Stop, Swap, and Roll




I am so excited to be teaming up with Jungle Learners for the monthly Stop, Swap, and Roll product swap!  

This month I was teamed up with Mrs. Strout from Hanging Out with Mrs Strout!



It was a hard choice to make, but I fell in love with this Word Detective Pack working on the 3 sounds of /ed/.




I used the activities in my classroom during the week before break and plan to use a few more when we get back (we have been off all this week!).  

First I printed and colored the poster.  This poster will set the stage for all of the activities to come.  I did this at home and of course, my little lady needed to get in on the picture action.  


The first activity we worked on was the fluency strips.  Students in one of my reading groups got a set of strips each and we practiced them during a group time.  I sent them off to practice on their own and they "performed" them for me the following day.  

Next, we worked on unscrambling sentences.  We complete sentence scrambles often, so this wasn't too challenging for the kids, but they were still having to work hard to figure out which sound of /ed/ was at the end of the word!

Following that, we worked on spelling the words.  We have completed activities asking kids to add the ending -ed, so this wasn't brand new.  However, when and where to add the bonus letter is still SUPER tricky for them.  

On that note we completed two word sorts...

One where students needed to sort the words by ending sound (/d/, /t/, or /ed/.

The second where students needed to sort the words by whether or not they had a bonus consonant in the middle.

Finally, I added in more fun with some BINGO!  Everyone loves some BINGO right??

Can you believe that all of this is stuffed into one complete pack?  I know!  It was amazing to use in my classroom and I know that you would love it too!

Interested in hearing about how Mrs. Strout used my phonics game pack in her room?  Head on over to her blog and read all about it!



In celebration of our super fun swap Mrs. Strout and I are placing our featured products on sale (20% off) for the WHOLE weekend!!


Find her pack HERE.



My game pack can be found HERE. 

I also decided to put my MEGA game bundle for firsties on sale too!  This pack includes the nk and ng games and whole lot more!!  Find it HERE!

Want to try your luck?  Mrs. Strout has been sweet enough to let me give away one of her -ed packs!  Enter below!  Winner will be chosen on 4/28 (probably in the evening) and the product will be emailed to you!


Want to see some more product swap reviews?  


Scavenger Hunt Fun




Keri from Enchanted Kinder Garden is celebrating her 3rd Blogiversary! We're having a scavenger hunt on our blogs in celebration.

Ready to play? Here's how this works:
All you have to do is be a super detective, find the letters, and unscramble the words. Enter the words in the rafflecopter below to enter for extra entries. You may also enter by following our pages. There will be THREE winners. Up for grabs is a $50 TPT gift certificate, a $25 TPT gift certificate, and a $10 TPT gift certificate. We've all got hidden clues (letters) hiding on our blogs. You can find the clues over at Enchanted Kinder Garden.  After you've found the first set of clues, unscramble them and enter it into the rafflecopter below. Then, start on the next set of clues for your next chance to win! There are three hunts that you can find. The scavenger hunt gives you MORE entries for more chances to win! HAPPY HUNTING!

You're looking for letters like this:



Get started at Enchanted Kinder Garden 





What is the BIG seller news??? Educents Storefronts are HERE!!!


Have you been seeing teasers like this one?



Or this one?

Or even this one?

Want to know what it's all about?  I am so excited to be working with a new storefront - EDUCENTS!




Many of you may know Educents as a deal based website.  I used to explain it to people like Groupon for teachers/homeschoolers/parents.  Well now they have expended to selling downloadable products too!  I was lucky enough to get in to be one of their first 250 storefronts and the kick off is TODAY!!!

Check out my storefront HERE!  Please...Pretty please follow me!  And make sure you check out my freebie (HERE).  This is a Forever Freebie and best of all - and Educents only freebie.  You will not find it anywhere else!





I have made an amazing guided reading lesson planner (great for K-2) and it can be yours free!  Find it here!



Also, to continue to tempt you to visit my new store, I have teamed up with Educents to offer you a chance to win.  Enter below...

Educents Marketplace $50 in Edubucks Giveaway #2 - First Grade Stores

Then hop on over to some more grade 1 Educents sellers and follow them too and grab those freebies!!