5th Grade Prefixes & Suffixes Task Cards - Digital Download

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Helllllllloooooo?

Oh, HEY! You ARE there!

It's been a while; I know. I'm back with my same pathetic excuse though...time. I know we're all in the same boat and busy as bees, but I still haven't seemed to find my way of balancing time unlike all of you other talented multitasking people out there!

I'll get there eventually, I suppose.

Until then, thanks for welcoming me back without even as much as an eye roll. You're all too kind! ;)

I'm HAPPY to be back because it's for a good, good, GOOD reason! I've finally cranked out my first 5th grade product in my TeachersPayTeachers store! Yahooooooo!

{Click here to download 5th Grade Prefixes & Suffixes Task Cards.}

I've created Prefixes & Suffixes task cards to share with you. There are 24 of them to be exact. Each word included on these task cards was carefully selected to help BUILD vocabulary (I'm learning that's the key to 5th grade!).

This download also includes an answer document for students to record their answers AND an answer key so that students can self-check their work.

The BEST part???

{Click here to download 5th Grade Prefixes & Suffixes Task Cards.}

I'm offering these for ONLY $1 until 5:30 p.m. CST today, October 13.  I figure you all deserve it for hanging in there with me and being so patient, as always!

Go ahead, we won't waste any more time chatting it up over here. Get. to. my. shop! Buy yourself some quality work for your classroom!

See ya later...

Prefix & Suffix Task Cards - Digital Download

This weekend I have been on a roll in terms of getting things in my shop - yay! That being said, it still takes time to crank out too many activities at once. I'm pretty picky about what makes the cut. :)

Today I've been working on Prefix & Suffix Task Cards, a great purchase for literacy stations in your classroom. These task cards target grades 2 - 4. Each task card has a multiple-choice question about a word with a prefix or suffix.

Here's a close up of one of the cards...

I LOVE the little robot! Isn't he cute? I thought my students would enjoy that.

The cards are also numbered so that students can easily record their answer choice for each card on the answer document that I've included in this digital download.

Prefixes & Suffixes Task Cards

{Click here to download Prefixes & Suffixes Task Cards.}

My students will be using these at literacy stations in the coming weeks, but these would also be good for early finishers - you know, those students that inevitably finish long before everyone else and sit there without anything incredibly valuable to do?! ;)

I hope to get some more task cards created in the near future, too!

Have a great week,

Compound Word Puzzle Activity - Digital Download

This week we're studying compound words...fun!

My kids really seem to grasp this concept naturally, which is refreshing every once in a while. Too often I feel like my kids are working so, so hard, yet still have so far to go {expectations are CRAZY}!!

All that being said, the week isn't over with. And? Lately things haven't been all that I've hoped they would be. It's been rough!!

Is anyone else in the same boat?

Naturally, I'm sure many are. I'm a teacher. We're all teachers. And this gig is tough most of the time. This week and last have just been especially tough.

More on that later though; I think I'm going to make a freebie to share with you all that will hopefully help you as much as it has helped me {telling too much still, sorry}!

Any way, compound words have been fun so far this week & this Compound Word Puzzle Activity has been perfect at my Word Study Literacy Station!

There are 48 cards that pair together to create 24 compound words. These even have fun puzzle-like qualities that make them fit together perfectly. This digital download also includes a recording sheet for students to write down the words they create.

Compound Word Puzzle Activity

{Click here to download Compound Word Puzzle Activity.}

Many thanks to those of you who've purchased or downloaded lately and left positive feedback. Positive feedback helps TpT sellers so much, so any time you spend doing that is appreciated. I try to always, always leave positive feedback! :)

New #1 Product - Prefix & Suffix Word Sort

For the longest, my top selling item in my TeachersPayTeachers store was Who Owns This Bag? Inference Activity, a great activity for teaching your students to make inferences.

Now, after many (woohoo!) recent sales, my Prefix & Suffix Word Sort Activity is MY TOP SELLING PRODUCT!!!

If you haven't checked it out yet, please do!

Prefix & Suffix Word Sort Activities

It's really quite the steal. It's only $2 and it includes FIVE different activity pages!!!

I also have TWO Prefix & Suffix freebies in my store:
Prefix & Suffix Checkers Template
Prefix & Suffix Multiple Choice Worksheet

Prefix and Suffix Word Sort Activity - Digital Download

Sorting activities are some of my favorites to prepare for Literacy Stations. I feel like they keep my students busy, but in an effective way. Plus, I think my students really enjoy sorting activities because it's such a basic concept to them!

This word sort activity was actually originally designed as independent work for my students, but because I made 5 versions (!!!) of the Prefix and Suffix Word Sort, I'm going to have my students use this at a Literacy Station in the coming weeks.

Woohoo! There's one activity I actually won't have to make in the coming weeks. :)

{Click here to download Prefix and Suffix Word Sort Activities.}

This digital download can be found in my TeachersPayTeachers shop (click above) and it includes 5 different version of cut & paste word sorts...meaning, there are 100 words for your students to work through and sort!

Enjoy! And...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Making Inferences with Poetry - Free Download

This year on our campus we hosted a Literacy Night  - truly a lot of fun!

Literacy Night for us this year was an entire night (5:30 - 7:00 p.m.) of planned activities for students to do.  The Literacy Committee started off choosing a date and theme.  Then, each grade level selected an activity to prepare for students.

