Reality TV and Silent E Game

Those of you that know me or have ventured over to my About Me page know I am a huge reality tv fan.  One of 4th graders I subbed a month for and her mother hopped online to my about me page and found out I love reality tv and started talking to me about my favorite show in the world Survivor a few months ago.  A couple of other 4th graders in the class were big fans of the show too.  A special shout out to any of them if they are out there reading this.  I am super sad to see Survivor done for the year, it sure was girl power!  I am also sad that Amazing Race (Glad to see Brenden and Rachel from Big Brother do so well finishing 3rd) is done and Apprentice will finish up on Sunday.

I am now watching America's Got Talent, Bachelorette and can't wait for Big Brother!  Are you a reality tv show junkie like me?  If so I would love to know what shows you watch and what you thought of Survivor, Amazing Race, and Apprentice this year!

Sorry for those that aren't into that.  Now back to what I do best, teach!!!  My I Have Who Has Games are very popular so I am continuing to make them with words that also contain some nonsense words.  The purpose of this is if the students understand the pattern they can read the nonsense words and thus can chunk up big words into syllables.  My latest is on Silent E!  Click the picture to go check it out and if you have any suggestions for future I Have Who Has Games please leave me a comment below!

Common Core Insect Blends Game and May Freebie

I know it's been ages since I made a new game to share with everyone.  I have finally done it and I hope your students will have a blast with this.  My I Have Who Has CVC Real Word/Nonseword Unit has been very popular so I just made a game for blends.  It is also I Have Who Has and contains both real words and nonsense words.  The blends in this game are all "l" blends.

1st grade Common Core Standards:

1.RFS.3

Reading: Foundational Skills

Phonics and Word Recognition

3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

1. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs (two letters that represent one sound).
2. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
3. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
4. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
5. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
6. Read words with inflectional endings.
7. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

As always you know the drill click on the picture to go to TPT and check out this amazing game!  

I know I am super late with my behavior fun notes, but I finally made one for May.  It says ______ had an aMAYzing day!  I hope it is something you can use in your classroom the last few weeks of school.  click the picture to get it for FREE!!!  If you decide to download it please leave a nice rating and comment.  It only takes a minute and will fill my bucket with love!  Thank you for your support!

As always thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings!

15% off Tax Day Sale - New CVC Nonsense Word Pack

First off I am participating in the 15% off Tax Day Sale going on today only April 15th!  Check out my sale by clicking on the picture to go to my store!

Yesterday, I posted my FREE I Have Who Has Short A - Real/Nonsense Word Game.  Today, I am posting the whole packet that has 5 games, one for each vowel: short a, short e, short i, short o, and short u.  I hope your students have fun with the games.  They are only $4.95 as a packet, but today you get them for 15% off!  These work well with the common core standards in Kindergarten and 1st grade.  When you check the packet out the description includes the common core strands!

Click the pictures to go to the product to check it out!

40,000 Blog Views - Common Core CVC/Nonsense Word FREEBIE!

I am thrilled to announce I have reached 40,000 blog views.  Thank you friends, family, parents, students, and teachers.  All of you rock for visiting my page so often!  Love you to death!

To thank you I just created an I Have Who Has CVC/Nonsense Game for Short Vowel A.  This works great with Common Core Standards in Kindergarten and 1st grade:

K.RFS.3 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or most frequent sound for each consonant.
Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

1.RFS.3 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.


Click on the pictures to get it for free!  I would appreciate it if you would take a couple of minutes to give me a nice rating and a comment!