Proper Pilgrims -- Freebie!

Today, I am thankful that my mama taught me how to cook….including how to make her dressing for Thanksgiving! This is our family's first holiday season without her,  my mother-in-law, or my nephew. I guess it's time to combine some new traditions with the old ones and celebrate being together while remembering Memi, Nell, and Garner.

Your freebie today is a review of proper nouns.

Click on the pic above to get your freebie!

Don't forget to click {HERE} for a chance to win a copy of Common Core Connections for your grade level.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Skipping Turkeys -- Freebie

I have so much to be thankful for. Sometimes it's hard to narrow it down to just one item for a post.

 Not today.

 I am thankful that the call to our local high school last Friday saying there was a gunman in the cafeteria was only a prank. I am thankful that none of my friends who work at SCHS or attend school there were injured. I am thankful that our local law enforcement and school district personnel responded so quickly. I am hopeful that others who might consider playing such a prank in the future have learned how fearful the parents and family members of those at the school felt, not knowing if their family members and friends were safe.

I am just thankful.

Now for your freebie…

These turkeys are skipping around! Your kiddos have to figure out the counting pattern and sort them under the correct heading.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bearing Down on Facts -- Thanksgiving Freebie

I'm thankful that I've had both of my kids home from school for the weekend. My son was in a friend's wedding, and I loved seeing him all dressed up in a tux! I'm also thankful for the couple that got married and their sweet, touching wedding. I've known the groom since he was a little boy and I am proud of the young man he has become. 

Your freebie for today is a game for practicing multiplying by ten.

Print off the game board, add a coin for flipping and some markers for moving and you are all set!

Just click on the pic above to get the file.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Falling for Syllables - Freebie

Today I am thankful for my bathtub. I am ready to get in and relax with a good book. It's been a long day!

Our kids need lots of practice decoding multisyllable words. Use this activity in a literacy station. Once the kiddos sort the words, let them write a narrative using the vocabulary from the activity.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey's Silent E -- Freebie

Today I am thankful that my sister lives less than twenty miles away. When we need each other, we can get there in no time at all!

Today's freebie is a game to reinforce reading long and short vowel words. Students try to read four words in a row on the grid to win the game. They can use their markers to block another player.

Click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey's Possessives -- Freebie

Today, I am thankful that I teach in a school system that tries to make decisions that put the best interests of the students first. That's not always the case in some places.

Your freebie for today is a quick, fun activity to review possessive nouns. Students draw a card, determine if the noun is a plural possessive or singular possessive noun, and record it on a graphic organizer. You can have them make the graphic organizer or use the one I included. 

After writing the nouns, they highlight the apostrophe with a marker. Everything to the left of the apostrophe is highlighted in a different color. This helps them actually see the noun before the apostrophe is added.

After sorting the possessive nouns, students choose four nouns and use them in sentences.

Click on the picture above to get your Thanksgiving freebie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Addition Bump -- Freebie

Today I am thankful for my Sir Pizza buddies. We started out going to Sir Pizza after school when we all taught the same grade together, but now we've moved to different grades and different schools. We went tonight and I realized just how much I miss working side by side with them every day.

(If you haven't had a Sir Pizza pizza, you don't know what you are missing!)

Your freebie for today is an addition version of Bump. My kiddos have always liked playing Bump and would play all day if I let them. Put three dice or number cubes and the game board in your math station and you've got a quick and easy addition facts fluency practice.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Plurals -- Freebie

Today, I am thankful for my local Ruby Tuesday restaurant. They donated twenty percent of their profits on Friday, Saturday, and today to our school. I ate there three times this weekend to show my support for them! They were so used to seeing me by today, that they gave me my own copy of a cookbook full of their recipes! Debbie, their manager, is friendly, compassionate, and willing to go the extra mile to help schools.

Today's freebie is all about plurals. Set a timer and get ready for some fun practice.

Just click on the pic above to get your file.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble Up Some Freebies!

I am thankful for friends of my children that have become friends of mine. Watching these kids grow up makes me proud!

These are two of my favorite activities I shared with you last November. Let your kiddos draw two feather cards, find the numbers that match, and write the corresponding problem.

Just click on the pics above to get the goodies.

Don't forget to click {HERE} to enter my giveaway for the Rockin' Reading game from Educational Insights.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Rounding - Freebie

Today, I am thankful for getting to wear blue jeans to school in exchange for helping with our mega-party after school! Teachers will do anything to get a jeans day!

Your freebie today is all about rounding to the nearest ten or hundred. Let this cute little turkey give your kiddos some practice.

