Shop With Me: Dollar Tree February

I saw this amazing idea in a teacher group.

It was thicker than the photo, I thought it would be flat 

but it's almost an inch.  

The teacher Pauline added a bowl of blue pom-poms and hand tongs.

The children will place the poms on the two arcs.

These plastic candies are perfect for the light table or the sensory bin.

More squishies for the calm-down bin.

Stay tuned for the test of the pens.

The cute big paperclips!

 

Made It Monday

I literally don't have a clue as to why these are so popular!?!?!

Frog Shake Up

I suggest cardstock or laminated covers.

It keeps the pieces inside the carton.

I used address labels cut in fourths.

Garage sale dots work too!

It isn't high-tech at all.  ANYONE can do this quickly!!!

Above are just two side by side photos of the same game.

Below is a single photo of the game.

Today we read the word, spelled the word, said the word again, and said a sentence.

To "play"

Program your egg carton with your skill.  Use a small manipulative such as corn, eraser, pom pom. So you don't have a zillion cartons, you could use garage sale dots instead of writing on the inside of the carton.

So put in your manip. and close carton.  Shake. Open carton. Where ever your manip. lands in, is the question.

I have shakers, well two different varieties of shakers.  One kind are filled with something and in a container.  The other is made from egg cartons.  When I first started making these, I made them out of necessity- the only egg cartons I had, had openings in the top and the pom poms kept flying out!!!

I use them for so many things:

*Shapes review or identify.
*Identify numbers
*Identify letters
*Words
*Identify money or write amounts and students must make that amount using coins or dry erase boards
*Review word families- land in one spot, write or say a word from that word family
*Name something a particular color
*Place value- add 2 or 3 manips. child reads or records number (biggest or smallest)

*Really anything you need to review.

The list is infinite!!!!

It is a game that you only have to teach once and you are set for the year... THE WHOLE YEAR!!!!!

My students love to see the "new" games and pieces we are using...

HELLO TARGET MINI EASERS!!!!


Here they all are: (Well those that are made lol )


St. Patty's Shake Up-mini shamrock eraser

Bunny Shake Up- carrot eraser

Valentine's Shake Up heart eraser

Flower Shake Up flower

October

Spooky Shake Up spider toy/ ring

Spider Bright- spider eraser 


November

Turkey Shake Up- brown pom-pom (I was thinking a feather, but there isn't enough weight to shake it)


Bear Shake Up counting bear
Fire bear Shake Up red pom-pom

Winter

Cocoa Shake Up- use with Polar Express small marshmallow
Penguin Shake Up penguin eraser
Snowflake Shake Up- snowflake- I cut apart snowflake garland
Snowman Shake Up snowman eraser
Gingerbread Shake Up gingerbread eraser 


Summer


Watermelon Shake Up- real watermelon seed
Ice Cream Shake Up mini ice cream cone eraser
Lemon Shake Up- citrus eraser
Fishing Shake Up- fish eraser
Eraser Shake Up- mini pencil eraser



Themes I have used: (I will have these available soon too)

apple- uses apple seeds

band aid- toy band aid

bone-mini dog bone

CC123-brown pom pom

crayon- crayon shaped button

Dental/Teeth (dental facts along with healthy/unhealthy foods) tooth (not real)

elephant- peanut

ice cream- mini eraser

movie- I use a shiny button to resemble a DVD

ocean-levels, animals sea life toy

pirate- tiny black ball (cannonball)

pizza-teeny tiny piece of pizza (was a Barbie toy)

A fabulous place to get small trinkets is a cake decorating shop!

Please take a photo of your class using one and I will send you another one for free :)