Take a Closer Look

Today we are hopping through to take closer looks at products in different stores! Here is a product that I am using in my classroom. It is the 31 Misspelled Words Task Card set.

 

I have used these in three different ways.

1.   Scoot! My kiddos love playing scoot. Since there are numbers on the cards, students just move in number order. We don’t have to move desks, or wonder where we go next! I just play the music, when it stops, they get to work!

2.   Hallway work. When we are transitioning or at the restroom, I can pull these out with some vis-à-vis markers. Students get to work while they wait, and they are getting extra practice in during the loss of time!

3.   Centers. Now that we are closer to TCAP, I have these in a review center for kids to pick up and work on!

This task cards are a bit different from others that are out there. I wanted my students to be able to choose the correctly spelled word, and then review types of sentences. The cards all have them using the word in context, and with a certain type of sentence (compound, exclamatory, interrogative, etc…)

My kids really enjoy task cards. They really are a nice, quick way for checking understanding. Want some for yourself? Get your own copy here!

 

 
Now head on over to Haley’s blog My Silly Firsties, and check out what she has offered.

Go Fetch! Cause and Effect Game

Hey ya’ll! 

Just a quick note about one of the new products my kids tried out this week. We are working on reviewing skills for our upcoming state test. One of our centers was all about cause and effect, so I broke out the Go Fetch game. 

Play is pretty easy. You give kids 4 cards each. The first player reads their card a loud to the group, and then chooses a person to ask whether they have the cause or effect that matches their card. The person they call on has a few play options. 

1.) They don’t have a matching card and they say, “Go Fetch.” The caller will choose a card from the deck and play will move on.
 

2.) They have the card, and they give the card to the caller. The caller will place the match on the table. 

3.) They have the card, but they play a Go Fetch card. The caller will then take a card from the deck and play moves on. 

The kids really got into it, reading each other’s faces, trying to remember who had what cards, etc..! It was adorable! 

Want the game for yourself? Check it out here!

See ya’ll later!

Cindy