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...

Word Study Foldable Templates - Digital Download

Hello, Internet!

It's been quite some time since I last sat down to blog about some products, or about how the school year is going. Spring Break has passed and now we have just 4 weeks before our state assessments. Eek!

As we get closer to the STAAR test, I'm constantly finding new ways to keep my students effectively busy while I pull small groups as often as possible to reinforce skills.

In fact, just this week I'm planning on implementing a new literacy station system. I'm nervous because we're getting our second walk through from the district this week, but I know I need to change things up! We don't have time to waste, so I'm making the switch the same week as their walk through any way. Wish me luck!

I do hope to share more about the new system with you guys. First though, I'd like to make sure that things go as I plan for them to go. If they don't, I might have to make some tweaks before I share it all. This all makes me think: could be an entire TpT download! {{FUN!!}}

Any way, before I get too side-tracked...I initially started this blog post to inform you about a product that I just added to my store today, Word Study Foldable Templates.

{Click here to download Word Study Foldable Templates.}

I initially made one of these foldable templates when I knew I would be out one day last week. It went over so well & was such a valuable activity for my kids that I made even more & decided to sell them.

As you can see in the preview above, the foldable templates are two-pages each and they should be copied front to back. Then, students cut along the dotted edge and start completing their foldable. I have created a foldable template for the following word study skills: homophones, homographs, antonyms, synonyms, suffixes, & prefixes.

While my students completed the Multiple-Meaning Words foldable last week independently, I'm also going to place some of the other skills at literacy stations. Students will easily be able to manage these activities on their own & be quite successful!

If you think this is something that will work in your class, I highly recommend this for Grade 2, Grade 3, or Grade 4 {my students are in the 3rd grade}. Just go to my TpT shop & download!

Enjoy! :)

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,

Language Arts Word Study Review Book & Assessment - Digital Download

Hello again, everyone...finally!

It's been so long. Like everyone, I've been so busy & life has been hectic! Still enjoying it all though, so that's good. :)

I'm bringing to you here something that I've recently been working on with my students - word study skills. Of course, we've been working on these skills all year long, but I'm getting to the point where I expect my students to master each of these skills since they'll be so heavily tested on our state assessment, the STAAR. 

I created a Word Study Review Book that your students can use just as mine did. They write the definition for each skill: Prefix, Suffix, Base Word, Synonyms, Antonyms, Homographs, and Homophones. Then, they can either illustrate the classroom anchor chart for that skill, or draw something that helps them remember that skill. Two versions of the Word Study Review Book are included in this digital download.

Students will also have an opportunity to write examples for each of these skills, too. I even let my students work in small groups around the room, which they really, really enjoyed!!

Word Study Review Book & Assessment

{Click here to download this from This Little Teacher.}

This digital download also includes an assessment for your students. It's a two-page, 15-question multiple-choice assessment that thoroughly assesses each of these word study skills: prefixes, suffixes, base words, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, & homographs. 

I hope that your students enjoy this as much as mine did! 

Hope you're all doing well! :) 

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!!!

Prefixes & Suffixes Checkers - Free Download

I always, always stress myself out about Literacy Station activities.

I know that there are endless resources to use, but I want to make sure that what my students spend their time doing is of the best quality possible (for me, the time, etc.) and that they're having fun while working, too!

Prefixes and Suffixes Checkers was not my original idea. It was one of those things that I saw on Pinterest and then I carried my own version of it into my own classroom. The original version that I found had words that didn't fit well with our curriculum at the time.

So...

Prefix and Suffix Checkers

Free Download!!!

This concept takes a classic game that nearly every one of my students knows how to play and makes them think a little harder (or a lot...shhh!) while they play. The best part? I got the Checkers board games for this from the Dollar Store!

You download the Prefix and Suffix Checkers template from my TeachersPayTeachers store, cut out the squares, and attach them to the checkers board (I just used folded tape; I don't worry about ruining the $1 boards).

Go ahead, get started with letting your students have fun while secretly learning. I won't tell them a THING! ;)

Prefix & Suffix Pencil - A Pinterest Find

We've recently started talking about prefixes and suffixes in my class. Is it just my kiddos or do all kiddos have a problem remembering WHERE the prefix and/or suffix goes?

I decided that I'd rather have them spend less time trying to remember what to call the word parts either on the beginning or end of a word and more time knowing what various prefixes and suffixes mean so that they can understand word meaning.

This pencil was another Pinterest find...by the way, I've decided I'd be a HORRIBLE teacher without Pinterest...and my kids love it!

I remind them daily, "If you forget what a prefix or suffix is, where can you look?"

Then they all say together, "The pencil!!!"

I traced the Prefix and Suffix Pencil back and owe credit to Brittney from A Day in the Life of a Classroom Teacher. Many thanks for the inspiration, Brittney!!!