Frozen Update & Huge Elf Freebie!

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Exciting news...I just finished updating my packet
Frozen - A Wintery Mix of Math & Literacy.

Every year my students help me learn more and more about what they need. I added more activities based on my students' areas of growth and I gave the entire packet a fancy makeover:

If you already purchased it (thank you!), it's still only $4.50 and you can go to "My Purchases" and redownload to get the updates.

Here's what's included:

Frozen! - Two "Blast!" style phonics games. One set has 48 cards featuring initial blends with long vowels spelled with Silent E. We just wrapped up our Silent E unit last week. When students return after Thanksgiving break, we're tackling initial and final blends. My students are ready for blends, but I'm not ready to have them leave behind the Silent E. See how I was sneaky and solved my problem? ;)

I also left the original cards (over 170 - I spread them out to create 3-4 different games!) with the adorable penguins all bundled up. These cards have initial blends, final blends, and then words with BOTH initial and final.

All the cards are the same size, so they can easily be mix & matched. My students are thinking they are playing a game, but I'm actually taking a quick-check assessment! Simply count out ten turns (or less if your group is larger) and you can collect a percentage easily, i.e.: my students decoded 8/10 words accurately with no prompts = 80% mastery!

There's also snowflake number bonds (I print them on "Frozen" assorted blue cardstock) and a phonemic awareness interactive activity (plus ideas to use it as an interactive bulletin board). My students did this last year...we often move ahead from phonemic awareness in first grade, but my students still need it!

Please check it out at my store :)

I'll also be doubling up the activity cards to use in my sensory bin:

I just finished updating my HUGE Elf Antics freebie.

It's up to 25 pages now!

Although I do find that I often need to create customized materials for my students, I would much rather updated existing files. If you have ever downloaded anything from my store (free or paid), please check back periodically - it will often be additions (extra pages), rather than substitutions. 

I'll be back soon to share more photos of our elf in action. I can't even imagine what mayhem it will bring with this year's students, haha. I'm also keeping my Elf Antics Pinterest board updated this season :)

My Elf on a Shelf freebie is linked up with:

Have a fantastic week!