Awesome IPad App {Great for small groups and centers}

I love using the iPad with my students, they love the hands-on aspect of the iPad too ! The only problem is, I only have my one personal iPad to use, which makes it difficult to find meaningful learning apps to use in small groups.  I found this Beginning Sounds app last year which has been awesome as a warm-up for small literacy groups.  It would be great as center too, I've had 4k students who can easily navigate this app..  This app is from Lakeshore (my favorite place to order from !) and it's free !  I love trying out new apps, please comment on your favorite learning app !

Lakeshore Learning Beginning Sounds App

Spring is Here? and Freebie!

Spring is here! Or so they say, the five inches of snow I had to brush off my car yesterday after work must not have gotten the message! Either way, I am grateful for Spring Break next week! I think both the kids and myself need it! I want to share my Spring centers and Literacy activities to make your planning for before or after Spring break much easier! There are five Literacy centers in this pack, including: Spring Rhyming word cards, Spring CVC word cards, a Spring emergent reader, Spring color by sight word, and several Spring themed writing papers. You can purchase these separately in my TPT store or in the bundle! Be one of the first five people to comment on this post and tell me your plans for Spring break, and I will send you this pack for FREE! Just leave me your email!

Spring Literacy Pack

 

I See Spring

Spring CVC Word Cards

Plural Nouns-They Finally Got It!

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All week long, our word work topic before our writing lessons was plural nouns.  We had created anchor charts, made lists, practiced on the white board, and a few other "paper" activities, but I just felt like my students were not getting it! 

Since I work with ELL students, I definitely needed a more hands-on approach, so I created this lesson, and VIOLA!  They finally got it!  It was a simple lesson, but  adding the more creative, hands-on approach worked wonders! 

Here is what we did: 

1. Have students choose a singular noun card.  ( I used the cute chevron ones available in the pack above)
2. Students write their singular noun on the word strip ( I found these cute word strips at Dollar tree!)
3. Have students fold over the strip to the letter before you add the s or es, or to the letter that changes for the y words or rulebreakers

Easy Peasy, and each student created five in about 10 minutes! 

 

 

You can download the cute cards and directions by clicking here.