Oh Christmas Tree!

I saw this super cute cooperative Christmas Tree project on Pinterest and HAD TO TRY IT! It was super easy to set up and gave each student a chance to get creative!

Supplies I used....
1. Three different shades of green card stock paper
2. Ribbon, I used silver and red because that is what I had
3. Glitter Foam (Cut into small pieces for ornaments)
4. Colored circle stickers, construction paper, random sequins from the craft bin

6. GLITTER. SO. MUCH. GLITTER.

The first thing I did was take the 8 ½ by 11 construction paper and cut each piece into triangles. All I did was measure 4 ¼ inches at the top of each page and made a small dot, then connected the dot to the bottom corners of the page. Annnndd whaalaa! Perfect Triangles for this tree! I gave each student a triangle to decorate, went over expectations, and modeled how to use the objects provided. After that, I told them to get creative and make a beautiful tree!

I absolutely love how each student’s unique artistic style is displayed as we all worked together to create one stunning project!

I also LOVED that I was able to fit so much academic “stuff” into this one project! Fine motor skills, colors, shapes, measurement, patterns, team work, and more! The best part, it only took about 50 minutes from start to finish! I highly recommend this project!

What are some of your favorite Christmas Crafts? I’m always looking for fresh ideas!

Happy crafting,

Jessie

Oh Christmas Tree!

I saw this super cute cooperative Christmas Tree project on Pinterest and HAD TO TRY IT! It was super easy to set up and gave each student a chance to get creative!

Supplies I used....
1. Three different shades of green card stock paper
2. Ribbon, I used silver and red because that is what I had
3. Glitter Foam (Cut into small pieces for ornaments)
4. Colored circle stickers, construction paper, random sequins from the craft bin

6. GLITTER. SO. MUCH. GLITTER.

The first thing I did was take the 8 ½ by 11 construction paper and cut each piece into triangles. All I did was measure 4 ¼ inches at the top of each page and made a small dot, then connected the dot to the bottom corners of the page. Annnndd whaalaa! Perfect Triangles for this tree! I gave each student a triangle to decorate, went over expectations, and modeled how to use the objects provided. After that, I told them to get creative and make a beautiful tree!

I absolutely love how each student’s unique artistic style is displayed as we all worked together to create one stunning project!

I also LOVED that I was able to fit so much academic “stuff” into this one project! Fine motor skills, colors, shapes, measurement, patterns, team work, and more! The best part, it only took about 50 minutes from start to finish! I highly recommend this project!

What are some of your favorite Christmas Crafts? I’m always looking for fresh ideas!

Happy crafting,

Jessie

More Than Just a Clip Card

My students LOVE clip cards that are cute and easy to read. In my classroom, we use clip cards as more than just a one student silent work. We get creative and make learning FUN! Some examples of how we use these cards....

1. Standard Clip Card Center - 1-2 students work to clip the correct answer at a center

2. Clip Card Game - 2-4 students work together, cards face down in a stack with clips in storage bin, one student flips the first card over and the first student to say the correct answer gets to clip and keep the card. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins! 

3. Warm-up matching game -  This is done whole group or small group. I hand out one card to each student face down, and they need to find a student with a card that has the same number of syllables as their card. So if student A has “island” and student B has “taco” then they are a match because both words are two syllables! They stand with their partner at the finish line and then share whole group once everyone has a partner. 

*Added challenge is to play this game with no talking! 

4. Small group lesson - This one is teacher directed. I do this with 5-7 students in a group. I gather them around a table or on the circle rug and I hold up the cards one at a time. I ask the students to count out the syllables from the picture. Then I let them clip the correct number and display it on the board. This is a quick, yet effective, practice activity for your students! 

These awesome cards can do SO MUCH MORE than just one thing. 

What creative ideas do YOU have for clip cards? 

Get this set of clip cards AND printable syllable activities  HERE

Happy Clipping, 

Jessie 

More Than Just a Clip Card

My students LOVE clip cards that are cute and easy to read. In my classroom, we use clip cards as more than just a one student silent work. We get creative and make learning FUN! Some examples of how we use these cards....

1. Standard Clip Card Center - 1-2 students work to clip the correct answer at a center

2. Clip Card Game - 2-4 students work together, cards face down in a stack with clips in storage bin, one student flips the first card over and the first student to say the correct answer gets to clip and keep the card. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins! 

3. Warm-up matching game -  This is done whole group or small group. I hand out one card to each student face down, and they need to find a student with a card that has the same number of syllables as their card. So if student A has “island” and student B has “taco” then they are a match because both words are two syllables! They stand with their partner at the finish line and then share whole group once everyone has a partner. 

*Added challenge is to play this game with no talking! 

4. Small group lesson - This one is teacher directed. I do this with 5-7 students in a group. I gather them around a table or on the circle rug and I hold up the cards one at a time. I ask the students to count out the syllables from the picture. Then I let them clip the correct number and display it on the board. This is a quick, yet effective, practice activity for your students! 

These awesome cards can do SO MUCH MORE than just one thing. 

What creative ideas do YOU have for clip cards? 

Get this set of clip cards AND printable syllable activities  HERE

Happy Clipping, 

Jessie 

Freebie Alert!

Subitizing Clip Cards AVAILABLE NOW! 

