July already?!

I just uploaded the two latest installments of my curriculum spelling words.  Units 4 & 5 are up in my little TPT shop and are both freebies! 

Why am I making spelling word cards?  Well, for the last 5 years our grade level has used a different spelling list/compilation for our firsties.  This year I have 2 teachers new to first grade, and so my partner and I decided that it would be a little more cohesive for them if we make the transition to the spelling words that go with our adoption.  (What kind of adventure follows directions? Mine so doesn't...)

Therefore... I have to re-make all of my spelling word cards for this new year, and I thought - why not make them cute?

As an aside, I use a small pocket chart that I got at Target (totally in the $1 spot) for my spelling words.  It hangs in my morning meeting area and we say-spell-tap our spelling words.  Now... tapping our spelling words (for lack of a better way to describe) is something that I have done since I was in student teaching.  That dear teacher did spelling word cheers.  I'm fat, so there's not a whole lot of jumping all about maintaining a little structure in my morning meeting, so we just "tap."  Anyway... for letters that reach to the head-line get a tap on our head.  Letters that stay between the tummy-line and foot-line get a pat on our shoulders.  Letters that extend beyond the foot-line get a pat on our laps.  This takes the kids about a week to get the hang of it, but I have them do it e-v-e-r-y day.  So - if our spelling word was July, as we say each letter we would tap: head-shoulders-head-lap.  I'm sure that is clear as mud, because I am so excellent at making things way more complicated than they really are.  If you continue to come here to visit... you will come to find that beyond true.  (I blame it on my GT brain... although my poor head is forked-up jello at this point.)

So, that's just a snippet.  It's already after midnight again... and this adventure guide is saying g'night! :)