Owl's Alphabetical Order Game is finished.  It will be available until Friday when it will become available for purchase.  The game comes with a game board, alphabet cards, a pieces pouch, and directions to play as a two player or a single player game.  On Friday when its becomes available for purchase the you will also get with the download large sized posters of the alphabet cards.

You can get these worksheets now on the new websites shop. 

For more ideas on how to teach alphabetical order visit my alphabetical order games and activities page.

This is just a note to let all of those who have or wish to buy something from my site know how to get their purchases.

Once you have payed for your purchase you should be redirected to a site where you can open and save the file to your computer.  For whatever reason sometimes the page redirection doesn't always work so I will also send you an email with your purchase as an attachment as a back up.  I will send it either that day or the next.  Occasionally the file size is too big so I can't host the file on this website.  In those cases you will only receive an email.

Recently however someone purchased my Vocabulary cootie catchers from my site and the email that was given wasn't a valid one.  So if your email is (mmd~~~~~@charter.net) and you weren't able to download the pdf or you want an email sent with it attached please contact me with a correct email address and I'll get it sent to you.  

I've got a new limited time freebie.  This time it is an alphabetical order file-folder game.

In this e-book you will find 34 different alphabetical order word sorts, an answer key and place mat. This file folder game is a great activity for reading stations, a take home activity or as individual work.

Creating the File Folder Game
Print, cut out and laminate the game place mat. Glue it on the inside of a file-folder. You can store the individual word sorts in small envelops or in zip-lock bags. You can print the alphabetical order word sorts on red, green, and blue paper according to the difficulty of the sort.

Using the game

Students start by matching the first letters of the words on the mat. If two or more words start with the same letter they then move to the second column and the second letter. If the second letter is also the same they move on to the third. There is one word sort in this download that requires students to move to the fourth letter.

                                                               Difficulty

Red (easy) - All of the words can be sorted by looking at first letter.

Green (medium) – Students need to look at the second letter to sort some of the words.

Blue (difficult) – Students need to look at the third letter to sort some of the words.

Blue + (challenge) – Need to go to the fourth letter.

The free giveaway is over you can now purchase this file-folder game on the new websites shop. 

I found another great idea from Pinterest.  This time its a think sheet from Corkboard Connections that helps students to discover the cause and effect of their action.

Super Blake Books is have a great giveaway where you can win a Kindle Fire.  Just click on the picture to go to the contest.

1.  Make sure your students have a library card or at least know how to get one.  You can't get your students to read over the summer if they don't have access to books.  The simplest way to do that is to get them to the library. 

2.  Have the start a summer reading log.  There are many great reading logs out there below are a few links to my favorites.

Bookworm game by Martha Stewart
Scholastic Reading Log

3.  Help students create there own summer reading list. Don't just have your students set a goal of how many books they want to read over the summer, let them decide which books they want to read.  Reading Rockets has a great summer reading list on there web site. But I think its better if kids make their own list. Preview some books,  have your students remember some books that they enjoyed during the year, find books by the same author or on the same topic and have them write down the books that they want to read. Again make sure students know how to use their local public library,  how to search for books in the library and how to put books on hold.
Here are two different plan sheets for the summer!