I Scream! You Scream! We All Scream!

For some reason, our kiddos had trouble identifying simple subjects and predicates this year.

If yours did, too, or if you just want some extra practice, this freebie is for you!

Students write sentences with at least seven words and highlight the simple subjects and predicates.

Easy, but effective.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy summer!

End of the Year Scoot

Need some new end of the year activities for your classroom?

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The authors of A Class*y Collaboration are sponsoring a blog hop with lots of fun, FREE ideas!

And that's not all!

You can also enter to win some fabulous prizes!

Here's my contribution.

Scoot activities are always win-win for both me and my kiddos.

The kids get up out of their seats and I can sneak in a fun review or practice activity.

This End of the Year Scoot has an added bonus. Once the students complete the sentence starters, I can use the results as feedback for the year.

Click on the pic above to get your freebie!

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Counting Picnic -- Freebie!

The ants come marching one by one!

Hurrah! Hurrah!

It's not one by one in this activity.

Your kiddos have to determine if the ants are marching by fives, by tens, or by hundreds.

Click on the pic above to download your freebie.

And please, march on down below and leave me a comment!

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School Destroyed

I'm watching the news as I type and can't help but think about the elementary school that was destroyed in a neighboring county. I think most teachers think of their classrooms and schools as their "other" home. Imagine losing all your materials, supplies, and books when your school was destroyed in a tornado.

South Lincoln School in Lincoln County, Tennessee, was destroyed yesterday. One of my closest friends at my school lives in Lincoln County and knows several families who lost their homes. 

Here's a picture of the school from their webpage.

Here's one after the tornado.

The school family is definitely in my prayers.

Kung Fu Hunt!

When I was a little girl and my friends would come to our farm to play, we would stage elaborate treasure hunts all over the fields and around the pond. 

Maybe that's why I like to use hunting activities in my classroom. I firmly believe that a teacher controls the climate of the classroom……if I think it's fun, the kiddos generally do, too.

On that note……

Here is a hunting activity for you to use to give your kiddos practice in dropping the final y in words before adding a suffix.

Just click on the pic above to get your file.