Cactus Table Labels are Up!

I'm tutoring this summer, so I usually try to do 30 minutes worth of work in my classroom while I'm there.  Might as well get a few things done, right?

Today, I took in the Cactus Table Labels I had printed and laminated and I put them on all my table baskets and caddies.

The longer, rectangular ones are for my baskets.  I use these baskets to put my students' baggie books and iPads.

The smaller, circular ones are for my table caddies.  In addition to the Super Words sight words books and scissors you see pictured, these also hold pencils, erasers, and glue sticks.

Side note: I bought the cute little faux succulent as a variety box of 3 at IKEA.

If you'd like to check out the Cactus Table Labels and Super Words sight word books click on the links to visit my TPT shop.  Thanks for stopping by!

Cactus Table Labels

I'm starting to work on a few things for the new school year.  I made these Cactus Table Labels for my table baskets and caddies and I've uploaded them on TPT.

 I printed them out on white textured card stock.  I love the simple black and white design and, of course, the doodle cactus.  Next up: to laminate, cut out, and adhere the labels to my baskets and caddies using Velcro dots.

I created both rectangle and circle designs, in different sizes to help accommodate differing needs.  I plan to put the rectangle ones on my baskets and smaller circle labels on my smaller table caddies.  I'll post pictures once I've got them all set up.  

The packet also comes with larger circle labels which can be hung from the ceiling, if desired.

You can find these Cactus Table Labels in my TPT store.  Thanks for checking them out!

Sight Words Reference Books

I loved it this week when the little guy I'm tutoring this summer asked if I could pull out a Super Words reference book (Sight Words Books) so that he could look up how to spell a word.

He was working on a non-fiction book about Great White Sharks and knew that the word 'white' was one of the sight words we learned this past year.  Win!!

I printed these Sight Words Books two years ago and they have survived at least 50 little hands using them.  They are super simple to print out.  I chose to print my covers on red paper to match my classroom décor and I laminated them for extra durability.

I do plan to prep some replacement copies this summer as some of my students have underlined words or accidentally written in them as they've been using them.  But, otherwise they have held up nicely.

I print out enough copies for every student, plus a few extra.  These get placed at tables around the room and at my writing center.  What I love most about these handy reference books is that they have replaced the need for a word wall and, even better, my students have access to all 220 Dolch sight words right from the very first day of school.  Read more about that here. 

Sight Words Books are only $2.50, easy to prep, and are available in my TPT shop.  I hope you and your students love using them as much as we do!

Also available as part of these two bundles:

Sight Words Bundle

Sight Words Bundle with Seesaw Assessments

Sight Word Assessments using the Seesaw app

Do you teach primary and need an easy way to assess sight words on a regular basis?  Now available are my Sight Words Assessments using Seesaw!

If you have access to iPads in the classroom, or another means of using the Seesaw app, then this is the resource for you!

Gone are the days of assessing my students one-on-one with flashcards.  Now, I simply upload the sight words onto Seesaw and my students work independently to read the words and upload it to their learning journal.  This saves me a HUGE amount of valuable time because I can then listen and evaluate at another time.  I can work with other students in the classroom while several students are taking the assessment.  EASY PEASY!

Here is a video of one of my students reading his sight words to me using the Seesaw app:

After reading the words, my students save it in their learning journal for my approval.  I simply open it, listen and assess, then approve so that connected parents can see their progress.

Click here to learn more about how I teach sight words in my classroom (I call them Super Words!).

Also available is my Sight Words Bundle with Seesaw Digital Assessments.

You are going to love this simple and easy way to get those sight words assessments done and keep your students on track.  Thanks for stopping by to check it out!

Mother's Day Project

There are so many great ideas out there for Mothers Day, so I combined a few and came up with this!

These were fairly simple to create.  First, take a brown paper bag and fold it in half.  I stapled the edge to make a "binding". I've seen many paper bag books with ribbon tied to create the binding; however, I went simple!  Then, I found the pages for kids to decorate from The Memorable Teacher.  It was a FREEBIE!  Woot!

I chose 4 pages from the packet and pre-cut the squares out.  Students wrote and colored and used glue sticks to adhere them.  This created the front and back covers and inside.

I chose to keep the opening of the bag toward the bottom of the booklet.  We created a fun picture card to insert into the bag opening.  We took pictures of the kids outside, edited them, then attached to card stock.  I cut out circles with a circle punch to create the little tab to pull the picture out of the slot.  This creates a fun little surprise for mom to find!

Now, on to the keychains.  Aren't these adorable?!  I got this idea from Simply Kinder.  They are created with Shrinky Dink sheets and Sharpie markers!  It took me a little while to perfect cooking them, but after I got the hang of it, it was pretty easy.  Hint:  The shorter the length, the better, as they will curl up in the oven and begin to stick together.

I used a small circle punch in the corner of the bag book and looped ball chain through.  I opted to use ball chain instead of the keychains shown above.  I knew I wanted to attach them to the bag books.  I ordered these on Amazon in 3" length.

Voila!  I think our moms are going to love these!

Teacher Appreciation Week

I feel so blessed to have such amazing families and kids this year.  For teacher appreciation week, our room mom suggests students bring a single flower to be added to a vase, with the idea that it will make a bouquet.  Well, my families all brought in whole bouquets!  It looked like a florist shop in my room all week.  This is just a small sample... I had two other vases full and took 5 bouquets of tulips home to enjoy.

Of all the student notes I received, this one made me giggle the most:

Now THAT'S a compliment!

Enjoy your weekend!

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