Back to School Bundles at Teachers Notebook-UPDATE!

August 13, 2013 - UPDATE
WOW! This just keeps getting better! If you were excited about the Back to School Bundle Sale, then you're going to flip over this news!

The folks at Teachers Notebook have introduced the "Build a Bundle" option. Now you can customize your bundle from the products offered by participating teacher shops.

Load up on what you want, erm... what your students need
this school year! :-)

Also, check out the sales going on all over the site,
including The BonBonSpeecher Store.
EVERYTHING is 25% from August 12 until August 19th.

 

  

Remember, The BonBonSpeecher Store is featured in bundles 16 and 22 which are intended for 3rd-5th grade. Click the numbers to go directly to those bundles, but search the site for other amazing offers from tons of other teacher shops!

ENJOY!!

Back to School Bundles at Teachers Notebook!

Oh, my goodness! I'm so excited to help promote the

Back to School Bundles Sale at Teachers Notebook.

  

About a week ago, the staff and team over at TN asked all shop owners to submit products to be bundled and sold at $20-30.

Over 3,000 products were submitted and the staff carefully assembled the bundles to give you the best deals in the following categories:

 

Common Core Math

Common Core Reading

Common Core Writing

Classroom Decoration

Classroom Management

Assessment

Special Education

Homeschool

Educational Technology

 

What this means is when you purchase a bundle during this sale, you'll be getting over $100 of high quality, Common Core aligned, super cute and fun activities for your classroom for only $25!

 

The BonBonSpeecher Store is featured in bundles 16 and 22 which are intended for 3rd-5th grade. Click the numbers to go directly to those bundles, but search the site for other amazing offers from tons of other teacher shops!

ENJOY!!

Mmmore sushi, please!

So, I'm really loving this clipart from Lettering Delights. It's so stinking cute!

 

I created a little Articulation Bonus and included it in the download of the

Sushi Reinforcement game you can pick up at Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook.

 

Today, I want to give you a little something extra. I whipped up this

Sushi Language Freebie to go along with the set.

 

Click here to download color and B&W versions.

It's a one page print out of some WH questions that focus on eating at a restaurant. I've provided both color and black & white options for printing. I hope this will be useful to you at some point over the school year.

Enjoy! 

 

 

I'll be hanging out in the England and Ireland with some of my best friends over the next two weeks. I have some new things in store for back to school though... AND

Stay tuned for some amazing news from Teachers Notebook tomorrow!!

MMmmmm...Sushi

What can I say? I'm a fan. I enjoy a good sushi roll from time to time. Connoisseurs would say I know nothing about sushi and don't really eat true sushi. Nigiri? Sashimi? Rice - inside or outside? Wasabi? Soy? Raw? Fried? I respond with this: I'll try anything once, and I know what I like!

I made this quick little reinforcement game because I saw the clip art at Lettering Delights and had to have it. I enjoy reinforcement games almost as much as my students. I think they keep the drill more interesting for my articulation kiddos and they provide an opportunity to introduce a new topic of conversation at the speech table for the language students.

This one is pretty simple in gameplay, but will be challenging enough for your groups to complete so it's really a win-win.

There are eight different types of sushi and four special cards. The goal of the game is to collect ten matching pieces to complete your sushi roll. Each student gets a plate/placemat with a picture of the sushi roll they are trying to complete.

The cards will be placed in a Chinese take-out box or bento box. After each talking turn the students will draw a sushi piece and see if it matches the one that's on their plate/placemat. If the card is a match, they keep it. If the card doesn't match, it's returned. If the student draws a special card, they will follow the directions to draw another card(s), return card(s), or lose a turn.

Printing instructions are included in the product download. I've provided backing for the cards, but it's not always necessary to print double sided. I usually do print my cards with a backing in case I decide to use the cards for another purpose or with new rules for the game. For example, you could hold up the cards and have the students pick from your hand or arrange the cards in a round on the table and call it the conveyor belt like in the picture below. For my wiggle worms, I like to play games with cards in different locations around the room so they have a chance to move about and use up some energy. The backing is nice in these situations, but you're free to choose how you want to print your file.

Also included in the product file is a FREEBIE BONUS articulation word list with sushi themed words. I hope you and your students will enjoy this fun game in your classroom. You can purchase Sushi at Teacher's Notebook or here at Teachers Pay Teachers.

A camping we will go

So, I made it half way up the mountain in Scotland.

 

 But the views I saw from there were breathtaking, and I'm proud of my accomplishments.

 

 

We traveled a bit around Scotland after the Ben Nevis trek and I am already planning another trip back.

This time we stayed in hotels and B&B's along the way, but I think it would be amazing to take a tent and camp alongside the lochs in the highlands.

