Tutoring Tuesdays - May 1st, 2018

Happy Tuesday! Much better Tuesday for me than last week. My dog is okay thankfully. She got her stitches removed last week and the cone as well. Unfortunately she has to have eye drops in her the rest of her life. Be sure to follow my store by simply clicking HERE if you are logged into TPT!

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We started out reviewing Multiplying by 4 and learning 5's using my Ocean Animals Multiplication Race. This game has all facts up to 12x12! Silly me left the game board at home so I had her pick a game board of her choice. The picture shows the correct game board. Land on a dolphin and you get to go again, but land on a shark and it chases you back to start!

Next we worked on reviewing tally marks to 10 using my FREE Earth Day Tally Marks Clip It cards. If you laminate it you can also have the child circle the answers. If you download this please show your kindness by leaving positive perfect feedback!

Then we worked on division by 4 using my Beach Division Race. These go all the way to 12 facts. I again forgot the game board at home so she picked one. The correct board game is pictured.

We also did some elapsed time to the hour. I just gave her a card with a clock on it and told her to tell me the time if it was an hour later. This is not pictured, but I have many telling time cards HERE.

We finished with just an introduce to rounding dollars using my Ice Cream Monsters Rounding to the Nearest Dollar Task Cards We didn't use the board game that does come with this one due to time, but we'll be doing this one on Wednesday so check back next week to see it in action!

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Tutoring Tuesdays - February 27th, 2018

Happy Tuesday! Wow, already the last Tuesday of February. Where has time gone?

Last week I started out working with the 2nd grader on 4 Digit Subtraction using my 4 Digit Subtraction Regrouping Task Cards. Yes she is working on 4 digit problems in 2nd grade. She did a pretty good job. I put it with a game board that she chose. This game board does not come with these cards. You can use the cards as traditional task cards. It comes with a recording sheet and answer key.

Next we worked on multiplication. We focused on multiplying with factors of 0, 1, and 2 using my Winter Animals Multiplication Games. If she landed on a winter animal she got to go again. There are 14 games included in this set.

We then worked more on Roman Numerals using my Roman Numeral Task Cards. We especially worked on numbers in the 30's, 40's and 50's.

We finished tutoring with a little bit of telling time to the 5 minutes using elapsed time to the hour, hour and half, and two hours. We used my Telling Time the 5 Minutes Task Cards. I added a spinner that I created that I plan to add as an exclusive freebie sometime soon in my Facebook Group. We again used a game that is sold with other products that you can purchase HERE.

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Tutoring Tuesdays - June 6th, 2017

I had another great day of tutoring the incoming 2nd grader last Thursday. She is always such a bundle of fun!

We started out working on 2 digit subtraction without regrouping. We used my 2 Digit Subtraction Without Regrouping Zoo Task Cards with the zoo game board that is included with the task cards. When students land on snake they go back to start, but if they land on a palm tree they get to go again. I let her write on the cards with a dry erase marker.

We finished up the tutoring session with my new 3 Digit Addition Regrouping Fidget Spinner Task Cards. She got to use her new Fidget Spinner that she got last week. If a player lands on the fidget spinner they get to spin it. She absolutely loved that idea! If you don't have a fidget spinner handy you can just let them go again. I let her do both to add to the fun. The cards work well if laminated students can write on them.

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Animals, Animals, Animals!

Are your students learning about animals as the year winds down? I know many classes finish up Science with animals. It's a perfect time to integrate that with animals whether it is zoo, insects, ocean, jungle, birds, etc. into your literacy and math centers, stations, or rotations as well. Don't forget you can also play a song or two for your students.

One of my favorite animal songs from The Learning Station is "Special Friends", which also has a wonderful theme for friendships!

Check out the linky party below for more great songs featuring animals!

Here is one of my newer products involving animals. This is a set of CVC Zoo Animal games and centers. It includes a CVC Race game, 2 Write The Rooms, and 5 Bump games! Click the pictures to check it out! That's a total of 8 activities for one very low price!

Check out the many other fun games, activities, and songs featuring animals. These include several freebies as well. Those that make learning products and songs can link up as many as they would like. No limit! Please share the link on our FB page, G+, Pinterest, etc. It helps get the word out about your stuff too. Thank you!

