Happy Halloween Making Words Activities! PDF & SMART Board

Click here to download this freebie!

This activity provides students with a fun way to practice word making and mathematics. Students will cut out letter tiles making the phrase "HAPPY HALLOWEEN". They will work independently and/or with a group to create as many words as they can. There is a final student activity sheet that allows students to analyze the words they have created.
*This comes with a matching SMARTBoard activity. Click on the pictures below to download this additional freebie.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happy-Halloween-Making-Words-SMART-Board-Activity-1526383

Enjoy!
~Erin

More Making Words :)

To say that life has been crazy this year, would be an understatement. Thankfully, my creative spirit is once again beginning to spark and I'm finding/making some new resources! Be on the lookout for some of the educational Glogsters I've created (with handouts), reading response activities, math menus, and much more. Spring Break is just around the corner and I'm hoping to post many new FREEBIES for you to use in your classroom! I am also working on creating a 2013-2014 Teacher Planner that is OUT OF THIS WORLD! I've had an entire year to use the other planner I created and add to it; needless to say, I'm excited to share it with all of you once it is complete. *If you become one of my followers and/or leave positive feedback, I will put your name in a drawing to receive the new planner PERSONALIZED for free! I can't wait to hear from you!
In the meantime, here are some new Making Words (Grade 3) SMARTBOARD activities for you to use!
~Erin

Making Words 3
Making Words 15
Making Words 41
Making Words 50

TONS of Adapted Systematic Sequential Phonics (Prefixes & Suffixes) SMART Board Lessons

I'm TOTALLY guilty of letting weeks go by without a post...please forgive me. I'm sure all of us (educators) have been running around CRAZY and I am certainly doing the same.
To make my absence up to you, I have added to the adapted Systematic Sequential Phonics (Patricia Cunningham) SMART Board lessons to include 1-20 (adding s, es, ies) and 78-84 (prefixes). I've got quite a few new freebies I plan to share this weekend, so be on the lookout.
:)
Erin
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
*Lesson 5 is a review lesson.
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
*Lesson  10 is a review lesson.
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
* Lesson 15 is a review lesson.
Lesson 16
Lesson 17
Lesson 18
Lesson 19
*Lesson 20 is a review lesson.
Lesson 76
Lesson 77
Lesson 78
Lesson 79
*Lesson 80 is a review lesson.
Lesson 81
Lesson 82
Lesson 83
Lesson 84
*Lesson 85 is a review lesson.

Adapted SMART Board Sequential Phonics Prefixes and Suffixes Lessons 36-39

As we continue to utilize the Systematic Sequential Phonics Prefixes & Suffixes book by Patricia Cunningham in our Word Study initiative, I am adapting these lessons for use on the SMART Board. The second unit of study has been CONTRACTIONS and are available below.
Have a great weekend!
~Erin

Lesson 36
Lesson 37
Lesson 38
Lesson 39

Adapted Sequential Phonics SMART Board Lessons 31-35

Hello to all! Summer has begun and I've been offline for a while to finish up on some EOY moving and facilitate Word Study training with my friend Whitney! I can't tell you how much fun we had sharing the new information regarding word study with the FANTASTIC teachers we work with in our district. As promised, I have adapted the lessons from Patricia Cunningham's Sequential Phonics book. Our district has purchased this book for ALL of the teachers that will teach reading/LA next year (yeah!!!). Our first unit of study is COMPOUND words (Lessons 31-35)! I've included a word bank and the letter strips you can print to use with your students. Also, the SB lesson includes the making words, sort, transfer, and word wall activities!
~Erin

   

Additions to Lesson 107

I had the opportunity to go into a 4th grade classroom today to model word study...what a great class! The kids were SO excited and made some great connections when making words; it just made my day. I can't wait to visit all of the other classrooms I will be in the next few weeks.
While I was teaching, I realized that I hadn't posted all the materials I use when facilitating a "making words" lesson...with that said, here are the other materials I use when introducing the mystery word activity.
Letter tiles: I have students cut these out and use them to manipulate and make words. As students are at their desks making words, I have one or more students come up to the SMART Board and make the word...they love it! I included a color-coded version as well that has red vowels and blue consonants.
I also included a "Mystery Word Recording Sheet". After students have done this activity a number of times, they no longer need this sheet...they just make it in their journals/notebooks.
Finally, I included a list of all of the words that can be made from the "mystery word" DEPENDABLE. I always use the online Scrabble dictionary---it rocks!
Enjoy!
~Erin


Click here to visit the online Scrabble dictionary.  Be sure to type in the word you are using in the box "WORD BUILDER".



Click here to download the "Mystery Recording Sheet". I usually print 2 per page so that each student gets a 1/2 sheet and can then tape/paste them into their notebooks.

Click here to download colored tiles. There are 7 per page. 

Click here to download the blank & white tiles. there are 7 per page.

Adapted Making Words-Sequential Phonics Lesson 107

Could I be ANY more out of order?! Okay, so I will explain. :)
I will be going into the classrooms of 3rd and 4th grade teachers this week to model word study lessons. With this in mind, I wanted to use a word that would easily offer discussions (from the students) about a pre/suffix. Soooo...I chose the ABLE ending that we see so ofter in our reading & writing and turned it into an interactive SMART Board lesson!
Use if you'd like!
~Erin

This lesson was adapted from Patricia Cunningham's Prefixes and Suffixes Systematic Sequential Phonics book.

Adapted SB Sequential Phonics Lesson 3

Yesterday was one of our last Instructional Coach meetings before the end of the year. It was certainly bittersweet! I am going to miss the AMAZING group of men/women that I have worked with the past few years. I know that in order for me to grow professionally, going back into the classroom is going to challenge me in ways nothing else can. I think that if I one day would like to be an administrator, having the opportunity to get back in the "trenches" is going to broaden my perspective even more. I am so thankful that when I first came to this district, I began as an ESOL Co-Teacher; it gave me the opportunity to learn K-5 curriculum, build relationships with teachers in ALL content/grades, and branch out professionally in ways I never imagined. The teachers I work with at my school are INCREDIBLE. I've worked in 5 different districts and can honestly say that the teachers I work with now, are outstanding....they have taught me so much in the past 8 years that it is going to be VERY hard to say goodbye.
I guess all of these reflections are coming from the fact that I just got done moving most of my stuff out of my room :( It is almost completely empty and my car (and my husband's) are packed to the gills. All of it will be transferred over to my new 3rd grade classroom just as soon as it is ready.
In my quest to complete a SB Sequential Phonics activity once per day (not quite there yet) here is lesson 3! Use if you'd like!
~Erin

This lesson was adapted from Patricia Cunningham's Prefixes and Suffixes Systematic Sequential Phonics.

Adapted SMART Board Version of Sequential Phonics Lesson 2

I can tell it is the end of the year and my brain is NOT what it used to be! :) Soooo when looking at the SMART Board activity I posted last night I realized that I needed to make a slight change. If you've already uploaded it, go ahead and do it again.... I made the changes to Lesson 1 and went ahead and created Lesson 2...here you go!
~Erin

This lesson was adapted from Patricia Cunningham's Prefixes and Suffixes Systematic Sequential Phonics and Spelling.

Adapted Cunningham Sequential Phonics-Lesson 1: +S, +ES

In preparation of our new roll-out spelling program, I've begun adapting Patricia Cunningham's Prefixes and Suffixes Sequential Phonics that will be used for 3rd grade. I'm still working on adding some additional activities for the "transfer", so if you think of anything please let me know!
~Erin


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