Happy Tuesday! I hope your kiddos had a great Halloween! I surprised her by dressing up as The Cat in the Hat. They have a dog and the dog wasn't quite sure what to think of me and didn't like me dressed up so they had to put the dog in the parents room. The dog likes to chase their cat and well I was a cat. It was an interesting adventure, but the 3rd grader loved my outfit!
Last week we continued working on long division with 4 digits and remainders using my Haunted House Long Division Task Cards with dividing by 2, 3, 4, and 5. She also checked each answer on the white board. If students write large they will need scrap paper or a white board for the long division. There are 24 task cards in color and black and white, plus a recording sheet. This one is available for FREE in my VIP Facebook group!
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Happy Tuesday! I can't believe that next Wednesday is Halloween already! Don't forget to follow my store HERE (this link will have you automatically follow my TPT store if you are logged in) to see my new resources including a new FREEBIE that I just uploaded a couple of days ago! Please note today's product on this blog post is not free. This week for the entire tutoring hour we worked on dividing 3 digit numbers by 2, 3, 4, and 5 using my Long Division with Remainders Werewolves Task Cards. She did a much better job this time. We also worked on checking the answers to make sure she had the correct answer. There are 24 cards in color and black and white, a recording sheet, and answer key!
Have a fantastic week with your students and your own children! Thank you for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings! Keep on smiling!
Happy Tuesday! Just a couple of more weeks until Halloween!!! Last week in tutoring with the 3rd grader we spent the whole time working on dividing 2 digits divided by 1 digit with remainders (dividing by 2, 3, and 4) and then checking the answer using my Long Division with Remainders Pumpkins Task Cards. I had her check it using the white board, but I wrote small enough on the cards in the example to do both. I put it with a game board to make it more fun in tutoring, but these are just traditional task cards that don't come with a game board. There are 24 in all in both color and black and white. There is a recording sheet and answer key. The students will need to write small to fit the answer in the recording sheet or use lined paper!
We also did a couple with 3 digits, but didn't have much time for that. She was starting in class with 4 digits last week with remainders. Yes, in 3rd grade! Thank you for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings! Keep on smiling!
Happy November! I bet those of you up north are enjoying the colorful leaves. Here in FL leaves don't change colors. My oak trees don't even lose their leaves until February.
Last week, I worked with the 2nd grader on some grammar that she was having some difficulty with in school. I understand why as even when I taught for many years we had such little time to teach grammar that we had to fly through it.
We started working on identifying nouns in a sentence using my Nouns Task Cards. We put it with my ghost game board to make it more fun. Land on a ghost go back to start. The game board can be purchased with my Ghost Sight Word Race. There are 24 cards in all and includes a recording sheet and answer key. Some have one noun and others have multiple nouns.
Next we worked on identifying the proper nouns in a sentence and correcting them by capitalizing it using my Proper Nouns Task Cards. This one I put with my Frankenstein game board. If you land on Frankenstein go back to start. The game board can be purchased with my Frankenstein Sight Word Race. There are 24 cards in all and includes a recording sheet and answer key. I had her correct them on a white board rather than use the recording sheet.
We finished by working on picking the correctly spelled plural noun in parentheses using my Plural Nouns Task Cards. I let her pick a game board and she picked the Zombies game board. That can be purchased with my Zombies Comparing Numbers to 1,000 Task Cards. The Plural Nouns Task Cards comes with 24 cards and includes a recording sheet and answer key. I laminated these cards and had her circle the correct plural noun.
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Happy Halloween to those that do Halloween activities. I always love seeing the kids dressed up in their cute, scary, and funny costumes. I would love to see what you or your children dress up as. Feel free to post the pictures on my Facebook page. Please no students in your class unless you have parent permission to post them on social media.
I started off tutoring last Wednesday adding 2 digit numbers 3 times using my Vampire 2 Digit Addition with 3 Addends With Regrouping Task Cards. This set comes with a game board that you can use if you wish. If you laminate them there is plenty of room to write on the cards. Land on a vampire you get chased back to start.
Then we worked on comparing numbers to 1,000 with my Zombie Comparing Numbers to 1,000 Task Cards. This one if you laminate it, students will be able to write the greater than, less than, or equal to symbol on the circle. Otherwise, use the recording sheet. We used the fun game board that comes with it. Watch out for the zombies they will chase your student back to start.
