S.O.L. Train: Moments That Count in the Classroom

Friday, May 16, 2014

FUN FRIDAY and FREEBIE:)

This is our fearless leader(principal) She and our assistant principal dressed up for a pep rally. Our students are getting ready to take all of their state tests next week so we wanted to encourage them. They put on a great show called "Rock the Test"

The students came in with posters and Big letters to hold up. I was in the group with the teachers that sang songs so I couldn't get any pictures of our part. But the kiddos loved it!

This is our shirts that we sell to go with our song SOL TRAIN. If ya'll are interested in them, just let
us know.

My kiddos love to make a train as we sing to this SOL TRAIN SONG:)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SOL-Train-Mp3-Song-453054

FREEBIE

This is our fun and rocking SOL Train song that our kiddos love to sing and dance to.

We are offering it for free Friday and Saturday May 16 and May 17. We hope that you will enjoy singing and dancing with your kiddos.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Happy Mother's Day Freebie!:)

Free for Mother's Day: Hope your students will learn a lot of May Vocabulary Words with this! My students have increased their vocabulary with these calendars and they have helped my kiddos with their writing each month.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-of-the-Day-May-Calendar-1217714

These are a few samples of my student's April writings using the April Calendar Words.

This was where one of my little guys used the word "traditions" from our December Calendar Words. It was so exciting to see him use this word and remember it was from our calendar words. He asked me if he could circle it because it was a calendar word. Some of my kiddos will actually say"That is one of our calendar words" when they see it in a book.

This is one of my ELL students.

This is also one of my ELL students that is in Reading Recovery. I am so proud of this little guy! He has come so far!

This kiddo needed two pages to do his story.

Here is our April Words big book for the classroom. It's a great reinforcer for vocabulary.

This is a fun game that my kiddos love to play! It has questions about the May Calendar Words.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-of-the-Day-May-Brain-Bounce-Game-1218110

This is where my kiddos are playing this Brain Bounce game as a read around the room. They read the question and write the answer on the recording sheet. You can also divide them into teams to play or use the cards as a center.

This is the copy of the student calendar that comes with our Word of the Day Calendars. My students were using them to help them with Brain Bounce. The ELL teacher said our Word of the Day Products are really helping her ELL students with learning monthly vocabulary in a fun way.

This gives the kiddos practice with the Calendar Words as they put the words in correct sentence order.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/May-Word-Activities-1224396

This is a page from the April Activities. They cut and glue the words in order. You can have them highlight the calendar words. May has cute flowerpots to cut out.

Then they copy and illustrate the sentence.

Then there is a bonus question for every page.

This is a fun game where the kiddos look for word chunks in the Calendar Words.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-Quality-Quest-Game-May-Word-Crumbs-1220195

I always tell my kiddos that they are going to be word detectives as they look for word crumbs in their calendar words. It would also be fun to give them magnifying glasses and do this as a center. We have 3 versions of how your kiddos can play this Quest Game. There are 18 task cards, a word list, recording sheet, answer sheet, teaching guide and directions.

We hope ya'll have a wonderful Mother's Day! Check back for Fun Friday:)

Monday, May 5, 2014

Teacher Appreciation Hop and Give Away!

We want to appreciate all of our fellow teachers by offering you this fantastic Giveaway. You all work so hard and really try the best for your kiddos, and we want to reward that.

Continue on The Best for the Best Teacher Appreciation Blog Hop by clicking the picture below.

This is the product that we will be giving away for this Teacher Appreciation Give Away.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Plants-A-Science-Bundle-of-MathELA-and-Music-Activities-1198670

There are 21 word sorts like this.

You can use these cards in a literacy center or as a Scoot Game.

There are 2 Missing Addend Scoot Games or you can use these cards together in a math center with the manipulatives.

Fun Manipulatives included

Just a few of the printables included. They are great for morning work.

We have a rocking plant song that the kids love to sing and dance to. This is the song book that we made into a Big Book. There is also a coloring book with the words from the song. Then they can do the fill in the blank sheet and use their books to help them.

We offer a Sample of our Plant Bundle on TPT.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Plant-Sampler-FREEBIE-1205675

We hope you will enjoy this Freebie and Teacher Appreciation! Good Luck on the Give Away!

Friday, May 2, 2014

Fun Friday: Word Of The Day Activities

This is one of my kiddos writing her April story using words from our Word of the Day calendar. We have a word of the day that we write in our Calendar notebooks everyday. The students write the word and how many syllables the word has. They use these words to help them in writing, so these words have helped my kiddos with vocabulary development as well as writing.

Here is another example .

I had to show ya'll how this little guy used "traditions" in his story. The cool part of that is the word was from our December Word of the Day Calendar. It just thrills me to see how our kiddos are remembering the words and using them in their writing! :)

This is our May Calendar that is available now with words about Cinco de Mayo, Plants, Mother's Day and Memorial Day. We have also included a pattern that the kiddos love to figure out. There is a black and white student copy of the calendar and a list of definitions of the words. Check it out and see how your students' vocabulary increases and how their writing improves.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-of-the-Day-May-Calendar-1217714

These kiddos are studying their April Calendar Words before we play our Brain Bounce Game.

I decided to tape the April Calendar Words all around the classroom and let the kiddos write their answers on the answer sheet. We also have divided the class into two teams and let them take turns to read and answer the questions on the cards and get points for their teams. They love to play Brain Bounce! You could have your students do this one day and check the papers together and play Brain Bounce another day if you wanted.

I loved how some of my kiddos used their calendar notebooks to help them!

These kiddos used their copies of the April calendars to help them.

This is my awesome ELL teacher who was helping one of our ELL students with the words. The great part of this is when she told me how well he was getting the answers to the questions. She told me these Word of the Day Products that we use really help ELL students with vocabulary in a fun non-threatening way. I was very happy to hear that!:)

Here is the May Brain Bounce. We hope ya'll will check it out.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-of-the-Day-May-Brain-Bounce-Game-1218110

We also have this fun game where your kiddos find word chunks in the Words of the Day. We just thought "Crumbs" sounded better:) My students love to find their own words or crumbs in the words.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-Quality-Quest-Game-May-Word-Crumbs-1220195

These are print and go sheets for your kiddos to practice the Words of the Day by cutting out the words and gluing them in the correct sentence order, writing the sentence, illustrating it and completing a bonus question.