Five for Friday {Linky Party.. September 26th}

Five for Friday is a weekly teacher linky party where you post five random things from today or this past week and on your blog. Then, you come back and link your blog post up at the bottom of this post in the linky tool.Grab the button above and link back to this post on your blog.

We are wrapping up our Dog Unit. Something new I did this year were these super cute newspaper dogs.

Even though a few of them resemble rabbits.. they are cute and colorful!

Last week I had a mini {more like a HUGE} panic attack because I felt like a handful of my firsties were having more than usual struggles learning their sight words. So, this week was all about drilling, drilling and a little more drilling. We have practiced these words so much I am probably saying them in my sleep.

This was one of the “games” we played this week. I wrote all of our words on my whiteboard and I started out by calling out a word and one of my students had to find it and circle it. Then, I picked a caller and a finder. The “caller” would call out a word and the “finder” would circle it.

Here is another “game” I pulled out of my bag of tricks. All you need are flash cards and dice.

The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

Here is a little trick.. give students a basket or a cup to keep their words in when it is not their turn. Otherwise, they will either play with them nonstop when it is someone else’s turn or they get mixed up with someone they are sitting beside.

We played this in small groups so it was only six at a time playing.

I also really like to play games where the winner is based on luck and not on  smartness.

Otherwise… the same little whizzes win each time.

As I was going through my pictures for this week trying to figure out my “five” things.. I came across these and I just wonder how I ever survived without a smartphone. Seriously, our lives are so easy these days! I screenshot recipes I find on pinterest so I can easily see the ingredients. It makes grocery shopping much easier. Unless you leave your phone in your car when you go into the store… happens all the time!

But seriously.. I screenshot everything for quick reference!

Last week was my Pirate themed Five for Friday.. and I promised a Mystery Box Giveaway! I picked comment number 8.. and that was Susan Palmer.

 Email me Susan! I need your shipping address for your mystery box of goodies! I will make sure to share pictures of what was included before I ship!

Link up below.

Please remember to use the button at the top of this post in your FFF post and link back to this blog post.