It's a bird..It's a plane...It's Captain Question! -- Freebie!

Our district spent the last two weeks working on curriculum maps for Common Core. We still have some blanks to fill in, but we have a pretty good start for the new school year. I had an AMAZING partner to work with (shout out to Shelley!).

Here's a simple deck of cards you can use with just about any grade level to review any type of texts that have been read.

I included blank cards so you can customize them to fit your needs.

Click on Captain Question above to download the file. Please leave a comment!

Campout Races -- Place Value -- Freebie!

Summertime makes me think of Girl Scout camp when I was little, so when I saw this cute, cute, cute camping art from Spring Hill Farms, I wanted to use it right away.

Second graders need practice with expanded form for Common Core. In this game, two students race to be the first to their tent by matching numbers in standard form and expanded form.

Just click on the pic above to download the doc....and race to leave me a comment!

Plot Cards -- Freebie!

I'm a little behind in my posting because I went to Bonnaroo this past weekend! Here's a pic with my teaching teammate and my only friend who will go!

We had a great time, but it sure was hard to get back to reality Monday morning when we had to work on our district's curriculum as we transition over to Common Core.

Here are some Beginning, Middle, and Ending cards to use when analyzing plot. Put the large cards on the board and let students stick events from the story under the correct heading.

I included small cards you can use as student response cards if you want your whole class to respond to placement of events. You can also place them in a literacy station.

Click on the pic above to download the cards.

Hoppin' on Multiple Meaning Words -- Freebie!

I discovered some new clip art today. It's from Hoot and Crow and is dah-ling!

Match up the words and two meanings, then choose two sets of the words and write sentences with them. It's fun vocabulary practice for Common Core in both second and third grade.

Click on the pic above to download the activity.

Kicking Up Some Prefixes and Suffixes -- Freebie

These cute graphics from The 3 A.M. Teacher were just begging to be used! 

Students build words using both prefixes and suffixes to practice several second and third grade Common Core standards. Once they build the words, they choose three to use in sentences.

Just click on the pic above to download the doc.

And kick a comment my way!

Spaced Out Adjectives and Adverbs -- Freebie

My students have a hard time distinguishing between adjectives and adverbs, so I made this game for some fun practice. Common Core standards require both second and third grade to work with adjectives and adverbs. 

Students divide into two teams -- aliens vs. spacemen. They keep the cards of any questions they answer correctly. If they draw a planet card, they lose all their cards.

Click on the pic above to download the cards.

Don't forget that I get "spaced out" over your comments, so please leave one!

Hooked on Conversation! - Freebie!

Both second and third grade Common Core standards include strands for Speaking and Listening. I'm going to use these cute pirate graphics to reinforce these skills at the beginning of the next school year and again throughout the year. 

Students choose a topic, go over the rules for speaking and listening, and start their discussions.

Each student has three ship cards to start with, but will lose one each time he doesn't follow a rule.

Just click on the link above to get hooked!

And please leave a comment. I want to hear how you teach conversation skills, too.