Featured Freebie Fridays - April 21st, 2017

Easter may be over, but many teachers teach about animals as the year comes to a close so I thought this week I would share one of my very first FREEBIES "All About Rabbits" task cards. These cards are great for learning about Rabbits. Have your students go on the web and search for the answers to the task cards as they learn all about rabbits!

You can also read them some books on rabbits and then play Scoot, Quiz, Quiz trade, place at a literacy or science center, station, or rotation or play any other cooperative group activity. Another favorite way to use task cards is to use them with any game boards. Click on the picture to grab it for free and be sure to leave positive feedback. Follow my store so you are notified of more freebies and other great teaching resources! Sometime in the next several days I will be posting a new freebie!

Share in the comments or on my FB page how do you use task cards? What are you working on that you would like to see me make task cards for? Any specific themes? I am happy to create things that meet your needs! I do not write stories so comprehension is not an option.

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Freebie Fridays Linky Party - September 2nd, 2016

Happy Friday! The rest of you I bet are headed back to teaching on Tuesday after Labor Weekend. Enjoy your last days off. Florida teachers and parents I hope you and the students are all safe from the hurricane.

Enjoy this weeks Linky Party. Don't forget to leave kind feedback if you download.

My featured freebie is Football Phonics Blast. This is a fun CVC and CVCe game with a math twist! Click any of the pictures to grab it and leave positive feedback please. This is an old one but a good one!

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Freebie Fridays - August 26th, 2016

Happy Friday! Those not back to teaching yet are on your way back soon! Enjoy what is left of your break.

Today's freebie is a brand new one!!! It is actually my 600th teaching product! WOW!!! Did you know over 60 are FREE???

This is a fun Place Value to 120 game. Children tell how many the base ten blocks represent and then roll a die (dice) and move that many spaces on the game board. Watch out for the worm because they taste yucky and will send them back to start! The task cards can also be used to play the game "Scoot", "Numbered Heads Together", "Quiz, Quiz Trade" or any other cooperative group activity. They can also be used at a center, small group, whole group, journals, for homework, early finishers, etc. Click the picture to grab it for free and please be kind by leaving me positive feedback as it cost me money and time to make this for you. Be sure to follow my store so you know when new freebies come out and check out my other Place Value materials!

Check out some fun freebies from myself and friends!

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Freebie Fridays - Week of August 19th, 2016

It's Friday the end of another week! I hope those back in school had a sensational week and those getting their classrooms set up had plenty of time to do so! I'd love to see your classroom set up! Post pictures on my Facebook page.

Link up to 3 of your favorite freebies that are not trademark violations. If you download leave that positive feedback to show us you care for our hard work and it would be great if you would follow the stores too!

Today's freebie is an old one, but a fun one. Add One More and Subtract One! Two different fun games. Click the pictures to check it out! If you like it leave that positive feedback!

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Freebie Fridays - August 5th, 2016

Happy Friday! Some of you have started back to teaching already and I hope you are having a blast with the kids!

Today's freebie is one I created a few years ago and used in Kindergarten the first week. ABC Race children pick a card and name the capital letter. Then roll one die (dice) and move that many spaces on the game board. Very simple and a lot of fun! I had 4 groups of 4 playing it. Please leave positive feedback if you download it. Remember it cost money to create freebies for you and I now have 60!!!

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TPT Sale Back To School

It's time for a Teachers Pay Teachers sale! I will have ALL my things on sale for 20% off (that's over 500 products!) on August 1st-3rd! On the 1st and 2nd ONLY you can get an additional 10% off or a total of 28% by using the code BestYear at check out! Click the picture below to check out my store. ALL bundles are also discounted the full discount even more than they are priced now! That puts them at more than 50% off. WOW!

Check out my Back To School Themed Linky Party to see many resources great for August and September!

Check out some of my friends and 5 of their products that are on sale! Don't forget to leave positive feedback on anything you purchase as you get credits to use on other purchases!

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Freebie Fridays - July 15th, 2016

Happy Friday! Wow it's already halfway through July! Let's get on with the freebies! Remember to leave positive feedback for anything you download as we spent our hard earned money to create them for you for free.

This weeks freebie is an old one, but one many of you may not have seen. Back to School Rounding to 1 Million Blast. My blast games have a fun twist. Students pick cards after they round and get whatever number of points they pick. They have a choice to keep picking and adding the points to their previous score or stopping. Watch out for the zero because they will lose all their points for all rounds! Click on the picture to snag it for free and leave me some positive feedback.

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Freebie Fridays - May 20th, 2016

It's Friday and you know what that means, freebie time!!! If you missed last week's freebies hop on over HERE. Please show your kindness to myself and the sellers who are sharing freebies by leaving positive feedback. You can always go back to My Purchases and click on the freebie tab to leave feedback after downloading it.

