Magnetic Circle Trays and a Freebie

And a Freebie.... I am currently being frustrated by blogger working on adding to my CVC units including write the room and memory cards like above. This freebie is sample worksheets for follow-up use where the students rainbow color the letters.

Some links to check out:
Fran's post on Kindergarten Crayons
Florida Center for Reading Research
Monday Made It at 4th Grade Frolics
My TPT CVC

Monday Made It Magnetic Alpha Circles

And A Freebie...I am currently updating my cvc activities to include other activities like memory & write the room and additional card sizes seen above. This freebie is follow-up worksheets with short a. Students trace the letters in different colored markers while saying the sounds.

Some links to check out:
Fran's post at Kindergarten Crayons
FCRR PDF with Alphabet Arcs and Circles
Monday Made It Linky Party at 4th Grade Frolics
My Sound Boxes at TPT

Va Blogger MeetUp

 

 

Mrs. Stamp’s Kindergarten - She has a give-away going on (and ignore my hair :)

Heidi Songs - her blog and don't forget to check out the DVDs, Cds, activities & more on her website

Fine Motor Matching Game

I was making a fine motor color game for a friend's little boy and my son and I found other ways to play. So I'm sharing it with you as a freebie. All you need is a floss box (you probably have some to use to hold letters or letter cards), some pom-poms and a clothespin (or other pincher). I had gotten a sewing bag with 3 floss boxes in it on clearance a long time ago and picked up some colored pom-poms from Dollar Tree.

By changing the pictures, you can make a color game, a number game, a letter game, a rhyming game, etc.. You can use Velcro in the sections but we found the cards stayed nicely without it (even for my not-quite-2-year old and were use easy to get out by dumping it upside down.

Here is a page of pictures on different ways to play.

To Play: Color – Put color cards (shape, words, crayons,animals) in the boxes of the floss box to match the color pom-poms. Player(s) picks up pom-poms with clothespins, other small pinchers, or spoons and place them in the correct section.

Number – Put numeral or dot cards in the container. On your turn, roll 1 or 2 dice. Put that many pom-poms in the section matching that number. Variation: Take turns putting your color pom-pom in a space (if you put pom-poms in the 3 space, you put 3 or if you put them in the 5, you put 5). Play with a friend and try to fill 3 spaces in a row or play until your run out.

Alpha – Put the desired letters or pictures in the boxes. Take turns placing a pom-pom in the box. Say the animal and letter/sound or come up with another word that starts with hat letter.

Download the freebie from my TPT store here.
And check out the other Freebie Friday freebies this week at TBA.

I know it isn't that fancy or crafty. You could add name stickers to a cute cover to the lid. My kids liked the see-thru aspect esp. since we made a couple kinds. But I am linking up to Monday Made It. :)

Enjoy,
Jenn

Rhym-ominoes Freebie Friday

In all the rhyming games I've been working on, I created a game freebie. Rhym-ominoes. This freebie is a set of 24 "domino" cards. There are 4 word families (-et, -en, -at, -an). Each has 4 picture choices. 8 dominoes are doubles (same word family on both sides).
I printed them to play with my daughter. Here is a picture of one of our games. She really likes to see if we can play into a rectangle.

We played a couple of ways. Each of us started with 6 dominoes and turned over the starter domino from the draw pile. We also played where we divided the dominoes up evenly from the start (12 each). This was our favorite.
You play like dominoes where you match one half to a piece on the playing area - to make a match, it has to rhyme (but can't be the same picture).

I also added in a "key" sheet showing which pictures were in each rhyme family to support struggling readers during independent play. I created this after playing with my son. You can use it to pre-teach the pictures (be sure to have them say the words each time to reinforce).
The rhym-onimoes can also be sorted as rhyme and not a rhyme prior to playing to help work on discriminating rhyming sounds. If you prefer a horizontal format, you can use the cards from my Rhyme It: Rhyme or No Rhyme Pocket Chart Center.

 

 

My kids also played these with me this week. I printed different size sets. The first picture shows the size in the pack for use with hanging pocket charts. The second picture shows them printed 2 per page if you use smaller charts or stand alone triangle charts like in my pictures. We like to use this size in centers and in small group to save space. You can work with one vowel or mix them up when picking rhyme families to focus on.

Hope you and yours enjoy as much as we did! If you download, please leave a comment. Don't forget to pop on over to TBA for Freebie Friday.
Thanks,
Jenn

Alpha Animals Giveaway Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered!

All emails from rafflecopter were sent a link to download the Alpha Animals Sampler.

5 Winners of Full Products were:

Lorena P - Alpha Animals Bundle

Samantha T

Michelle C

Ivannah R

Charlene S

Ladies, you should receive an email from me with your product. If you don't have it by the end of the day, please email me prlhrbr@yahoo.com

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for Freebie Friday! It is something with -ominoe in its name. ;)
Jenn

Classroom Management Linky

Classroom management to me is....having high expectations and knowing when to scaffold. I expect generally polite behavior with positive choices just as I expect all students to succeed academically. I know that every child in my class will be successful socially, emotionally and academically and that some need more support than others. 

My Tip: Any system a teacher or school puts in place may need to be modified to meet the needs of the students and families. This is important when dealing with special needs students (whether or not they have been identified), different cultural and socio-economic expectations and parent communication (think surveys and intake conferences as well as reporting systems).

This has been brought home this year as my autistic son went through his first year in school. I am thankful that his teacher and administration understand that they have to speak with him in a different way to help him understand the choices and not focus on the system.

In this linky, I loved the warm fuzzies in Mel's post from Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations. These remind me of "pets" (plastic animals) I used long ago before we had a school wide program with punch cards and clip charts. I also liked Erin from Creating & Teaching's post on why clip charts didn't work in her class. Her Happy Sticks chart with a place for awards is neat.

Jenn

Sorry, I didn't get the image for the linky linked back to Mel D's page. Here is the link up.