I Spy Digraphs

Happy St. Patrick's Eve!  As much fun as we had with our leprechaun door this week in grade one I am secretly happy that St. Patrick's Day falls on a Saturday this year!  

Yesterday, I posted a new I Spy learning pack in my store and I must say that it's my favorite one yet!!!  I Spy Digraphs!! When Whimsy Clips came out with Donut Shop clip art I was instantly in love and new that it was just the clip art I was waiting for!!

Add a magnifying glass and this literacy station is ready to go!  I have included both color and black and white options because if you're like me ... colored ink at school is not an option and I use an abundance at home!

I added this to my I Spy Bundle so if you own it .. you can re-download it and pick up this pack for free!  It now contains 20 I Spy activities!  

You can find I Spy Digraphs HERE in my TPT store.  

As always, I'd love to give away a few copies of my newest pack.  The first 3 people who comment on this post will receive a copy.  Don't forget your email!

Blends and Digraphs Word Building

I'm excited about this learning pack!

When working with small groups I am always looking for easy-prep resources to reinforce blends and digraphs so I created and laminated these words strips fro students to use with dry erase markers.  They are also included in black and white which could be copied to make student booklets.

As you can see in the background there are 4 recording pages so students can show what they know at a literacy station.  After they work in a small group with me I always send them off to work on a related task and thought these would be perfect!

You can find this learning pack HERE at my TPT store.

As always, the first 3 people who comment on this post with their email will receive a copy. It pays to stop by! :)

Earth Day Literacy Stations

Happy Sunday everyone! I just came home the sweetest surprise which every teacher will understand.  I had taken my daughter to the mall and left a pile (I mean huge pile) of papers on the counter in a 'to be laminated' pile.  When I came home, not only did my hubby laminate it all, but he cut it all out too.  Wahoo!  I owe him one ;)

Earlier today I posted my newest set of literacy work centers.  They have an Earth Day theme with the cutest graphics!

I LOVE printing my stations out in color

but sometimes I run a little low on ink so included them in black & white.

There's a flap writing book for students to write about the 3R's (reusing,, reducing and recycling),

a color by word family activity,

 sentences to unscramble,

 words to put in ABC order,

 pictures to sort according to their beginning digraph (ch, sh, th and wh)

and compound words to build.

At this time of year my students are so independent during literacy stations.  I LOVE when they are engaged in purposeful activities while I am doing guided reading!

You can find this unit HERE at my TPT store.  

I have to go and reread my report cards (so glad those are done!) and when I return in a few hours I'll randomly choose 3 followers who commented on this post to get receive a copy of this unit.   I used a random generator and will be sending a copy to those who left comments 2, 3 and 7.  I'll be sending it shortly :)

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Planning for March

I love St. Patrick's Day for so many reasons.  First, I have some Irish in me - my paternal grandfather was from Ireland (miss you Grampy <3 ).  Second, it means spring is on the way (I've had enough snow for this year thank you!) Third, last year I celebrated the first arrival of my classroom leprechaun and the kids went crazy!

In preparation for St. Patrick's Day I have my literacy work stations ready to go!  You can find them HERE at my TPT store.

Here's a little peek:

There are six activities included to keep your students engaged and learning including:

* how-to catch a leprechaun writing (flap book)

* long and short vowels

 * ABC (alphabetical) order

 * digraphs (ch / sh / th / wh)

* scrambled sentence sorting and

* plurals (photo to follow - I'm sure I took one :)

If you're getting ready for St. Patrick's Day and would like a copy you can find it at my TPT store, but I'll send a free copy to the first 3 people who comment on this post.  In your comment please tell me a skill you will be covering soon that you'd like to see included in my next set of literacy stations.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Scooping up some digraphs!

How are your students doing with digraphs?  Many of my students have a really good handle on them - they can read them, sort them and even use them properly in their writing.

Then there are the rest... I'm trying everything I can think of to give them practice.  They have enjoyed both my popcorn sort and my bubblegum sort but I needed something new.  For days I tried to think of a new theme for an activity that I could pull put again and again.  Then it came to me ...ice cream!!!

While making this on the weekend I had to go and buy some ice cream - yummy!

This activity has students sorting picture cards onto 4 different ice cream cones.  The cones are labeled with /ch/, /sh/, /th/ and /wh/.

I have included with a color and black & white copy.  However, when you see these ice cream scoops you're going to want them in color - ADORABLE!

There is an I can... card included and a recording sheet to check for understanding.

You can find this activity HERE at my TPT store.  As always I'd like to give away a few copies to those of you who visit me here.  The first 5 people to leave a comment will get a copy :)

Enjoy the rest of your week :)

Valentine's Day Literacy Work Stations

Just in time for your February planning I have just posted my Valentine's Day Literacy Stations.

Here's a little peek of the 5 centers :)

***all of these work stations are also included in black and white

Students will be working with digraphs,

CVC words,

ABC order,

 short and long vowels,

and doing some sentence unscrambling.

I'd love to send a copy of these literacy stations to the first 3 people who comment on this post.

Popcorn Fun Digraph Sorting Station

I mentioned last week that one of my goals this year was to work hard on getting my students to understand digraphs early in the year.  To help I created another literacy station to give students more practice.

Students will be sorting pictures into four initial digraph sounds (ch, sh, th and wh).  I made the picture cards large enough that they could be used for small group or whole class instruction in addition to a center activity.  Each page (other than the assessment / activity page) is in both color and black and white.

I have just listed this word work activity at my TPT store but as always the first 2 people who comment on this post will get a copy emailed to them.

Happy Sunday!

Digraph Sorting Station

Digraphs ... this  year I vow for early mastery by my firsties!! (at least that's my hope!)

I'm planning to create a few word work stations to provide lots of practice and here is the first:

 

I created this for students to work with a partner, but it could also be used independently or with a small group.  Students sort 24 pictures onto four gumball machines that are labeled -ch, - sh, - th and -wh.  I included two activity / assessment pages because I plan to have students differentiate between -ch and -sh and then at another time differentiate between the four.

 

I have included an "I can..." card to help build student independence.  Each page is included in both color and black and white. 

 

You can find this activity at my TPT store.  As usual, I'll send a copy to the first 2 followers who comment on this post with their email.