Bringing Spring into Our Math Centers

I try to keep my Number Puzzles updated for the season on top of keeping them updated based on the skills we have learned/are learning.  I rotate out puzzles that are really old or have a seasonal theme as we pass them and add in new puzzles as frequently as I can manage.

[Flower Pot Subtraction Sort Puzzle]

So when the winter wind was still whipping around snow and massive blizzards were striking Northern New York in March, I just HAD to make a spring number puzzle to bolster my spirits and hurry up Mother Nature.  What is more springy than flowers?!

       

This Number Puzzle helps students practice their basic subtraction fluency 0-10.  Students match the flowers to the flower pots.  Each flower pot has a different number of correct matches because I tried to include all possible fact combinations.

Grab it now at my TpT Store! 

Phonics and Word Work Games

I don't know about you, but I am ALWAYS looking for engaging ways to get my students practicing foundational reading skills.  So, these Spin and Roll Games were born!

 My students love these games!  It so easy to play that they could play in small groups by themselves but I like to play them in my Guided Reading Groups when I have time so that I can help them build their foundational skills and I can informally assess their CVC blending skills.

Print the board out, they are made to be 2 8.5"x 11" pages (but you could shrink it to 1 page if you want).  Mount it on some brightly colored construction paper and laminate for durability, if you want.  Then, all you need is a paper clip and pencil to make your spinner, one standard die, and game pieces (I like to use colored centimeter cubes for mine).

Students simply roll to move.  Spin to finish their word and read it!  Bonus! If it's a real word (vocab skills here!) they get to move an extra space forward.

Get them in my TpT Store together in my 3 in 1 Bundle or separately.

The Bundle includes:

CVC Ending Sounds, 

CVC Beginning Sounds, 

and CVC Vowel Sounds.