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?
I made these last year, too, and love them! Looks good :)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Fun in Room 4B
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:)
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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.
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Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans
Love the shakers! I think contractions get introduced in first, but are really taught in 2nd/3rd here.
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I haven't been brave enough to make the shakers but I think you have inspired me to finally do it.
ReplyDeleteLorena
Little Treasures
I've seen these, going on my to-do list!
ReplyDeleteHaley
Following Optimism in 2nd Grade
I've used shakers for I Spy, but no working with words. L-o-o-o-v-e this idea!
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http://peacocksandpenguins.blogspot.com/
Great shakers!~ Great job!!
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Wolfelicious
I like the shakers, thanks for the word lists. Thanks for sharing.
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Bubbalulu.blogspot.com
Hi Jill
ReplyDeleteI'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
The kids will love these! I have seen these before and yours are very cute.
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Fun is Found in Fourth
I have awarded you the LOVELY BLOG AWARD!! Stop by my blog to pick it up!! :)
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Love this activity! :)
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Claire
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