Poem Building

Freebie Alert!

Okay, I want to share something awesome that I have been doing in my class for word work.  In poem building, you take a poem and write it large on sentence strips, then cut out each word and laminate them.  Then you mix them all up and the kids have to build the poem.  I have found that the kids feel a huge sense of accomplishment when they complete a poem!  It is a good idea to have poems for all skill levels.  I usually have 1 that has all the words cut apart and 1 that has each line separated.  This is a great activity for sight word practice, sorting words, finding compound words, etc.  The sky is the limit! So much fun!

One of my sweet students with a completed poem:

This is how I store the poems:

And now for the freebie.  I thought a Thanksgiving poem would be perfect for this time of year.  I typed the poem Five Little Turkeys so your kiddos can build it too!  Just click on the picture below to get it for FREE!

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Happy Poem Building!

Mandy L.

Math Vocabulary Cards (Plus 1 and Plus 0)

At the beginning of the year in first grade we work very hard on adding one and adding zero to a number. It is always so interesting to see where students fall in their understanding of these. I looked for some vocabulary cards to show these concepts (because I am trying to keep up with the vocabulary section of my calendar binder!) and I couldn't find any. So made these simple vocabulary cards for my class.  I think it is important to give a good foundation of basic concepts to my students and these cards worked great when I introduced them.  I think that starting with something small has helped them to feel successful as well!

Click on the picture to get this freebie for your classroom too!