A Couple of Printable Freebies

My TpT store just reach 600 Followers, so I'm having a little party and thought that you might like to join in the celebration too.

I'm giving away these two packs:

{ Just click to go to TpT and download for FREE. }

I have included 4 different Nursery Rhymes:

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Humpty Dumpty

Hickory Dickory Dock

Jack and Jill

Each rhyme has a hat,

and bracelets.

 

and

A full set for the lower case. 

And a full set for the upper case. 

{ 52 worksheets in this pack. }

Yeah, so I'd like to invite you to my party!

If you have some time, feel free to share the party on Pinterest.  The more that want to celebrate with me, the better.  :o)

I hope you enjoy them.

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{ Week 12 }

Another week down!

So, let's end with a FREEBIE!!

Just click the picture to download.

Earlier this week I had to completely WIPE my computer clean and start again.

I don't think it fixed my problems though.

Sigh.

Never mind, so long as I can still blog and work on my store in between times.

This week little Miss Charlotte worked hard on her writing.

And counting.

And that pretty much sums up my photo taking for the week.

The girls took some, but yeah, not really shareable.

I'll see how I feel in the morning, I might be able to ruffle up something else to share.

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Edited to add:

Update on 'Writing with Skill'.

Today we finished week 6.  So far, so good.  It's actually going very well.  Today we finished up with a narrative called "The Sinking of the Titanic".  Chloe even put some "dialogue" in there too, as per the lesson instructions.  Can you believe it?  There is even a word count allowance.  The piece had to be between 150-300 words, which made it less daunting considering the extensive outline that was provided.  It also gave her room "to choose" which part to write about without having to worry about trying to "get it all in".  

I think the work is quite challenging for Chloe, as she does lack a bit of confidence and skill in this area but at the same time I feel it is a good fit for grade 5 level.  I can't wait for next weeks lessons.

It's going so well in fact that I am actually off to check out Susan's other writing books for perusal { I might pick one up for the younger girls. }

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Teaching Vocabulary without a Curriculum

The fastest way to open up new doors is to close old ones.  Yes, it's really true.  Once I closed the books on the spelling/vocabulary that we'd been working on earlier in the year, bam, a new idea came to me.  { We are only going to take a break from them for a short while. } The thought came to me that we could still do some vocabulary work by just simply taking one hard new word each day and entering them into a little self made dictionary.

First things first.  I gave each girl an empty exercise book:

Then I opened it up and wrote alphabet letters on the tops of each of the pages - thus dividing it up throughout the alphabet.  Most letters got 4 pages each, with a few only needing 2.

I figure this little enterprise will keep the girls going for about 2 years before we need a new exercise book.  Here's my thinking:  40 school weeks and 5 days equal 200 entries.  I'm a bit late to it this year, we're finishing week 11 already, so I figure there's enough room in the books to at least hit the 300 mark, so well and truly into next year some time. 

Then I built my first lot of words for the girls.  They'll just copy out one per day.

Once in their books I can just ask them to give me a sentence { orally } with the word in use.  Not it's meaning, but in context of actual use.

Additionally, each time they come to place a new entry in their book they'll be glancing over the previous entries which will work like a mini review.

A good place to start with finding words is obviously online, but I've also discovered that a quick way to find words is to just a grab a book that you have intentions of having the children read in the future and just go through with a highlighter and voila, you'll have a cool set of high end words to learn.

Once you have your words available you can choose if it's mummy or the child that gets to find the definition.

In the mean time, if you need a head start, just click the worksheet below to download.

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Phonogram Rabbit

Last night I thought that I'd get up and do a post about how to teach vocabulary without a curriculum.  That post will have to wait, it will be a good one, but it will have to wait.

Today though, I got up and got me some new clipart instead, and well, that usually leads me on to other things, like: how can I use them?

I am deliriously detoured daily - ha ha ha - true story.  Sad, I know, but I'm so easily derailed and detoured.

Anyway, so here's where I got to this morning { I'll be running out the door this afternoon for a homeschooler get together so I better post it now while it's fresh. }

Perfect for beginner readers/writers.

{ Grade K - 1 }

Just click either picture to download the current pack.

 

When I get home and find some time I'll do up the entire multiple phonogram list and pop them in my store for super cheap.  At this point I'm also thinking of adding a secondary page to each one where some of the words can be used to write sentences.  I just need to find some relaxing quiet time to play with it all.  I probably need a few hours away from the computer to think about it anyway.  :o)

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Grade 2 Lesson 5 Vocabulary

Even though we are currently taking a break from the formal spelling/vocabulary work I ended up making this little worksheet today.  I think this type of worksheet would work well in with all the others.

Just click the worksheet to download.

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New Books

No flashy covers I'm afraid, but I still wanted to share about these new books that I got.

 I picked up 5 more Arthur Scott Bailey books:

And since we're doing Ancients again this year I also printed up 'Julius Caesar' and 'Cleopatra' by Jacob Abbott.  Part 2 of each book is underneath Part 1.  { There are 93 pages each book - that's why I had to divide them into two parts. }

There are so many good books for reading, and many for FREE online.

I have a tablet that is loaded with books, but there's nothing quite like having print and paper in your hand when you can. :o)

Do you utilize free books on the internet?  Do you have any favorite authors?

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I got sleep!

Last night the little boy slept for 7 hours!  I finally got a good night sleep.  I feel like a whole new person today.  Sure beats the 4 hours I got the night before.