Las Posadas and Diwali Word Wall Cards

Getting stuff put together for little additions to a unit takes a lot of prep...but so much fun!  Sometimes I think we add to our own stress by updating, adding, and changing things to make it better.  But I guess that's being reflective and always trying to do better, right?

Here's a word wall card set for Las Posadas and Diwali that you can use with your little people.  Most of the clip art is from EduClips, one of my new favorite clip artists found on Teachers Pay Teachers.  Lots of cool sets that work great for making items for your classroom.  The page border that I used for the preview is from another one of my favorites:  Creative Clips by Krista Wallden.  These two ladies are SO talented.

Words included in this set are:

Diwali

clay lamp

fireworks

elephant

pray

bonfire

candle tray

India

Las Posadas

poinsettia

Mary

candle

pinata

Joseph

Mexico

Mexican boy

Mexican girl

parade

donkey

nativity

Ideas for using these cards:

• Hang them in a pocket chart to introduce vocabulary during your study of Las Posadas and Diwali.
• Display them to help student think of ideas around Las Posadas and Diwali
• Let students use these word wall cards to correct their spelling after they've tried spelling these words on their own.  They can easily pull them from the pocket chart and take them to their seats.

You can find this HERE at my TPT store.

Winter and Snow Word Wall Cards

Last year I made some Christmas and Holiday word wall cards and included some winter and snow themed words in that pack.  I didn't put the winter/snow theme words up before Christmas because I wanted to save them until our winter/snow theme.  As I was doing some winter and snow themed activities today, I thought of some additional words that I wanted to include on the world wall for our theme.  I quick whipped this up after school today.

Words included:  
snowflake, igloo, snow drift, snowman, stocking hat, mittens, boots, scarf, snowball, sled, shovel, ice skates, snowboard, button, carrot, sticks, top hat, mug, ice cube, hot chocolate, iceberg, penguin, polar bear, arctic fox, eskimo, snow pants, coat, snowing, freezing, blizzard

You can find this word wall set HERE at my TPT store.

New Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Sets

So excited!  We are planning two new mini-units to replace some "fluffy" stuff in our Holiday theme in December to beef things up a bit:  one week on Hanukkah and one week on Kwanzaa.  These are two customs that I never really knew much about, so its been fun learning some of the vocabulary and what not. Yea, I know, here were are only in October and I'm already thinking about and planning ahead for December.  Only a teacher plans that far in advance, right?  If it eliminates the stress level, its the way to go for me.

My plan was to draw my own Hanukkah and Kwanzaa clip art and use that but I decided that I didn't feel like it and Melonheadz Illustrating already had it done, so why reinvent the wheel right now when I need it fast and don't want to stress myself out?!?  So I went to my favorite place to buy "school" stuff and purchased both the color and black-line bundles.  You'll have to check her sets out.  They are SUPER cute! 

Here are a couple things I whipped up last night that we plan to use during this unit.

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Word Wall Card Set

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Cut Apart Sentences:



Habitat Word Wall Cards

Just finished an addition to our Habitat unit coming in a few weeks.  This habitat word wall card set includes the following words:

desert (sandy)
desert (rocky)
rain forest
grassland
forest
mountain
Arctic
Antarctic
wetlands
ocean
water
sea shell
butterfly
blizzard
cattail
lily pad
sand dollar
cactus
sand dune
tumbleweed
iceberg
igloo
waterfall
volcano
hurricane
snow
rain

You can find this HERE at my TPT store.

Illustrated by Clip Art by Carrie
www.ccteachfirst.blogspot.com

I would LOVE your feedback and ideas for words to add to this set!

St. Patty's Day Word Wall Cards

Just finished my St. Patty's Day Word Wall Cards, which includes these words:

leprechaun man
leprechaun woman
hat
rainbow
pot of gold
clover
four leaf clover
gold coin
horseshoe
potato
Ireland flag

You can find this HERE at my TPT store.

Post Office/Writing Theme Word Wall Cards

Today we kicked off our Post Office/Writing theme and started off by talking about some of the key vocabulary words at our word wall pocket chart.  Then we went on to a Mimio lesson I put together last week, where the class learned the parts of an envelope and a basic what you need to do in order to get something sent through the mail.  Today my firsties learned about a return address, mailing address, where the stamp goes and the postmark.  Tomorrow we plan to review the parts of an envelope by doing a cut and paste activity that is simialr to the drag and drop Mimio activity (see below) and then get them started on learning their own address and how to write that.

