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I feel like an author who just finished a trilogy.  I've been working away at completing 3 different insect themed literacy products and finally have the third one ready to list in my store.

It's an insect themed I Spy that focuses on word families.  To use this station students use a magnifying glass to find teeny tiny word family words hidden on four pages. Each page has two word families. The word families used are ack/ake, in/ine, at/ate, ell/ill. I have included blends and digraphs with the words. Students record the words on the recording page. An 'I can' student instruction card is included to keep students on task and just in case you want to save your ink I have added each page in black & white.

You can find it HERE at my TPT store and also in my I Spy Bundle.  If you already own the bundle you can download the addition for free.

This matches my Literacy Bundle and Mirror Words.  Would you like a chance to win all 3?  Enter below, but hurry, it's going to be a quick giveaway!  I'll be sleeping (hopefully!) when this ends so I'll choose 2 winners tomorrow after school :)

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Insect Literacy Centers

I had an amazing four day weekend!  I could get spoiled with the extra couple of days :)  I used some of my time to organize my insect themed literacy stations and get them ready to post in my store.  Here's a little peek:

 Students will be working on:

compound words

non-fiction writing (I plan to have some non-fiction books handy for them to use for research),

r-blends,

word family work,

scrambled sentence sorting

and alphabetical order.

Aren't these graphics adorable?????

These stations will also match my listening center response sheet freebie

and my Insect Mirror Words Activity

My Insect Literacy Stations are available HERE at my TPT store.

I will send a copy of my Insect Literacy Stations to the first 3 people who comment on this post.  Last time I had responses within 5 minutes.  Let's see who's visiting this evening :)

More Mirror Words and a freebie!

Did you miss me?  Between parent-teacher, two teenagers and a little playground injury I feel as if I have been neglecting my little blog.  Well, I'm back (enjoying the long weekend) and have brought you a freebie and a peek at my latest set of mirror words.

First for the freebie.  I have a set of insect themed literacy stations on the go (hopefully completed soon) and made this listening center response page to use at the same time.  Click HERE to download your copy for free.

My students have absolutely LOVED using mirrors to solve my Leprechaun and Easter mirror words so I made an insect themed activity to use in one of my literacy stations.  It could be used as a write the room or the cards can be left in the center for students to stay in one place.

Here's a little peek:

As you can see I have included 12 words for students to 'solve' and a choice of two recording pages.  This will help with your differentiation planning.  Each page has an 'I can' student instruction page and all pages are included in black & white to help you save your ink.  There is very little prep - just cut the 12 word cards apart :)

I have posted this in HERE my TPT store.

As usual, I will send a copy to the first 3 people who comment on this post.

Happy Easter!  I'll be back soon with my insect themed literacy centers ;)

Missing Addends

Missing addends are a mystery for a few of students so I created a new math station to give them some extra practice.

Aren't these graphics by Graphics From the Pond just ADORABLE???????  I simply can't get enough of them :)

I simply can't get enough of them :)

To use this station students sort the 18 missing addend card onto 6 different numbered jars.  Of course, I included an 'I can' instruction card to keep students on task and a recording page to check for understanding.  I've created each page in both color and black & white to give you a 'save your ink' option.

Would you like a copy?  You can find it HERE at my TPT store.

As always, I'd like to give a few copies away.  The first 3 people who comment on this post will get one.

It's parent-teacher week for me so I'll probably be a little quiet over the next few days.  Have a great week!

Buggy Math Stations

A few of you have been emailing asking when my spring math stations would be ready.  I have FINALLY got them complete, edited and posted at my TPT store. 

 
Included are 8 centers ready to add to your math tubs.  I included a variety of skills I have covered this year: addition, subtraction, greatest / least, tallying, graphing, fact families and doubles.

Each station includes an "I can..." card to help build student independence and allow you to focus on other students.

As usual, I will send a copy to the first two followers who comment on this post. 

Have a great week everyone!