Superhero Readers

Okay, my son comes into my classroom after kindergarten each day.  Sometimes this is a good thing, and sometimes he is into everything!  Last Friday, he saw my new copies for my Syllable Types Reading Hero Unit.  Well, he decided he wasn't leaving for the weekend until he could create a mask himself!  Glad to know that the mask I created fits the face perfect.  I guess he completed the trial and error check!  Tada!

During tier time next week, my class will be using the mask to look through books for words with different syllable types.  My son used all of  the colors in the box to decorate his mask (shown above)  Your students can color their mask any way they like.  Or, you can go the quick route and copy the masks onto colored cardstock.  In this unit there are several pages of word cards to sort, a booklet for students to keep track of words with the rules, and an I Spy page.  I just love the Melonheadz Graphics sets!  The clipart tickles my heart!

She's a Freak!

I was in the Dollar Section at Target last week when I came across some really cute notecard holders. I didn't know what I would do with them, so I had to think of something quick so that I could keep the cute little things. Well, one thing led to another and now I've created a set of 24 word sorts. The word sorts I created are for sale on Teachers Pay Teachers. I plan to use these for reading centers, team work and tier. The document I created is 97 pages long! I've spent several nights thinking of words!

Sort idea one... I know I'm not the best photographer!

Sort idea two...

I will take a picture of a sort inside my large pocket chart
when I go back to school. Below are the file holders and storage boxes I got when I was at Target to keep everything. You could use a shoe box or whatever you have. Labels for the holders are included in the purchase. I will stick an original of the document in a 3 ring binder for keeps.