Adverb FREEBIE and suffixes!

Have I told you all how excited I am about summer?! I mean 12 more days and I can sleep in!! Hallelujah!

We have started a summer countdown chain in our room that looks similar to this one. I saw it weeks ago on Pinterest and knew I had to do! Not quite sure if it has been more helpful or more of a teaser but hey, it is getting the job done!

Pic is via Pinterest

 

Although we are counting down our days,…we are still making every single count. We have been busy! Here’s a peek at last week!

Last week in language, we focused a lot on reviewing adverbs. We used this chart a lot during our review! Nothing fancy here..quick and simple was the name of the game last week!

 

For a quick little activity, the kiddos helped me create word lists on the board for adverbs that tell where, when and how. We wrote a few sentences on the board and identified the adverbs. Afterwards, I gave them a few sentence stems to get them going and they had to complete the sentences on their own using an adverb. I love how these turned out!

I love how this little love started with a very simple sentence and added a different adverb each time. 

You can snag this little craftivity up {here} for FREE. I just cut the sun in half and gave each kiddo 4 colored strips. They cut them to the size they wanted on their sun.

In phonics, we also worked a lot on suffixes –ful, –ly, and –y. I made these charts to hang in the room to help my kiddos out when identifying the root word and suffixes.

They are now suffix PROS after using Amy Lemon’s Prefix and Suffix freebie. You can find those {here}.

For math, we continued with our measurement studied and worked on capacity. I thought I would keep things clean and dry during our explore time for capacity, so….I brought out LOTS of manipulatives. I set up 4 stations (one for each table group). When they rotated to each station, they had to estimate and then count how many manipulatives would fill up the container.

They recorded all their estimations and actual measurements on their recording sheets….manilla style!! 

I am off to eat some yummy dinner with my parents and in-laws! We have lots of Disney planning to finish up!!

Sly Y, Area, and FREEBIES!!!

Have I told you how much I love to watch The Voice?! It, Good Luck Charlie, and Duck Dynasty run a pretty close race at our house! I just adore Amber Carrington. I am going to show you all just how awesome I am at multitasking by watching The Voice and blogging. I’m pretty cool like that!

Last week we had a new friend visit our room. Mr. Sly Y! He is such a sneaky little thang! Did you know that he *loves* to hang out at the end of words and make the long e and i sound. He can be so tricky at times. BUT… he can’t fool anyone in our class!!

 

We figured out all his sneaky ways by coding and sorting our words into our Sly Y book!

You can download this book for FREE {here}!!

We also worked a lot on area last week. I gave each of my kiddos a Vis-a-Vis marker and let them find different areas of square units by using the tile on our floor.

I thought my kiddos were going to have a heart attack when I let them write with Vis-aVis markers on our floor!! Just a little side note: I would recommend NOT using Expo markers on the floor….it does NOT come off!! I made that mistake once before!! After they made their figure on the floor, they had to then find 3 more friend’s figures and record them on their paper.

For a quick little assessment to see just how awesome our measuring skills are, I gave each table group this Diggin’ Up Area to complete. You can download it by clicking {here}. Both color and black and white are included in the FREE download.

Also, we reviewed plural endings with these posters and sorting activity. You can grab both of these {here} for FREE. 

And, just because it’s baseball season we had to make a baseball craftivity! We wrapped up our sounds of y with this little diddy!!

You can grab the craftivity {here} for FREE!!

And there you have it! My multitasking was a success!!!

Measurement, Freebies and Giveaway Winners!!!

Congratulations to these ladies for winning the Lock Smock Giveaway!!

 

@ Ashley and Mandi- Please email me within the next 48 hours so I can get details on shipping!!

Thank you to all of you that played along! I love to have giveaways so be sure to keep checking back for more!!

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We have been working on measurement the past 2 weeks. It is always one of my favorite things to teach in math. The kiddos are up and moving….quietly working, and engaged! That in itself can make it a fave for me!! :)

First, let me just give you a little heads up. All the pictures that you are about to see have been instafied. 