This week I am featuring my Cell Phone ai and ay Long Vowel Team Center activities. This set includes texting, abc order, and word sorting using the fun cell phones! Please leave positive feedback if you like the activity. I do have a long vowel pairs set available for purchase in my store.

Link up to 3 FREEBIES of your choice from your store or your blog. I'd appreciate sharing the post.

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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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Learn about the Body with Science Games for Kids

Catherine Ross is back to guest blog for me today with another blog post on making learning fun!

Learn about the Body with Science Games for Kids

The human body is an incredible thing, and to this day scientists do not fully understand the minute details of its functioning. You know what they say about the brain – if it was simple enough to be fully understood, we wouldn’t be able to! Children who encounter the human body’s incredibly complex systems in their textbooks may understandably feel overwhelmed by it all. You can help your kids develop a healthy appreciation and fascination for the human body and its functioning by letting them play cool science games for kids - whether online or offline.

“Wooden Sculpture of Science Genetics” by epSos .de is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Here are a few great science games that teach kids of various ages about the human body and its care.

Science Games for Young Kids

Disney Doc McStuffins  - Doc McStuffins is a toy doctor with her own TV show. Kids bring their toys to her when they fall sick, and she uses various doctor tools to arrive at a diagnosis. Then she treats them and sometimes gives advice on how to stay healthy. Whether or not your child watches the show, the game is great fun for kids. Players assist the doctor in her work, learning the names and uses of the different tools. They also learn how to stay healthy and play various mini-games with the doctor’s assistants. This science game can be played at no cost online.

Science Games for Older Kids

Re-Mission 2 – In this fun science game, kids learn about cancer and how the body’s defense mechanisms and the various treatments work against the growth of cancerous cells. The names and functions of the weapons and the enemies in the game are such that the player understands how the various medications work in real life. The six mini games are incredibly fun for everyone, and especially beneficial for cancer patients, helping them understand what is going on inside their bodies and motivating them to stick with their treatment. The game is free to play online.

Solve the Outbreak – What happens when a new illness suddenly strikes the population, and a large number of people start falling prey to it? The epidemiologists swing into action, trying to find out how the disease began, how to treat it and how to keep it from spreading further. In this cool science game, players get to take on the role of an epidemiologist, earning points and getting promotions based on how well each outbreak was handled. The game was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and helps educate the public about how they deal with the diseases affecting the nation. The game is available as a free app for the iPad.

BioDigital Human – BioDigital Human provides an incredible way to explore human anatomy in 3D. With stunning, life-like visuals and a set of controls that allow users to add or remove organs and body systems and turn the models any which way, this website is considered a wonderful learning tool for aspiring doctors! While not actually a science game, this website is so much fun to explore that it barely makes a difference. The basic features on this website are free to use, while additional features and services are available for a fee.

Author Bio:

Catherine Ross is a full-time stay-at-home-mum who believes learning should be enjoyable for young minds. An erstwhile elementary school teacher, Catherine loves coming up with creative ways through which kids can grasp the seemingly difficult concepts of learning easily. She believes that a ‘fun factor’ can go a long way in enhancing kids’ understanding and blogs at http://kidslearninggames.weebly.com/

How do you make learning about the body fun for your students?  

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Fall Freebie Linky Party

My linky parties have been very popular in the past.  In this linky party you will find products that have to do with the Fall/Autumn season that are FREE forever!  The fall freebies may also include fall holidays such as Columbus Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving.

Credit for the adorable picture goes to Whimsy Workshop Teaching, visit her blog by clicking on the picture below!

Those that make teaching products may link up anything that is Fall related only if you promise the product will remain free forever.  Products may be from Teachers Notebook, Teachers Pay Teachers, or anywhere else.  No deleting the product and adding a price to the freebie.  I would also love it if you would share this blog post by either using the picture created on your own blog and linking back to this post or sharing this all over Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, G+.

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Showdown - Cooperative Group

I guess the past week was a busy one for me as I haven't blogged in a week.  I thought I would share a fun cooperative group activity that will help with team building and also can be used to check for mastery of skills or as a review for a test or quiz.  This fun activity is called Showdown!  It is a Kagan Cooperative Group activity.

Materials needed:
A stack of questions - Task Cards work perfectly for this!
Either paper and pencils or my favorite dry erase board and dry erasers

1. The teacher picks someone to be the captain of each group.  This person turns the cards face down and gives each student the materials.

2. The Showdown captain turns one card face up while everyone in the group answers the question.  As soon as each student answers the question they turn over there piece of paper or dry erase board.

3. When the teacher gives the Showdown signal every team member turns their paper or dry erase board over to reveal their answers.  If everyone is correct the team gets 5 team points.  If not everyone coaches each other to get the correct answer.  The team then gets 1 point.

4. Team members celebrate!

5. The student to the captain's left is the Showdown Captain for the next round.

6. Repeat the steps starting at step 2.

If you would like to check out my task cards click HERE.  Don't forget I do have free addition and subtraction fraction task cards!

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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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