Like I said before in the last post, we camped a lot as a family when I was growing up. I think that's why I enjoyed making this camping themed game.

 

Camp Antonym was designed to be played like “Go Fish” with a twist. It's a great game because most children pick up on the concept of "Go Fish" easily. You can use your house rules for “Go Fish” (number of cards dealt, when to lay down pairs from your hand, etc). Now for the twist: when a player draws a Picture Card, he/she must follow the instructions to return card(s) from his/her hand to the bottom of the draw pile or gain card(s) from the draw pile. The player with the most pairs at the end of game time is The Camper of the Day!

Game play goes quickly as the picture cards are easy to understand and complete. The graphics from Scrappin Doodles are adorable (as always) and children will enjoy matching antonyms with cuddly forest animals.

The font is "Everytime I Miss You" from KevinandAmanda.

 

You can use this card game to target all sorts of speech-language therapy goals. Here's a short list for you:

 Goals to Target using Camp Antonym

 

•Vocabulary expansion

•Antonyms

•Synonyms

•Use of complete sentences

•Turn taking

•Eye contact

•Asking/answering questions

•Following directions 

Instructions for game play and expansion activities are included in the file download. You can get your copy for half price this week by clicking the picture for Teacher's Notebook or stopping by Teachers Pay Teachers here.

 

 

Leave a comment for a chance to win a free copy of this game.

Going on Vacation

As children of teachers, my brother, sister and I always had the summers available for travel and family time. We didn't always go too far from home, but we did always schedule the trip around something educational.

Camping in state and national parks was always a hit. My brother was obsessed with Civil War battle grounds. I loved anything to do with Native Americans. I think my sister enjoyed visiting my grandma's house the most.

What I remember most though would be considered the little things: singing classic rock songs in the car with my daddy and playing road trip games like "The Minister's Cat" with mama.

Vacationing is a great subject to bring up with summer school students. Even if the student has never actually been on a vacation, all children have a place in mind they would like to visit or see. You can also discuss the new terminology of "stay-cation," where you stay at home and enjoy local sights and events.

I created the "Vacation" book series as a way to introduce the vocabulary we associate with traveling. While it blends seamlessly with summer themes, you could also use this book with a transportation theme and discuss the differences between traveling by plane, train, bus, car or boat.

Students are led through simple text with italicized vocabulary words. Questions, activities and role-playing scenarios assess students' understanding of new topics.

You can print this product in three sizes: Full pages for a teacher copy, half pages for a center station, or quarter pages for a take home activity. A suggestion for the center station would be to laminate the pages and provide students with a dry erase marker or crayons to complete the activities. You can also display the full sized images on the SmartBoard or iPad.

I'll be heading to Scotland in a few days to tackle Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. I'm really excited to visit Scotland and I hope I don't embarrass myself too much in front of the other hikers! Where will you be going on vacation? Leave a comment and you could be the lucky winner of this BonBonSpeecher Store Product!

I hope you'll enjoy this vocabulary building activity book. I've made it half price this week! You can pick it up here at Teachers Pay Teachers or at Teacher's Notebook by clicking on the image below.

Safe and Happy Journeys!

Happy Summer!

Today is the summer solstice which means it is OFFICIALLY summer time! Here in the UK it means tonight will be light with the sun staying up until around 11:30pm. It also means there will be loads of people celebrating at Stonehenge. Here at our house though, we'll be having a "Backyard Burger Bash" and I thought I would share this reinforcement game inspired by such get togethers.

 

Students will love building cheeseburgers using the cards in this game. But they'll have to watch out for ants, which will spoil their meals unless they have bug spray to stop them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The game includes an introduction card, instructions for gameplay, four plate cards, two cheat cards with ingredients listed, ants and bug spray cards and ingredients cards and a grill playing board. I always laminate and cut out the cards for my students to play with. It helps to keep them clean and last longer.

 

Using the cheat card for reference you can have them create the sandwiches in a specific order to target sequencing skills or have them monitor their own ingredients to assess executive functioning and organization.

 

Pragmatic skills are always fun to target using food items as we all have our own opinions about what tastes great and we must use manners when we are around other people. You can teach socially appropriate conversational skills by describing your favorite burger. "I like tomatoes, but I do not care for onions. Would you like to have my serving?"

Requesting is also an easy area to incorporate with this game. Have the students ask for specific ingredients to complete their burgers. They can even negotiate with other players to achieve their goals.

Articulation students can draw a card from the deck after each talking turn and language students can examine the cover page with the cookout scene and then describe the event using new vocabulary.

The possibilities are endless, really... just like the fun one can have at a Backyard Burger Bash!

Grab your copy here at Teachers Pay Teachers or click the picture below to purchase at Teacher's Notebook.

 

 

Enjoy your summer break!