Word Families are a HOOT!

I finally finished a product for my TPT store that I have had in the works for a while now! I had totally forgotten about it from the end of last year and decided to recently finish it! I wanted some more word family-word building activities to put into my word work/literacy stations. I decided to make my own since pre-made activities are overpriced. 

I found some cute owl clip art and I created a packet that includes spinners, cards, sliders, and activity/game sheets! The thing I like about this little packet is that you can mix and match the materials in different ways to match your students needs!

Here is one of the slider mats with a slider inside the slit with a word family card.

 I added a blank slider and blank cards for you to add your own word families or onsets if you'd like :)

Example of spinners-

 There are 9 total spinners in the packet. 3 onset spinners, 3 blend onset spinners, and 3 word family spinners.

 Here are a couple of activity sheets. Students record words in the family and illustrate and students record the real word and write a sentence.

Games!

For all of these games you can use an onset spinner and word family spinner OR an onset spinner and specific word family cards. 

All game recording sheets are half sheets. I am big on saving paper so I like to use half sheets and copy them on both sides for them to play multiple games. 

 Partner Game: Students spin and record whether it is a real or nonsense word.

 Spin a Word: Student individually spins and records whether it is a real or nonsense word.

Spin a Word w/ specific word family: Same game but made to focus on a specific word family.

 

 

 Example of how you can either use the onset spinner with the word family spinner or an onset spinner with a specific word family card for any of the activities!

OKay, I know this was A LOT but I hope you like it! I can't wait to put these in my word work station! I know my students usually LOVE spinners and games! :)

 

If you like it, slide on over to my TpT store to purchase it! :)

Also let me know if you have any ideas that I can add to it! :) I think I've already got a few.

If you've made it this far- I'm going to do a little give-a-way! The first 3 people to comment will get it for free!  Don't forget to leave your email!

Monster Mash!

This year our spelling list has changed from last year..... our new patterns follow the word family patterns! I love that this has changed for us! I absolutely l.o.v.e. word families. I created a couple things to use in my classroom as a word work station.  I had some cute monster clip art and decided to create some word family sorts and a partner board game.  Each of the games has a recording sheet.

I also included a cvc and cvce matching game. I had introduced the "Sneaky e" to my students. I always tell them that "Sneaky e" likes to pinch the vowel ahead of him, makes the vowel say its name, then stays quiet because he doesn't want to get caught.  My kids love searching for the "sneaky e's" in their reading and writing. This little matching game can be done as a concentration partner game or a matching game in a pocket chart. 

This Monster Mash packet can be found at my TPT store. :)!

Wild Christmas Reindeer!!

I know this is a little late since we are all out for the break, but I wanted to share the idea anyways.  My class read the Wild Christmas Reindeer last week. {I ADORE this story!!} We read it each day of the week and discussed it. We created a large class story map, adding to it each day. The map included Setting (Where & When), Characters, Problem, Solution, and writing 3 events from the story in order. I chunked each section with a different color to help visually organize the information more for my students. Then at the end of the week my students filled in their own story map on their own. I made their individual story maps match our class map as well.  As my students finished their map, they created one of the reindeer from the story. they used a precut reindeer head, puff ball of their color choice as the nose, googly eyes, and precut pipe cleaners for antlers. They turned out so cute! 

Jan Brett is such an amazing author! She also uses some great "interesting words".  We had another sheet where we recorded these words and put them on our interesting word wall in our class.  I also love how she puts other side stories on the sides of her pages. This is such a great story to share with a great lesson to be learned. :) maybe you can keep this in your mind for next year! Here is the story map for the students. Feel free to download if you'd like to keep in your files. :) :)

Wild Christmas Reindeer Story Map