Just click on the pic above to get your file.

Don't forget to click {HERE} to enter my giveaway for the Rockin' Reading game from Educational Insights.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thankful for YOU!

I had big plans for November….

I wanted to offer you a freebie correlated to a Common Core Standard for at least every other day, if not every day. Sadly, my mother-in-law passed away and I am getting a late start. My heart just wasn't in it. It's been a hard time for the past few months for my family. In addition to my mother-in-law, my mama, my nephew and my grandmother-in-law have all passed away since May. Although I miss them all, I am thankful for the role they all played in my life and in the lives of my children.  

Take a few minutes and think about someone you are thankful for and let them know now! 

I am thankful for you, all of my blog readers, and the kind comments you send me. Often, your sweet, funny words are the highlight of my day.

Here's your first freebie. Combine writing sentences with identifying verbs with these cute Thanksgiving characters. Give each student a sheet and have them write at least five sentences describing the picture. Each sentence must include a present tense verb.

If you don't have the ink to print a page for each kiddo, make one copy and post the sentences under the picture.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Don't forget to click {HERE} to enter my giveaway for the Rockin' Reading game from Educational Insights.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Subtraction with Regrouping - 2 for 1 Freebie

Here are the last of the Thanksgiving regrouping activities.
Put this file in a math station with place value blocks for modeling the problems.

Use place value disks to practice modeling subtraction with regrouping.

Click on each pic above to get the files above. I'd be thankful for a comment if you download!

Elf on the Shelf AND Regrouping in Subtracting - 2 for 1 Freebie

Here's a little preview of some Christmas fun. My class was visited by an "Elf on the Shelf" last year. They couldn't wait to find him every morning. He led us through all sorts of fun activities. The Elf on the Shelf company has a website that includes a Teacher Resources Center. You can register your own elf there. They have been giving away free elves, but that has ended. If you are interested, just click on the picture below to visit their website.

My kids loved the addition regrouping scavenger hunt so much that I made another one for subtraction. Not only do they have to work the problem, they have to tell whether or not they regrouped.

Just click on the pic above to download.
Another of their favorites was drawing turkey feathers to determine a problem to solve. Here is another version for subtraction.

Please leave a comment if you use this. I'd like to know what you think.

Perfect Pilgrim Practice - 2 for 1 Freebie

Need more regrouping practice?
Here's a twofer for you!
Bring out the place value blocks to practice adding and regrouping.

When you're ready for subtracting with regrouping, use this activity, place value blocks and a calculator for checking.

Just click on each of the links above to download the file.

(I'd be thankful for a comment!)

Capitalization Freebie

My kiddos need more practice on capitalizing geographic places, holidays, and product names.

I re-cycled the Perfect Pumpkin activity I used during Halloween with a Thanksgiving theme.

I used the same terms I used earlier because the kiddos still aren't able to sort the different types of proper nouns.

They record their sorts on a tri-fold foldable and add their own terms. I let them copy words they find in books or glue in terms from newspapers and magazines.

Click on the pic above to download the file.

Let's Regroup! - 2 for 1 Freebie

Here's a quick Math station activity. Students use place value disks to model regrouping with addition.  

And here's your second freebie!

Students use the same disks to model subtracting with regrouping.

Just click on each of the pics above to download the files.

Please leave a comment and let me know if you use place value disks with your kiddos!

Ready to Regroup - 2 for 1 Freebie!

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Ready for more regrouping practice?

My kids love these practice stations, especially if I let them use a calculator to check their answers. I'm putting two freebies in one post today since it's so close to Thanksgiving and you'll want to use them soon. 

Be sure to click on each of the pics above to download the activities....

....and please be ready to leave a comment!

Plenty of Practice - Freebie

Have you used place value disks as a manipulative for building place value? My kids love them as a change from the place value blocks we frequently use.

You can order the disks from Crystal Springs books. Click on the pic above to get the ordering info.

You can use the disks in the activity I've posted below to practice adding and subtracting with regrouping.

Just click on the pic above to download.

(Please leave plenty of comments!)

Regrouping Ones in Addition - Freebie

We have practiced adding and subtracting with regrouping until I HOPE they can do it in their sleep!

Here's another activity to put in a Math station. Add place value blocks and you are ready to go!

Just click on the pic above to get the practice activity.

Gobble and Add! Freebie

Gobble! Gobble!

Draw two feather cards. Find numbers that match the cards and add them together.

Quick. Simple. Good practice!

Click on the pic above to download the file.

And please add a comment! This is one of my favorite activities I've made for Thanksgiving, so I'd like to know what you think.