Last week was all about nonstandard measurement. We started things off pretty simple. Each kiddo had to find 3 items from their desk and put the items in order from shortest to longest.

Things started getting really stinky later on in the week when they took their shoes off!! Yep, the Scentsy was plugged in and working hard to get our room back to a pleasant aroma!! For the activity, the kiddos had to trace and measure their shoe with 3 different forms on nonstandard measurement.

 

Pretty sure I’d wear those sparkly cuties on the left.

Next up,…DREAM HOMES!!! The kiddos had to create their very own dream house. Only rules…they had to measure in nonstandard measurement, and show at least 10 measurements. I love the way these turned out! These girls, went all out on their homes! I mean, seriously, I’d definitely take them up on building me a house!!

To wrap things up with nonstandard measurement, the kiddos completed this little diddy with flip flops. You can click {here} to download it.

I just had to share this adorable canvas one of my dear teaching buddies made for me. It is one of my favorite verses. I just love it. It hangs in my room for a daily reminder… especially with the summer fever coming on strong!!

AND, the hubs and I celebrated 6 years of marriage bliss this past week. Love him!! He buzzed his hair just a few days before this pic. :( Sadtimes I tell ya’!

He is still one heck of a hottie!!!

I will be back soon with more measurement freebies!!

 

a LOCK SMOCK giveaway!!!

Giveaway is now CLOSED!! Winners will be posted tonight!!! 

I am super excited about this giveaway!! I am sure you have all heard about the Lock Smock. They have been all over Blogland here lately,…and let me just tell you that these things are genius!! What a brilliant idea! I love that I am able to keep my door locked, while allowing the kiddos to come in and out easily. Also, when it is lock down time, these little beauties just pop right off. Seriously, what a fab idea!! Yep, that’s mine lookin’ all cute on my door!!

So, without further ado, I present to you the 2 little beauties I will be giving away!!

I just love the chevron print!! I am giving these away to 2 lucky winners on Thursday, May 9th! All you need to do is:

1.Follow my blog {leave a comment}

2. Follow my TPT store {leave a comment}

3. Pin the giveaway {leave a comment}

4. Follow The Price of Teaching blog {leave a comment}

5. Follow The Price of Teaching Etsy shop {leave a comment}

So..that’s up to 5 chances to win one of these cuties! Make sure you leave a comment for each entry!!!! I will announce the winner on Thursday, May 9th!!! Good luck!!!

more suffixes, baseball sentences, and some freebies!

May?? already?? Seriously, where did April go?!? It seems so crazy that we only have 26 days left. Not that I am counting down or anything!

So, this week has been nothing short of busy. Here’s a peek of what we’ve been up to!

We have been working hard on suffixes the past few weeks. This week has been all about comparative endings. So, to jazz up something rather boring, we made these accordion books!

I gave each of my kiddos a word card. They had to write the root word along with the two comparative endings on their white boards. After doing a quick spell check, they each got a large piece of manilla paper cut in half. Then, they had to fold their paper into fourths {hello fraction review!} zig zag style to create their accordions. They wrote their root word on the front of the book.

Next up, we played baseball….inside..{gasp}!! This would have definitely been outside if we didn’t have our Spring pics that day. All those pretty little dresses had no time for dirt! Let me just say that my kiddos told me that I am the world’s best pitcher! I can pitch a fast ball like none other! I’m pretty awesome like that.

Our game was slightly different from how baseball is played. Instead of *hitting* the ball, they had to *catch* the ball. Here’s how it went down. I threw the ball {sentence} to them, they caught the ball, read the sentence inside the ball, and had to tell me whether the sentence needed a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.

If they told me the correct punctuation, they ran to first base and so forth. We had loads of fun with this! Afterwards, the kiddos completed Batter Up for their independent work. You can click {here} to download these.

And, we have been celebrating Cinco de Mayo this week in our room with these little craftivities. You can find them {here}. To wrap things up, we will get our grub on with some chips and salsa tomorrow!!! Delicioso!

 

Before I go, I had to share a few of my fave outfits from the week. I think it’s fair to say I have a shopping problem. It’s ok, I have totally embraced my retail therapy…