Why? Because it is boring! Last year my kids hated doing spelling homework, and I couldn’t find another way for them to do it besides writing their words three times. Sorry kids!
So this year, I’m going to try this that I created. Go ahead and grab it and leave some feedback in the comments section if you have any suggestions.
With this spelling grid, they’ll still have to write their words, but it makes writing their words a bit more fun. What do you use for spelling homework?
How do you check your students’ work when they complete centers? I’m trying to come up with a simple way to do it this year. Last year, I painstakingly looked through every single thing they did in every center…TOOK FOREVER! Not to say that you shouldn’t check their work. But I figure that you can skim their work and tell who has it and who doesn’t, right?
I created two checklists that will hopefully help me this year. Centers are used to help supplement what you are teaching in the classroom. Therefore, if I find that a student isn’t “getting it” during direct and instruction and centers, then I know that is a student I need to work with at the teacher table.
In past years, I’ve felt like I had to do everything by the book. However, doing things by the book does not apply to students who do not learn like the book wants you to teach. I’m hoping this year to really loosen up and really just adhere to the needs of my students instead of trying to rush, rush, rush to get everything done.
I’d love to hear what you use in your classroom to check student’s work. Do you use rubrics or checklists? In the meantime, I’ve left the checklists I create and hope to use this year. Grab them down below for free.
School will be starting in my area very soon. I’m trying to get things printed, cut, laminated, decorated, organized, cleaned and all that jazz! I wanted to remind you that my first day frenzy pack will be on sale at my TPT store only until July 31st, so you may want to scoop it up!
First Day Frenzy at my TPT store here
Enjoy your Sunday!
I just posted my First Grade Spelling Words Displays which list all of the spelling words in the Reading Street series for first grade. You can view them here and here at my stores.
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By the way, I totally missed Pin-Up Thursdays so I will have to make it up next Thursday! Forgive me!
Well it’s that time! I’m so excited that so many people participated in my mega anniversary giveaway. There were over 3,000 entries! So…the winner of all of the amazing prizes is…(drumroll please)…
Heidi!!!! And she just happens to run My Not So Elementary Life! Congrats Heidi!!
The second place winner who will receive 6 items from my store is Krystal!
And the 3rd place winner who will receive 3 items from my store is Katie!!
Congratulations to the winners! You will be notified shortly. Thanks again to all who participated and thanks to the wonderful bloggers and store owners who donated the awesome prizes!
If you read the last post, the Christmas in July sale is going on today, but TPT is doing site maintenance. I just checked the website and it still appears to be down. I’m not sure when it will be up. I think I may extend the sale to tomorrow and add more items…why not? It’s my anniversary month!!!! See you tomorrow for Pin-Up Thursdays.
Hey y’all! I just wanted to give a BIG thank you to everyone that has entered my anniversary giveaway. I also want to thank everyone that helped out by donating something. Check back tomorrow to see who the big winners are.
While I mostly use my blog for education-related posts or things related to my stores, today I felt like doing an off topic post. Is that okay? Well, I’m sure you’ve seen these ecards on Pinterest and such. I find some of them quite funny, so I thought I’d share some:
I admit that I am guilty of this sometimes! You know you are too…
This is true; however, I don’t think they will ever make a show called “Hoarding: Buried Alive-Pinterest edition”. I think we’re safe filling up our pinboards!
I think some teachers will be saying this after the first few months of school go by! Stay strong teachers, there’s always holidays and summers!
Also I’m participating in the Christmas in July Sale and Link up over at Blog Hoppin’. All of my seasonal items will be 20% off at my TPT store tomorrow only so make sure you stop by! Please note that TPT will be down from midnight until 8 AM tomorrow morning, so be ready for 8:01 AM!!
You still have time enter my awesome anniversary giveaway. Thanks to everyone who has entered so far. I’ve been able to discover new blogs and followers through this giveaway, so I am very appreciative. Tomorrow will be the very last day! Click on the graphic below to enter!
It’s been raining non-stop where I live, so between the thunderstorms and cable going out (lol!) I had nothing better to do than create a new product of course. It’s another edition of my common core double trouble packs.
This common core double trouble pack focuses on short and long vowels. And in true MrsMc fashion, the first two people to comment on this post will get it for free! If you don’t comment in time, don’t worry. You can check out this pack and the others at my stores here and here.
Happy Sunday, God bless!
I’ve been going Pin-Crazy!! If you are not on Pinterest you are missing out! Anywhoo…before getting to Pin-Up Thursdays I have to remind you about the giveaway. It ends Monday! Click the pic below to enter :-)
And now…
I have lots of things to share today. The first is a focus wall. I posted earlier this week that I needed help to decide what to do with my bulletin boards. A focus wall was suggested, and I think it’s a great way to display what your students will be learning during the week.
The next thing I found was a cute back to school treat using starbursts. I always put something like this in my kids’ first day goodie bag. I have similar cute sayings in my First Day Frenzy pack here.
The next thing I found kind of goes along with my bulletin board dilemma. Last year I had a word wall, but with fewer bulletin board space this year I wondered where I would put it. This pin shows a portable word wall using manila folders. It includes all of the words the students will use throughout the year. I love it because I can set it up anywhere in my classroom and the kids can easily access it. I definitely want to use this idea this year, but I’m not sure if I’ll add the words beforehand or add them as we learn them…
Finally, my favorite pin of the week, I found a teacher’s literacy center stations. The pin is from Serenade to Second Grade, and she details EVERYTHING. The great thing about visiting her blog is that she provides a lot of free materials so that you can use it in your classroom (I don’t think she uses the blog anymore; however, all of the materials are still available to download). You may have to modify it for the grade that you teach, but the resources are awesome nonetheless! I really want to create awesome literacy centers for my firsties and this pin was a jewel for me. I have a lot of storage in my new classroom, so I will have lots of room for these centers.
What interesting things have you found on Pinterest? Leave your pinterest link(s) below or if you are doing a linky, leave your blog post link below!
