Smartboard Roll a Shamrock Center or Group Activity

This is a smartboard activity that can be played by teams or individuals. The class can also play against the teacher. Kids love this. Players take turns rolling the die and put the corresponding number of counters on the shamrock (1 per circle). When the shamrock is filled up, you win! To extend the game you can roll to take them off. Play as many times as you can in the time allotted. This is such a great game for number identification and counting!  Click here.

St Patrick's Day Rainbow Seed Treats

Fill your bags with multi colored sweets or candy, fold the toppers in half and then attach one to the each bag using staples or double sided tape.. Can be used with snack or sandwich bag. Click here.

30 Ways to Practice Your Spelling Words

Silly sentences -Use all your words in ten sentences 

Picture words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture. 

Words without Vowels - Write your words replacing all vowels with a line. 

Words without Consonants - Same as above but replace consonants with lines. 

Story words - Write a short story using all your words. 

Scrambled words -Write your words, then write them again with the letters mixed up. 

Wordsearch -Make a wordsearch with a friend, then trade and solve. 

Surround words - Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors. 

Ransom words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper. 

Words-in-words - Write your word and then write at least 2 words made from each. 

Delicious words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat! 

Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely. 

Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand. 

Pasta Words - Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits. Glue on paper or bring me a note from a parent and do on a table or counter at home. 

Reversed words - Write your words in ABC order -backwards! 

3D words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words. Bring a note if done at home. 

Create an activity - Can you think of a fun way to do your spelling activities? Try it out! 

Magazine words - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it out and glue it on paper. 

Cheer your words - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words! (We will do this as a group activity.) Sometimes you'll yell, sometimes you'll whisper! 

Sound Words - Use a tape recorder and record your words and their spelling. Then listen to your tape, checking to see that you spelled all the words correctly. 

X Words - Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross. 

Other Handed - If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa. 

Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words. 

Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad. 

Flash-writing - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air. 

Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each letter of a word as you find it. 

Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks. 

Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code. 

Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words. 

Morse Code - Convert your words to Morse Code

Robert Munsch Kiss Me, I'm Perfect

Kiss Me, I'm Perfect

This is a unit for the fabulous Robert Munsch book, Kiss Me, I'm Perfect. Great for a reading center or a guided reading group.

Packet contains:
Character Traits worksheet
Story Map Activity
Building a Story
Vocabulary Activity
Comprehension Questions
Make Your Own T-Shirt


Fresh out of clean clothes, Lacey must wear a previously shunned birthday gift from her grandma: a T-shirt that says, "Kiss Me, I'm Perfect."

Skeptical about the reception she will receive, Lacey starts her journey to school...and is pleasantly surprised by the attention she receives from the kitty cat, dog, eagle, and MOOSE she meets along her way. Even better, once at school, her potentially embarrassing attire is soon coveted by her classmates!

This ridiculously silly tale, filled with wet sloppy kisses, will leave readers in hysterics!
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Valentine's Day Bundle

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This bundle contains my 6 of my products for half the price.
Bulletin board border for Valentine Day's. I have cute little boys and girls all decked out in red for the special day.
A candy bar wrapper for a Hershey's candy bar. Leave a little treat for your students on Valentine's Day.
Colored and Lineart Clipart is included in JPG, PNG and WMF file formats! Valentine Reward Punch Cards These can be used in your classroom or on products you sell.These cards feature 10 spaces you can punch out when students accomplish a preset goal. When all 10 have been punched out, students can return the card to you for a reward. Use an unusual punch so they can not punch their own circle. (not that they would) These can be used for behavior, homework, working hard etc. They can be printed on card stock and cut out. There are 8 cards to a page.
A smartboard activity that can be played by teams or individuals. The class can also play against the teacher. Kids love this. Players take turns rolling the die and put the corresponding number of counters on the valentine (1 per circle). When the valentine is filled up, you win! To extend the game you can roll to take them off. Play as many times as you can in the time allotted. This is such a great game for number identification and counting! The kids love playing the boy against the girls.
Do you reward your students with stickers? Use this chart to keep track of students good behavior, number of books read, accelerated reader points or other achievements.

Holiday ClipArt

These are 40 individual color graphics and 40 line art images that can be used for commercial or personal use. They may not be given away as a free item. They may be sold on a product in a secure, flattened form. Credit must be given to Prints of Joy. Click here.

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Winter Word Wall Words

 These are word wall words students might use with a winter theme. These can be used with a pocket chart activity or in a writing center. 4 pages  Click here.

Short Vowel Candy Corn

This activity covers the vowels a,e,i,o, and u. Print the candy corn on cardstock and laminate. Cut each piece of candy corn into three pieces. Students can mix and match the pieces to see how many three letter short vowel words they can form. Students can also record their answers on the worksheet under the correct short vowel. Click here.