Worksheet Wednesday!!

It's Hump Day again!!  Man, the school year keeps creeping closer and closer, doesn't it!?!?  Today I am teaming up with The Teaching Tribune for their last Worksheet Wednesday of their Summer Bloggin' linky parties.  Sad face for it being the last one!!

Today I'd like to share with you one of my kinders' favorite activities.  I introduce this activity during a small group math lesson, and then I make sure it is available for students so that they can use it during our Daily 3 Math rotations too!  They really love this little game, and it's a great one to use during the beginning of the school year!  Click on the picture below to head over to my TPT store and grab a copy for yourself!!

In this little packet, you get two versions of the shape worksheet and a copy of the shape cube students will need to roll.  I made enough cubes for a small group lesson, so I didn't need to make a whole class set.  If you just want to use this at a center, you'll need even less cubes.

This worksheet version uses a dashed line with a smiley face showing the littles where to start tracing the shape.

The cube covers the BASIC shapes that we focus on during the beginning of the year in my kindergarten classroom.  I don't introduce the 'many-sided' shapes or the 3D shapes until later in the year, since so many of my littles come to me not being able to recognize many of these basic shapes.

I have my kinders roll the cube, find that shape on their worksheet, and then trace it with a marker or a highlighter.  I also let them color each shape.  Sometimes I have them play as partners, taking turn rolling and tracing until one of them is able to fill up their whole page.

My kinders really enjoyed this game last year, and I can't wait to use it again this year!!

They really enjoyed tossing the cube to get their next shape!

Once the cube lands, they find that shape on their page.  I have them tell me what the shape is before they trace it.

After tracing, they can color in the shapes.  This little activity kept them engaged in the lesson as well as actively participating.  They even asked of they could do it again, which is always a good sign!!

I hope that you are able to use this little freebie in your classroom, and don't forget to head over to The Teaching Tribune to see what the other awesome bloggers have offered up for Worksheet Wednesday!!

Worksheet Wednesday AND Wish-List Wednesday

It's the middle of the week, so that means time for a post about my Wish-Lists.  Oh, and I also decided to link up with The Teaching Tribune for their linky party, 'Worksheet Wednesday'.  I'll start there today.

This is the first time I'm participating, so I thought I'd share one of my most downloaded worksheets.  This worksheet was designed to meet the Common Core Standard K.OA.3: Decompose numbers less than or equal to ten into pairs in more than one way.  The activity has kinders working on figuring out number partners for given numbers by drawing some marbles inside a jar and some out of a jar.  The worksheet gives them the number to create as well as the colors to use.  Best of all, it's FREE!!

Don't forget to go back to The Teaching Tribune and see what other bloggers have linked up to share their worksheets for this Wednesday!!

Last but not least, my Wish List Wednesday post.  Today I'd like to share with you some items I have checked off of my TPT list.  There have been so many awesome summer sales that it's been easy to grant some of my wishes!!  :-)  p.s. - Since 5 is my favorite number, that's how many wishes I granted myself.

ONE

I was able to scoop up this sweet creation from one of my very favorite clip art designers, Krista Wallden from Creative Clips.  Doesn't this set of clip art just make you want to high-tail it to the nearest cupcakery?!?!

TWO

I have been looking all over for a font like this, and there it was just chilling out on my TPT Wish List.  So, I made sure to buy it!!  It's from Mel at Graphics from the Pond, and is PERFECT for creating different activities to use during our Word Work time during Daily 5 rotations.  If you've ever worked with elkonian letter boxes, this is pretty much the same thing!!

THREE

Another purchase I have made off of my Wish List recently is a great set of candy store themed clip art that I got from Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah Designs.  This set of clip art is what I'll be using to completely revamp how I track sight word mastery in my classroom.  Make sure to keep checking back so I can share with you how I'm using this!

FOUR

I don't know about you all, but I simply LOVE adding to my Font Book!!  I have been actively searching out additions to my FB (Font Book) and came across this little gem.  It is only the first of many such packets created by Cara Carroll, so I made sure to add the other packs to my TPT Wish List!!

FIVE

Last, but CERTAINLY NOT least, of my Wishes Granted that I'll share today comes from Laura at Whimsy Clips.  I just LOVE how cutesy her clip art is!!  This set is DEFINITELY going to be helpful when I start creating Word Work activities my kinders can complete during Daily 5!!  I was so excited to find this packet that contains ALL 5 vowels and their long vowel sounds.

I hope that my sharing some of my Wishes has inspired you to go and make a few of your own!!  I am eagerly anticipating a new release from Krista Wallden and CAN'T WAIT to add it to my collection!!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for Throw Back Thursday!!