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Halfway through the month. Where has time gone? Let's get to the tutoring fun from last week!
First we worked on skip counting using my Skeleton Skip Counting Task Cards, which comes with this fun board game. Land on a skeleton and you get chased back to start. The cards are for 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, and 10's. 2's, 5's, and 10's have patterns up to 100 where 3's and 4's go no higher than 30. Click the picture to grab it!
Next we worked on telling time to the hour and half hour. We used my Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour Drawing Hands Task Cards. If laminated children can write on the cards. There is also a recording sheet and an answer key. The recording sheet has the clocks on it so your student can draw the hands on the recording sheet after looking at the task card to see what time to draw in case you want them to turn something in. This game board is NOT included, but you can get it with my Witches Sight Word Race. I used the game board to make the task cards fun in tutoring. Land on a spell book you must go back to start! Click on either picture to grab it.
Happy Fridays! I can't believe this is the last Friday in October. I hope each of you who celebrate Halloween have a great Halloween and that you and your students stay safe out there.
Thanksgiving will be our next holiday and it's just right around the corner so I thought I would share a brand new freebie that I created. Thanksgiving Skip Counting by 25 Puzzles is a perfect hands on activity to introduce your students to counting quarters. They can't count quarters if they can't count by 25's so that is why I created these 4 color and b/w puzzles. I hope that using these before counting quarters helps make counting money easier for your students.
Happy Friday! I apologize that there has been no Freebie Fridays the past two weeks. Two weeks ago I wound up in the hospital and then the hurricane came close to shore and knocked out power. I spent the next week recovering from surgery. Be sure to check out the previous post for 2 fun Haunted House freeze dance versions from The Learning Station.
Today's Freebie is one of my oldest, but works well for Halloween. Halloween Nouns has students sorting nouns that are Halloween related into people, places, and things. It includes a worksheet for students to write their answers, but it is not mandatory to use. Please leave positive feedback if you download it. Remember it cost us money to create freebies!
Happy New Year everyone! I spent the past year tutoring students, making tons of new products (415 are in my TPT store), working for The Learning Station, and spending a lot of time with my 85 year old Grandparents (watching Detroit Tiger and Orlando Magic games and playing cards with them and their elderly friends).
To celebrate the new year as I have the past two years, I am placing my top 10 products on sale again! This year the sale will be $1.15 instead of the usual $1. The reason is TPT charges us sellers a .15 cent transaction if you don't fill your cart with at least $3 worth so I take a hit each time that happens. These products I am putting on sale typically cost between $2 and $6 so you are getting an amazing deal! Most of my top 10 are still the same as last year, but the order has changed a little and a different product did jump into the top 10 at number 9! When I wake up on January 2nd, the price will go back to full price.
Have you purchased any of these before and used them with your students? If so how did they work out? I'm always looking to improve! Suggestions for the new year feel free to let me know. Comprehension is pretty much a no go as I find it difficult to write on a specific grade level.
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Halloween will be here soon. I know many of you have fall themed parties, have storybook parades, and learn about pumpkins, bats, spiders, etc. You also have to keep the academics moving along. Children often though need a brain break of some sort. My favorite kind of brain break in the classroom has always been music. Check out these great songs from The Learning Station.
"Monster Shuffle" is perfect to get your students wiggles out!
"Five Little Pumpkins" is a short animated song that the little ones will be sure to love!
"Stirring Our Brew" is a song that will stir your students imagination. I could see this song leading to a writing assignment where children write about what they would put in their brew.
Other favorites include: 10 Little Monsters a fun counting song to 10 and back to 1. Pumpkins, Witches, and Ghosts, which is another fun counting song to 10. Scary Song that has fun young children friendly graphics. It's a fun song perfect for a party or to play on repeat as children come to your house trick or treating!
Which Halloween song is your favorite?
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The Learning Station has a brand new CD out called "Brain Breaks Action Songs: Let's Move"! Since I work for them, they let me review CD's and give one away to a lucky blog reader of mine! They were so kind they even dedicated this CD to me and a few other huge fans.
