THROWBACK THURSDAY - MAKE SHARE TIME COMMON CORE TIME

Holla!  The Factory is gettin' back into the swing of things - two posts this week.  Okay, so I am kinda cheating today by jumping in on Cara's rad-tastic Throwback Thursday.  However, maybe you missed this particular post in the past and I am doing you a favor by bringing it back?  (Okay, so who am I kidding . . . but it makes me feel like I did full on sit ups instead of wimpy little crunches).  

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I don't know about you, but student share time makes me want to barf.  I absolutely loathe it!  However, the kiddos LOVE it, so I fight the urge to jump off a cliff every afternoon and keep it in the daily mix.  Granted, it is a great listening and speaking exercise and a wonderful way to teach questions, but that doesn't make the endless stream of bug-eyed Littlest Pet Shop figurines and ratty stuffed animals any easier for me :)

It was these feelings that led me to the creation of my latest packet - Sprucin' Up Share Time.  My thought was and is that maybe . . . just maybe . . . I will like share time a little bit more if I can squeeze some more academics out of it. So, I created a series of writing activities aligned with the first grade common core standards for listening/speaking and writing.  Here's a little peak at what's inside the packet . . . 

From persuasive writing and narrative stories to question writing and compliments, this packet offers up a little bit of everything in the writing department.  Oh . . . and, although these were specifically aligned to meet the first grade common core standards, these activities have also been differentiated to meet the academic needs of second grade classrooms (multiple templates of most activities are included)!  CLICK HERE

to take a closer look.

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While I am at it today, I am going to take this post one more step this round. How about a little something to take with you today?  Here is a great labeling/characteristics activity to use at the beginning of the year to help you set the stage for share time.  

CLICK HERE to download this freebie!Thanks Scrappin' Doodles! 

Thanks so much for taking the time to pop in today.  I'll catch you soon. It's off to the gym I go (soooooo dreading it . . . every inch of me still hurts from my 

last date with the trainer).  #nopainnogainnopizza

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