Yowsers.
So y'all... Can I just take a moment to tell you how BUSY my life has been for the past two weeks??? AYE-YI-YI!!!! Seriously, there has been nary a moment to fix my mascara much less log into Blogger as of late. But, I am very pleased to announce the end of the madness because... let's face it- life without internet-laden free time is
HOR.EN.DOUS.
And that is why I am back.
Backety-back-back-back and oh-so-excited!
Well, wanna know what I've been up to while I've been gone?
I have been testing the willies out of nineteen of my favorite First Grade friends. DIBELs, sight words, math, you name it, they've done it. And if they haven't done it, they probably should have.
Of course having all of this testing to do, I was naturally faced with the age-old teaching dilemma of what to do with the nineteen students I wasn't testing while still managing to maintain a silent classroom for the one student I was testing.
Answer?
I used Cut and Paste friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These little buddies occupy AND assess.
TOTAL. BONUS.
I use them to assess my Firsties knowledge of various components of language (syllables, parts of speech, etc.) while I get my testing done. Keeps the kids occupied, gives evidence of learning, and gives me a product to send home for parents to enjoy and admire (refridgerator work, anyone?)
These buddies aren't much, but having TOTALLY saved my life in the past two weeks, I just knew I had to share them. (And don't mind my tacky Easter-themed syllable sort. What can I say? Giant chocolate-dispensing rabbits just gets me in the mood to decorate syllable sorts.)
Want your own cut and paste friends?
Click any picture preview to download.
Contraction mania!
Easter Syllable Sort
Homophone
Match-Up
Synonym
Match-Up
Verb and
Noun Town
OMG! Did anyone ever tell you how amazing you are??? I am glad you are back in the blogging world! Yay!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing! These are great! As I was downloading the contraction one, I noticed the directions were for homonyms.
ReplyDeleteThese are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much! These will be perfect in a few weeks when we start testing in my room! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you're back! I love these-can't wait to use them next week when our slew of tests start!
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These are awesome! I can't wait to use them! :)
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You are amazing! Thank you sooo much!
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OMG!!! I love you for these. Thank you soooo much!
ReplyDeleteTanya
First Grade is Fantabulous!
This is wonderful! Thank you so much!!
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I just came across your blog and I love your ideas!! (I just added you to my sidebar!) THANK YOU for sharing this! I can definitely use it!
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*Add to your sidebar if you would like!
I love your blog and have used several of your activities with my students! The Honk! Honk! riddle game has been a big hit! Thanks for sharing!
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Simply amazing!
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing. Thank you SO much!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your ideas!! LOVE you blog!
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ReplyDeleteWOO HOO!! Glad you're back! :o) LOVE your stuff! THANK YOU for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteCindy
What a gift!!! These are perfect!
ReplyDeleteWow! You are so sweet to share with us!
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~Michelle
FirstGradeBest
OMG!!! I love you!! This is exactly what I needed today. I tried doing centers today while I tested two kids. It was a total flop. Not that we don't do this every single day. But you know how kids just know that you are busy and they can get away with more. I didn't want fluff easter art. This is a perfect review. Thank You!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you've just kept me sane! I've been DREADING DRA testing! Thanks for sharing! Lovin all your cute fonts too!
ReplyDeleteWoW--you are SUPER TEACHER!!!! Love your Blog!
ReplyDeleteThese are too cute-fonts & format!
Thanks for sharing!
You are so generous to offer these for free! Thank you for sharing. I will definitely be using these in my centers when I get back from Spring Break.
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These are FANTABULOUS! Yahoo! Some great activities for me to print out tomorrow and use with my kiddos!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
Kerri B
teacherbitsandbobs.blogspot.com
Amazing! These are PERFECT! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThis is WONDERFUL!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Job! Thanks so much for all of your hard work!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
ReplyDeleteWe did the Syllable page today. It was a great review and the kids thought it was lots of fun!
Just discovered you and so thankful! I am a first year first grade teacher and I must say THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Starting up a classroom is so expensive. For you to post your things free of charge is so generous. May your payment be returned with many blessings!!!
ReplyDeleteawesome sight. you were much better than I was my first year teaching!
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WOW! Awesome site and I love the printables. Thanks!
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I love your ideas! I now follow your blog!
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Ok, so question for you - what do you use for your testing? Our series offers nothing and our school uses DIBELS but only progress monitors kiddos 3 times a year. I need help with testing - any ideas? THANKS!
ReplyDeleteLife Saver!!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing! I love creating stuff myself, but it's nice to have stuff already there for me. You rock!
