Teaching with Mel D

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Candy Land Madness & a FREEBIE!

Mel D has been working her big little behind off creating more Candy Land games. I've had several requests and now have 18 games with one being FREE! I use these games several times a week in Work Work during Daily 5 & also use them during RTI as well. I use the Dolch pre-primer & primer games with my group that is still struggling with sight words. This makes it fun for them & they absolutely love it! It's funny how you make something with a familiar game board and suddenly they are obsessed with learning their sight words. This by far has been my best creation for my little nuggets. This is my nuggets students playing my Nonsense Word Candy Land game. I never realized how hard this concept was until I gave the Dibels test this year. It's our first year & oh my do they need help with this. It's almost as if they freeze when they see the word because they know it's not "real" & they can't spit it out. I bet you just got a nice visual of … [Read more...] about Candy Land Madness & a FREEBIE!

Student Recognition Necklace Idea

I am so proud of my latest creation ladies & gents! I could just scream with excitement for my kiddos! Please tell me you pass out the zillions of Highlight forms we get just to get free stuff?!? Well, I ordered some lovely field trip necklaces like the ones from Lakeshore shown below for FREE!  Well, for the past several years we have only been allowed to have one field trip a year :o( What a waste of those nice little necklaces, right? I do use them on the first week of school BTW to help me with their names & to help the special teachers. Well, after working at school last week I noticed these necklaces I bought from Lakeshore YEARS ago & thought I need to order some more of these, they are looking real yucky...but then a light bulb went off & I sprinted over to find those free Highlight necklaces....YES THEY WERE THERE! Some of you might of had the ones from Lakeshore which are discontinued BTW. I had "I lost a tooth", "Happy Birthday" … [Read more...] about Student Recognition Necklace Idea

Monthly Organization Labels

Hi ya'll..yup I'm still in Kentucky! We have the truck loaded to the max & are heading back to Chicago tomorrow! Yippee! I can take pics of all my wonderful finds for ya'll. Even though I am super tired from getting in & out of the car 4,000 times in the past few days & I don't think I have ever been so icky, sticky & sweaty....EWW! I still managed to get stuff done. Like I told you before I am THE LABEL QUEEN, I can't even begin to tell you how much moola I spend on labels...WOWIE! I told my husband if you want to make me happy, give me your credit card & drop me off at Staples, Dollar Tree, Target $ spot, Joanne Fabrics & come back & get me with a U-haul & I will be as happy as the day I married you. But if he would bring home labels, laminating pouches, or a new stapler...he'd get some lovin from me! Am I right? Ok I am having some verbal overflow issues...I know funny right? That is what I tell parent's at P-T conference … [Read more...] about Monthly Organization Labels

FREEBIE Monthly Labels

Here are some monthly oh so cute labels I use for my monthly read alouds. Do you send home the highlights forms to the kids? Well I always order these sturdy cardboard magazine bins for my personal stash.  They are the primary colored ones on that big ugly metal vent & also on top of that white shelf under the one legged Sneetch...lol.   After you "pin" these grab them here for FREE! Just use Avery 8163 (2x4) labels. I also stick these on drawers that I keep my monthly projects in. Another use is for all my monthly binders with worksheets. I don't think you can find anything in my classroom without a label on it...not kidding.  I am working on some smaller monthly address labels that I will use for writing samples, journals, projects, drawings, class photos, handwriting, etc. for their student memory book/portfolio. They will also be used for marking all my personal monthly read-alouds that I stash in those cardboard bins & I will use … [Read more...] about FREEBIE Monthly Labels

Got Labels? FREE Jungle Organization Labels

I know there are a lot of you out there with a jungle theme so here you go! Enjoy! I will work on some Pirate themed ones tomorrow. Is anyone interested in Peace themed labels for a Peace binder....ALREADY DONE! Just leave me some comment love if your interested in those. Use Avery 8163 (2x4) labels. After you pin these, grab them here!  Giveaway winners will be announced tomorrow after I roll out of bed! I'm meeting my teacher friends tonight so I might not be feeling well tomorrow ;o)  … [Read more...] about Got Labels? FREE Jungle Organization Labels

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