Even More Daily 5

This post has been moved to my new blog, The Colorful Apple.  Check it out here!

That's the Ticket!

I am always looking for new ways to spice up my sight word activities with some of my reading groups.  So I created some games (using the wonderful clipart of Miss Ashley Hughes)!  They are so bright and colorful that I just want to start playing them right away!

There are three different versions of the game, a spinner and a board to hold the sight word cards.  The games can be played with a teacher or can be put into centers for students to use independently.  Each game comes with student-friendly directions as well as a cover page.

I've included all the Dolch Sight Words (over 200!), pre-primer through third grade.

Here are some of the games set up.

 And how to make your own spinner!

Interested?? Go grab your copy today at:

{TpT}
{TN}

Want to win your own copy??  Leave me a comment with your favorite board game.  I'll randomly choose a winner by midnight tonight!

It's Elementary My Dear Watson

Our class is going to turn into a group of detectives!   My higher reading group is finishing up a book study on Magic Tree House: Tonight on the Titanic.  We've had a great time reading and discussing it together!  Next up?  A mystery!  I haven't quite decided on one that I think will work form them.  It all depends on whether or not I have access to a set of books.

To go along with it, I created a Detectives Book Club packet {clipart courtesy of Ashley Hughes}!  The best part is that it works with any mystery book!

Check out what's inside!

Bookmarks for their books that allow them to write down what pages they are supposed to read before the next book club meeting.

A briefcase to carry their notebook - shhh...it's top secret!

There are name badges for your detectives to wear.

A poster (with movable clock hands) to announce the meeting time!

A detective's notebook with lots of pages to record their thinking as they read and discuss the book.

I recommend keeping everything in a manila envelope or folder so it doesn't get lost!

Interested??  Check it out in my stores:

{TpT}
{TN}

Want to win a copy?  Leave me a comment with your favorite children's mystery book.  I'll randomly choose a winner by midnight tonight!

Popcorn Letters!

I've been working with some of my students on letter recognition and letter sounds.  I decided to make it a little more fun and interesting.  I found this cool popcorn container at Target (hellooo Dollar Spot!). I created some letters on pieces of popcorn and put them in the container.  The students pull out a card and tell me the letter/sound.  I even through in some blank ones and if they pulled that one, they got to skip a turn (woohoo!).

Here they are:

Check it out!

You can pick up your copy in either of my stores:

{TpT}

{TN}