A Deal and a Steal for Next Year!

The first deal I have for you is my newest product "PSF Interventions"!  This is a brand new product in my store.  This is a great product to have on hand for interventions.  It's easy to use in small groups or one-on-one.  These are just some of the phoneme segmentation fluency (PSF) activities included!

Grab this packet up for just a dollar (through Thursday) by clicking below!

The steal that I have for you is that you can grab up my "Back to School" Whole Class Writing Journal Cover for FREE for the next three days!  

If you like them, grab up the bundle in my store!  They are AWESOME for writing center activities or for creating class books!  Just print and place in the front of a binder or laminate the cover and bind with a comb binding!

Have a great June!

Stephany

Primary Possibilities

Mastering Math Facts {with the Primary Gal}

Hey there!  It's Amanda Wilp from The Primary Gal!  My post today is one that I am "recycling" from my own blog because I have literally slaved over these products for WEEKS!  Seriously.  I don't know about you but many of my fifth grade students are really struggling with basic multiplication facts.  It's sad to see them understanding HOW to do things but not be able to complete them correctly on a consistent basis due to math fact mastery.  So as any teacher-author would do, I set to creating a solution!

Now, maybe I've been helping my kindergartener with her book club where they use these folders to transport books to and from school; but I felt that I just had to create a self-paced system that would allow students to master multiplication facts and build mathematical confidence.  Or....MAYBE I just wanted an excuse to use these ADORABLE folders!  Either way, I set to work!

Last year, I found an old copy of Dr. Carl Seltzer's book Multiplication Facts in Seven Days.  I loved the way he broke up the facts and allowed students to use the commutative property of multiplication to lighten the load of fact mastery.  Why spend time learning your 1's, followed by your 2's, and 3's?  By the time they get to the 6's, they are DONE!

So I set to work making printer friendly flash cards and assessments for my students to begin using.  I passed them out and explained the system to parents at Parent-Teacher Conferences to ensure that they understood that the program is self paced and what my expectations were.  I also included a parent letter incase they didn't attend conferences or needed a refresher later.

Inside each folder is a ziplock baggie with the facts for Set One.  Set One is the largest set but only includes eight facts.  When the parent feels that they are able to fluently answer each fact in the folder they return it to school.  I then assess the students using quick, printer friendly assessments.

My students have actually enjoyed doing these.  Since I am only doing it with about six students in my classroom and six students in the other fifth grade classroom, they feel a little *privileged* to have something that the other students don't.  My fear was that the opposite effect would happen.  They have handled it well and have been very motivated to move through the six sets.

Once I posted the multiplication edition, I had many people asking if I would create an addition set that works in the same fashion.  So, for you younger folks out there, your requests were heard!  I have both addition and multiplication sets available.  If you're interested in using this system in your own classroom, you can grab the Addition and Multiplication Editions by clicking the images below!  After all, they're only $1.00!!!

***Fluency Task Cards*** & MORE!

Hello friends~

It's Dianna from Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching here with you today!

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I get so excited every month to be here with all these wonderful teacher authors & to be a part of such an AWESOME collaborative blog! I LOVE these ladies, I LOVE their products & we all LOVE their deals each month!!!

So I am here today to share with you my ***3 Day $1.00 Steal & MORE***...

For 3 days only:

1. Thursday, October 23rd
2. Friday, October 24th
3. Saturday, October 25th 

You can grab my brand new pack below for only $1.00:

Fluency Task Cards

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All of us have some babies that need a little fluency practice to help them through words & sentences. This is truly the foundation to being a fluent reader through longer texts. Through this pack you will receive 120 task cards that are from the Fry Word List. There are 12 task cards for each of the 10 levels. The Fry Word List contains 1,000 most used words in writing & reading. As "sight words," or words that students recognize instantly, they help students build on reading fluency.

See the Fluency Continuum...

With this product you will receive the following information to get you started...

You will have everything you need to use this during your small group instruction, as a center/station, as a partner activity, an intervention & progress monitoring...

Click HERE for a direct link to this $1.00 deal!!!

If you are interested in having help preparing & setting up a Word Work Station that uses the words from the Fry Word List with assessment pages see below...

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Click HERE for a direct link to this product to go along with the Fluency Task Cards!!!

Ok, so now for the "MORE" of this post! For 3 days only all of my task cards will be 20% OFF for you to grab as well!!!

***Prefix & Suffix Task Cards***

Regular: $2.00

3 Days Only @ 20% OFF: $1.60

***Let's Scoot! Language Task Cards***

Regular: $3.00

3 Days Only @ 20% OFF: $2.40

***Guided Reading Task Cards***

Regular: $2.00

3 Days Only @ 20% OFF: $1.60

***Plural Nouns Pizazz Task Cards***

Regular: $3.50

3 Days Only @ 20% OFF: $2.80

***Decimal Math Task Cards***

Regular: $2.00

3 Days Only @ 20% OFF: $1.60

***Decimal Math Task Cards Part 2***

Regular: $2.00

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***Expanded Form Task Cards***

Regular: $2.50

3 Days Only @ 20% OFF: $2.00

***Missing Addend Task Cards***

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Happy Shopping & have a great weekend!!!

Love, Dianna

Peek & Check Clock

Hello friends! I'm Kelly, from Love to Teach A-Latte. I hope you're well, and you're having great days with your students! I don't know about you, but I am amazed at how fast time is flying! I feel like crazy busy September is leading to a crazy busy October! Speaking of busy, I hope these printable, math FREEBIES can help you in your classroom! It includes an addition color page, a money paper, and mixed two digit addition & subtraction. Enjoy!

Today I'm writing about a tool that has helped my sweet students so much! It's called the Peek & Check Clock. This activity really helps those students that are unsure of telling time to 5 minutes.

You begin by copying the clock pieces on either card stock or copy paper. It just depends how often you'll use it. It could very easily be pasted into an Interactive Notebook for safe keeping. I suggest completing this activity in a small group setting so you can help the kids often.

After that you can color the numbers to match your clock hands. I've found this helps the students make the connection.

Now comes the tricky part-CUTTING! I'm going to warn you now, someone will cut the clock hands too small so be sure to copy the extra clock hand paper. :)  I created a dotted box around the hands so the students stay on that line rather than the actual hand. My picture doesn't show the dashed outline because this was an improvement I made after completing these a few times. Live & learn!

Now you cut on the dashed lines between the hour numbers, it's the red one in the picture. Be sure to remind students to stop on the solid line. Then fold the flaps.

After that the teacher must take a brad and attach the clock hands to the brad. You can do this with a hole punch, which works well, or just poke through the hands. Then you need to poke through the top circle only and secure the brad. Securing it to the top page only is easier than trying to attach it to both. You can use a hole punch here again or just poke through.

Next you glue the 2 circles together by lining up the dot on the 12 & :00. 

Place the glue in the blue circle only.

Then remind the kids to line up the dots I referred to earlier. They'll be all set! 

Let it dry a bit, and it's ready to use! I have always done this activity in a small group setting during my Guided Math lessons. This helps avoid confusion wen putting together the clock.

I've found this tool really helps my littles that need that extra confidence in their answers. This year in 3rd grade, I only used with those students that needed to see the topics taught again. In 2nd grade I did this activity with all the kids and they really enjoyed having it. It was very helpful during independent work & even homework. I hope you can find it useful in your classroom!

It will be marked down to $1.00 until October 10, 2014! Go snatch it up!

See ya next month!

~Kelly