Adding Spice to Mapping Skills!

In all the years I've taught, 1st-5th grade students are required to create a map of some kind...usually starting with mapping your classroom (whole group) and then having students map their home or their own room. In my quest to find a way to spice up this lesson, I stumbled upon the Floor Planner website! It is incredibly cool and allowed my homeschooler to create a 2D model of our home....not only that, with just one click, we were able to make the 2D layout we created into a 3D model! I have to say, that this was as much fun for me to learn as it was for my 2nd grader!
If you haven't checked out their website, click here:

Word Study-Long "E" Activities





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This download contains 66 pages of LONG "E" word ending activities. Students will compare the following endings:

1. eet vs. eet
2. eal vs. eel
3. ead vs. eed
4. est vs. essed
5. ed vs. ead

Each LONG E ending set provides the following activities:

1. Make the words2. Sort the Words
3. Write the words4. Illustrate the wordsAnd finally, there is an flip book with each tab labeled with all of the LONG "E” endings used in the activities.Enjoy!~Erin

Word Study-Long "A" Activities

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This download contains 66 pages of LONG "A" word ending activities. Students will compare the following endings:

• ase vs. ace
• ail vs. ale
• ain vs. ane
• ait vs. ate

Each LONG A ending set provides the following activities:

1. Make the words

2. Sort the Words

3. Write the words

4. Illustrate the words

And finally, there is an flip book with each tab labeled with all of the LONG "A: endings used in the activities.

Enjoy!

~Erin

1001-2000 Thousands Charts

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This download contains "THOUSANDS CHARTS" from 1001-2000. You could print them to make posters for your classroom, make mini-posters for student journals and/or print & laminate for workstations. I have taken these and cut them apart (like a puzzle) and had students put them back together....the ideas are endless.
The charts contain the following:
1,001-2,000
2,001-3,000
3,001-4,000
4,001-5,000
5,001-6,000
6,001-7,000
7,001-8,000
8,001-9,000
9001-10,000 

Hope you enjoy!

~Erin

1-1000 Chevron Charts

Click on the picture to download this freebie!
You can print these as posters or mini-posters for Math ISNs. This download contains 100 Charts such as:
1-100
101-200
201-300
301-400
401-500
501-600
601-700
701-800
801-900
901-1000
Enjoy!
~Erin

2013-2014 August-June Polka Dot Designed Calendars

Wanting some cute calendars to keep you organized? Want to print poster-sized calendars for your classroom? Click on the picture below to download this freebie!
Enjoy!
~Erin

NEW! 2012-2013 All-In-One Teacher Planner

Click on the picture above to download the planner containing GRAPHICS.
 

 

Back after popular demand is my NEW All-In-One Teacher Planner!!!

This lesson planner has everything you will need to stay organized for the 2013-2014 school year!

It contains 45 reproducible pages; some of which are:

 

•  Weekly, Monthly, & Yearly Calendars
• Checklists
• Lesson Plan Outlines
• Dismissal Recording Sheets
• Volunteer Sign-In & Information Sheets
• Student Information Sheets
• Class Roster Lists
• Transportation (1st Day & Regular Transportation)
• "TED-Teacher Emergency Dismissal" Sheet
• Substitute Information Sheet
• AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

Enjoy!
~Erin

For those of you who do NOT want colored graphics, you can click on the picture below to download this alternate version.

Independent Reading Response Activities

This menu includes a BUNCH of activities for students to choose from for reading response. Student activity pages are included. You could use this in a workstation or print them 4-6 per page to glud in the ISNs.
Enjoy!
~Erin



Click on the picture above to download the menu and student activity pages!

Literature Circle Student Responsibility Cards

Here you will find activity cards to use when implementing Literature Circles in your classroom. I have introduced Lit. Circle to my class by using read alouds and then focusing on just one responsibility each time. Once all of the students have had the opportunity to do it with you, they can then begin to break apart into groups and be assigned roles. These roles change throughout the reading of an assigned novel.
There are SO many activities students can do within Literature Circles....if you have a role/responsibility that I have not listed on one of the cards, please let me know and I will happily create an additional card for you!
Enjoy!
~Erin

Click on the picture above to download the cards.

