Favorite Fonts Linky Party

OK, raise your hand if you have a  FONT FETISH like I do!

I have a new favorite (thanks to Mrs. Pollard) called

and the best part...you can get it FREE here

I am getting bored with the fonts I have been using lately (and I think I lost some with my last computer death) so I thought I would host my first ever linky party!

So come on fellow fetishers and join my

1. If you have a blog please link up below!

2. If you don't have a blog you can still participate by adding your favorites in a comment.

Heidi Songs Giveaway!!

In honor of 500 followers, Mrs. Parker is giving away this awesome prize!

I use Heidi's sight word dvds and they are WONDERFUL! I don't have this phonics one and I'm crossing my fingers and toes I win!!! Head over and enter and GOOD LUCK!

Word Work 3-Mystery Word

This word work is good for all ages you just change the difficulty of the words. I use these (available on Amazon) but you can use any kind of letter tiles or print them on card stock.

Now for another secret...
I get my words from the Making Words books. You can get the word lists for free by googling Making Words table of contents and your grade. This website will come up and you can download the table of contents which lists what the mystery word is for each lesson.  http://www.christianbook.com/
Mystery Word

Word Work 2-Wikki Stix

The  in the series of word work activities I'd like to share is...

Wikki Stix!

If you haven't heard of these, you need to go get some...now! The kids LOVE them and they can be used by the teacher for circling sight words, etc.  in big books.

I bought a big box from Lakeshore Learning and the stixs came maybe 20? of the same color stuck on a plastic sheet.

My students took a sheet of one color to their desk with a sight word ring or laminated list.
They made their sight words by twisting the stixs into letters.
In their word work notebooks they would write the code date at the top and the words they made that day. (Darn, I have pics of this at home but I am visiting the in-laws this week. I guess I can add them later.)

I trained my students in the beginning of the year to take VERY good care of them since they are not as cheap as you would think for string covered in wax!
My rules:
1. They must be used on a desk (no rug.)
2. They must be straightened out and placed back on the correct colored plastic sheet and put back in the Sterilite drawer.

They are still in excellent shape so I do not plan to buy any for this year.

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