Playing games in your classroom is the perfect way to review skills while keeping students engaged in their learning. I like to make sure that I always have some games prepped and ready to go. Not only do I purposefully place games into my lesson plans for the week, but I also use games when…
This set of 25 Phonics Based Tic Tac Toe games makes practicing phonics skills fun. The students will play like the traditional Tic Tac Toe game, but each player will have to read the word or name the sound in the picture before placing their X or O.
Learning sight words is such an important skill for beginning readers. Goodness gracious though! Who came up with some of the spellings of our common sight words? Why does it have to be so confusing? We teach these phonics rules, and then throw more than a hundred words at our students that don’t follow those…
I finished my January NO PREP Games packet this weekend. This packet includes 5 Language Arts and 5 Math games as well as 2 whole group games. They are NO PREP…just print and play. If you have purchased my Games Galore Bundle, you can go and redownload it to get the January packet. …
It’s not even the middle of November and I have my December Games Galore packet done. I can’t believe that I’m actually ahead for once 😉 Maybe it’s the fact that now it’s so cold that it feels like December or that I’m nesting, but TpT style. This packet, just like all of my Games…
Isn’t it crazy that we are at the end of October? The month has gone by so fast! Honestly, the rest of the year will, too, with the upcoming holidays. However, thinking about how much learning still needs to occur before students head home for winter break is stressful. Thankfully, the Math & Literacy Games…
Last year, I started creating my Games Galore packets. These monthly packets include 10 NO PREP partner games {5 language arts and 5 math} as well as two whole group games. I love having them on hand when I have a few extra minutes. I also use many of them during small group stations. Students…
April is a tough month to keep students focused. Since it is warming up, everyone wants to be outside playing. However, there is still essential learning to do during the last few months of school. So, teachers often have to get creative in their planning. Lessons usually require group work that allows students to talk…
Are your students starting to get a bit antsy now that it is warming up outside? I know mine are! Honestly, it can be challenging to keep students focused during the last few months of school. However, there is still so much learning and reviewing to do! Thankfully, the Math and Literacy Games for March…
The 3 day weekend allowed me some time to finally sit down and finish my latest unit and I am beyond thrilled with how it turned out! I’m pretty sure you already know this, but kids LOVE playing games. My students get so excited when they get to play any type of game. My own…
Students build the foundation for the rest of their lives during elementary school. For instance, they start by learning letters and transition into writing words. Then, they progress to writing sentences and paragraphs. Since this knowledge is crucial to being a reader and writer, teachers know the importance of engaging, hands-on activities. Thankfully, the 1st…
As the year winds down, teachers are running around like crazy! They plan fun end-of-the-year activities, clean their classrooms, and take down decorations. Honestly, there is so much to handle that teachers often feel overwhelmed by everything. So, this list provides the perfect list of essential items when wrapping up the end of the school…