Dominoes FREEBIE!

I have updated the 1-15 dominoes I created! I now have both a PDF version AND JPEG picture files for each domino! I'm in the process of creating student activity sheets with them to practice addition, subtraction & multiplication! If you aren't following me yet, be sure to sign in so that you can get email updates any time I post a new freebie! Also, since all of my products are FREE I kindly ask that if you use any of my product, to acknowledge Erin Mills/The Organized Chaos of Instruction to give credit where credit is due.
Thank you!
~Erin


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Click here for the JPEG Version!



Double 15 Dominoes

 

This file contains and entire set of color-coded dominoes from1-15. Practice addition & multiplication with games included in this pack! Directions & scoring sheets are provided as well. I have used these games with 1^st through 5^th grade…with this many dominoes the ideas are endless!

Enjoy!

~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

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.

Word Families-Word Sort & Study

Happy Friday! Sorry I've been out all weel...it has been crazy (once again) and I just haven't been able to get online. Last weekend Mallory had strep and no I had to bring Dylan home early with a stomach ache :) I'm praying that it doesn't spread!
Now that the kiddos are all down, I figured I'd share a goodie for my Kinder/1st teachers out there. I put together some of the word endings that Kinder and 1st grade are studying. I have included both the color-coded and black/white version if you do not have a color copier. We usually cut them out and match them to a picture mat (which I am working on and will post soon). Until then, this is a great activity for students to manipulate on their desk or pocket chart. It has the word endings, first letter sounds, blends, and digraphs. Here is alist of the endings:
ack
ad
ake
am
an
ang
ank
ap
ar
ark
art
ash
at
aw
ell
en
et
ick
ill
in
ine
ing
ink
ip
it
ob
ock
oil
ook
oom
op
orn
ot
out
oy
ug
ump
unch
ut
Let me know if you can think of any others to add.
Thanks!
~Erin



Click on the picture above to download the black/white version!

Click on the picture above to download the color-coded version!

Teacher Gifts-Notepads

The past few years my friend Ranesia and I have printed up these really cute/useful "To Do List" pads for our teachers. We have Printshop put them on brightly colored cardstock (printed front/back) and then bind them with the waxy binding that allows teachers to pull off the sheets once they are finished with them. They were a huge hit when we first gave them out and have done it ever since.
I've already got some printed and ready to go (along with a cute flower pen) that my CTL and I can hand out...I'm so excited and thought I'd share!
Use if you'd like!
~Erin




Click on the picture to download the teacher notepad!

Team Gift: 2012-2013 Lesson Planner

In my preparation for a new school year (and my fabulous 3rd grade team), I created a planner for my teachers. I'm hoping to have Printshop print and bind them in an assortment of beautiful cardstock! Because the file is so big, I wasn't able to upload ALL of the pages...there are multiple clones of many of the pages, including 36 weeks worth of planning sheets. With this in mind, I have given you the "meat" of the planner. If you think of anything else I can add to it, please let me know!
As always, use if you'd like!
~Erin

 

Sorry! I wasn't able to download the pictures of the entire file, but if you click on the pictures below, you can download them ALL! Enjoy :)

Cheez-It Math-Area, Perimeter, & Making Words!

So, I created my original Cheez-It math activity in 1999...yes, I've been teaching that long :) and LOVE this activity! I've added to it throughout the years and finally decided to transform it into a SB lesson.
I have an "activity page" (AKA worksheet) that goes along with it (which I'll have to find), but quite honestly, I'm more of a "record your work in your math journal" anyway. I'm going to post the SB lesson and if you think of anything that would enhance this activity, please let me know. BTW, there are a few pictures that I found randomly in the Internet to help provide examples...I guess great minds think alike :)
~Erin