Fairy Tale & Freebies

This week I have been teaching real and fantasy in my Reader's Workshop.  I started the week by reading Jack an the Beanstalk.  There are several versions out there, but my favorite version is the one pictured below.

I also used Kim Adsit's Fairy Tale Reader's Workshop Unit.  It is fabulous!!  I am saving the remainder of the unit for May.  Week one in the unit was perfect for teaching real and fantasy.  Week one focused on introducing fairy tales with an emphasis on characters and setting.

Kindergarten writing is often difficult to plan because of differentiation of student writing.  I decided I would focus on the sight word "have" and use cut-up sentences this week.  I should have taken pictures of student writing.  (I always think of that afterwards.)

I have included the cut-up sentences as a freebie.  Just click the picture below.

I have also included a "can, have, are" freebie to use.  If you plan on teaching fairy tales soon, grab your freebie below.

Finally, I created an emergent reader text focusing on the same sight word... have.  You can pick up your copy at the link below.  The link will take you to my TpT store.

All of the clipart that I used in teaching my fairy tale unit this week was purchased from Little Red's TpT store.


Well, I think that is all I have.  Happily Ever After!!

Stephanie

Nonsense Word Freebie!

I am always trying to find ways to practice nonsense words and sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day to fit in a sort or a quick printable.  I came up with this fun slideshow to challenge the kids and mix it up a little.  I change the speeds between the slides to challenge the kids.  You can use this with the whole class on a Smart board, in small groups on a computer, or with individual students during intervention time.  It is a great last minute time filler for those moments when you need something quick but meaningful!

Click on the picture below to download the slideshow from Google docs.

The frame clipart can be purchased here from Creative Clips!

Have a great week! 
Stephany

Five for Friday ~ Nov. 1st

Halloween week is one of my favorite weeks of school...until the dreaded day after Halloween!  Kids crashing off of their sugar high, or still wound up from all of the sugar...I knew I should have taken a personal day today...LOL :)

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday Linky.

There is no better way to start of the week than with new shoes!! I got these fabulous Speery's while outlet shopping this weekend.  I'm a sucker for a sparkly shoe.

This was the fortune that I got when I had Chinese for lunch on Wednesday...while at school!  It was so funny and I had to share with my principal :) Hmmm....wonder if I get to choose my new line of work.

We had some pretty bad storms on Thursday evening so we opted to take the kiddos trick-or-treating on Wednesday night.  Are these the cutest kids or what!  Ok...maybe I am biased since they are my kids:)  

Speaking of Halloween...look at the treats that a parent made for Stephanie's class.  I have to admit that this mom is in PTO with me and brought me a sucker before she left.  It was delicious!

These are the treats I made for my son's class.  Unfortunately there were only enough for his class so I did NOT get to eat one of these :( bummer!  But his teacher informed me that they were delicious.

I have recently changed positions at my school.  I don't really have a new 'title' yet, still just Lead Title I Teacher, but now my job is data, data, data!  I created this to help me track DIBELS Benchmark and Progress Monitoring data.  It is up for FREE in my TpT store.  Go grab it up!

I hope you have a great weekend...and survive the dreaded day after Halloween!

Kathi