Subitizing is an essential skill for kindergartners to master during the year. The ability to be able to know how much a quantity is by recognizing number sets without having to individually count each object substantially increases a students ability to solve multi step math problems. We subitize every. single. day. Adults and children alike use this skill constantly. Help your students practice subitizing with this awesome pack of clip cards! Use this set of cards for whole group lessons, small groups, math centers, morning work, or individual intervention.

*In Color and B&W for easy printing!

Get it here

Happy Clipping,
 Jessie

Freebie Alert!

Subitizing Clip Cards AVAILABLE NOW! 

Subitizing is an essential skill for kindergartners to master during the year. The ability to be able to know how much a quantity is by recognizing number sets without having to individually count each object substantially increases a students ability to solve multi step math problems. We subitize every. single. day. Adults and children alike use this skill constantly. Help your students practice subitizing with this awesome pack of clip cards! Use this set of cards for whole group lessons, small groups, math centers, morning work, or individual intervention.

*In Color and B&W for easy printing!

Get it here

Happy Clipping,
 Jessie

Beginning Letter Sounds

Clip Cards! Clip Cards! Clip Cards!

Get your students excited about practicing beginning letter sounds with this super pack of clip cards and activities! These versatile activities can be used in whole group, small group, or one on one settings.

Included in this set....
*44 Beginning Letter Sound Clip Cards in Color and B&W
*9 Worksheet style activities
Get This Pack HERE

Beginning Letter Sounds

Clip Cards! Clip Cards! Clip Cards!

Get your students excited about practicing beginning letter sounds with this super pack of clip cards and activities! These versatile activities can be used in whole group, small group, or one on one settings.

Included in this set....
*44 Beginning Letter Sound Clip Cards in Color and B&W
*9 Worksheet style activities
Get This Pack HERE

Kindergarten Memory Book

An end of the year project for your kindergarteners and their parents to remember what an incredible year it has been. 

Memory Book

-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts 

Kindergarten Memory Book

An end of the year project for your kindergarteners and their parents to remember what an incredible year it has been. 

Memory Book

-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts 

Writers Workshop

Our classroom pencil! Each day I put a post it with the students' name on one of the topics I would like them to focus on that day. This has really helped with developing writing skills.

-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts

Writers Workshop

Our classroom pencil! Each day I put a post it with the students' name on one of the topics I would like them to focus on that day. This has really helped with developing writing skills.

-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts

Happy Easter! I'm Having A Sale!

In honor of the holiday I have rolled back prices on my bestsellers! Check it out!

20% off!

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-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts

Happy Easter! I'm Having A Sale!

In honor of the holiday I have rolled back prices on my bestsellers! Check it out!

20% off!

Click here to shop the sale!


-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts

Earth Day Math Pack

Celebrate Earth Day with this math pack! I like to use these as independent works during math centers.

Earth Day Math Pack

*Black and white number matching cards
*Colored number matching cards
*Addition to 10 worksheets
*Subtraction worksheets
*Find the middle number
*Skip counting practice
*Tally mark practice

ALL worksheets are black and white for easy printing!

Earth Day Math Pack

Celebrate Earth Day with this math pack! I like to use these as independent works during math centers.

Earth Day Math Pack

*Black and white number matching cards
*Colored number matching cards
*Addition to 10 worksheets
*Subtraction worksheets
*Find the middle number
*Skip counting practice
*Tally mark practice

ALL worksheets are black and white for easy printing!

Sight Word Graphing

Sight words getting you down? Help your students become more fluent with this pack of sight word graphing worksheets. I like to use these as morning work or as a literacy center when I do my daily five time.  NO PREP

Sight Word Graphing 

*Includes over 70 sight words

*the, see, can, was, you, her, this, 

has, I, my, like, we on, and, an, a, me, to, am, go, be, by, with, at, him,

is, in, for, have, play, are, had, said, he, that, she, no, but, of, as, good, 

yes, it, look, not, little, all, do, they, who, what, did, came, black, four, 

get, into, must, new, our, out, ran, saw, say, so, want, well, went, come, 

some, were, one

*18 Sight word graphing worksheets

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Sight Word Graphing

Sight words getting you down? Help your students become more fluent with this pack of sight word graphing worksheets. I like to use these as morning work or as a literacy center when I do my daily five time.  NO PREP

Sight Word Graphing 

*Includes over 70 sight words

*the, see, can, was, you, her, this, 

has, I, my, like, we on, and, an, a, me, to, am, go, be, by, with, at, him,

is, in, for, have, play, are, had, said, he, that, she, no, but, of, as, good, 

yes, it, look, not, little, all, do, they, who, what, did, came, black, four, 

get, into, must, new, our, out, ran, saw, say, so, want, well, went, come, 

some, were, one

*18 Sight word graphing worksheets

-Anchor Charts and Paper Hearts

Tally and Graph FREEBIE

Check out my latest freebie! This pack includes eight tally and graph worksheets for students to do as morning work or as a math warmup. I like to use these and do the same graph on my easel paper to keep the students engaged.

-Anchor Charts and Paper Hearts

Click here for this graphing freebie!

Tally and Graph FREEBIE

Check out my latest freebie! This pack includes eight tally and graph worksheets for students to do as morning work or as a math warmup. I like to use these and do the same graph on my easel paper to keep the students engaged.

-Anchor Charts and Paper Hearts

Click here for this graphing freebie!