Happy Wednesday! I wanted to *reshare* this Pot of Gold Fractions FREE craftivity from several years ago just incase you're working on fractions this time of year. I shared several fraction activities here that are lots of fun! My students always loved making these. A fun way to amp up the engagement for this is to color in the fraction pieces yellow to represent gold prior to the activity. Afterwards, you hide the fraction "gold" around … [Read more...]
Cloud and Weather Activities
Happy Wednesday! It's been raining cats and dogs here pretty much nonstop. One day it's humid and the next it's super cold. Welcome to Texas, ha! I am so ready for sunny skies and warmer weather. Speaking of weather, I want to show you some cloud and weather activities! Cloud and Weather Activities Weather Journal: students create a weather journal and record the weather for one week by gluing the matching weather and recording the … [Read more...]
Long A Vowel Teams ai ay Phonics Activities and Games
Have you tried Phonics Friends yet? If you aren't familiar with them you can read about them here. GAME CHANGER in my room years ago! I wanted to share one of my newer ones with y'all: The A Team Cheerleaders! They help teach about the long a (ai ay) sound and spelling skill. Let's take a look. LONG A VOWEL TEAMS AI AY PHONICS ACTIVITIES AND GAMES Before starting, I want to let y'all know that the weekly and daily lesson plans that are … [Read more...]
Place Value and Number Sense Math Game
Happy Friday! If you follow my on Instagram or Facebook then I am sure you have seen this place value and number sense math game shared a bazillion times on my feed. It is so much fun and super engaging! I also shared it 3 years ago on my blog here. I'll link a video at the end of this post! Place Value and Number Sense Math Game We played this game so many times in my classroom over the years. We played it with math, phonics, sight word … [Read more...]
February STEM Activities
Happy Monday! Popping in to share my February STEM activities from last year. These are set up like my other monthly STEM activities as well as my 100th/120th Day STEM activities. You can find all of those here! February STEM activities There are 7 stations/STEM activities included. Each one comes with a "challenge mat" that states the challenge as well as the materials needed. There are both color and black/white versions available … [Read more...]
February Writing Activities and Crafts
Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a great and restful weekend. I wanted to share some February writing activities and crafts with y'all. The best part: they're currently ON SALE for the TPT Site Wide Sale! February Writing Activities and Crafts Write-Tivities are one of my favorite resources. Why? Because whether you're teaching poetry, narrative, descriptive, expository, or any type of writing, there is an option for all! Along with a … [Read more...]
PrePrimer Sight Word Activities
Hello and happy Friday! I wanted to show you these PrePrimer sight word activities that I have been doing with my youngest. He is loving them and is doing so well recalling the words we have learned so far. PrePrimer Sight Word Activities Each week we learn a new word. This of course could be done differently in your classroom; this is just what works for us. Each day we will do 1 - 2 pages to practice that week's word. For example, … [Read more...]
100th Day Activities
Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all having a great week; it's almost to Friday! Whoohoo! I want to share my favorite 100th Day activities with y'all. If you've got your big day coming up, I hope these are helpful. 100th Day Activities -STEM ACTIVITIES- First up are STEM activities! These are just that - STEM activities in a station. One thing that I love about these is that they are so simple to prep. All you need is that materials … [Read more...]
Martin Luther King, Jr. activities
Happy Wednesday! I hope y’all are having a great week. I wanted to share several FREE Martin Luther King, Jr. activities + anchor chart goodies with you all…as well as a few other favorites! Hopefully these activities are all helpful to you and make your lesson planning a little easier. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ACTIVITIES First up, are these MLK write-tivities. If you've been here for a while, then you know how much I love me some … [Read more...]
January Winter Activities for PreK, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade
Happy Friday! Was this your first week back? If so, I hope it was a great one! Some of you may have already started incorporating winter activities into your classroom this week, but I wanted to go ahead and share some of my favorites with y'all just incase you're looking! All of these are for younger grades - PreK, K, 1, and 2! January Winter Activities for Prek, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade I have several available here, but … [Read more...]
New Years Activities
Happy (almost) New Year! I wanted to share some New Years activities from the past years that are great for kicking the New Year off in your classroom. I have updated everything to include the year 2020! Year 2020!?! Can you believe that? **Click HERE to see a full post with ALL the activities pictured above! There are a few FREE activities included! ** Tag me (@smittenwithfirst) in your Instagram pictures of these; I'd love to see how you … [Read more...]
Roll and Move Phonics Game
Raise your hand if you love a fun learning game? I recently created a simple print and go phonics game that I'm so excited to share with y'all. ROLL AND MOVE PHONICS GAME All you need to incorporate this game is: -game mat -recording sheet -die -game pieces (pompoms work great!) This game is played in partners. Player 1 rolls the die and moves the amount of spaces their die lands on. Player 1 then spells the word on their recording … [Read more...]
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