Long i Word Sort Freebie and Happy Thanksgiving

Next week we will be working on some of the long i spellings. In my "maydo" basket I always like to make a spelling sort that the kids can do. They love doing these and they are very easy to make! I thought I would share the one I made.

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I will probably not be posting during the break....I have A LOT I want to get done:

1. Finish my HUGE project for my masters class
2. Read 2 chapters in Leading Lesson Study, I am very excited to be chosen to complete this project for my building!
3. Make a Christmas wreath with one of my bffs. (I will take pics)
4. SHOPPING
5. I would say put my Christmas decorations out buuuut I already have them ALL out...ok I love Christmas time!
6.My favorite, hang out with my family!!!
7. Work on my next reading unit.
8. Finally....maybe relax!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Remember to always embrace the big things that happen, but remember the little things that happen!

What I am Thankful For...

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Here are the things I am most thankful for:

1. I am thankful for all my students! They all mean the world to me and they keep me going everyday!

2. I am thankful for my family! My husband keeps me smiling everyday! My mother is my best friend and she means the world to me. My father supports me and helps me get through the hard times. My brother allows me to be goofy and keeps me young! And of course I am thankful for my four-legged baby, Bentley!

3. I am thankful for the following blogs:

Mrs Lemon's Blog! She provides great freebies!
Denise gives her reader great ideas and she is very creative
I go to Abby's blog to find great ideas I can use in my classroom

4. I am thankful for Starbucks Passion Fruit Tea!! Yum, it is one of my favorite guilty pleasures!

5. I am most thankful for being able to do something I love each day and having such a great family and group of friends that support and love me!

Word Family Freebies

It's almost Friday!!! "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming!" We are almost there! I am sad because I will not see my kids at all next week. I am apart of MTSS training at my District Board Office on Monday and Tuesday, then we are off for the holiday break.

Our school has what we call "Pioneer Time." This is when we group our kids into small groups for reading and math. I know everyone school and district calls it something different! My group is focused on some of the more advanced phonics sounds. We are currently working on digraphs. We always practice sounding out words, but I was frustrated because I was having to come up with the words on the spur of the moment. I therefore decided I was going to make word family cards for the specific sounds we were working on. I print them out then glue them on COLORFUL card stock and laminate. I also have them on a ring so they are handy. I totally had to share with all of my blog friends! I will continue to share as I add more, but here is what I have so far:

nk and ng word families

th, sh, ch, and wh word families

I hope everyone has a GREAT Friday! I am super excited to be going to dinner to celebrate my wonderful mother's birthday tomorrow and of course we will be Christmas shopping all weekend together too! I can't wait for our first snow! Totally ready to wear my boots, scarves, and hats!!!!