Now you have the chance to win this fun CD for your classroom or
home! Enter by doing as many things on the Rafflecopter form above that
you would like to do. Remember that sharing will give you 5 entries
and you can share every 24 hours for more entries. You will have to go
back to Rafflecopter each 24 hours. You will have 48 hours to claim
your prize if you are the winner or a new winner will be chosen! If you aren't the winner, you can purchase the CD by clicking on it below!
This CD has 16 highly engaging fun songs! They work perfectly for brain breaks and indoor recess when the weather is too cold or rainy. Research shows that children need brain breaks to be able to focus after long periods of sitting still.
The songs are:
1.Good Morning - a fun uptempo song with movements to start your class off each morning on a positive note.
2.Iggle Wiggle - a fun energetic song with movements and it will have your students laughing. This one will have your kids barking like a mutt, sing like Smurf, blow a kiss, etc.! haha It is one of my favorites on the CD!
3.Chili Chili - This one is a fun song that has kids doing the ballet, belly dance, Irish jig, pogo, etc. It also has them touching the ground, turning around, etc. This is great when they need to burn off a ton of energy! Check out the video below.
4.I am the Music Man - is a fun repeat after me song that will have your students pretending to play musical instruments!
5.Penguin Song - There are currently two great videos for the penguin song and both the live version and the animated version have the fun movements. Read about my post on this song and watch the videos by clicking HERE.
6.Monster Shuffle - This is a fun line dance song. It is perfect for Halloween, but also great for just a brain break as many children love monsters! Check out this fun video by clicking HERE.
7.A Turkey Dance - This is a fun original dance that is my absolute favorite turkey song I have ever heard. This is one of my very favorites on the CD. Many teachers do turkey activities during Thanksgiving, but it's also perfect for an animal/bird unit. Also, just for a fun brain break! Check out the video below, which is the best YouTube turkey dance video that I have ever seen!
8.There was a Crocodile - This is a fun animal song with animal sounds. This is perfect for any animal unit! Your students will have a blast making these animal sounds!
9.Happy Dance - This is a fun dance that will no doubt have your students smiling and feeling happy!
10.Sparkle - This is a slower paced original song that is about spreading kindness. This is a perfect song for Valentine's Day or any time when teaching the character trait kindness. There are also movements to go with this one!
11.Tarzan - This is an uptempo brain break! Tarzan is another fun repeat after me song. It will have students doing fun movements with Tarzan and Jane!
12.Brain Breaks Skip-a-Dee-Doo - This is a fun brain break song that will have your students following directions.
13.Princess Pat - is a slower paced song that is popular camp/scout song. It is a fun repeat after me song.
14.Zum Gali Gali - is a Hebrew song about friendship with very catchy lyrics that will have your kids clapping along! This is one of my favorites on the CD.
15.Ride that Pony - a fun brain break song that is perfect for any cowboy/cowgirl theme. This is sure to be popular for children who love horses!
16. Goodbye Song - This is a fun song about saying goodbye in silly ways such as see you soon raccoon, take care polar bear, be sweet parakeet, etc. It is a repeat after me song that will have your students doing some fun movements as well. Perfect song to end any day!
Now you have the chance to win this fun CD for your classroom or home! Enter by doing as many things on the Rafflecopter form above that you would like to do. Remember that sharing will give you 5 entries and you can share every 24 hours for more entries. You will have to go back to Rafflecopter each 24 hours. You will have 48 hours to claim your prize if you are the winner or a new winner will be chosen!
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I thought I'd share a couple of my most recent Halloween products, which would be perfect for your students this week. First up is my FREEBIE. Halloween Nouns. I used all words that are Halloween related. Children sort them according to person, place, or thing. There is a worksheet included! Click the picture to get your freebie. I kindly ask that you leave nice feedback and a nice rating if you decide to download it. If you have any suggestions for improvement send me an e-mail tigermagic@bellsouth.net and I will work with you!
Next up is my Halloween Plural Nouns. This one is Match or Go Fish Game and includes a worksheet where the students match the nouns with the plural nouns. All words are Halloween related. Most words students just add s to the ending. There are some where they add -es, or drop the y and change it to an i before adding -es. Click the pictures to head to TPT if you would like to purchase it for just $1.50.
I am now working on my Thanksgiving activities. If anyone has any suggestions please add them in the comments below! I will have a Number and Letter mini pack for Kindergarten and a Turkey Craftivity (Craft) up in the next couple of days. Be a follower of mine at my store to know when they are posted!
