Fantastic Scholastic!!

My students receive Scholastic News but even if your school doesn't get a subscription for each student you can still read them online or by projecting them on the smartboard. There are even ways to interact with the online version and the site will also read the text aloud.

Here is the link to the first grade magazine but there are magazines for grades Pre K to 6th as well as subject specific magazines for middle schoolers.
Scholastic News Online 
All the issues back to Sept 2010 are archived. If you are looking for a group read for a themed unit this is a great place to check out!
Archived Issues

Free book downloads from Scholastic and the Institute of Medicine. Victors Garden focuses on healthy eating. 

Victors Garden

Making Words

Making Words-

Each week we have a new list of words from the word wall. I try to give my kiddos time to practice three to four times a week. Here is a list of the ways we practice writing our words. 

• Stamps- use letter stamps to make the words
• Lego spelling- make words with Legos
• Sand writing- write the words in a bucket of sand using your finger or a stick
• Pen, Pencil, Marker, Crayon- write the word 4 times using 4 different writing utensils
• Playdoh words- roll out the playdoh like a snake and shape it into letters
• Tile mix up- use letter tiles to spell the words
• Yarn writing- cut pieces of yarn to make the letters for each word, glue to paper
• Rainbow writing- using  cray pas write the words on black paper
• Water color writing- write words with white cray pas on white paper paint over with water colors (water color will not stick to the cray pas)
• Graffiti- on roll paper write the words big and in fun fonts
• Dot writing- use paint and q-tips to write the words with each letter made of dots
• Magna words- make the words out of magnetic sticks and balls 

Dolch Sequence

Game board, pieces, and playing cards.

Students play following traditional sequence rules. Students take turns playing their cards and reading the words to try to get a sequence of 4 in a row.

Game Boards for:
Dolch Word List #1

Dolch Word List #2

Dolch Word List #3

Dolch Word List #4

Dolch Word List #5

Dolch Word List #6

Dolch Word List #7

Dolch Word List #8

Dolch Word List #9

Dolch Word List #10

Dolch Word List #11

short /u/ Word Families

Short /u/ word family worksheets. Students find, identify, and practice writing words from short /u/ word families.

-ub

-ug

-un

-ut

Worksheets

Short /o/ Word Families

Short /o/ word family worksheets. Students find, identify and practice writing words from short /o/ word families.

Worksheets

Short /i/ Word Families

Worksheets for short /i/ word families. Students find, idenify, and practice writing words from short /i/ word families.

-id

-im

-in

-ip

-it

Worksheets

Short /e/ Word Families

Short /e/ word family worksheets. Students find, identify, and practice writing words from short /e/ word families

-ed

-en

-et

-ew*

*not a short /e/

Word Families Worksheets

Short /a/ Word Families

Short /a/ word family worksheets. Students find, identify, and practice writing words from short /a/ word families

-ab

-ad

-ag

-am

-an

-ap

-ar

-at

*ar is an r control

Word Family Worksheets

Hubbard's Cupboard

Great Resource!!!!

A former teacher's blog. Has a TON of great printables. I have used the sight word books as well as the word family books. The books are short and sweet. Great for book bags/boxes as well as reading groups.

Hubbard's Cupboard Home

Hubbard's Cupboard Printable Booklets