This set includes:
mailbox, mailman, mailbag, mail truck, letter, envelope, deliver, stamp, postmark, post office, mail drop, bar code, address, return address, mailing address, postcard, heading, greeting, body, closing, signature, write, send, sort

You can find it HERE at my TPT store.

Mimio lesson we did today:

Healthy Habits Word Wall Cards

Was working on this word wall project for our Healthy Habits unit this January and I never got it completed until the unit was over...so I guess I'll have it ready for next year at this time!

This word wall card set includes these words:

• tooth, cavity, toothbrush, toothpaste, tooth fairy, floss, teeth, dentist, mouth, tongue, rinse, candy, sweets, comb, brush, bath tub, shower, shampoo, soap, tissue, hands, wash, sledding, healthy snacks, nose, heart, exercise, water, clothes, fruit, vegetable, pop, doctor, nurse, meat, bread, milk, food pyramid

Most of the clip art was from my clip art collection, but a few (steak, lollipop, soda, cake, candy, ice cream, clothes) are from Melonheadz.  She has some awesome freebies at her blog, so make sure to check out that!

You can find this at my TPT store HERE.

Christmas and Winter Word Wall Cards

Always looking ahead to the next theme as you are teaching the current one.  Does anyone feel like that's how teaching goes?  Here are the Christmas and Winter Word Wall Cards that we will use in our theme Word Wall Pocket Chart this year.

This set includes word wall cards for these words:

Santa, Mrs. Claus, elf, star, gingerbread man, gingergread woman, gingerbread girl, gingerbread boy, gingerbread house, gingerbread cookies, reindeer, Rudolph, Christmas tree, stocking, ornament, candy cane, sleigh, mug, hot chocolate, toy sack, snowflake, present, snow drift, snowman, stocking hat, mittens, boots, scarf, snowball, sled, shovel, ice skates, snowboard, button, carrot, sticks, top hat, pine tree, iPad, iPod, teddy bear, train, doll, candy, letter, beard, holly

You can find this word wall card set at our TPT store HERE.  We would LOVE your feedback.

The First Thanksgiving Word Wall Cards

I thought I posted these Thanksgiving Word Wall Cards last year when I made them, but while I was digging through our folder I realized I hadn't shared them or uploaded to our TPT store.

Word Wall Cards included:  basket, cabin, Mayflower, turkey (alive), turkey (cooked), cornstalk, table, corn, fish, indian chief, indian girl, indian boy, King of England, pail, pumpkin pie, pilgrim man, pilgrim woman, kettle, Squanto, pumpkin, teepee, Europe, ocean, North America, England, hunt, apple pie, cherry pie, feast, winter, pray, deer, died

You can find theme at our TPT store HERE.

Fall, Pumpkins, Halloween Word Wall Cards

Looking ahead to our next theme, we decided we wanted to revamp our word wall cards so they weren't in D'Nealian.  We switched to Zaner Bloser this year and all our word wall cards are in D'Nealian, so that just means a little more work on our part.  I think it will pay off during journal writing time when we would have to have the first graders erase and make their letters the right size and shape and not copy the D'Nealian letters on our old cards. 

This set includes word wall cards for your fall themes: fall, pumpkins, and Halloween.

• Fall: acorn, squirrel, apple, leaf, leaves, scarecrow, crow, rake, sunflower, corn, apple pie,
• Pumpkins: pumpkin, seed, sprout, plant, vine, yellow pumpkin, green pumpkin, leaf, pumpkin muffin, pumpkin pie, pumpkin patch, jack-o-lantern, blossom, carve, stem, weigh, measure, paint, pumpkin harvest
• Halloween: witch, pirate, skeleton, vampire, astronaut, frankenstein, ghost, spider, bat, gravestone, haunted house, candy corn, treat bucket, treat bag, kettle, cowgirl, cowboy, trick or treating

You can find this set HERE at our TPT store.

Back to School Word Wall Cards

So back to school came and we didn't get these done for right away to use, but we can always use them in the next few weeks.  We usually put an environmental print bulletin board up at the beginning of the year, but found that this year we didn't really do anything with it, and would have utilized the new Back to School Word Wall cards I just made.  We LOVE our theme based word walls because it help kids think of things to write about during their journal writing time.  It's interactive and kids can take the card from the word wall pocket chart back to their seats and return it when they are done with it.  Each card has a picture clue so it helps those early readers and writers find the right card.

