Hello Mrs Sykes

Need a fun and fast way to boost your students' vocabulary? Here's a Mystery Word of the Week free download (from my Teachers Pay Teachers store )  you can print and use today! Enjoy! Free Mystery Word of the Week from Hello Mrs Sykes on Teachers Pay Teachers

Happy 2015! I have enjoyed the last 2 weeks, as I took the time to slow down, reflect, and spend time with my family. As 2015 begins, I wanted to take a moment to share some easy and fast materials I'll be using with my Literacy Intervention groups. Please note: all of my intervention groups are upper elementary, but these can be customized as needed for your class. Each of these activities includes fun materials to practice essential literacy skills. Enjoy! Fun Word Searches for January My kiddos enjoy word searches, and the words in these help to "front-load" my kiddos with the appropriate vocabulary to be able to participate in rich discussions. Click to download for free from my TPT store Click to download for free from my TPT store Speaking and Listening About 2014 I love Flocabulary, and the Year in Rap 2014 does not disappoint! From the Winter Olympics to Ferguson, Missouri, the Year in Rap is sure to generate opportunities for speaking and liste...

Good morning, teacher friends!  I am super excited to share that the 2013 TpT Holiday eBook is out!  Click the image below to check it out...  {By the way, I'm in it!!  Happy dance!} Download this resource for free at Teachers Pay Teachers.  Don't forget to leave feedback! Want my freebie from the eBook?  Click the picture below to go straight to my Winter Holiday freebie .  Happy Holidays!! A Winter Holiday Freebie - Mystery Word of the Week!

The title kinda says it all...  Here's a quick and fun Thanksgiving word search freebie : Click Here for TpT , Click Here for TN If you like it, feel free to share this with other teachers by leaving feedback, blogging about it, or pinning the freebie!  Thanks!!!  Want more Thanksgiving Freebies?  Visit the Linky at Tales from Outside the Classroom for others! We had a winner in the Pick Your Chevron giveaway!  Karen, check your inbox and let me know where to mail your scarf!!  :) a Rafflecopter giveaway If you're looking for some really fabulous ELA resources for grades 3-4, check out this Educents deal that I am a part of... Click here for the post I wrote about this deal , including a freebie from my CCSS RL packet for grades 3-5 (included in the bundle, and pictured below.)   There's still one more day to enter the Giveaway, too!! Have a wonderful weekend!!  Here's a little chuckle for you...

Follow the link below for a quick printable word search and create a word for Veteran's Day!  Enjoy, and thank a veteran for their service!  :) Download for free from TpT

It's officially December, since Currently  is here!!  I seem to be addicted to ellipses lately, so... My family is amazing.  Right now my kiddos are running around giggling like mad.  It can mean they are playing... (fingers crossed) or they've just done something I'm not supposed to find out about...  I'll just believe they are giggling because they are playing!!  ;) My awesome team mate, Casey , is the person who single-handedly saved me yesterday.  Thankfully, she planned an amazing afternoon of craftivities for our classes to do as we became "roomless" before dismissal.  {I work at a year-round school , and I had to move out to give the next teacher an afternoon to move her stuff in... make a seating chart... ya' know)  It was awesome!!  All activities came from the unit by MOM Printables .  I can't tell you how great it was to sit back and watch over 40 kiddos work away at this.  :)  Highly Recommended!! I'm t...

Click here to purchase from TpT! Oh, I am so excited to do a thematic study with my green beans!  We are studying spiders!  :) I'm using Reagan's Spider Week activities! I also made some of my own Spider pages for y'all.  Here's a link to a freebie filled with Spider papers for primary and intermediate grades. Download here free from TpT Enjoy!  :)  Feel free to visit me at my buddy Casey's new blog, Second Grade Freebies !  Be sure to follow this blog, as Casey is going to have a lot of second grade teachers contributing!

Happy Memorial Day!  Be sure to share the history of this day with your class.  My students were impressed to learn that it originally was called Decoration Day since people would decorate the graves.  {source} If you are looking for resources to use with your class, many activities and printables are available at Apples4TheTeacher.com . ==========================================================>>>>> If you are blog-hopping over the holiday, be sure to hop over to Rachel at A. B. Seymour .  She is having a huge 200 follower giveaway , and I'm proud to be a part of it!  Check it out here . ==========================================================>>>>> I'm joining up with lots of other bloggers to offer 20% off in my TpT and TN stores today, tomorrow, and I'm extending it until Tuesday.  Enjoy 20% off everything!  You can find more sales at the linky party over at A Cupcake for the Teacher . my TpT shop ...