Tutoring Tuesdays - December 25th, 2018

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I meant to share my tutoring fun a little before Christmas, but got too busy. So I will share it the day after, even though it is now Wednesday. I tutor actually on Wednesdays, but share the week after. There will be no tutoring the next two weeks, but I do have some fun things for you including my most popular products for only $1.50! Stay tuned for that date. It will be soon!

This week I started working with her on very basic order of operations by learning to use the parentheses first. We used my new Ornaments Order of Operations Race, which you can currently only get in my VIP Facebook group. It is a FREE download!!! Join here.  There are 24 cards, a recording sheet, and answer key.

Next we worked on identifying fractions from using halves all the way to tenths using my new Clip It Identifying Fractions Task Cards. There are 24 task cards in all. There is a recording sheet and answer key. You don't have to have them clip it, you can have them just circle it if you prefer.

We finished tutoring working on some PreAlgebra using my PreAlgebra Balancing Number Equations Snowballs. This comes with a game board, recording sheet, and answer key. There are 24 cards in all. You can use them like traditional task cards and skip the game board if you prefer.

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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 - December 12th, 2017

Happy Tuesday! Just a couple of weeks until Christmas for those who celebrate! The kids are getting restless so check out some of the fun things I did in tutoring that you may want to use in your classrooms.

First we reviewed nouns using my new Winter Activities Nouns Task Cards! This new set includes 18 task cards and a fun game board. Land on a child doing a winter activity and children get to go again! So much fun. Of course the task cards can be used in traditional ways as well like Scoot, Quiz, Quiz Trade, etc.

Next we worked on plural nouns with my new Plural Nouns Christmas Task Cards. This set doesn't come with a game board, but I put it with a fun game board anyway as that is a fun way to use task cards during tutoring or in the classroom at a center. This set includes 24 task cards, a recording sheet, and answer key, and all the sentences have to do with Christmas.

We finished with reviewing nouns and verbs using my Nouns and Verbs Task Cards. This is a big set of 48 Task Cards, recording sheets, and answer key. It does not come with a game board, but I again put it with a game board to make it more fun in tutoring.

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Freebie Fridays - February 17th, 2017

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day with their loved ones and their students. Most of you either have a 3 day weekend with President's Day on Monday or maybe you have an inservice like I used to have to do, but no kids. Enjoy your extra day! Now on to the freebies!

Here's an oldie but a good one with a St. Patrick's Day theme, but really will work anytime. "I Have, Who Has -At Word Family" is a fun whole group game that also uses listening skills! It also works in small groups when giving children multiple cards. Click the picture to grab it for free! Please show your kindness by leaving positive feedback if you download it and follow my store!

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Freebie Fridays - January 13th, 2017

It's Friday! I know you teachers are excited! I hope that you had a wonderful week with your students. Enjoy the freebies. Don't forget to leave positive feedback for our hard work and follow the stores.

Write The Room is a favorite activity of many students because they get to get up and move around the room. They are having fun while learning! It is a perfect learning brain for them. Here is Write The Room Sports Sight Words that I made a couple of years ago that you can download for free by clicking on the pictures. There are two different levels of sight words. A very simple one and a more difficult one.

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Freebie Fridays - January 6th, 2017

Happy first Friday of the new year!!! Wishing each of you a restful weekend as I know the rest of you likely head back on the 9th or very shortly after.

This weeks featured freebie is a new one I created about a week ago for fractions of a group that I plan to use during tutoring. To make it hands on have your students use manipulative bear counters. Click the picture to grab it and please show your kindness by leaving positive feedback for my hard work. Remember I pay for the fonts and clip art to make them free for you.

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Freebie Fridays - December 30th, 2016

Happy Friday!!! I hope everyone is enjoying their break. I know some of you go back on the 2nd or 3rd and others not until the 9th. I saw many who don't go back until the 9th complaining that they were still in school when others weren't. Like I told you now you get more time to enjoy after the holidays before going back. Enjoy it! I myself always enjoyed having more time after the holidays to rest up! With that said Freebie Fridays are back!!!

This week's featured Freebie is a brand new one. Winter Mugs Subtracting from 11 Bump is a fun hands on math game perfect for your math stations, centers, rotations, early finishers, or small groups. Please leave positive feedback if you enjoy this new game as it cost me money to create and a lot of time! I will be using it in tutoring. Click the picture to download it.

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Freebie Fridays - December 16th, 2016

Happy Friday! Only a couple of more Fridays left of 2016. Wow where has time gone? I'm debating whether to do a link up next Friday with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day following that Friday. Let me know if you would still like me to host one in the comments! Now let's get to what you want, the freebies!

Here's a new freebie I put out last week "Gingerbread Man Doubles Race". This fun game has been tested and tried out in tutoring. Students roll a dice and move that many spaces. They solve the equation they land on. Should they land on a fox he chased the Gingerbread Man back to start, but if they land on a gingerbread man he got away from the fox so they can go again!  Click the pictures to grab this fun free game. Be sure to leave positive feedback as it cost me money to create the game for you as well as my time. In return I'll keep making freebies for you to enjoy! I'd also appreciate it if you would follow my store!

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Freebie Fridays - December 9th, 2016

Happy Friday! I hope each of you had a blessed week. I'm loving the 80's here in Florida with the exception of a day or two that was cooler. Enjoy the freebies!

I know many of you can't do Christmas activities in the classroom. Here are some winter themed graphic organizers your class may enjoy! None include Santa.

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Freebie Fridays - November 18th, 2016

I hope the United States teachers, parents, and children had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Only a few more weeks and everyone will get Christmas break off!

Last year I created a line of products called Word Boxes where students can write on the word boxes when the activity is laminated or in plastic sleeves. It helps children learn how to spell words in a hands on way and also helps them learn which numbers touch the top, middle, or below line. Here is a Freebie your students will be sure to enjoy "Christmas Word Boxes". Unlike my phonics word boxes this one has a word bank since the words are much harder for younger students. It also makes it easy to differentiate as some children can have the word bank and others don't for more of a challenge. Click the picture to grab them for free and be sure to leave positive feedback!

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Teachers Are Heroes!

Teachers are heroes in my eyes and in many others.  We create all other occupations.  To celebrate, I am joining in on TPT's sale.  Using the code HEROES at checkout will save you 28% on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015.  Clicking on the banner, will take you to my store!

Check out some of my newest products by clicking on the pictures.

 Superhero Bump Addition and Subtraction uses cards and counters or cubes.

Also, new to my store is my Winter Primary Reading and Math Centers.  This is perfect for Kindergarten and 2nd grade and also for struggling 2nd graders as many of these skills are reviewed at the beginning of the year.  The centers include Addition to 5, 12, and 20, Subtraction to 5 and from 10, Decomposing Numbers, Counting Pennies and Nickels, Sight Words, CVC Words, and CVCe Words.  Many of these have already been tried out during tutoring and the children have been so engaged they are asking to play again and again!  2 freebies in the preview!!!

I have also bundled up my Fraction Task Cards.  This set includes Comparing Fractions with Like Denominators, Comparing Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Fraction Word Problems, and Multiplying Fractions.  You can also buy each set on their own.  You can get those for 28% off the bundle price by using HEROES!  Click the picture!

Thanks for being a hero!  Please know that your hard money is helping me make a living since I don't have a teaching job right now.  Once I get a job all my money I earn from my store goes right back into the classroom.

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