March and April Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe

I received a very nice comment a few days ago about my Spelling Tic Tac Toe activities. Yay!

In case you were wondering...I just love to hear back from teachers who are actually using my materials... or who plan to in the future. In fact, the more comments I receive, the more FREEBIES and more regularly I post.

Anyway... the comment ended by asking about whether or not I had a tic-tac-toe sheet for March and April. I do of course - put had only put them on TPT.  Since...sadly, no comments for a while.



However, since you asked Jessie Rue... here they are for FREE!

I hope you, your students, and their parents ENJOY! Have fun spelling!

March Measuring

This week my firsties are working on measuring length using standard and non-standard units.

Since I had already planned a mini-Read Across America event for Monday, followed on Tuesday with Mardi Gras, and then St. Patrick's Day the following week, before heading off for Spring Vacation, I thought I would create a March-themed measuring booklet for my kiddos that included all 3 of these celebrations.

I had a lot of fun with this one - trying my own hand at writing rhyming verse like the dear Doctor. It actually turned out pretty cute... but best off all- my students are really enjoying the booklet and are getting lots of practice measuring using inches, centimeters, paper clips, and linking cubes. They are also learning how to use approximation - and determine the nearest whole or half unit when measuring.

And to top it off, my early finishers are enjoying coloring the pages...and they claim they LOVE measuring! Yippee!

Grab a FREE copy HERE before Monday, March 10th. After that, you can find it in my TPT store.

Please let me know if you find any typos.
Enjoy!

March Word Banks and Writing Paper

I just completed my March-themed writing pack. This 30-page pdf file contains 7 different word banks with matching writing paper and bubble maps for brainstorming. The pack also includes a prewriting planning sheet and syllable sort page. Word banks/themes feature:

• Read Across America/Dr. Seuss
• St. Patrick's Day
• Going to the Dentist
• Going to the Doctor
• Spring
• Alaskan Iditarod Race
• Baseball

It is now available in my TPT store.

The baseball pages of the packet are available HERE for FREE.

March Math, Matching, and More

I can't believe how quickly this year is flying by... I am trying my best to stay a week or so ahead of the curriculum as I create materials and prepare activities for my classroom, but sometimes a day or two in advance is all I can muster! With March just around the corner - I am doing all I can to finish up my montly theme packets and post them for those of you that are using them in your rooms.

My March Activities packet, titled: March Math, Matching, and More is now available in my TPT store and the writing word banks and matching writing paper will be ready in the next few days.

The March packet is 48 pages in length and inludes:

• A March Celebrations Calendar with questions worksheet
• 30 March-themed words with matching picture cards to use as a Concentration game or to post in a pocket chart or Read the Room
• 3 Syllable Sort Mats with recording sheet and answer key (to use with the 30 March word cards)
• March Madness Word Game Shamrock Subtraction Game
• St. Patricks Day Perfect Paragraph
• Write and Illustrate
• Make Up a Holiday
• Words Within Words
• ______The Incredible Kid Writing Paper
• March Word Search

Sample pages are shown above and a few feebies are available below.

Click HERE to grab these March FREEBIES.

Tick Tock...Shamrock Clocks

Last week we tackled chapter 17 in our math book - telling time to the half hour. Since we have been practicing telling time all year, most of my students have this skill down and are ready to move on to telling time to the quarter hour. So, I created a new game with an Irish Twist called Tick Tock Don't Let the MONSTERS Eat Your Clocks! I am certain that my kiddos will have fun telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour with these SHAMROCK clocks, while trying their best to avoid the clock-eating monsters.

The game and flash cards are available now in my TPT store. Check it out!

March Super Sentences and Perfect Paragraphs

Once again...for those of you who are MORE organized than me and prepare materials weeks in advance - I wanted to let you know that I have finished the March version of my Super Sentences and Perfect Paragraphs.

Also at the request of a follower, I have added a final draft page to each Perfect Paragraph template, that includes only the heading and graphic followed by lines. See sample below.

They are currently available for purchase in my TPT store.

Of course, there is always a FREEBIE or two included for those of you who only have time for a page a month... Click HERE to grab your Super Sentence FREEBIE and HERE to grab your Perfect Paragraph FREEBIE.

Each page in these pdf file features a different picture/theme to inspire students to write perfect paragraphs and super Super Sentences.

Happy Writing!