ReplyDeletethese are great! thanks so much for sharing.
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AWESOME!!! Thanks so much!!!
ReplyDeletethese are wonderful! thank you! thank you!
ReplyDeleteOkay... and it has taken me this long to find you in Blogland why? You have completely saved me. These will be perfect for next week when I do my small groups to get them ready for state testing in two weeks. Yay! Thank you! You are my new favorite! :)
ReplyDeleteHey I love your site!! I love your font what is the name of it? Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! I used them with my students last week and they loved them!!
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. Love cutting & pasting!! :)
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I just found you and can I just say... You are my new favorite person EVER!!!
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I am proud to say you did the name "Thiessen" PROUD! I found your review little "quizzes" so helpful! Way to go!
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These are AWESOME! I'm been using them here and there and again this week. Thank you so much for sharing, You're a life saver!
ReplyDelete-Andi
Thanks for the great ideas. While I am wrapping up this year. I now have my summertime homework.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and I'm so glad I did! :) Amazing resources!
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Thanks so much for posting these! I cannot tell you enough how much these saved me during my last days of teaching! They also reinforced skills that we taught that were on our MAP test! LOVED them!
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Just found these during my summer internet hunt. Thanks so much! I'm moving from middle school to first grade so this will truly help!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower. Your blog is great! I teach kinder and it is a small miracle if I can get them all test in 2 weeks. I use many cut and paste activites from mailbox and they are truly a life saver. Thanks for posting these I can add them to my collection. I would love for you to visit my blog and follow me
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Thanks you for creating and sharing. I wish I had found this blog last month during the mass assessment weeks. Off to read more of your blog. :)
ReplyDeleteI am loving what you are doing!!! Keep up the great work! I am guessing you are a fabulous teacher!! Good luck with your new classroom this fall!!!
ReplyDeleteI love cut and paste activities! They are a good time-taker-upper except for one or two kids who always finish in like 2 minutes! But that's why I keep a tub of extra stuff for "When You're Done Early"! They love to dig into that tub!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these!
Katie
http://teachthentell.blogspot.com/
Just found these. Great share ^_^ Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Love these!
ReplyDeleteIt's been 13 years since I taught first grade, and I got rid of all of my things! Today I was searching the internet for creative games and found you! Thank you for sharing your ideas. I absolutely love them!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the printables! I made a station using your ideas at my library.
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Thank you so very much for the cute printables! This is so nice.
ReplyDeleteYour page is so much fun! I love it. I home school my son who is in the 1st grade and you have given me so many ideas! Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous cut and paste printables. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you soooooooooooo much! These are quite a find!
ReplyDeleteI homeschool my 1st grader and love your handouts! Thank you soooo much....
ReplyDeleteI am having issues downloading these form Google docs. I have tried several times. I would really like these worksheets. I don't know if you could just email them to me or see if you can upload them again. Thanks. I love your stuff!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the compound word sheets! I am having trouble downloading them as well. It's asking me if the document still exists?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for these- just found them through Pinterest. I was needing the compound word page, but it isn't linked. Would it still be available?
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. Just found this! Jill
ReplyDeleteLOVE these cut-and-paste activities! I am going to have to add these to my files for next year... thanks so much! :)
ReplyDeleteThank-you, thank-you, thank-you!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! I am not a school teacher but I like to work with my kids a lot at home. Thank you so much for sharing these, and for free! You are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing. Nice to see someone willing to share for free. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm having trouble downloading the compound word activity. I would love to use this with my class. Can you help?
ReplyDeleteLove all of these activities. Can't wait to use them with my class. The synonym pages wouldn't open though. It said that I needed permission. I would love to be able to use that page with my firsties. Thank you for making so many freebies available.
ReplyDeleteI love the sheets you have. When I click on the sheet it says I do not have access to the page. I was trying to print your Homophone sheet.
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled across your blog tonight while planning for tomorrow and all I can say is "oh my goodness, Thank you so much!!" I don't think I'll ever visit another resource site again!!!! You are amazing and have an amazing heart to share all of this!!!! Thank you again so, so much!!! God Bless!!!
ReplyDeleteHi there, These look like great practice for tons of skills! Could you please link the Compound Word pages to a download. They are currently the only set I don't have access to. Thanks much!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful activities!!!
ReplyDeleteOH MY Gosh these are perfect!! Thank you so much for sharing, I can hardly wait to use them.
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Thank you!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am sooooo grateful. I can't believe you did this for free. It will help my students so much and they love cut and paste activities.
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