Turkey Trot Multiplication Freebie

Here's the Thanksgiving version of the Halloween Monster Mash game my kids love. It's a good way to sneak in some multiplication practice. Click on the pic below to download....and please share with anyone you know who needs a little fun practice.

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Character Tic-Tac-Toe

Here is a quick freebie to give your students some choice in summarizing a character from one of their books. They choose any three activities to make a row.

Click on the pic above to download the file.....and please leave me a comment if you download it!

Author's Purpose -- Why reinvent the wheel? (And a Freebie!)

We begin studying author's purpose this week. I have found so many great ideas on Pinterest and blogs and decided to use them instead of reinventing the wheel and coming up with my own. 

I'll use post these signs on my wall to help remind the kiddos of the three types of author's purpose.

They're from Mrs. Gilchrist's Class.

Then, we will make our own pies from those really cheap paper plates like the ones below from Dandelions and Dragonflies.

After we have practiced by sorting different books, magazines, and other text, I'll give each child a book order form. They will cut out examples of each type of author's purpose and glue onto the correct slice of pie. Click on the picture below to download the worksheet.

Tops and Bottoms

Here are two more activities to go with Tops and Bottoms. I posted the first yesterday. It can be used without reading the story to review synonyms and antonyms. Go HERE to download it.

For a comparing and contrasting characters activity and a sequencing activity, click the pic below.

Graphics by ScrappinDoodles.com  Fonts by KevinandAmanda.com

And please let me know if you use the activity by leaving a comment!

Antonym and Synonym Matchup

Our story next week is Tops and Bottoms, by Janet Stevens. 

To review antonyms and synonyms, I am going to give each child a card that has a word on it. They have to find the students that have the synonyms and antonyms that go with their word. Once the teams have found each other, they have to write an explanation that describes their relationships........what makes them antonyms and synonyms of each other.

This makes them think a little bit more than if they were only matching up with either a synonym OR an antonym. Click on the link below to download the activity.

Please leave a comment! Have a great rest of the weekend.

Fact Families Freebie!

It's a Fact Families Freebie! (Say that three times really fast!) This game gives your students practice in identifying multiplication and division fact families. Leave a comment and tell me how your students practice multiplication and division facts.

Graphics by ScrappinDoodles.com  Fonts by KevinandAmanda.com

Verbs Present Tense Freebie

Verbs, verbs, verbs! We are inundated with verbs! And we will be for awhile! My kiddos remember from last year that verbs are action words, but are having trouble identifying the tense. This station will help with both verb identification and writing paragraphs. Click on the pic to download. (And use a present tense verb when you leave a comment!)