Go Away Big Monster!

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Making Connections

What does this book make you think about?

Make a connection and design a monster.   

Of course, this story lends itself to several 

text-to-self connections!

 Grab a copy of a response sheet here.

Monster Math Fun

 Read Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart Murphy for some monster math subtraction fun.

Grab a copy by clicking on the picture above. 

Use the monsters to write and illustrate math stories for addition and subtraction.  Make sets or review ordinal position.

Move Like A Monster 

 Add a little movement to the day with these cute books by Josie Bissett.

These books are new to my collection!

 

Laugh with Tickle Monster and dance with Boogie Monster.   

 (The tickle monster mitts are too much fun!)

 Keep on Wiggling and Giggling!

Be sure to check out these fun songs “Monster Boogie” by Laurie Berkner and “Monster Boogie” by Kiddle Karoo.

Roll, Cover, Tally

 

 

Roll two dice and add the numbers

Cover the corresponding ten frame.

Read the corresponding number word.

Use a pencil and tally the total in the box.

Great for Morning Work, Stations, and Intervention.

Pioneer Valley Books App

Who Can Read? 
Book Reader

 

Be sure to check out this app from Pioneer Valley Educational Press, Inc.

Colorful, leveled readers for the iPad.

October Find A Friend

 

Have Fun
 Build the Classroom Community

Click on the picture to download a copy.

 Read "how to play" here.

Clipart from http://www.djinkers.com/

 

 

Have a great month! 

 

September Word Bump

September's Favorite Game

Play it all year long! 

Here is a game board for the words that were reviewed during the first week of school.

(clip art from DJ Inkers)

Before playing, label a die with the six featured sight words.  I like to use a tissue box.  I peel and stick the featured word cards for each week.

Sometimes, I print the words directly on a small, wooden cube.  

This game can be played in partners or groups of three if necessary.  Give each group a game board, a die labeled with the featured words, and different colored bingo chips for each student in the group.

To play, a student rolls the word die and reads the word.  If the word rolled is not covered, he places his chip on the word.  If the rolled word is covered with another player's chip, he may “bump” the other student’s chip off the board.  If the word that he rolled is covered with his own chip, he may roll again.  The first student to cover the board wins.

Grab the board, the word cards, and a September take-home word list.

Color Word Bump Game

 

 (dj inkers clip art featured in center of game)

Here is a bump game for Color Words!

 Before playing, place the colored crayons in a brown paper bag or small box.

This game can be played in partners or groups of three.  Give each pair of students a game board, a bag of the colored crayons, and bingo chips of different colors for each student in the group.  Remember to model the game in whole group before playing with a partner.

  I like to use colored bingo chips as game markers because the students can see through the chips.  Unifix cubes work well too!  

To play the game, a student reaches in the paper bag and pulls out one crayon.  The student names the color of the chosen crayon and places his colored bingo chip on the color word.  (For beginning readers, encourage those students to check and read the color word on the side of the crayon.)  If the color word is not covered on the game board, the student places his chip on the word.  If the color word is covered with the other player's chips, he may “bump” the other student’s chip off the board.  If the color word is covered with the student's own bingo chip, he may return the crayon to the bag and pick again.  The first student to cover the board with all of his colored chips wins. Play as time allows.  Add this game to the working with words station.

Grab a copy of the game here!

Enjoy!

A Book About Me

 

All of us have some type of student created booklet for the first week of school.  This type of simple activity is great to have on hand!  My old copy was in need of new clip art and a simpler font.  (This little project took a LOT longer to complete than I thought it would!)  If you are looking for a new "Book About Me" or just want to add this PDF to your collection, feel free to download it HERE.  I've include directions on the last page for teacher use.  Please remember to remove the "Directions To The Teacher" page before copying the booklet for classroom use.

Hope you are enjoying the summer!