Tag: Free teaching resource

Freebie Friday: Classroom Supply Labels

October 24, 2014

In light of The Jordan Project Teachers pay Teachers Store being up and running I figured I should start a recurring theme to highlight some of the free resources available. As you remember our store is still a work in progress but I have played around with some of the pricing resulting in even more free materials.  My main motivation behind the store is to help ease my colleges planning, so please go explore.  I am loving watching all my resources be downloaded.   You have no idea how much my heart leaps knowing that exceptional educators all over the place are downloading and using MY curricular design. I seriously am so over the top excited about it all.

CaptureAs for this week, the free resource is a simple classroom management tool to help organize the learning environment. It is a series of beautiful and minimal supply labels for teachers to use to decorate and label the supplies in their classroom.  Each label is 4 inches by four inches and can be cut out by hand or with a 4 inch die cut.  It is up to the educator but I always laminate my labels to help them withstand the wear and tear of little hands.  Outside the classroom, these labels could also be used by the extra organized mama who wants to keep an orderly, curated home learning space. Enjoy, share and don’t hesitate to send pictures of how you use the materials. I love seeing my work in real time.

As always, giving credit where credit is due, the awesome wreath graphic from the exceptionally talented people behind Angie Makes

Teacher Resource: Sight Word Recognition Game

October 12, 2014

As you may know educational writing and resource development are two aspects of my new role as Learning Specialist.  I for one could not be more excited about this opportunity (being paid to blog AND create?! What could possibly be better?).  Since tech is a huge professional focus for me (and my graduate minor) I will be doing a lot of tech and resource reviews.  As well, I will be using my training in instructional design to share some of the curricular resources that I have designed for my previous classrooms or students I work with currently.  Creating and sharing resources isn’t new for me;  if you like what you see make sure you also check out the Teaching Category of this blog for some other freebies I have designed.

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This latest resource is a game I designed called, On a Roll, which is a fun way to bolster your student’s sight word recognition.  For background on why sight words are important to young learners, the rules on how to play the game, insights into how I used this resource in my own classroom and links to the standards head over to my post on the Yellin Center Blog.

If you are like me and want to keep personalizing the words as your students learn I have attached below the word version of this game so you can fully differentiate this activity to meet your students’ needs.  My personal preference is to print the word doc version since sometimes the formatting of the google doc (like the sample offered on the Yellin Center Blog) can be cumbersome to navigate.

Please use, share, adapt and give me feedback. I am always looking to improve my materials and also love hearing the innovative ways my peers use my resources in the classroom. I especially love pictures, and sharing them here with your permission! Happy learning.

On a Roll Game Handout