Our theme this year was "Winter Wonderland!"

The activities that each grade level chose didn't have to relate to the theme, but the decorations for the entire event related to that. There was a large mural that had been painted on cloth and displayed outside. Icicle lights hung from the breezeway covers outside. It was such a NEAT theme & I wish I had taken pictures to share!!

The activity I planned for the students was making inferences through poetry. I had already received some poetry from the Literacy Specialist that I worked with at the end of last year during my long term sub position, and then I Googled & found more online.

{Click here to download FREE Inference Poetry.}

AngelFire.com has oodles of making inferences poems! I chose four of them for Literacy Night and "prettied" them up with fancy fonts. Then, I printed them on thick, colored card stock & laminated them. I made a set of 4 for each poem & scattered them across the table so that each was readily accessible by different children throughout the night.

Students read the poem & inferred what it's talking about. There are many different topics - from a tongue to a magic wand. Some of them are pretty funny, too! The kids really enjoyed them!

Hope you're all having a restful, merry Winter Break away from school. I'm so thankful for this time with my family!!

Who Owns This Bag? Inference Activity - Digital Download

Making inferences is such a BIG part of Third Grade!

Unfortunately, it can be one of the biggest challenges for students. One thing that has helped develop this skill for my students is this inference activity called Who Owns This Bag?

I used this as a literacy station in my classroom. As the teacher, you must outline what items are inside each bag.  Then, the students must use their background knowledge and the clues that you have given them to determine who owns the bag.

{Click here to download Who Owns This Bag? Inference Activity!}

It's really a lot of fun and it's easy to personalize for your students. If you have kids that are interested in gaming, make one of the bags belong to a gamer. Have a lot of basketball or soccer fans in your class? Customize the baggage to them by including items related to that sport!

This activity not only makes inferring fun for students, but it helps them understand how easy making inferences can be if you just use the clues that you've been given.

Do you use any ideas similar to this in your classroom? Students can truly make inferences about nearly anything!!

Homographs Matching Activity & Anchor Chart - Digital Download

This year I've really enjoyed making anchor charts to hang on the walls in my classroom!

It's taken a lot of time to make each one, but it's completely worth it. Each time I create a new anchor chart, the kids thoroughly enjoy them! Therefore, so do I.

And guys?

My kids regularly reference them.

It's such a good thing to ask my students a question, or have them completing an activity, and see them turn around, look at the chart behind them, and confidently go on about their way. It makes me feel so good; them the same.  Win, win.  :)

Recently, we've heavily discussed homonyms. This can be very confusing for students and generally makes them have to (really!) think before they answer.  I like to create catchy, memorable anchor charts, too, because I want my students to be able to visualize them even when they're not there.

Homographs Anchor Chart

Thought process behind this anchor chart :: I teach my students that homographs, as represented by a graph, are things that you can see the similarities in (spelling), like a graph.

{Click here to see other Anchor Charts I've made for my classroom!}

I have to admit; not only are they a helpful classroom resource, but they also pretty up my "window wall" (wall of windows). That makes me think...I should get a picture of ALL anchor charts together on the window wall. I even recently (you're going to think I'm nuts!) divided up the sections into Word Study anchor charts & Reading/Comprehension Skills anchor charts. Crazy? Maybe. But, it makes it easier for my students to reference. :)

Because of these confusing word relationships, I've created so many matching, sorting, hands-on activities for my students to constantly work with. Here's one:

Homographs & Homophones Word Sorting Activity & Activity Page

{Click here to download the Homonyms Word Sort Activity.}

Tell me: what do you find most challenging for your students to differentiate between? 

Text Message Spelling Station Activity - Digital Download

I'm constantly on the lookout for a Spelling station activity. Every week I change the activity that my kids are doing at that station and I have this ridiculous (almost impossible) desire to not repeat an activity...once.

Go ahead and ask me how that's working out.

Okay, guilty; I've actually managed not to repeat yet, but it's turned into something really stressful at times.

Just a couple of weeks ago I was racking my brain for an activity for the week. As always, I wanted something that I knew my students would enjoy doing, but it needed to be something that didn't take a lot of preparation on my part.

Fortunately, my creativity was on my side that day and...

Wahhhlaaaahhh! Text Message Spelling!

My students L-O-V-E-D it! This activity requires the students to write down each spelling word once and then determine what the "secret text message code" is by using the keypad on the iPhone. (Bonus points awarded to me (and you!), the teacher, for this being an iPhone which is SO COOL to them!)

{Click here to download the Text Message Spelling Station Activity} 

Third Grade Reading Goals - A TpT Find

Everyone say it with me, "It's already almost Thursday, which means that it's almost FRIDAY!"

I love, love, love being at school with my kids - I learn so much from them each day - but with all the hours I put in during the week (as do all of us!), I'm already waiting for some more rest and relaxation.

(Thank goodness, by the way, that we had a three day weekend.)

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My absolute favorite teacher blogger that I've discovered so far is Lindsey at The Teacher Wife. If you haven't found her blog, or even more importantly, her TpT store, please click over...now.


She has the most precious things in her store, many things that I want and would like to think that I need! One of those things is her Reading Goal Craftivity.

It allows students to set their own personal reading goal for the school year. I printed these out on cardstock and let my students decorate their own with crayons...

They loved this activity and they're proudly displayed in our hallway now!

Thanks so much, Lindsey, for this great idea!