Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A Writing Helper Freebie

Hi blog friends! I sure have been in back-to-school mode lately. I know that many of you have already started back to school, but I still have a little under 2 weeks until I "officially" go back - 12 days to be exact.

Today I have a little writing helper freebie for you. I made these because my students (especially in the beginnig of the year) tend to write sentences like this: ilikemycat. No Spaces!! Therefore, I introduce them to the "Space Man" or "Space Woman". We use them to help us place a space between our words when we write. (I model how to use it before they use their own.)


The "Space Man" helps us make perfect spaces between our words.



To make your own, click  here or on the picture below.
Then print, laminate, cut and glue onto a popsicle stick.



You can store the Space Men in a cute cup.


Snickers just loves getting his picture taken.

P.S. - I am so excited that I am getting close to 100 followers. Keep a lookout for a 100 follower giveaway when I reach it!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Smart Start Writing Journal

It's summer vacation - and time to start thinking about next year! My district uses the Macmillan-McGraw Hill reading series and within that series is a section called "Smart Start". I created a writing journal to use with this section of the manual and you download it for FREE. As a favor for downloading this - please follow my blog. :)





Isn't he cute?   My sweet little cat, "Snickers".