Here's a preview of the BTS Word Wall Cards:

 

You can find these word wall cards at our TPT store HERE.

 

Clip art sources:

Clip Art by Carrie

KPM Doodles (calendar)

Clicker.com (lunch)

Weather Word Wall Vocabulary Cards

We put together some basic word wall cards of the weather words that we use when teaching about weather.  Students love grabbing these word wall cards from the pocket chart during writing time.  I think I had posted previously about our Weather Words pocket chart.  Those word wall cards were in D'Nealian font...next year we are probably going away from this and wanted to have a set of cards that wouldn't confuse firsties with the tails and loops.  You can find them at out TPT store HERE. 

Christine is working on some Weather and Storm Facts Posters...be sure to stop back soon and check those out!

Farm Word Wall Vocabulary Cards

Our farm theme is called, "Farming:  How Food Gets From the Farm to Your Plate", and focuses on not just the animals that a farmer raises, but what the farmer does on the farm and how the food he/she grows gets from the farm to your dinner plate.  I revamped our card set and used my Farm Doodles clip art, along with some of KPM Doodles farm clip art and changed the font to a basic font.  Our other farm word cards are in D'Nealian font and I don't want to confuse our firsties next fall when we do the farm unit.  (I am seeing a lot of revamping in our future, since a lot of what we made was created witht he DN font.)

The words we have in our theme word wall pocket chart include the animals, plants, machines, and the basic products that come from the things that farmers "grow":

farmer, farm wife, tractor, combine, grain wagon, hay wagon, hay, corn stalk, corn field, soy bean, bean field, corn field, garden, cow, pig, horse, sheep, goat, chicken, rooster, hen, nest, chick, calf, ducking, turkey, cooked turkey, milking, riding, barn, hay, pitchfork, pail, harvest, pumpkin, apple, orchard, potato, carrot, corn, cat, dog, grain elevator, wheat, bread, eggs, bacon, ham, steak, hamburger, milk, cheese, yogrut, chicken leg

You can purchase these Farm Vocabulary Cards at our TPT store HERE.

Clip art in this vocabulary card set from:

Clip Art by Carrie: www.ccteachfirst.blogspot.com

KPM Doodles: www.kpmdoodles.blogspot.com

Graphics From the Pond:  www.frompond.blogspot.com

Open Clip Art (public domain):  www.openclipart.org

We would love your feedback!

Space Word Wall Vocabulary Cards

 

I noticed someone on the TPT site requested space vocabulary cards and thought, "I could probably whip some of those up."  We do already have some word wall cards in our classroom that we found on the K-3 Teachers Resources site, but our school is switching reading/language arts series and PROBABLY going away from D'Nealian.  So making new ones would probably be good anyway. 

Our students LOVE using the word wall pocket chart during their writing.  It helps give them "ideas" to write about and gives them a chance to SEE new words.  Our hope is that it will increase their reading vocabulary.  We noticed this year on our Gates word decoding tests, that words that we included on our word wall pocket chart for theme, student got right!  (Example:  During our Weather theme we had the word card for "lightning" and as a whole students actually got that question correct more than they have in the past.)  So if the focus is on vocabulary to increase comprehension, making these little word wall cards is way worth it!  And I love doing it anyway...

You can purchase this at our TPT store HERE.  The Space Doodles clip art used to created these word wall cards is also available for purchase:

Clip Art by Carrie on Teacher's Notebook: HERE (immediate download)

Clip Art by Carrie on Etsy: HERE (zip file emailed to you by Carrie)

Clip Art by Carrie at our TPT store: HERE (immediate download)

We would love your feedback...and let us know if you have any requests!

MY WORLD Word Wall cards

My World World Wall Cards:
This packet includes word wall cards that you can hang on your wall, put in your writing center, or display in your thematic word wall pocket chart.   Each word wall card includes an illustration to give your early writers and readers a visual clue to help them read the words. Using a pocket chart word wall makes your word wall interactive.  Our first graders have loved it this year!  We change the theme words as we change each theme.

Words included:
Afria, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Earth, globe, compase rose, ocean, world map, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic ocean, Southern Ocean, continent, equator, North Pole, South Pole

Created and illustrated by:  www.ccteachfirst.blogspot.com
Clip Art by Carrie

You can purchase this interactive word wall at our TPT store HERE.  We would love your feedback!