5 for Friday 1.22.16

Hi!  Linking up with Doodle Bugs again today for 5 for Friday!  It's been a crazy week!

This past weekend I decided to become a Stella and Dot stylist!  I've always LOVED jewelry and accessories so I figured, "Why not?"  Below are some of my favorite pieces!  I had a little photo shoot on our day off {snow day} Wednesday.  If you'd like to join my online Facebook party, click HERE.  I am giving away a lot of jewelry and TpT certificates/credits to my store!  Be sure to click "JOIN EVENT."  You can invite friends by tagging them, too!!!  Don't want to do the Facebook thing, you can always shop by clicking HERE.  I will say that I've ordered jewelry from other jewelry catalogs and the quality of Stella and Dot is so much better!  Love their stuff.

We started non-fiction writing late last week and carried it over into this week.  The kids are LOVING writing their procedural pieces!  To see this whole pack, click the cover below.  It's a great unit.

We've been stuck inside for recess for a few weeks now.  I am always looking to switch things up.  I recently got this "Gumball Grab" game from Lakeshore Learning.  It's a great way for kids to practice fine motor skills.  They've been enjoying it during inside recess!  

In Math, we've been exploring the number grid and practicing counting by 1's and 10's starting at any number.  These number grid puzzles are a hit every year.  To make, just print number grids on a variety of paper colors.  *This helps so they won't get mixed up!  Laminate and cut up.  The kids worked with partners on these for 30 minutes the other day.  Once they got one completed, they tried a different one.  They kept asking for more!  To see more Math ideas, click HERE.

We wrapped up common and proper nouns last week but I still had the pictures to share with you this week.  All of these goodies shown below are freebies!  Grab them HERE! 

Happy Weekend!!

xo

Megan 

Common and Proper Nouns Freebies

Hi, friends!  A few weeks ago, I taught my students about proper nouns.  I referenced my "Capital Letter" anchor chart that I made in the fall.  I also made a new anchor chart {shown below}.  We watched a Brain Pop Jr. and played some games and did a sort.  The sort is a freebie I made last year or the year before.  I also made a game for my kids to use in class with simple common/proper nouns on it.  I thought I'd share it with you today.  Just click the picture below to snag the sort and game for free!  Enjoy!

For more ideas on nouns, click here.

xo
Megan

Adjectives

Parts of speech can be tricky for kids, esp when they have so many to learn!  We are pretty secure with our learning of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and proper nouns but man, did it take a bit!  Just when you think they have it, you throw another part into the mix and they get even more confused!  We use a variety of resources for parts of speech.  I try to mix things up and keep it fresh!  We've had Lori's Fun With Parts of Speech cards up all year, so the kids have at least seen adjectives.

When introducing adjectives, I do a fun lollipop activity that grabs kids' attention.  I think that it's easier to introduce adjectives with something concrete and then go into adjectives that describe people later.  I read the book parts of the book, Many Luscious Lollipops  by Helen Lester.  It goes into more detail than I really need for an introduction, which is why I skip a lot of it.

After reading the book, we each got a lollipop!  I told the kids to think about the way the lollipop is going to taste.  I also asked them to think of words to describe it.  As they were eating them, they were telling others at their table adjectives.  We then brainstormed a list of words to describe our pops and the kids wrote theirs on this free half-sheet.  

We busted out the markers...learning is SO much more fun when markers are involved, right?!  We colored a lollipop {click here to grab it!}, added a craft stick, and had an instant art project!  Who knew adjectives could be so tasty!?

Later in the week as we continued our study of these this tricky part of speech, we talked about adjectives that describe people.  We made a huge list on chart paper and let me tell you--THE KIDS came up with every.single.adjective.  I was seriously blown away.

Once we had our list, we used Lori's free Words That Describe Me web and the kids chose adjectives that describe themselves to put on their webs.

They then wrote about themselves {again with Lori's free paper} using the adjectives from their webs!  They seriously did awesome!!!!  All the Writing Workshop skills that I've taught them thus far have paid off!

Lori also has a great SCOOT game for adjectives.  We did this together on my document cam because not all of my kids can read the words independently.

We'll also be doing these word searches sometime soon!  My kids love a good word search!

Gotcha, Lori! {wink, wink!}
xo
Megan 

Nouns

We've been learning about nouns and verbs lately. Here are some activities that we have been doing to help us learn:

These posters are from What the Teacher Wants'  blog.

Anchor chart 

Don't throw away those old book orders................

You could use them for a noun sort!!

Finished sort...books about people, places, and things

There are some cute books about nouns and verbs out there, as well: