The Therapeutic Teacher: Word Families

So if anyone has seen my TPT store before, it is obvious that I have an obsession with interactive journals. So of course when I was thinking of ways to make word work during guided reading more effective, interactive journals came to mind! So far they have been a hit in my classroom. My students cannot wait to come to "teacher table" during Daily 5 just so they can work in their guided reading journals. You can see a few other posts on these journals here and here.

Part 3 of my GR interactive journals focus on CVC/word families and can be found here.

I can't get over how cute "wag" is...

All of my journals are designed for the smallest amount of cutting possible. I like to cut around the journals pieces ahead of time so students only need to make 3-4 cuts and the best part- will have NO SCRAPS to throw away! Woohoo!

You can use these to supplement a specific word family lesson or mix them up as a review or assessment.

Click the image below to see the full preview in my TPT store! :)

November already?! I never thought I would make it this far.. October was a CRAZY month! I went to 6 trainings and had my first "official" teacher observation (eek). After tons of fun Halloween activities with the kiddies all month long, my immune system decided to quit on me. Sad to say, but I had to leave the kids on Halloween.. turns out I have strep throat. I felt so bad leaving them, but there's no way I would have made it through the day.. Anyways, being sick in bed all day gives me plenty of time for a new blog post ;)

I finally finished the bottom of my word wall. Yay for word families!

Next, we got right in to the Halloween stuff! This cute little monster activity was so much fun and meets our first grade common core standards of sorting words! I wrote the words on each student's worksheet to make sure they were getting words on their level. ;)

You can get this GREAT monster sorting activity here!

On to some candy corn place value! I simply found a simple candy corn template online, cut them out, and had the kids show me three ways to write a number. Boy, was place value fun with first graders......... after long, long days of practice, they were finally able to give me these! Phew!