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Spring Linky Party

I can't believe that spring will be here on March 20th, the day before my birthday! I'll be 37 years old. I'll be tutoring on my birthday for an amazing child. I found out I went to elementary school with her dad!

Anyway, here are some new spring products that I have created. Click the picture to check them out. You can also check out other spring free and paid products, music, and ideas in the linky party below.

Cut along the lines of my CVC Easter Eggs to create puzzles for your students. Perfect for an easy word work phonics center. R-Controlled Vowels and Vowel Pairs are also currently available. If you need another skill contact me.

Easter After Numbers Race is a fun game that gives the students two numbers and then they must name what number comes next. They roll one die or the fun bunny spinner and move that many spaces. If they land on a snake they go back to start, but if they land on a chick they get to go again. The cards can also be used as task cards.

Clip It Math Spring Kindergarten has addition and subtraction to 10, counting 0 to 20, and after numbers to 20.

My favorite spring video has to be "Spring Is Here" by The Learning Station. Your children will learn all about animals in spring and will also enjoy the wonderful animation and movements for this song. Perfect brain break that ties into Science.


Those who have teaching ideas, products free or paid, and music may link up as many as you want below as long as it has to do with spring.

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Dog Days of Summer Giveaway and Freebie

I am proud to be a writer for Teaching Blog Roundup.  I get to share something every month on the 8th so I hope you will click on the hyperlink and head on over there and follow!  You can also click on the button to check out the Dog Days of Summer Giveaway going on to win all kinds of amazing items.  Most let you pick anything in the seller's store!  Mine included (anything, but my zip files).

I have also linked up to Colleen's Teaching Heart Tuesday linky party!

My freebie for you comes from part of my Animal Unit.  These are Definition Task Cards in color only.  If you want the b/w version you'll have to buy the entire Animal Unit.  The task cards give you 20 different vocabulary words and their definitions.  They are perfect to put on a ring and have your students quiz each other or for you to go over prior to the lesson.  Click the picture to check them out on TPT and then please leave me positive feedback once you download it.  It only takes a minute of your time and will get me to continue offering you freebies!

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Animal Science Unit

I have bit the dust and finally decided to make something that isn't reading, math, or classroom management related.  I made an Animal Science Unit.  You can purchase it on TPT for 50% off through July 4th HERE. This unit has fun posters, task cards, games, worksheets, assessments, and a project.  It is very heavy on vocabulary and applying the vocabulary.  Many of the things also come in B/W.  See the actual description or table of contents for exactly what pieces are b/w and which are in color only.  The amazing clip art is from Teachers Clip Art!

There are 20 vocabulary words: mammal, birds, amphibian, reptile, fish, insects, vertebrate, invertebrate, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, consumer, producer, food chain, organism, environment, adaptation, predator, prey, and habitat.

 Here's a couple of pictures of games in the packet. 

Here's a couple of pictures of one of the worksheets and part of the assessment!

You can see an example of the project by checking out a previous blog post by clicking HERE

Any questions on this unit let me know!  I am very excited about it.  You can get it at my TPT store by click HERE or any of the pictures above.  I will update it with links to my other stores soon.

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Animal Project

One of the boys that I tutor had to do an animal project for homework for Science.  I was asked to help.  This specific project was a bit different because he had to come up with an imaginary animal.  The goal was to see to show that he understood vocabulary words like habitat, the kind of animal it is (mammal, insect, bird, etc.), camouflager, etc.  She also wanted him to use text features like maps, diagrams with labels, headings, subheadings, etc.

Check out the pictures of his amazing poster!  I am thrilled that he didn't just receive 100%, but he received a 110%!  The teacher felt he gave more information than he had too!

Here is the final product he made of Wingback Bear  It is a combination of a bear and butterfly.  He came up with the animal on his own.

The above picture is the full poster!

Here you have some information about the Wingback Bear with the subheadings.  You could use them as captions and put them under the pictures.  Either way would work fine!

This picture above shows the Wingback Bear with labels.

The last thing he put on the picture was his own drawing of the two animals before they ended up as one, full of glitter to make them stand out!

I hope you enjoyed the project idea that his teacher came up with and how the final product turned out.  Maybe you can do something similar in your classroom next year.  I had fun helping him look through magazines for pictures, and helping him put it together.

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