Sorting Common and Proper Nouns Activity Pack!

Hellooooo friends! I have been hard at work with another TpT product and I would LOVE for you to check it out! :) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sorting-Common-and-Proper-Nouns-Activity-Pack-1512226

I made this activity pack a few weeks ago to use in my student teaching classroom (2nd grade). My kiddos loved the hands-on aspects of the activities and personally relating to common and proper nouns. All this meaningful learning made me happy, happy happy...so I decided to create a product to share with all of you! 

Here is my newest creation: Sorting Common and Proper Nouns Activity Pack!  

Labels for your center area if you use this pack as a center activity. I did, and it worked GREAT :)

Your children can master their classifying skills using this page.

Example of an activity found in the pack!

Common and proper noun activity cards--use these for sorting tasks to engage your students. If you purchase my product, you get OVER 200 activity cards!!!

I am so excited about this product, and I hope you can use it in your own classroom! :) 

Have a blessed week! 

Hilary 

Up for purchase in my TpT store...Choice boards! #mondaymadeit

Friends, I have created another item that is available for purchase in my store! Say hello to CHOICE BOARDS! I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics to share my work with you :) Don't forget to check out her page to see what everyone else is making! 

I used choice boards just last week with my 2nd graders. I was asked to review them on math concepts we've been working on the past 1-2 weeks. Here's a semi-quick summary of what I did to incorporate choice boards into the math review/practice time: 

1. My cooperating teacher and I chose a few specific areas our kids needed to practice on: money (counting bills and coins), odds and evens, addition number stories, calendar, and math facts. 
2. Then, we picked out some activities that aligned with each concept and sorted them into centers (the choice boards have 9 spaces, so I gave each center a number 1-9. Some of these were repeats because I wanted to make sure that all the kids HAD to cover certain concepts, like money, no matter where they drew their line). 
3. I gave each kiddo a choice board and explained to them that they needed to make a "Tic-Tac-Toe...3 in a row" on their choice board. I showed them how to choose 3 activities in a row and went over EVERY center with them. This was time consuming! However, I knew that lots of explanation would ensure that my friends would feel comfortable using the choice boards. 
4. Finally, we got started! The center activities were short and simple, so I gave the students 10 minutes to work. We rotated 3 times, so the kiddos were working a total of 30 minutes. You can lengthen or shorten this as you need to and depending on what you're doing, this is just what worked for us that day! 

Choice boards are COMPLETELY customizable, depending on what you want your learners to be doing and what subject/area you're targeting. That's one reason I love them---they can be used for almost anything :) 

Swing by my store to get your own EDITABLE choice boards...I'll love you forever! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Editable-Choice-Boards-1473205

Thanks for the continued support! Y'all are amazing! 

Hilary 

Five for Friday!

My first Five For Friday linky post! Woo hoo! 

Here are my five random things!

1. My boyfriend is coming to town to visit for the weekend and I'm so excited :) We have plans to hang with my family Saturday and spend our spare time watching some movies...we both need some R&R! 

   

   This pic is an oldie goldie! I am one lucky girl :) 
2. This week in my student teaching classroom, we had our 2nd graders write a creative story. It could be about anything they wanted, as long as they wrote it with a good beginning, middle, and end. One of my sweet girls wrote a story about "Bayrs" (Oklahoma for ya!). Here is a snap from one of my favorite pages she wrote!

   

   "Oh no, for pitti sakes!" Ha! :)

3. I feel so spoiled by the people I get to work with every day. My mentor teacher is absolutely amazing and I learn so much from her all the time! Plus, she is so fun to be around and I love her to pieces! 

   

   Steph, you are such an inspiration to me! 

4. I am currently LOVING to watch Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team on CMT. It is so entertaining and I don't know why, but I can't ever stop watching! 
5. I can't believe I survived this week. I think I'm developing early onset of carpal tunnel from grading so many papers! I am ready to REST! 

Have a fabulous weekend, everyone!

Hilary