At Blog Hoppin’ we are sharing our favorite activities.
What activities do we just LOVE and want more of? You know what I am talking about…total student engagement.
This year our Rise and Shine Binders have been keeping my mornings stress free. Students keep the binders in their desks. They write on and wipe off their daily information. Everyone moves through the activities at their own pace! I walk around and spot check or assign a student to be my checker and it keeps that morning “trickle in” time highly engaging! For those students that breeze through and need more challenge I have a section called morning work and they work through daily math and daily language sets at their own pace.
Another activity we can’t get enough of is our word work system! It is not only working for my students, it is working for me! I have 5 word work drawers for the week. {Once in awhile a drawer will hold two activities but usually just one} Students choose their activity and get to work at a spot in the room. All the supplies they need are located in the drawers for them so there is minimal wandering in the room. On Friday after school I just reload this baby with the next week’s word work. I have some different Phonics Packets in my store that contain 5 activities each. One for each drawer! L Blends, R Blends, AR OR, ER IR UR.
Guided Math has been new to me this year and it has been working so well for us! I have a whole post dedicated to guided math HERE, but you can get a little snippet of this week’s guided math here in this post with a freebie too!
Having our math focus up on the little math wall keeps us on track. This week we are beginning clocks and time to the hour.
Today’s whole group lesson: Kids worked in teams to label a clock face and the parts of a clock.
At small group we played ROLL- A-TIME. This was awesome because they were using the vocabulary of hour hand and minute hand correctly and we could keep the learning moving forward after the whole group lesson had ended!
During their math journal rotation, students numbered their own clock faces, digital clocks, and wrote what they are doing at the time they made on their clocks. This cutie below said, “At 5 I wake up of bed for a day with my friends.”
To grab your TIME FLIES freebie with all of the clock activities shown, click HERE.
What are your favorite activities? Do you need more ideas? Either way, head to Blog Hoppin’ to get what you are looking for!
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Jodi says
November 13, 2013 at 11:55 amI love your clock activities!
❀Jodi
Fun In First
Stephanie McConnell says
November 13, 2013 at 12:24 pmI love the clock activities too!
Stephanie from Principal Principles
Chelsea O'Neal says
November 13, 2013 at 12:41 pmTHANK YOU!!! for the freebie… I so could have used this a few weeks ago with my 2nd graders!! But this will be great to put in stations for spiral review!! And it will be early in our intro of time next year!
Chelsea
http://kickinitwholebrainintexas.blogspot.com
Debbie Prellwitz says
November 13, 2013 at 12:45 pmThanks for the clock freebie. I cannot tell you how much you have helped me grow as a teacher. Every time you post, inspiration strikes! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful ideas. You are truly amazing!
ReaganTunstall says
November 13, 2013 at 10:56 pmDebbie WOW! Thank you so much. It means a lot!
Amanda Reynolds says
November 13, 2013 at 1:26 pmGreat freebie! Thanks so much for always sharing such wonderful resources 🙂
Kourtney Payton says
November 14, 2013 at 12:17 amLots of great ideas!
~Kourtney
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Mrs. Payton's Precious Kindergarteners
Overachiever says
November 14, 2013 at 1:04 amThank you so much for sharing such a fabulous resource. You rock!!!
TOY2010
Mrs. Wathen says
November 14, 2013 at 1:08 amWe start telling time next week so this has come at the perfect time:). I also use your Rise and Shine binders and love them! They are perfect for morning work and I love that it is something that doesn't have to be corrected and my breakfast stragglers don't have to struggle to finish or catch up on their morning work!
Tammy
The Resourceful Apple
Jan says
November 14, 2013 at 11:07 amMy Firsties and I LOVE our Rise and Shine Binders! It keeps them so engaged during Breakfast in the Classroom and while I'm checking agendas, homework, etc. One of the best TPT purchases ever! Thanks for sharing the clock activities- I know we'll love them when we do time.
Debbie K says
November 14, 2013 at 2:38 pmYou have so many great ideas and I really look forward to your blog posts. They always have something substantial that contributes to my classroom practice. Thanks for the clock freebie. I'll use it as a center for my grade two's. I might try having them roll 2 regular dice twice: once for the hour and once for the minute.
Traci - Dragonflies in First says
November 15, 2013 at 9:32 amLOVE the math journal with the clocks! Too Cute! Thanks for the freebie 🙂
Stacy T. says
November 16, 2013 at 4:08 amSuch a good idea to create the clock with a partner! Looks so engaging. Thanks for sharing the clock freebie.
raynak says
November 18, 2013 at 5:04 amI started math journals this year and am so inspired by the great ideas that you have. Thanks for the freebies, too! I love not having to "recreate the wheel".
Lori Riley says
January 24, 2014 at 6:23 pmIt was so nice to meet you at SDE training last week! (I am Kristina Grant's co-workwer, Lori) I returned to teaching after about 7 years off and I also find the cutest ideas on your blog. Your ideas and freebies are truly a gift! Wanna move to Austin,tx? 🙂
Anonymous says
April 2, 2014 at 8:35 amI was up at 3 a.m. trying to find a fun activity with clocks for my students. I came across your activity. Thank you so much for sure this will be one of my centers.
Anonymous says
April 2, 2014 at 8:37 amI was up at 3 a.m. trying to find a fun activity with clocks for my students. I came across your activity. Thank you so much for sharing this will be one of my centers.
Mary says
September 4, 2014 at 1:44 amThank you so much for this freebie!!!:-)
Erika says
February 21, 2015 at 1:41 amThank you! I'm a homeschooling mom and I LOVE your blog and store, fantastic ideas to keep things from getting boring around here. Thank you for your time.
Anonymous says
March 16, 2015 at 4:43 amThank you so much. I teach K-2 resource and I think this will be the perfect activity to help reinforce and keep my kiddos engaged.
Stacia says
February 19, 2016 at 2:32 pmThank you so much for sharing your ideas and for free! I can’t wait to use this time activity with my babies! They love stuff like this and that makes me excited!!!!
ReaganTunstall says
February 23, 2016 at 11:30 amThank you!!!
Esther says
May 9, 2016 at 12:04 amI have just come across your blog and i think the telling time activity is great! I have shared with a teacher who is working on telling time with her class. Thanks for the freebie.
Jessica Hall says
April 15, 2018 at 11:55 amThe link for the freebie no longer works… Do you still have this file available?
Lynn says
January 14, 2019 at 6:07 amI can not get the link to open. Is this still available? I would love to try this with my son. Thanks so much.
Mrs. Lee says
February 18, 2019 at 2:39 pmThe link no longer works for me too! I would love to use this with my 1st grade students. Would you mind sharing this file with me! Thank you!
Beth says
March 9, 2019 at 3:08 pmI can not access the link. Would you be able to send this to me?
Jenn says
March 29, 2019 at 7:02 amWould I be able to gain access to the link as well please? I think my Grade Ones would love this! Thank you!!
Shatera says
May 5, 2019 at 8:00 amWill the freebie become available again?
Tina Christensen says
May 11, 2019 at 9:30 amI tried to click on the time freebies and it came up not available. I’m so disappointed! is there a way to get these still? Tina C.
Elizabeth Ahlgrim says
July 7, 2019 at 4:50 pmI cannot download the time flies activities..it says the google file does not exist. Help..they look perfect for my class.
Beth Barnes says
September 25, 2019 at 7:35 pmDid you have any luck gaining access to the file?