Reading Riddle Game

Alright Y'all, so I gotta tell you, my stomach is in some SERIOUS knots.  ELL endorsement test in T minus 3 hours.

YIKES!!!!!!!!

I sooooooo  cannot wait to have it over with. A chocolate milkshake will definitely be in order to celebrate. And then.... it's Spring Break time!!!!!!!!!!!! Heading with Mr. Handsome to the family farm, and then we're off to good ol' Minnesota.  (Going someplace even colder than Kansas for Spring Break??????  AHHHH!!!!! So unjust......)

But, we are going to have a FABULOUS time.  After all, who doesn't love Minnesota? Problem is,  we have to figure out what all there is to do up there. Suggestions?!?  I'd love to hear them!!!! We're going to be in Rochester, but a weekend trip to Minneapolis will probably be in order. I would LOVE to hear about your favorite places to shop at the Mall of America. The tax free clothes are calling me.... <smile>

But, I digress. Want a  Reading Riddle Game.  Here it is. And, y'all  I had SOOOO much fun making this!!!!!!!  Just grab some game pieces (My kiddos use little toy cars), a dice, print the gameboard,   print the playing cards, and you're in business!! Kids just roll the dice, move their little car, and have a friend draw a playing card to read them a riddle. The riddle is a question and the answer has a short or long vowel sound in it.  If they get the answer to the riddle correct, they can keep their car where it is. If not their car has to go back to where it came from.  <so sad>

Super simple, the kids love it, and it gets all my kiddos involved in some higher order thinking.  

LOVE IT.  

Hope it helps you and your Firsties!!!!!

honk, honk: a riddle game

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honk, honk: the game board  

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Have a SUPER weekend, Y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You deserve it!!!!!!!!!

Leprechaun Homophone Concentration

LETTER TO FEBRUARY

Dear February,

So this is it, huh?? You're leaving and I wasn't even done with you yet. Goodbye teeth.... Goodbye presidents.... Goodbye February To-Do list, and.....

HELLO MARCH!!!!!!  SPRING BREAK, above-freezing temperatures, meeting the National Teacher of the Year, starting our Frog Unit, beginning First Grade Anthologies, and did I mention, NO SNOW?!?!?!?!? 
 

Y'all, I don't know if anyone else is feeling this way, but I am MORE than happy to watch February sail off into the old blue yonder. Bring on the SPRING!

Speaking of Spring, need a Leprechaun-themed homophone concentration game???? Well, guess what you lucky duck?!!?!? I made one. HA!!!!! (No one actually thinks to themself- "Hmmmm... I really need a leprechaun-themed homophone concentration game..." except me.  What. A. Dork.)  Anyway, there's also a Show What You Know quiz to check your kiddos' understanding of Homophones after they play the game. 

Have a MARVELOUS Monday and happy almost-Spring!
Mrs. Theissen

Leprechaun homophone concentration

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Leprechaun homophone show what you know quiz

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Welcome & Fluency Games

Welcome to The First Grade Sweet Life!  I am SO excited to be joining the First Grade blogging community! I have LOTS to learn, but what better way to learn than to jump right in? At least that's what I tell my Firsties :)

I am constantly on the prowl for new ideas to use with my students, so if you see something I'm working on and you have ideas, please share!!!!! I'd LOVE to hear from you! 

To get started, I thought I'd share a couple of fluency games.  (The games correlate to the sound spelling relationships taught in Open Court Unit 5, but if you don't use Open Court, you can still use the games to help your kiddos practice certain sound spelling patterns!) For you non-Open Court people, I've stated which sound spelling patterns are in each game for ya :)

ribbit!

(/j/ spelled 'ge' and 'gi_', long 'e' spelled 'e', 'e_e', 'ee', and 'ea')

drip drop

(long e spelled '_y' and '_ie_', r-controlled vowels, long a spelled 'ai_' and '_ay', and 'igh')

                                

                               Happy Sunday!

Mrs. Thiessen