Organizing Word Work Activities and a Long U Freebie

My goal this summer is to ORGANIZE all my Word Work activities and to make sure that I have a pack that reinforces the sound spellings covered each week in our SRA Open Court Imagine It program.

I created a number of packs the last half of the school year and recently completed two more. Now the task is to determine what I have, what I need, and to organize and store each one in a way that will allow me to access them easily when I need them.

The "what I have" and "what I need" can easily be solved with a  spreadsheet and completing an inventory... but how to organize the games boards, laminated card sets, worksheets - That is the big question!  I'd love to hear what you do to keep all these goodies "at hand" when you need them.

Any ideas for organizing ALL these items would be greatly appreciated. AND...of course there is a FREEBIE for just stopping by.

The Freebie is just one of the activities in my latest  Long U pack. If you have a fabulous idea for storing and organizing these pack and are willing to leave a comment below and clue me in... I will email you the entire pack for FREE. Hopefully one or more of you will be able to help me out!

Click HERE to get the FREEBIE activity from my Long U with Slue-Foot Sue and Friends pack.

Wh and Th Word Work Freebie

This week our spelling focus was on the digraphs TH and WH. Although these last few weeks of school are super busy - I did sneak in a few moments to create a few word work activities to help practices our weekly skill and word lists.

You can grab a FREEBIE copy of them HERE.

Switching Up Spelling

This week our first grade team is switching up the spelling homework... Here is a copy of what we will be sending home for our students to complete and return on Friday morning.

You can grab a FREEBIE copy of these forms HERE.

Blends ST and TR Word Work

Our spelling pattern last week focused on the blends ST and TR. So, I whipped up these quick word work activities to practice them during our language arts block.

If you are an Imagine It! user they go along with Unit 9.6-9.10.

My students love playing scoot and read and write the room and word searches are always a hit.

Grab your Freebie HERE.

FIVE FREEBIES

Dear Blogging Buddies,

I know, I know... I  haven't posted forever... and I wouldn't be surprised if ALL of you have completely given up on me! But, just in case there are a few of you out there who still drop in every now and then - I have FIVE FREEBIES for you. Enjoy!

Pirate-Themed Writing Checklists

Frog-Themed Writing Checklists

 The Great Pie Throw: Long I and Long O Word Work

The Magic Seeds: Writing Templates and Word Bank

The Perfect Pet: Writing Templates and Word Bank

I am throwing a egg-cellent sellers sale along with all of my favorite teacher authors on TPT. Stop by my store and hunt down my 5 favorites for a 20% discount. "Hoppy Hunting"! 

Cottontails

Here's a quick and easy game to play with your kiddos before sending them off for Easter/Spring Break.  Print out the cottontail words and attach to children's backsides so they can't see their word.
Have each child ask yes or no questions to determine which Easter-themed proper noun, noun, or verb they are. This can be done with the whole group, in small groups, or even in partners to speed things up.

I have also included a parts of speech sort, and an ABC order recording sheet to get the most out of those cottontails.

Grab your FREEBIE HERE.