Initial and final sounds

I am now in week 3 of literacy work stations. Last week, as you might have seen on instagram, I had a rhyming focus, with lots of rhyming activities. This proved to be too big a jump for the kiddies, so this week its back to basics with initial and ending sounds.

I *heart* having my very own product tester at home and it is pretty cool that she says and I quote "I love testing things for you Mum!" Wonder if I should be paying her royalties of some description?

This is what you get - There are 48 cards in total (2 for each initial sound) plus 2 blanks. I have even included a black and white version for you if colour printing isnt your thing. All you need extra is some pegs or paper clips or even a white board marker to colour in the correct letter for the sound.

Also notice my dry erase pocket in the background? They are from MyBinding.com. I was sent a pack to use and review.

 First we concentrated on initial sounds. Say the word, isolate the sound and clip it! Easy and fun!

 This was Miss M's idea, to clip it next to the letter. Otherwise she couldnt see the letter she had picked.

 And one more - darling graphics from my girl Mel Graphics from the Pond

The completed cards we were testing :)

Then we used the recording sheet in the dry erase pockets and did the same thing but this time we had to record the letters that made the initial sound. The sheets were great to write on and rubbed off really easily. I love the idea of less copies!

On to ending/final sounds. (can you see the light saber in the background? lol)

 All clipped up and record to see if we understood the concepts.

Ending sounds recording sheet where Miss M recorded the letters that made those sounds.

So what do you think? I usually give one of my new packs away. So just let me know what you would use it for or maybe just how cute you think it is hehehe. I will pick a random number after 24 hours :)

Click on any picture to go and grab it at my TPT store.

Shopped and dropped!

Love me a sale! Love me some teachers!

Combine both!

Awesomeness or for those out there who love HIMYM....

Legend....

wait for it......

dary!

I'm linking up with Blog Hoppin to share my shopping!

CVC Scoops from Annie Moffatt

Geoboard Madness Goodness - First Grade Blue Skies

Cute little vowel clipart from AliMath (no she is not just all about Maths!!)

Maths Funness! from Doodle Bugs

Maths Fluency Pack from Deedee Wills

Glittery Phone goodness from Glitter and Glue **heart** these

and what sale would be complete without a purchase from my girl Mel @ Graphics from the Pond?

Go and share what you bought....or just add some more stuff to your wishlist (like me heehee)

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You have seen it on all the blogs you follow. You may have wondered why (I know I did!) You may have even joined up yourself to see what all the fuss was about....

So if you are on Instagram why not follow me!

And while you are at it, go and link up with Teacher Talk Tuesday. 

Currently and a Sale!

I can't believe how fast these currently's come around!

Is it sad that as teachers we measure our lives in terms, semesters and holiday breaks!

Listening - we saw Wreck It Ralph for the first time last night and at the present moment, we have watched it 3 times and downloaded the game onto the Ipad.

Loving - We are still having some beautiful warm and sunny days. Please dont leave me warmth!

Thinking - As I move into assessment and reporting time, I reflect on how far some kids in my class have come. Lots of them couldnt write their name and didnt know how to hold pencils or scissors. **insert proud teacher face here**

Wanting - enough said. YUCK!

Needing - I think I would like a new cardi for Mothers Day. Hmmmm

No bucket list for me. Just my winter woolies :)

Go link up!

Psssst. Did you know there is a big sale planned for next week?

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I can make numbers!

Oh.my.word.

Today was my first day back with the kiddies for the term.

To sum it up in one word

exhausting!

It was like trying to teach Kindergarten how to behave at school again as well as try and start some work.

Phew!

Hope tomorrow is better.

We used one of my packs I havent blogged about before -

 I tried out my activity with Miss M last night :)

 

 I grabbed the twenty frames out the pack (there is also ten frames for differentiation), a ten sided dice and a handful of counters.

We would roll the dice and add that many counters to our twenty frame - practicing one to one correspondence and counting as well as forward number word sequence and a little bit of addition (we were talking about how many in the top and bottom row of each ten frame, how many more to fill it etc).

When we got close to the end, we were only allowed to roll the exact number to be the winner - if you rolled more you missed your turn.

She loves to beat me! And I love it when she does :)

It also has a ten frame version for those students still dealing with numbers 0-10 and for working on Friends of Ten activities.

Grab it in the store by clicking any picture and have some ten frame/twenty frame fun in your classroom too.

Say It, Write It, Find It Sight Words

I have been trying to devise ways for my Kinder class to get right into sight words this term. I am going to trial Literacy Work Stations (you can read one of my ideas HERE) and thought that this little activity might be an easy independent activity the kids can complete with little assistance.

Enter

I had Miss M (5) try a couple of them out for me.

There are 22 different words to practice, all blacklines so it is easy to reproduce as many times as you need, send it for homework, for fast finishers, for literacy centres.....

Firstly, she read the word and the sentence. I have tried to use very easy to read words (sight words and cvc's) but in the event that there are some longer or more difficult words, they are supported by the graphic (AGAIN you can see how much I love Graphics from the Pond)

After reading the sentence, trace it.

Then write it on the lines! 

Then it is time to focus on the sight word (and yes, her sentence says The rainbow is is big. She wasnt happy with the squished 'is' and decided to write it again lol).

Now the picture gets some colour :)

And finally, find the words - there are 3 hidden in each grid, both horizontal and vertical.

This pack is similar to my Say It, Write It, Find It Letter Identification Pack.

If you would like to get one of these from me, leave a comment with your email and say how you could use it in the classroom. 

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Old is new again!

I have had this chair sitting around for YEARS! I think we inherited it from my husbands grandma when we moved into her place about 10 years. We brought it to our house when we bought it and it has sat around. It wasn't until it was going to go out in the cleanup when I thought.........this chair has possibilities.

After a hose down, a coat of primer and a can of blue paint....

TAADAA!!! A nice blue chair for my room. I plan on adding a rainbow coloured cushion :) I will be somewhere comfy for me to sit and a special news chair as well.