0 Christmas - FREE sample

Do you follow my Facebook page?  If so, you are probably familiar with my Buggy for Reading packets because that was one of my recent freebies.  I just finished a Christmas themed Buggy for Reading packet.  It is on the first grade reading level.

This packet contains:

Five reading assignments are included that you will use when you meet with your small groups.  You will rate your students' fluency at the bottom of the page.  Send the page home for homework.  The parents will rate their child's fluency the next two times that they read it.  

When your students have finished reading all 5 pages and returned their homework, give them the happy note above.  You can have a FREE copy of it.

The Sentence Shuffle activity can be used as a small group lesson or as a literacy center.  Students cut apart the sentence, rearrange the words into sentences, and practice reading the sentences.

Buggy for Writing is an extension assignment for the Sentence Shuffle lesson.  Students may choose one of the sentences to glue on this page, copy the sentence, and illustrate it.

 Students will circle the first letter with a green crayon, circle the last punctuation mark with a red crayon, trace, and copy the words on the Write On! assignment.  This can set up as a writing center or sent home for homework.

These 18 cards can be used a variety of ways.  Use them to introduce new words during your small group lesson.  Make two copies of the pages and make them into a memory game.  Copy these pages, put them on a shower curtain ring to make a personal word wall.  Students would love the hands-on aspect of having their own personal holiday word wall!

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0 Celebration Around the World - Hanukkah

Are you planning a Celebrations Around the World Unit?  No unit would be complete without studying Hanukkah.  What better time to study it than now since Hanukkah began on Thursday.  

I am very excited about the new Hanukkah packet that I just finished.   

Your students will strengthen their reading fluency while reading facts about Hanukkah. After making and reading sentences, students will complete a writing assignment. There are 3 different assignments to choose from so you can differentiate this assignment.

There are 3 different printables to use with your interactive journals.  Printables include:

• Facts about Hanuakkah 
• Hanukkah vocabulary 
• Hanukkah:  Beginning, Middle, and End (can be used with any Hanukkah book)

These mini books work great with your small group.  Plus you can send them home for additional practice.

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Guess what?!!!!  I am going to give my new packet away on Sunday.  Plus, a couple of my blogger friends have generously donated their Hanukkah packets to my giveaway. Three of my lucky followers will win ALL of these amazing packets.  

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Arlene has donated the two packets below.  Be sure to go visit Arlene's blog and say Hi!  Arlene is a former ESL teacher who shares her wealth of experience with her readers.  

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Denise has donated the packet below.  Don't forget to visit her blog. I love the way Denise gives her followers a glimpse into the life of her classroom.  There is always a lot of fun and creative things going on in her room.

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