Amelia Bedelia and Multiple Meaning Words -- Freebie

Who doesn't love Amelia Bedelia? Work with determining the meaning of multiple-meaning words with the fun, fun, fun book, Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School, by Herman Parrish. This activity for a learning station or or as a whole group activity is correlated to the Common Core Standards.

(How many multiple-meaning words can you use in a comment?)

Happy Endings -- Suffix Freebie

We have been working a lot -- and I mean A LOT -- with suffixes this year. This activity uses words from the book, Happy Endings, A Story About Suffixes, by Robin Pulver, to review what we've learned. Instead of giving the students categories for sorting words, I am only giving them the words. They have to come up with the categories, create their own graphic organizer, and write a few sentences using these words. It is correlated to second and third grade Common Core Standards.

Multiple Meaning Words -- Freebie

We are reviewing multiple-meaning words this week, so I'm starting off with this activity with my whole group. Hand all the cards out and ask students to match up in threes according to the word and two definitions. Give each set of students paper and ask them to write two sentences, one with each definition. They should also illustrate the sentences. The activity can also be used in a learning station. Click on the pic to download....and please leave a comment.

More Bears! -- Freebie

I just bought More Bears! at our school's Scholastic Book Fair and it is it ever cute! Click on the pic below to download a Google Doc with sequencing, multiple meaning, and writing activities all correlated to the Common Core Standards.

....and please leave a comment if you download!

Have a great week.

Picture Pie -- Fractions

I decided we needed some hands on time with fractions since my kids are having trouble "seeing" that one half is the same as two-fourths and other equivalent fractions. I started looking for ideas and found Ed Emberly's Picture Pie, A Cut and Paste Drawing Book. 

The pictures in the book are so stinkin' cute that my kids wanted to make their own RIGHT THEN, no waiting!

Here's what they came up with. Each child added a post-it telling what fractions they used in their picture.

Cute, cute, cute!

Whole-y Cow! -- Freebie

Whole-y Cow, by Taryn Souders, is a fun book about a cow who decides he wants to do things a little differently for awhile. Click on the pic below to download a barnyard based game on beginning fractions.

George Washington's Birthday, A Mostly True Tale -- Freebie

George Washington's Birthday, A Mostly True Tale, by Margaret McNamara, debunks some of the myths about George Washington we have all grown up with. (He didn't really wear a wig...only powdered his hair.)

Click on the pic above to download a Google doc. The students will classify the statements as either Truths or Myths.