Visualizing Freebie

Visualizing is such an important piece to the comprehension puzzle.  It is obvious my struggling readers are not always visualizing what is happening in the text.  I love to ask detail questions like, "What color do you think the cake was?" or "What do you think Gooney Bird's face looks like?"
 Then it's fun to compare answers..."I think the cake was chocolate."  "I thought it was white with blue letters that said HAPPY BIRTHDAY." "No, it's a pink princess cake like my birthday cake."  It leads to a great talk about schema and how schema helps with visualizing.  Here is a freebie to help your readers visualize while you read aloud.  It works well with a chapter book, a picture book  (don't show the pictures), or it can be done during independent reading time.

Click here for the freebie!

This is my first ever TPT item, so please leave feedback.  I plan on adding lots of freebies soon, so be sure to follow me on TPT. I'm linking up to Manic Monday.  Check out lots of freebies there and show some love to the teachers who shared them!

E is For Explore

All I can say is this blog is awesome. Most of the activities involve higher level thinking skills and include printables.  I found many to put in my math workstations.  It is worth the time to check it out.  I pinned at least 10 ideas for my kiddos. 

E is For Explore

And the activities align to the Common Core.  Even Better!

Pour a cup of tea and have fun.

ABCYA.com A Must Know Site

Do you the website www.abcya.com ? If not, you should.  It is an awesome resource for your students.  It is organized by grade level and subject area to make it really easy to navigate for all ages.  My students love it because the graphics are a lot like video games.  And who doesn't love a site that makes students think while  having fun?  My favorite is the math section, but there are great logic games too.  I usually connect the logic games to making inferences... like think about what you already know to make a smart guess. Be sure to click through the higher grades too.  I found my second graders can do things on the fourth grade level. We used Word Clouds to make a cover for our autobiographies.  Have fun!

Grades K-2 Linky Party

Click HERE for an awesome list of K-2 blogs

Everyone knows there are a ton of AMAZING blogs out there and new ones are popping up every day. Kindergarten Lifestyle is hosting a linky party and I linked up!   Check out some oldies and newbies to find some new ideas for grade K-2!  I'm sure you'll find at least a few new blogs to follow.
Have fun...it's quite a list!

List of Logic Links for Gifted Students

    Having gifted students and regular education students together often leaves me with the task of differentiating most of my daily teaching.  I am constantly searching for resources to help add to the depth and complexity of the common core standards without accelerating my students too far ahead.  A Great Day To Learn is a site I recently stumbled upon.  Mrs. Venosdale thinks outside the box to provide authentic experiences for her students.  Here is a direct link to an awesome list of thinking and logic games.  Check her out.

A Great Day To Learn

One Lucky Kid Freebie

With three boys ages 1, 2 and 4, it has been difficult to sneak in the time to get this blog going.  However I am going to try get some freebies up and great ideas I am dying to share with you.  Here is a preview of more to come.  Since it's already St. Patrick's Day, just file this one for next year!

One Lucky Kid

Graphics from Alice Smith @ Digi Web Studio

Dr. Seuss Pinterest Finds

Oh Pinterest.  You are so helpful but quite addicting! 

Check out what I am pinning for Read Across America Week.  There was no link to a page for the first one.  If you know who it belongs to, please let me know! I love it!

How cute and easy is this? 

Not sure we could serve this to the students, but why not bring it in for fellow teachers?

Also perfect for my son's lunch! 

  Perfect for March 2nd!

My principal has organized "Seuss Olympics" for the teachers,

so I'll be in sweats, although this is much nicer!