Winter Literacy Bundle

Tomorrow is supposed to be our coldest day this week.  The perfect time to bring out my newest classroom bundle.  It has 77 pages of literacy center games and worksheets.  All of the worksheets are Print and Go!  The games can be printed on cardstock and laminated which doesn't take a lot of time.  I hope you decide to check it out!

Winter Literacy Bundle

Are you looking for a low prep bundle to practice

literacy skills? This is for you! Winter Literacy 

Bundle contains 9 learning center games and 16 

worksheets. Each is designed to work

on a specific literacy skill. Including ABC Order,

syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech,

capitalization, mixed up sentences, and more.

Click HERE to download this fun and educational resource.

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Calendar

So, with only one day left of this glorious vacation, I've been thinking about things I need for my classroom.  My students need extra help on calendar information.  I was trying to remember when and how I learned to read a calendar.  Honestly, it seems that I always knew how.  My mom probably taught me by example.  She was a good mom like that.  Anyway, my classroom kiddos aren't all faring so well.  The thing is, I don't want to make a new calendar activity every month.  Frankly, I don't have time.  I need something that I can keep bulk copies of.  They need to be in a place where my second graders can get them for themselves.  We do some calendar activities everyday.  Yet, when I ask questions I invariably have some students who can't answer.  When I ask, "How many Sundays are in December?' I still get a few blank stares.
To help with all of that, I made a new calendar set.

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It has calendar pages with the months already on them.  At the beginning of the school year, and for my late-bloomers, I'll use this one. But, for my on the ball students, I've made a page with a blank calendar.

I've included all of the months and days printed with seperate borders for students to use as a learning center.  There is also a cut and paste activity for months and days to go with these two centers.

Lastly, and possibly the best part is a printable page with generic questions that can be used for each month.  As I said earlier, I will print this page in bulk and have them available.  This is one less thing I will have to worry about each month.

Click HERE to go to my TpT store and download this year-long, monthly use Calendar.

Thank you so much for reading and I hope you find my Calendar as useful as I.  I am

Cordially yours,

Jan’etta

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Looking Forward

I realize that many people use the new year as a milestone to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the new one.  Although I love history and feel that it's very important, I spend most of my energy looking forward.  There are things I would like to accomplish in 2015 and some things that can't be completed, but can be worked on.  These are the things I want to work on for education.

School: Continue my Guided Reading Groups plan.
             Continue to increase the level of expectations for my students.
              Rearrange my student desks.
              Organize my Parent Communication log.
              Upload Bloomboard information.

TpT:  Continue to create quality products that I can use in my classroom.
           Make my two-digit subtraction centers.
           Make a no prep math and literacy pack for each of the major holidays.

Blog/Facebook/tsu:  Host a monthy Linky Party and weekly Flash Freebies.

Okay, so now my goals are out there!  No taking them back!

I hope that you are having a wonderful start to 2015!  I am...

Cordially yours,

Jan’etta

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Disney World and Winter

     We had a wonderful time at Disney World.  Four adults going to Disney was just amazing!  I even stayed out with Saul until 3am at Epcot for Extra Magic Hours!! We went to every park and rode every ride and saw everything we wanted.

Cinderella's Castle

Here we are on Christmas Day at Epcot.  My husband, Stan, is the guy in back.  That's our son with the beard.  Our daughter is on the left in front.  It's difficult to take selfies and insure you get the ball at Epcot!

     When we left Melbourne, Florida, it was 80 degrees.  As we came north west to Arkansas, every stop was colder than the last.  It is cold and rainy today.  We are not happy to be away from our boy.  But we love Arkansas!

     I can't believe it is the new year already.  I am certain that 2015 will be an incredible year for our family!  We have overcome a lot of adversities but are still together!  In addition to my husband and children, I am blessed to have both of my parents and both of my in-laws still doing well.  My grandmother turned 94 in December.  I am so fortunate to get to go to work and spend my day with second graders.  My Lupus isn't causing as many problems as it could. All in all, I am one lucky duck!

     To celebrate I have made the following FOLLOWER FREEBIE:

Winter Holiday Flip Book

It is as cute as pie and can be downloaded FREE by CLICKING RIGHT HERE!

I hope the beginning of your year is off to a firecracker start!  I am

Cordially Yours,

Jan’etta

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January Plans

Can you believe I've only been out of school for three days and I'm already planning for January?  What's wrong with me?  The answer is 'nothing'.  I'm a teacher.  Planning is my middle name.  I actually started planning on Friday afternoon after school.
Here are two of the centers we will be using beginning January 5, 2015.  One is a math center and the other literacy.  Both of these are a review for my kiddos.  However, they may be used for practice when these skills are initially taught.

