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I can always count on you to have such brilliant ideas!! I'm totally borrowing this for my students!! Thanks so much! 🙂
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
Oh, Lisa, you are too much! I was planning to save this for "fun" Friday.. .but they were SO good I had to do it yesterday!
I LOVE THIS ACTIVITY! I am so disappointed.. we are not allowed to work with food in our district… Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I would love to do this!
-Caitlyn
Wahhh! I hate that! Mine only worked because of the serving size… they didn't actually eat that many cheez-its because they didn't make that many words lol
You are so RAD! What a gem this is . . . pinned sweet friend 🙂
Kelley Dolling
Teacher Idea Factory
Thank you Mrs. Dolling! YOU are rad!
I love it! I am so going to the store tomorrow!
Cheap. Easy. Fun!
Perfect 🙂 Have fun with it!
Ahh, I LOVE it!!! Thank you for sharing. I am totally going to do this on Wednesday when we get back from our much needed long weekend!
Colleen 🙂
Fun and Fearless in First
It will be a perfect little activity to get them all excited about being back in school! Thanks for stopping by Colleen!
This is a wonderful idea Susan, thanks for sharing!! 🙂
What a GREAT idea… food is a HUGE motivator in my classroom. My firsties are SO gonna dig this 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!!
Those are awesome! I'm going to have to find those! Thanks for the cute activity!
Erin
First with Franklin
Love this!!!! I may try to make something to use with the Cheeze Its too! Thanks so much for sharing. I love your blog 🙂
Marie
The Hands-On Teacher in First!
yeah….we aren't really allowed to use food anymore…you know..the cockroach problem?? hahaha!
I LOVE the CVC idea with the Cheeze-Its! I made some cards a few months ago using Dolch sight words (all except the 2nd grade list) and have them on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teacher's Notebook. If you're interested, go check them out! 😊
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Patricia-Moore-3784/Page:2
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Patricia-Moore-3784/Page:3
http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/prm56
Thank you! I found these crackers at the store and hoped someone had created a page I could use. Thank You, thank you!