Make 100 math game FREEBIE

I have a great FREEBIE for you today! My class will celebrate the 100th day of school this week, and Valentine's Day is right around the corner!  I made a game that compliments these two themes.  We play a fun math game in our class called Make 100!  This game is played like Go Fish where students try to find decade numbers that will make a sum of 100 (40+60).  

I have included an owl themed set and a bee themed set.  You can print as many of the number partner cards as you like (depending on how many students you want to play the game at one time) and you can choose to include the 100 cards or leave them out.  My students love the 100 cards because they don't need a match and can be used right away!  

 

I hope your students have a blast playing Make 100!

ID Badge Verse - Galatians 6:9

Happy February!  Time flies when you're having fun!  I am so excited to be in my favorite month of the year!  There are so many wonderful themes I enjoy teaching in February!  Groundhog Day, 100th day of school, Valentine's Day, President's Day, Dental Health, and Black History month are all so much fun!  I love integrating these themes into our morning meeting, read aloud, and math stations! 

My verse for this week is Galatians 6:9.  This week I want to enjoy "doing good" to my students, families, and colleagues.  This verse tells us not to grow weary.  Another way of saying this is "take your joy!"  I try to bring my joy to work every day.  When I am in need of a blessing, it always comes at just the right time!  Download the verse of the week and remember to be a blessing to others, because in due season you will also receive a blessing!

February Math Games & Grounghog Math Game Freebie

I can't believe how time flies!  February is already here!  I made a great set of February Math Games that includes groundhog, Valentine, president, and dental health themes.

My sons test the games for me to be sure they are "cool" enough and "fun" enough.  They are in kindergarten and second grade, so I get a good sense of the strategies that can be used to play the games.  I love watching my sons approve the games before I test them with my first grade students.  One of my second grader's comments this time was, "Your fonts are all good!"  Sometimes he has me go back and change things!  

Our favorite game is The Love Connection where you have to cover decade numbers that make 100.  When all the numbers are covered, the player with the longest connecting string of numbers is the winner.  We had a blast playing again and again to see if we could get a longer string of connecting numbers.

I realize Groundhog Day is right around the corner, so I'm linking one of my groundhog games, Shadow Bump, as a FREE PREVIEW.  Students roll two dice and add.  Then they add ten to the sum.  Players can cover, bump, or lock numbers!  It's lots of fun! I hope your students like it!

Stop by my TpT store and check out my February Math Games, and Winter Math Games.   Thanks!  
 

Groundhog Word Work FREEBIE

Mr. Groundhog will be searching for his shadow on February 2nd; let your students search for synonyms with this cute groundhog word work FREEBIE!  

My kids have been working hard on several winter themed word work centers.  Their favorite was a penguin antonym match activity.  Why???  Because I copied the recording sheet for students to turn in.  Even if I make a center with a recording sheet, I usually ask students to record their answers in their journals.  It saves paper, trees, and TIME on my part.  Students show me their word work journals when they come for small group lessons and I don't have to keep up with so many pieces of paper!  Who knew that the kids would be so motivated by a recording sheet and a couple of clipboards? I knew I had to get cracking and make something that was as excting as penguin antonyms!  

I made a groundhog themed word work center for the kids to use next week, and YES, I will copy the recording sheet for them to use!  My students crack me up!  If they finish the the synonym search they can spend a few minutes on the adorable Groundhog ABC Order center I snagged on Classroom Freebies last week!

Do you ever have times when you don't have the work work station stocked?  Do your kids ever finish word work, and all of the "extra" activities for early finishers?  I do!  I picked up a pack of word work task cards that are READY TO GO and can be used at any time.  I plan on using them as a filler between my themed work work stations.  Sometimes, especially on a Friday afternoon, I just can't laminate or plan another word work activity!  

I am so glad my son's teacher made these fabulous Word Work Task Cards and Choice Board!  They are perfect for my word work tub and will be fantastic for my early finishers!  I can't wait until she posts her Daily 5 writing choice boards!  Check them out and don't forget to grab my groundhog freebie. :)  Have a great week!

ID Badge Verse - Matthew 5:9

I hope everyone has a great MLK Day tomorrow!  Take a minute to reflect on why we have this holiday!  I know we'll all be working on our Martin Luther King, Jr. activities in the classroom this week!  Download the verse of the week, Matthew 5:9, and think about the great peacemakers that have set such a wonderful example for us.

As you share about the life of MLK with your students, remember why this great man chose to live a life of peace.  He left a powerful legacy for us all.  Have a peaceful week!

Shape Lovin' math game FREEBIE

My grade level has a new approach to planning this year.  We use planbookedu.com and lesson share.  With the stress of aligning our teaching methods with the rigor of new Common Core State Standards this has been a huge help!  We have a template that each team member posts lessons to.  Each team member hunts and searches through our county's curriculum pacing and finds fresh and fast paced ways to present the information to our 21st century learners.  One team member writes the CAFE/literacy mini lessons, one writes the phonics program mini lessons, one writes science and social studies, another writes the writing mini lessons and writer's workshop lessons, and I do the math.  I'm a literacy girl but as you can see from my TpT store and blog, I've been getting creative with math lately!  As the weeks go by we continue to improve now that each of us is becoming the expert in our one area.  This week I FINALLY got my lessons in by the deadline...6pm on Sunday evening.  (Grad school often gets in the way of my timely execution of lessons and laundry!)

We all have projectors in our room so often times I put a pdf of a game on the big screen during morning meeting and we play girls vs. boys.  We move magnets around the game board in place of pawns.  I can write directly on the board or game spaces and the kids have so much fun.  It's a great way to integrate skills into the social aspects of your morning meeting.  Many times we play games as a group before they are introduced in a guided math small group or before students play them with a partner during math games rotations.  I like to be sure the kids get lots of exposure to the skill or strategy before I turn them loose with a game.

Since I have many so many themed sets, I find myself changing the graphics on the games to make a quick review that goes along with our current theme.  We are beginning third quarter with a shapes unit.  I re-purposed one of my Thanksgiving games to play during morning meeting.  I'm currently working on my February math games pack, so this may make the cut, or I may just leave it as a freebie.   The game is called Shape Lovin'!  As students move around the game board, they name shapes and give real examples of objects with that shape.  When I played with my students we tallied flat and solid shapes during the game.  It was fun and generated authentic math talk among students.  Download it and let me know what you think!  :)

ID Badge Verse - 1 John 4:7

The verse this week is simple and one that many of you already know and live by.  Scripture tells us in 1 John 4:7 to "Love one another because love comes from God."  This chapter is packed with powerful truths about God's love.

11 since God loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.  God is love.

18 There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear...

19 We love because he first loved us.

This week I want to reflect on why I am able to love and remember to extend love to others.  When I teach with love I am sharing God's love with others.  Download this week's verse, 1 John 4:7 and remember to simply love one another.