"Hop-To-It" Spelling

Description: Students hop to the correct letter, to spell their words.  This is a fun way to get students moving, to practice their weekly spelling words.

Common vs. Proper Nouns

Common vs. Proper Nouns

Introduction:

In the beginning, I always teach them to focus on two things: 

Musical Squares (Math)

An adaptation of "Musical Chairs", uses numbered squares to help reinforce odds & evens, greater than, less than, multiples, factors, divisibility, etc.  It's also a great activity to get wiggly kids out of their seats, shake off some energy, and learn about their numbers.

Place Value Parking Spaces

Place Value is a lot like Parking Spaces.  Parking spaces can only hold ONE car at a time; place values only hold one DIGIT at a time.

"Anything You Want Holder" keepsake

Alter to make as a first day of school craft. Can be used for student's cubby or pencil holder, etc. to stash his/her belongings.

"I am Special" booklet

'I Am Special' Book (adapted from Huggies.com)

Materials:
* Construction paper
* Stapler
* Crayons, markers, finger paints
* New photo of child each month

Organization

Organization:


**Have a tray/box/folder/envelope for different admins/IST/CST/etc.,