8 games to practice prefixes and suffixes

So - you may have heard by now that The Classroom Game Nook is a big sister - right?  If not, head over to this post and check out all the details.

The Classroom Nook is about to celebrate her one month anniversary of going live.  In addition, you may have also noticed I changed the name of my TpT store to The Classroom Nook as well.  It just makes sense to have a unified name throughout everything.

So with that, in this past month, I've been hard at work ("like burning the candle at both ends" kinda work) trying to switch everything over to "The Classroom Nook" name - and that includes all of the products in my store.  With over 200 product (and counting) you can imagine the undertaking that this was (and still is...not done yet!).

In doing all this, I have been finding that several of my products were in need of a little TLC - so I've given many of my products a bit of a face lift.  Some of them reeeeelly needed it.

My prefix and suffix "Create-a-Word" and "Match-Up" game series were part of that sprucing up.

If you've already purchased these, then head over to you "My Products" section on TpT and download the new look.  Here's a peak at their new look!

My Create-a-Word Series is a set of 4 games (sold as a bundle or separately) where students get practice in understanding how a prefix or suffix can change the meaning of a base work.

Each game comes with a game board, a spinner, and a recording sheet.  Click on the links below to see more details about each.
Game 1: Prefix (run, un, dis)
Game 2: Prefix (pre, mis, over)
Game 3: Suffix (ly, less, ful)
Game 4: Suffix (ment, able, ion)

You can also buy the bundle and get all 4 games for less than the price of 3:

The next prefix and suffix series is a set of match-up games for the same prefixes and suffixes as mentioned above:

Each game comes with 30-40 cards (depending on the game) and a recording sheet.  Click on the links below to see more details about each.
Game 1: Prefix (run, un, dis)
Game 2: Prefix (pre, mis, over)
Game 3: Suffix (ly, less, ful)
Game 4: Suffix (ment, able, ion)

I also provide these four games as a bundle:

Here's to more spring cleaning!

Focus On: Money Games

Hey!

My little sweetie is napping right now so I thought I'd pop in to share with you some great ways to bring games into your classroom to help your students practice money.

It can be a very tricky skill for students, so the more fun you can make it, the more engaged your students will be.

So let's focus, shall we?

First off, I came across this great visual from the Teaching In Progress Blog.  I think it really helps students to make connections.  If you're kiddos are just getting acquainted with money values, this would be a great place to start!

As students get better at identifying coin values, having them add and compare is a great next step.  This game has students identify the total value of the coins shown on the game cards and then compare the value to a dollar. 

{click on this freebie game pic to download}

I LOOOOOVE this next idea from Sunny Days in Second Grade.  Just hot glue some play coins to a wooden cube and the possibilities are endless.  Poof - instagame :)

Here are a couple ways that I thought of for using these money dice.

1.  Have partners roll 2 dice to compare who rolled the larger amount.

2.  Have partners play "Closest to $1.00."  Each partner continues to roll one die to see how close they can get to a dollar without going over.  Each player can roll as many times as they'd like to get as close as they can.  The partner that comes the closest to $1.00, gets a point.  This makes for a strategy game, as well!

 I'm a fan of having students integrate as many skills as possible, and this game helps students to practice their spelling words while practicing money counting as well.  Each letter of their spelling word has a value (see chart below).  Students add up all the letter values together.

{Click on the pic below to snag your freebie!}

And finally, another quick DIY game:  money sticks.  Create several sticks by hot gluing play coins onto large Popsicle sticks.  Place the sticks (coin-side) down into a cup so students can't see the values.  (Tip:  I would also label each stick with a number or letter so that students can record that letter or number on a recording sheet, making it easy for you to check their work.) 

Make this an individual center by having students pull out each stick and adding up the value.  You could also have them add 2 or more sticks together.  

Make it a partner game by having partners each pull out a stick and compare their values.  The partner with the larger value gets a point.

And there you have it, my friends!  

How do YOU focus on money in your classroom?

Plural Game!

Hi, my friends!

How's the Monday going (I'm assuming great since you probably have off from President's Day)?  Students and teachers have off all this week around here.  How about you?

I hope you had a fabulous Valentine's Day weekend.  I had the BEST weekend.  The hubby surprised me with a night away at the New York Wine and Culinary Center, which is a restaurant/learning center where you can take classes to learn about food and wine pairings (which is code for "each delicious food and drink lots of wine")  

It was soo much fun!

(yes - all 4 glasses of wine were for ME - plus the sparkling wine that we were given when we walked into the room - it. was. fab.  Oh yeah, there was a glass of water to drink too...)

We stayed the night at a fancy-smancy hotel about 30 mins from our house, but it felt like a world away.  A much needed relaxing weekend!

Anyway - hope your weekend was filled with some love as well.

I recently posted a new social studies unit on Colonial America and I decided that I needed to take some time off from creating large units.  It's super hard to get a unit done at home now with Clara around and I was getting very flustered trying to spend time with her during the day, blog, and create.  So - I decided to focus on creating some games for TpT.  They take a lot less time to make, and a lot less prep.

So, last week, I made one for plurals.  Check her out:

(Game includes 48 cards)

Game also comes in black and white as well for my ink-saving friends. :)

If you'd like to check it out, head over to my TPT store.

I would LOVE to hear about what types of games you'd like to see?  I'm taking suggestions, so if you have a need for a game covering a particular skill or content area, let me know in the comments below!

Have a good rest of the day!