Daily Five and Boggle Freebie

   

Click here for your Boggle freebies!

These would be great for fast finishers,

morning work, centers, etc.

Do you do the Daily 5 or are you interested in seeing it in action?
My post today is snapshots of my students in action during the Daily 5 and materials I use.
I LOVE the Daily 5 for many reasons!
We build our stamina and train so  students become independent  readers and writers.
I don't have to prep and change literacy centers! THAT is my favorite thing about the Daily Five!

I reread parts of it every year  and NEVER get tired of it!

Building our Stamina
Click the picture to check out the freebie  stamina graphs from Ashley Magee!
Ideally, you are to keep the anchor charts  you make as a whole class and hang them up for referral. I don't have the space so I use anchor charts I found on TpT. I can't find the creator of these but they were a freebie! There are many freebies for anchor charts on there!
Read to Self
Book boxes for Read to Self are a must! I bought these through IKEA for $1.99 for 5 plus shipping! Compared to others I found, even with shipping, it was a great deal! PLUS, students get to decorate them and keep them at the end of the year! Click the picture to check them out!

Read to Someone
Forgot to get pictures!


Word Work
I use Jen Ross's Spelling  Throughout the Year, so for Word Work, I copy the included spelling pattern word cards and sight word  cards, front to back, and place these with the Word Work materials for the week.
Click the picture to check it out!
Erica Bohrer's Word Wall Words packet goes perfectly with the spelling (and my Safari theme)! They both use the Fry word lists.
Click the picture to check it out. She has about every theme you can imagine! Just visit her store! She also has the headers for your word wall.

I keep Word Work as simple as possible! No centers to prep! LOVE it!

AquaDoodles

MagnaDoodles

Dry erase boards

Adding tape

Work on Writing
I own all of First Grade Fun Times D5 Work on Writing cards. I put out one set at a time, for about 3-4 weeks each, so students get a lot of practice with each skill.
These have been a lifesaver! No more "What do I write about?" Click the picture to check out set #1 and visit her store to see the rest!
Rachelle Smith from What the Teacher Wants has these adorable journal covers. I run them on regular copy paper and the students color them. All Work on Writing is written in these journals. Click the picture to check it out in her store!

Forgot pictures here too!
Listen to Reading 

Seasonal books on CD

Leapfrog Tags


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Aliens Love Underpants! and Visualization

    

I created this craftivity to use during our short u week. If you would like it, click here!

The month of September is

our Laura Numeroff author study.

We start with the "What __ Do Best" 

series because we are studying families.

Next we go to Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers

because we start a theme on pets

and do a visualization activity I got from

TpT I believe. They visualize another animal

and what it could wear. Then we read

Why a Disguise? and write an opinion piece

on the best place to wear a disguise.

Our story souvenir is the fun mustache 

and nose glasses!

We read her other books throughout 

the month. Once a week, we read

one of her "If You Give a ___" books

and have the treat from the book.

We have enjoyed cookies and donuts so far!

We are a little behind...we had WAY to many

early outs due to the heat!

Visualization

Click here to get this cute visualization activity for Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers!

Here are two more visualization activities.

The poem is copied on the back.

I pass out the paper with this side up.

NO PEEKING!

I read the poem and they visualize.

They draw what they visualized.

I read the poem again.

They turn their paper over to see 

the "real" illustration.

Both poems are by Shel Silverstein.

Family Trees

Story Souvenir 

for Pet Week #2

Check out my Pinterest

board for souvenirs here!

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A Trip Back in Time and Updates

1. A theme in our reading series
is School Then and Now.
We have a one room school house
in our town, so every year, my 
first graders and I travel back in time!
We spend the morning there.
It is always so much fun!

Our "serious" faces like pictures long ago.

Yes, I am wearing a dress over my clothes.

Gotta play the part!

Lunch outside

A game of leapfrog

A game of tag

Another serious pose

Silly faces

2. Once a week, I try to do a science
experiment with my class.
This was our first experiment of the year.

If you would like to check out my

packet of 6 simple experiments, 

click here.

3. Student supply

organization trial

from this post...

Fail
They aren't working. They are hard to carry and not everything fits in the drawers.


4. Behavior Management Idea from this post...

PASS
This is a lot of fun! I even found these bracelets to keep in the case to hand out for the rewards! They are in the Scholastic bonus catalog! Use your bonus points and they are FREE!
5. Final head count in my classroom...
See just about every post since  school got out last year...
27!
26!
One of my kiddos last day was today.
Well...it's less than 30!

+1 more!  DIY Black Pocket Chart

Pass

I love my black pocket chart!

Check out this post if you are 

interested in making your own!

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