Monday, June 18, 2012

Monday Made It: Contraction Shakers!

Happy Monday! Today marks the first day of my sailing lessons!!! I hope I don't regret this adventure... I'll let you all know tomorrow. :)

Time for Monday Made It, yeah!
Here is what I made this week: contraction shakers!!!!!!!!
This idea has been cooking in my brain for a while, and I had the empty bottle collection to prove it. :) A while back, Denise at Sunny Days in Second Grade posted about her synonym shakers, and I was totally in love with them! I knew my class would for sure love them, too.

Our reading series puts a TON of emphasis on contractions, and for some reason my class was really into them this past year, so I decided to make contraction shakers!

And you can make them, too!! I put my word lists and labels into a little document-o for ya.

When I looked up the Common Core standard for this activity, I noticed that it did not exist in the first grade set. So, question for you today: in which grade does your school teach contractions?

I teach one set of contractions in first grade in the fall and then the other set in the spring.

How about you?

13 comments:

  1. I made these last year, too, and love them! Looks good :)

    Elizabeth
    Fun in Room 4B

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  2. My kiddos love my shakers. I have vocabulators and homophones shakers and one more....I forget what it is...lol!!! Yours turned out great:) Thanks for linking up:)

    4th Grade Frolics

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  3. I introduced contractions in my 2nd grade classroom. Some of my students had learned them in 1st grade, but it was my higher level kiddos. This is a great idea. I might need to make some of these :) I love that you included worksheets. Thanks for sharing this.

    Katie
    Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans

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  4. Love the shakers! I think contractions get introduced in first, but are really taught in 2nd/3rd here.
    The Sweet Life of Third Grade - We're having a SWEET giveaway

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  5. I haven't been brave enough to make the shakers but I think you have inspired me to finally do it.

    Lorena
    Little Treasures

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  6. I've used shakers for I Spy, but no working with words. L-o-o-o-v-e this idea!

    Heather
    http://peacocksandpenguins.blogspot.com/

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  7. I like the shakers, thanks for the word lists. Thanks for sharing.
    Jill
    Bubbalulu.blogspot.com

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  8. Hi Jill
    I'm not sure how to use the shakers, but I'm about to go look it up because they are so cute! I'm a new follower, by the way. I remember being a first year teacher back in the day. I was so bad. You are LIGHT YEARS ahead of where I was! You go, sister! Come visit me sometime.
    Ann
    The Caffeinated Classroom

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  9. The kids will love these! I have seen these before and yours are very cute.

    ✰Becca
    Fun is Found in Fourth

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    http://talesfroma4thand5thgradeteacher.blogspot.com

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  11. Love this activity! :)

    Also, I just nominated you for The Versitile Blogger award!

    http://missclaire21.blogspot.com/2012/06/versitile-blogger-award.html

    Claire
    Live, Laugh, Love, Teach

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