iFlash with Glitter

iFlash my students do you?  I'm not talking about the kind of flashing that will put you on the 11 o'clock news!  I'm talking about flash cards!  Skill and drill practice with sight words, addition facts, subtraction facts, numbers, and alphabet is key to building fluent readers and mathematicians.  I have decks and decks of flash cards!  (nothing is worse than when they get mixed up!)  I flash the students when they enter the room, when they leave the room, in small group and anytime I have those odd 3-4 minutes.

Many times I can't find the deck I am looking for or we have a few minutes and I don't have a set with me.  I usually have my iPad or iPhone with me.  Although we need constant practice, the same old cards can get kind of boring.  Wouldn't it be great if I had holiday themed or more colorful cards?

So, one night I had a fabulous idea!  I could load flashcards on my iPad as a PDF and flip through them in iBooks with the class.  Think how colorful and fun I could make them with no worries of printing and colored ink!  I could change them out as the themes change.  Not only can you view PDF files on iPads, most eReaders and tablets can do this too.  I can put several of these older devices I have to use!



So this is how iFlash was brought to life!  I took Pre-primer sight word flash cards and spooked them out for Halloween!  Click here to download them and try them out yourself.

Simply click here to go to my TpT page and download the freebie.  Then click open in iBooks if you are on an iPad.  (With the TpT app, you click on the little eye next to the download button.)  Download the PDF on any mobile device you can use to view PDF files and page through with your students!

I have also done an iFlash Halloween themed set for all 220 Dolch Words, Addition and Subtraction.  You can grab each one of them for only $1.  The students will love them!

As I was creating these, I have fallen in love with the glitter graphics!  It is all the greatness of glitter and sparkle with out the mess!  I am quickly becoming addicted!

You can grab other great freebies too at classroom freebies' Manic Monday!

The Race to Win!

Happy Sunday!  Today it seems I am racing to get things done and hoping to win!  I am still after my resolution to lose weight and walking more.  I figured out yesterday that having music with 130 bpm makes a big difference in your pace!  It could have also been attributed to the fact that I didn't have my kids with me and wasn't exhausted from working all day at school.

I was just updating (and shopping!) on Teachers Notebook and noticed the giveaway going on!  You can enter to win your choice of an iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD or Nook HD!  It is free to enter and you can enter once everyday.  You do have to be a Teachers Notebook member (this is free also).

So as you are "blog-stalking" click over and enter for your chance to win!  If you click over from my page and win I get one too!!!!  As a bonus, if I win because of you I will send a special thank you!  I will send you a $25 Amazon Gift Card and All of the products in my store during 2013!

I just completed and uploaded my "Dolch Word Fluency Race" packet.  

This is a fun way to practice and track your students Dolch Word List accuracy and time. Includes word races for Preprimer - Grade 3 Dolch Words. Perfect for small group instruction and paired student work in Buddy Reading or Word Work literacy stations. It is Reading Standards: Foundation Skills Common Core Aligned for Word Recognition and Fluency.

Give it a try, download a preview FREE!  (Download at my TN or TpT Store) Preview includes: Preprimer Word Race Materials

Full Packet Includes:
- Packet Instructions and Use Ideas
- Student Practice Booklet/ Individual Assessments (6 pages)
- Mini-Posters (5 pages)
- Dolch Word Race Champion Certificates
- Dolch Word Race Class Tracking Form

So as I continue on my race today, the finish line is not even in sight!  So much to do and not quite enough time to do it.  Who needs sleep anyways right!