sight speed fluency cards! a life saver!

Hello Everyone!!

It occurred to me one day during small reading group that flash cards with the sight words written on them in my prettiest, brightest colored markers were great and all...but where was the spark? So I thought~~what if these flash cards went beyond one word to two word phrases, three word phrases, and so on. So I created these cute little Sight Speed Cards and my students have ENJOYED..that's right...enjoyed learning those 100 sight words in the first grade!! I broke each set down to the groups of 10 Fry words. I am so excited to use these and they are too. Even better...once my student has mastered the 10 words in a set...they receive an award to take home and share with their families!! I also created 100 pages of each Fry word in the first 100 Fry Words for you to use with your students as reinforcement or small group or even homework. Please take a peek at my preview by visiting my teachers pay teachers store:)  Here are some pics:

Here is a pic of all 10 sets with 10 words in each...all Fry Words:)

I cut these out and laminate them up and...

Viola! Put them on a ring and you are all set for your firsties to start learning those words in no time!

Once they have mastered a set of words, your students earn a reward for them to keep in their folder, take home to pin up on the fridge, or make into a sticker and wear it with pride!:)  

These have truly made a difference with my lower students...they feel more confident in their daily and independent reading. Fluency speed has increased and overall success has been made!!  I have seen great results:)  I do hope these will help your students too!  I will be making this for the 2nd 100 Fry Words and the 3rd Fry Words as well:)

I also created 100 pages of Sight Word Response Sheets...one page for each Fry Word.


 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Speed-Fluency-Cards-with-the-First-100-Fry-Words-1181813

Thank you for stopping by!!
Happy Teaching!!
Stacy Gooch

Michael Recycle and Earth Day math!

Earth Day is almost here! I thought about this one day as I was recycling my milk jugs and water bottles. I thought these caps could be used as good math manipulatives! IDEA sparks shooting out everywhere....then dollar store trip. I made two math stations to use with my Michael Recycle lieracy unit.  I couldn't stop there so I made 5 math journal word problems....my students LOVED these! I really enjoy using literature as my hook....what do you use to get your students engaged?

First, I collect so many caps....whoa that's a lot! 

This  math station is using part part whole stragegy. I used, or should I say, reused water bottle caps as counters...amazing results with my struggling math students. 

 Here are the containers I purchased for these stations...which I will reuse for other stations too:)

I really like this station....because it looks like real recycling bins.  I put out more caps for counters.  This was a favorite! you can see this math unit and my other Earth Day unit at my tpt store...just click the button or brose my store right from this blog :)

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Earth Day!

data notebooks

I am soooooo glad I finally decided to do data notebooks! They have made life very easy when it comes to keeping track of my firsties progress....or in a few cases....no progress. In those few cases (3 to be exact) I can then create a small reading group for those children and voilà...problem solved. I created my own data notebooks to use for my students and my team of teachers. You can find these at my teacher pay teachers store by clicking the tpt button :) Here's a few pics.

first we read a story. It might be from our reading series and/or a story of the week.

This week we used Go To Sleep Groundhog! I chose a response sheet that targeted the skills we are learning. These response sheets are super duper because they each (over 70) have the Common Core stander at the bottom for you to seeand record into their data notebooks. Plus it shows parents what their child is learning....love it!

Next...if they have mastered the skill I record it in their data notebook....or just highlight the standard...easy peasy!

for each standard they master, my students earn a colorful card on a ring. This way my students and their parents see the progress they are making. Yay!

please see my earlier post from June on how I put my notebooks together. It is aaesome fun to do! I love Michael's craft store so I went crazy putting mine together.

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Fancy Nancy

 Hey everyone! Well it was an exhausting week, but aproductive one. We had a fab time learning our robust vocabulary from our fav story character.... Fancy Nancy! I read the story Fancy Nancy There's No Day Like a Snow Day on Monday. We learned 7 new vocab words from the story and completed workstations I created throughout the week. Here are some pics...

I went to the DollarStore....like every week....lol. I thought these baskets would go good with my winter wonderland theme. I organize my workstations in each....

this is Fancy Nancy workstation. I put the vocab cards in a smaller basket and the definitions in another.

Viola...

and here are the writing and word work stations. These r all on my tpt site along with some freebies just for you! How do you organize your stations? And do you use Fancy Nancy books in your classroom? Thanks for stopping by! Have a great night!