused on visualizing as they read. The great thing is that it can be used over and over! Lesson plan and 2 graphic organizers included “Boo!” Sight Words Game Children will practice their sight words with a FUN and engaging sight words game! A game board, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards are all included. Your kids will want to play it over and over! Pumpkin Craftivity This interactive pumpkin craftivity has children draw three items related to fall and write three clues for each. They will color their illustrations and put it all together! Answer Keys & Worksheet Guides Answer Keys and Worksheet Guides are included for ALL worksheets. WHAT HAVE PEOPLE SAID ABOUT MY LESSON PLANS PREVIOUSLY? “These sub plans have been the BEST discovery I have made on TPT! Thank you for making these wonderful and all inclusive plans that are so easy to use, especially when you are sick and the last thing you want to do is write sub plans!” “I have purchased several sets of emergency sub plans, and they just never fit my needs. These, however, are just what I’ve been looking for! Easy prep, easy for the sub to follow! I recommend this to anyone needing emergency plans.” “These are fantastic! I purchased, copied, and stored in a sub tub. I told a neighbor where the tub was and all she did was put my tub on my desk and the day ran SO SMOOTHLY!”

I have a Grand Idea to share with you. It's a fun and engaging way to get your students excited about their spelling words! Spelling Addition is so simple. Students work in pairs. One student says a word. The other student writes the word. The word is checked and written again. Then the letters from the word are given a number value and added up. You can add another element to the practice by letting the players move a piece around a game board using the total from the value from each word. (click on this image for the free download) You use this activity in a literacy center, as a homework assignment or as part of your weekly spelling routine.