Prefix Game FREEBIE

It’s Monday again!  Time to link up with Charity Preston for Maniac Mondays. My freebie this week is a nine page prefix activity. The prefixes re, un, dis, and pre are explored. The meaning of each prefix as well as examples are given. Then students will have to categorize 24 words by prefix.

Click here for the FREEBIE!

A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

I linked up with Diane at Fifth in the Middle.  She's keeping us all organized by state.  Click on her blog button above to check it out.  You can find other bloggers in your state.  Then grab the button for your state to display on your blog and link it back to that page.

Do you use deal of the day sites like Groupon or Living Social?  Well now they are coming out with one specific to EDUCATORS. How cool, right? 

The website itself is not set to launch until April 2nd, but if you sign up now, you receive a $15.00 credit that is in the form of a code (similar to Teachers Pay Teachers gift certificates or others out there). This offer WILL go away on April 2nd, so if you're interested in signing up, click here to check it out!

Hallway Displays

I love showing off my students’ creativity throughout my classroom and in the hallways.  I am constantly updating our hallway displays.  Check out some of our recent work below...

Ways to Show Division

After learning multiple ways to show division, my students chose a division fact and represented it in different ways.

Landforms

This was a fun way to show what we learned about landforms.  With a partner, students used clay to create a landform.  Then they shared it with the class along with information about their landform. 

 

Personification Poems

Personification is always a fun skill to teach.  After exploring the concept, we read a couple of personification poems.  I modeled how to create one and we wrote one together as a class.  My students really enjoyed writing their own poems and using their artistic creativity to display their work.

 

Noun Unit Freebie

Once again, I am linking up with Classroom Freebies for Maniac Mondays.  There are tons of amazing freebies so head on over to check them all out!

Nouns Unit

This six page noun unit contains the following activities:

• Nouns in the subject
• Common nouns
• Proper nouns
• Capitalizing proper nouns
• Possessive nouns

Enjoy this freebie and make sure to stop by each week for more!

Your kids will LOVE these!

I came across the cutest teacher supply store online.  They have reasonably priced items that your kids will go crazy for! Check out some of my favorites below.

Visit the Geddes website. 

It's that time of the week again

Once again, I am linking up with Manic Mondays for Classroom Freebies.  This week I am sharing one of my favorite freebies. 

Comprehension Building Writing Prompts for any Novel

Do you have early finishers that often do not know what to do? This is a great tool for any story or novel. Six fiction writing prompts and four non-fiction writing prompts are included. This would be great for a center or for students to keep in their binders or journals.

Math Mania

I love creating fun math games and centers to reinforce the skills we are working on in class.  Especially with state testing coming up, it is a great way to review past skills and concepts.  Here are a few of my favorites.  Click on the link to purchase these items from my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Decimal Mix and Match Game- $2.00

This seven page document covers the place value skill with decimals. Students will match up the standard form, expanded form, and word form. Place value goes to the hundredths place.

Comparing Fractions Game- $2.00

This is a fun game for students to play to the skill of comparing fractions.  Students will each choose one card and whoever has the highest fraction keeps the cards.  They will keep playing until all of the cards are gone.

Long Division Activity- $2.00

This 9 page activity works on students' long division skills. They will choose one of the numbers on the leaf. This will be the dividend. Then choose one of the single digit numbers as your divisor. A paper is provided for them to write the problem and the answer. Remainders are included in these problems. The cute Hawaii theme will engage students.

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

This is a free 8 page game on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators.  There are fraction problems and pictures of fractions included.

March Writing Prompt Freebie and Organizational Binder Covers

Well it’s Monday again, so I am linking up with Classroom Freebies for Maniac Mondays.  Make sure to go check out the link-up to find other fantastic freebies.

Get ready for March! This resource has eight different March writing prompts. It would be great for early finishers or a center.  Click on the link below to get your FREEBIE!

 

March Writing Prompts

 

In addition, I finally finished creating organizational binder covers and binder spines.  I am an organizational freak and needed something to help me keep the bazillion amounts of papers that I accumulate organized. 

 

 

 There are 97 pages and include the following topics:

 

You can grab Part 1 of the Binder Labels here and Part 2 here. Enjoy!

What Good Readers Do

Last week after a lesson on inferences I asked my students why they thought we were learning this skill.  Their answers included, “So we can get 100%”, “To fill out the worksheet”, and many other answers that made me bite my tongue.  I finally got the answer I wanted from a student I didn’t necessarily expect it from.  She said so that we can be better readers. 

 

This really got me thinking.  I want my students to understand WHY we are working so hard on our reading strategies.  Not to get the good grade, but to become better readers.

 

Today we discussed what a good reader looks like and what they do.  After brainstorming, we used our journals to draw a picture of themselves and list good “reader” habits.  It turned out really cute and my students got a lot out of it.  Take a look at our pictures below. 

 

Did I mention that I CANNOT draw?

 

 

 

Monday Funday!

It’s that time of the week again.  Monday Funday with Maniac Mondays.  I look forward to this every week.  There are so many talented teachers that post wonderful freebies.  Head on over to Classroom Freebies to check them out.

My freebie this week is a great common core resource for teachers. It has each third grade reading standard for literature and informational text. Each standard is written in a teacher format and also a kid-friendly format.  Click on the link below and enjoy J

3rd Grade Common Core Reading Standards

 

Superfudge

We just finished reading Superfudge, by Judy Blume. My students loved this book. It is packed full of humor and is a pretty easy read. Some of the vocabulary was difficult for my third graders, but they really enjoyed it. I have activity packets for each chapter. Click on the links below to check them out at my Teacher's Notebook store.

 

 

Chapters 1-4

Chapters 5-8

Chapters 9-12