Writing Workshop

Okay, so I've been thinking of ways to get my students more involved in their own writing.  I usually go around and conference with them, and then we're done!  I always wonder if they remember days later the conversations we have about their writing.  SOOOOO I decided to come up with a few documents that my students can keep in a binder and refer to daily!  They are now in charge of their own learning!  Now, when I conference, each student takes out their binder and jots down notes from our conversation.  At the end of our conference, the student sets a goal.  Later, when I meet with him/her, we revisit each goal.  My students love this!  It's also a nice tool for me to use during conferences with parents to discuss their child's progress in writing.

I also included helpful writing sheets in the student binder!

Here is it on TPT!

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Hi!  It's been soooo long since we've posted anything!  We have been super busy.  But....drum roll please..........WE'RE BACK!  :)

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Bug Jar Factors

Here's a fun way for your students to practice factors. They will find all of the factors of the product on the jar lid and place those bugs on the jar. This will be great as a review center for your math workshop! Click on the picture for your free copy.

Monkey Reading Log

It's winding down to the end of the year!  Use this fun reading log as a way to motivate your students to continue to read each night. This includes:

1. A cover page

2. A page of monkeys for your students to write down how many minutes they read each night on each monkey. Also a place for parents to initial.

3. A reading log sheet for students to write the title, author, minutes they read, date, and parent initial.

4. A fun recipe for a banana split and a cute clip art monkey that allows students to write a goal for how many minutes they plan to read each night.

5. A full page branch clip art for students to cut out and hang in the classroom. As they fill out their monkeys each night, they can cut a monkey out and hang it on this branch.


Check it out on Tiffany's TPT store by clicking here!

Line Poster Freebie

Here are some small posters to place on your math board to help kids remember the vocabulary terms ray, line segment, intersecting, and parallel!

Double Digit x Single Digit Multiplication

My students are becoming experts at double digit x single digit multiplication. I created this game with a student or two in mind so that they could check their answers independently before turning in their work. Students will choose a gumball machine card and write the problem on their recording sheet. They will solve for the product and then look for the gumball with the matching answer. If they cannot find the gumball with their answer, they know that they must check their work again. This math center would be a great addition to your math workshop! You can click on the picture below to purchase this activity from my Teachers Pay Teachers store for only $2.00!

Mother's Day

Here's a cute freebie!  These are Mother's Day coupons!  I still remember being in my fourth grade class in elementary school with Mrs. Schultz.  She passed out Mother's Day coupons and told us to color, cut, and make coupon books for our moms.  I loved this!  My mom really loved it!  She used up every single coupon!  Enjoy!  Click here to view Tiffany's TPT store for this Freebie!

Here is free goal sheet to use with your students for their end of the year goal planning :)

Cafe'

Check out these cool Cafe' posters for the classroom by clicking here!

Guided Reading

Check out these guided reading forms on my TPT page!  I love using these with my students during guided reading!  Click here!

Multiplication ICE CREAM!!!!

My students love practicing their facts using this cool matching game.  They can either pracitce the fact that they are on (say they are on the 6s) or they can match them ALL!  Check out this game on TPT by clicking here!

Spring Writing FREEBIE!

Here's some fun spring writing paper that I used with my students.  We made construction paper flowers and wrote poems about our flowers on this cute paper.  This year, my students LOVE poetry!  All day long I heard, "Mrs. Goliday, can I have another piece of paper so that I can make another Spring poem??" 

Click here for the boy Spring paper!

Click here for the girl Spring paper!

Graphics and boders by DJ Inkers.

Long and Short A Word Work

I like to have a variety of word work sorts and activities for each spelling pattern that we are working on. Here is a packet I created as an exciting way to sort long and short a. These sorts and games were created to meet the needs of all of my students by differentiating the words they are using for each activity. Some of the words follow a simple cvc pattern while others have more complex spelling patterns like digraphs, blends, and vowel teams. If you are interested in purchasing the long and short a word work pack, click on the link here and head to Amanda's TPT store.

Spelling Oops!

Here's a freebie!  This is great practice for students who get their spelling words wrong.  They can practice writing their spelling words in print, cursive, and in sentences!  :-)

Math Activities

We have just finished our third quarter district math assessment.  One of the items on the assessment requires students to solve number patterns and open number sentences. This aligns with the newly adopted Common Core.  Click here or on the picture for the number pattern freebie.

 You can click here to purchase the open number sentence activity from Amanda's TPT store.

In third grade, we have lots of fun learning all about landforms and bodies of water.  Check out Tiffany's Landform Packet on TPT by clicking here!  

3 Letter Blends Freebie

We have 3 letter blends coming up soon in our spelling word patterns. I always try to create one or two fun word sorts for the kids to play during the word work center of daily 5. Here's a fun activity where students "pick" the strawberry word cards from an empty plastic strawberry container to practice reading and writing them. Click here for your free copy!

Do you do the Daily 5 in your classroom?  If so, you are going to LOVE these posters and awards.  Check them out!

Click here to view Tiffany's TPT store for these awesome posters and awards.

Animal Reports

Each year in my third grade class, students create reports as a component of our non-fiction writing curriculum.  Since I LOVE incorporating science in my writing curriculum, each year I have my students do animal reports.  They LOVE IT!  My students get to choose their animal, study and research it, write about it, then lastly, they present their report to the class.  I decided to create an Animal Report packet to make it easier for my students to gather and organize their information.  This 9-page packet is filled with graphic organizers to help students organize their facts and information before writing and presenting their report.  Check it out a few of the pages!

Click here if  you'd like to download it from Tiffany's TPT store!

More OU and OW Activities

If you would like to purchase more ow and ou word work activities, click on the pictures below and head to Amanda's TPT store.

Ow, Ou Word Sort

Welcome to our blog! We are two teachers passionate about creating fun activities to make the curriculum more exciting and meet the needs of all of our learners. Between the two of us, we have experience teaching grades K-3. We'd like to share a word work activity for your daily 5 stations. Your students can practice sorting words with ow and ou by sorting the band-aids into the proper band-aid box. We hope you enjoy our first freebie!
Graphics copyright DJ Inkers.

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