Clowning Around!

Hey there! Kerri here...
It is so weird to read about so many of you being close to the end of your school year! Here in So. Cal, we don't get out from school until...wait for it...JUNE 24th!! Can you believe that?? Many of you will have already had a month of summer by then! Sheesh! Of course, we don't start back until the very end of August, and the kids come back after Labor Day, but still, I'm going to be DYING in June! :)


A couple weeks ago, my kiddos were working on the -ou and -ow spelling pattern, so I made this little Read the Room center for them to do. They totally dug it! Click the clown for your very own copy!!

Hope you all are having a fantastic week!

Flower Power!

Hi Blogging Buddies! Kerri here...

Spring break is next week, and let me tell you, I am counting the days! I can't wait to relax, unwind, and gear up for Open House! 

We are studying inflections when we get back from break, the kind that makes the root word double it's last consonant or drop the silent e at the end (Can you tell I have very little idea what I am talking about? Thank God I don't teach 3rd grade like Lindsay!) so I made this little center for my kiddies to practice reading and writing those tricky words. 

Click on the picture above to download and have fun!

Going Buggy!

Going Buggy!

Happy Sunday! Kerri here...
I hope the weather where you are is as beautiful as it is here in Cali! Wow! Spring has sprung!

I made this little bug center a while back to help my kids review short and long vowel words. They had fun sorting the ladybugs into the correct jar. After they finished I had them do a cut and paste sort of short and long vowel words. Click on the links above and below to download the center and the sorting worksheet/words! Enjoy!

Going Buggy Recording Sheet

Short and Long Vowel Words

Crack the Reading Eggs

Hi friends! Kerri here..
The lovely Cara Carroll (who designed our blog...she is sooo talented!) had the greatest Valentine themed  spelling idea after she found some cute heart shaped boxes at the Dollar Tree. Well, of course I downloaded it and ran right over to the Dollar Tree to get my own, but alas, they were all gone by the time I made it over there. Rats! Guess I'll have to wait until next year!
However...the dollar spot at Target is equally dangerous for me(if I could live in the Dollar Spot, I would!) and they had these little beauties yesterday, just in time for Easter!

I picked up 12, numbered them with a paint pen, and made this little recording sheet to go with them. I plan on putting the letters for my kiddos' spelling words inside them, jumbled up, and their job will be to unscramble the letters to spell the word correctly. We did this activity in March and they about died from excitement!!

Crack the Reading Eggs

Making Words

Finally, a Language Arts post from me, Kerri!
My dear friend Kim from my old school has the coolest file folders with sticky notes on the inside that have letters on them, and she has her kids use the sticky notes to make words. When they are done making a word, they just put the sticky note back in it's "place" on the file folder. Genius! So much better than letter tiles that end up getting lost, on the floor, inside desks, you get the idea. (Makes me crazy!) Whenever the sticky note loses it's sticky, you just quickly make a new one for whatever letter you need. I love it!
Sooo...I made some templates on my trusty MAC and viola, new making words folders! I also color coded the sticky note letters, to help my firsties remember the beginning middle, ending sounds, and digraphs when we make words together! Click the link underneath the pictures and get making! :)

Making Words

Have a Happy Saturday!