Literacy and Math Centers

Contraction Literacy Center is alligned for the second and the third grades.

CCSS ELA.L.2.2C

CCSS ELA.L.3.2D

Three Digit Expanded Form Center is alligned for the second and the third grades.

CCSS.2.NBT.A.1B

CCSS.2.NBT.A.3

CCSS 3.NBT.A.2

Both are absolutely adorable with winter cupcakes and are very low prep.  Just print, laminate, and cut.  Easy!!

This pack is on SALE!

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I hope you are enjoying your weekend and getting excited about Christmas.  Our family is alive with anticipation!  We haven't seen our son since August since he goes to college in another state.  We are all so ready to see him.  I am beside myself, because after all, I am his momma!  I am

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Jan’etta

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One More Day

It was a big day for my second graders.  We began the day with a field trip.  We were lucky enought to get to watch "The Velveteen Rabbit" at the Arkansas Arts Center Childrens Theatre.  The production was delightful and the children were well-behaved.
We arrived back at school just in time for lunch and recess.  It was cold and wet outside, but they needed that fifteen minutes of playtime!
We had our Christmas Party this afternoon.  Excitement was the order of the day. The children cleaned their desks and played 'Scoot' until it was time for the party.  The following is the game they played-I had to fit in a little bit of work!

CCSS 2.NBT.A.2

Included are 36 Task Cards which are color coded. Blue snowflakes are for counting by 2’s. Purple snowflakes are for counting by 5’s. Green snowflakes are for counting by 10’s. There are three worksheets for each. Also included is a task card recording page.

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There are 36  task cards included.

The task cards are differentiated.

 

10 worksheets are on three levels.

The 36 task cards and 10 worksheets are for counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's, respectively.

We have only one day to go before our two week break.  I am hoping to work on some more winter activities for my students and perhaps yours.  I am

Cordially yours,

Janetta

Word Work with Winter Words

Are your students on the ceiling this week as mine are?  This is such a busy week.  It is our last week before Christmas break and we have a lot going on.  This week we we have our 9 week testing, a field trip, a Christmas Party, a sing-a-long, Polar Express Day, and probably more that I am too tired to recall.

At our school, we gave our second grade students a homework pass for this week.  I decided that I still wanted my students to do word work.  We began by making an anchor chart of winter and holiday seasonal words.

I then gave my students this page.  It has two sets of the alphabet as well as an extra set of vowels.

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The first thing my students do is highlight all of the vowels.  Then they cut the letters apart and put them on their desk in alphabetical order.

Students use the Word Work Mat to build the words on our anchor chart.  We do this as a whole group and I give them clues as to which word I want them to build.  Usually, we do this as a center but today I wanted to work on the meanings as well as the spelling of the words.

This Word Work packet has a lot of other activities that can be used with any word list.  In my classroom, we use it for our spelling words each week.  Sometimes I choose which activities the students will do.  But, at other times, I allow students to choose.

Here are some examples of the other activities.

My students enjoy these activities and I never have to coax to get them to complete these assignments.  You can download this set of Word Work activities by clicking HERE.  You will be directed to my TpT store.

I hope your students enjoy these activities as much as my second graders do.  It is much easier for my students to remain school-minded when they are engaged in worthwhile work that they enjoy.  Good luck to all of us on this fun week.  I am

Cordially yours,

Janetta

Long 'i' Center Games

Today was a typical Monday.   Wouldn't you know we would have a fire drill and a tornado drill at the same time that my students were going to Activity?  Needless to say, my planning period was shortened to about 10 minutes.

On a better note, one of my students bought 'Lunch with the Teacher' with his reward tickets.  He had me in stitches with a million kid jokes.

During word work today, my students had a new set of games.  Our spelling words this week feature long i.  I made this fun set of games to reinforce the concept.

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The great thing about this center is that it has three different games.  Eight to ten students may  play at once.  Although I usually have only four to five students at a center at a time.  With this set of games, students will be kept engaged all week.  Also, on cold days, when we have inside recess, several students will be able to play.  

The games included in are 
'Go-Fish'.  
'Concentration' 
'Alphabetical Order'

All come with directions, differentiation directions, answer keys.

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I hope you have a good evening!  Winter break is just around the corner so hang in there.  I am

Cordially yours,

Janetta