Prefixes and Last Hours of the Giveaway {Five for Friday}

Happy Friday! It's linky time with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 random things from the week. 

I don't know about anyone else, but it's been a rough week for me in the classroom! My mom sent me this little reminder before school this morning and it couldn't have come at a better time. Hang in there, friends! 

We had a 12-4 schedule on Wednesday and only 35 minutes with each class. YIKES!! Good thing I'd bought these prefix/suffix charts from Miss Giraffe during the big sale last week! We glued them into our notebooks and started brainstorming lists of word that had the same prefix and suffix. 

The day after our prefix mini-lesson I asked this question: How does adding a prefix to a word change that word? Then we each picked one word and drew a before and after prefix picture. They did such a great job!! The illustrations were a great way to drive home the point that prefixes change the meaning of a word! 

I'm an official ReadWorker!! I was contacted by ReadWorks.org and asked if I would be willing to participate in their program and of course I said yes!!! ReadWorkers offer feedback on the site's resources and share their insights and ideas as classroom teachers! 

They also sent a book with my package! It was delivered to my room while my students were with me and they were so excited. Everyone wanted me to read it right then. 

Anyone ever read this book? I'd never heard of it, but it is FANTASTIC!! Of course, ReadWorks has a great close reading plan for the book. I can't wait to use this with one. 

There are only a few more hours to enter my giveaway! Good Luck everyone! I can't wait to see who wins!! 

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Inferences, Prefixes and Suffixes, and a Dollar Store Find {Five for Friday}

We made it! It is finally Friday and time for Five for Friday at Doodle Bugs Teaching.

1. Have you ever had one of those weeks where you are just thankful to have made it to Friday all in one piece? I didn't even need to look up to know that there was a full moon this week! W-O-W did we have a week....not following directions, way too talkative, and some very smart mouths. I am glad it is over and also glad that Monday will bring us a fresh start. 

2. We worked on inferencing this week and took some time to create these fun foldables from A Teacher's Treasure. 

3. We also did this great prefix/suffix sort from Mrs. Lesser's Classroom.

4. I found this great tub at the Dollar General for $5 and plan on using some vinyl to turn it into a clipboard tote. I'll post more pictures when I get it all finished! The DG has some very fun, bright things out right now for Spring and Summer! 

5. We are celebrating three birthdays this weekend, so I'm looking forward to some much needed family time and relaxing. 

I hope you enjoy your weekend!