Party Flavors

Last weekend I went to the dollar store to buy some "goodies" for my classroom's surprise box and found these cute items that met my eye right away. They can be used as a reward and also as a learning tool. The students were happy to see new items going into the box. The first item I like to share is the key chain. Absolutely cute! The boys were more interested than the girls.

I selected colors than were neutral, something that a boy or a girl could be happy with and not get tired.

Then, I saw the possibility of turning these key chain into something more practical.
I used round color coding labels to write my students' name and labeled  all of them.

    Then, I attached the ring with their weekly spelling words.

The final challenge and the most important one was when we attached the key chain to one of the

zippers in the backpack.  This was great!! Now I can quickly check at the end of the day who is taking the words home to study.

Also, the words are easy to find the next day before we get ready to do our word work.

Feliz 2015

My dual language students welcomed  the New Year reading in their native language. The well known Puerto Rican poem, "Yo traigo un ramillete," was adapted  and converted into a mini book. The students assembled the pages and colored them.  The sentences are  appealing and easy to remember. They quickly memorized the words and repeated them throughout the day.

Happy 2015

 New Year has brought in a major change to our classroom. We got 10 i-pads. The students are super excited and can't wait to start working with them. The challenge has been to get each unit set up and running. New Year's activities were a big part of our school day.

We used a smart board lesson to learn festive vocabulary.

 The students took turns matching words to pictures.

 They followed directions, listened to the new words, and spelled them.

My 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders worked on January calendar math activities.

The math problems come in two formats, PDF and smart board.

  We used both formats in class. We read from the board and the students worked on their individual copies.

 Students took turns to solve the problems on the board.

The final step  was to create a poster to mount the first page of the 2015 calendar year.

Freebies.

The Holiday Season came upon us very quickly this year and I didn't get a chance to announce
some FREEBIES I  had made and posted on TPT. They are all activities for the smartboard.

The Christmas ABC activity has 25 frames or pages. Students will enjoy using season appropriate
vocabulary as they get a chance to review other skills.










There are five words in each activity page
for the students to move around and place in the right order.

For the younger students I include a letter naming and letter sound activity.

In this letter matching activity the trees have been labeled with an upper case letter. The ornaments in the box have been labeled with a lower case letter.

 Students have to find an ornament and match  it to the corresponding tree. Then, they will say the sound the letter makes.