Fun Light Box Designs

Oh my goodness!

I have been having so much fun creating designs for my classroom light box. 

#nerd

Here's a sneak peek at some of the designs:

You can find all of my light box designs here:

You simply print these on transparency paper, cut and insert into the light box. 

*Buy your transparency paper at Walmart or Amazon - WAY cheaper than at the office supply stores.* :)

I purchased the Heidi Swapp Light Box at Michaels. It was 40% off, plus I used my teacher ID to get an additional 15% off. 

Woohoo!

Almost finished adding 5 more designs to this growing bundle.

:)

Hope everyone is surviving back to school!

Reading, Solving, and Writing Story Problems

We have been super busy in math. 

My class has reeeeeally loved our addition and subtraction unit - especially story problems.

It has been so rewarding teaching this unit - watching the skill and interest grow!

CHECK THESE STORY PROBLEMS OUT!! 

I used this pack to help my students read, solve, and write their own story problems. It also includes an addition and subtraction key word sort. 

Some of what's included:

Addition and Subtraction key word sort

8 story problems for students to read, illustrate,  solve, and write the equation. 

{4 addition and 4 subtraction}

  Story Problem Publishing Kit
with 6 adorable covers to choose from
or 1 ink saver version students can decorate

 A variety of paper choices for students to write their own story problems. 

A story problem poem.... and more. 

Check out this product here:

I truly hope your students love this as much as mine did! :)

Alliteration Celebration

My students have been working hard in writer's workshop throughout our Alliterations Unit. 

We work on many things during this unit:

building vocabulary

studying mentor texts

writing with a purpose

letter names and sounds

beginning sound fluency

stretching (beginning, middle, and ending) sounds in words as we write

phonics

capitalization

spaces

punctuation

publishing

and my favorite...

viewing writing as FUN!!!

You can read more about this super fun, engaging unit here. 

Check out some of our work:

On Friday we were ready to celebrate all of our hard work so I held an alliteration celebration.

I asked each student to bring in a small trinket or snack that begins with the same sound as their name. 

I gave each student a personalized alliteration, and gave them buckets to collect their goodies, and two R items (for Rider)... 

rulers and rings. 

As I would read each one the room was filled with giggles... 

and applause for each student's hard work. 

The joy on my students' faces was priceless!!

Check out the highlights from our celebration:

Check out my Alliterations pack here:

Find the Free Alliteration Student Shout Out Cards here: