Why I (Heart) Boom Cards™!

WHAT ARE BOOM CARDS™?

Boom Cards™ are one of the coolest things I've seen in a while! They can be thought of as mini apps or digital task cards. AND they are created by teachers! You can even purchase an Ultimate membership ($25 per year) and make them yourself! Each deck has a certain number of cards, tasks, or questions (usually 20) for the student to complete. Decks have already been created for a wide variety of subjects, including math, reading, phonics, science, social studies, and more! They work on interactive white boards, desktops, iPads, tablets, and even your phone! So, they can be practiced in a large group format, then individually.

The decks come in different formats. Some are multiple choice, some are drag and drop, while others include fill-in-the-blanks or have multiple correct answers. I love how this provides teachers with many options for helping students practice different subjects, while offering the students unique ways to interact with the material. You can even add sounds so that students can have the directions or sight words read to them.

MY FAVORITE BOOM CARDS™ FEATURES

I have been using Boom Cards with my kindergarten class for a couple of months now. Here are the features I love:

1) Students can practice content that exactly matches our curriculum! Right now, they are working on making numbers 11-20, identifying sight words, counting objects, and beginning addition.

2) I can add my own sounds! I use this feature to add an icon for students to click when they need to hear the directions. I also use it to ask students to find specific sight words. The possibilities are endless!

3) Since the content is digital, I can use as much color as I want . . . and give absolutely no thought to how much ink it will use! So I add photos for the backgrounds to make them interesting and artwork from the best clipart artists around. I can add so many things to make the cards more engaging and fun!

4) Students can practice at home! No more summer slide!!! You can send the link, username, and password home for each student. This makes it easy and fun for students to work on academic skills over school breaks!

5) You can assign decks to the whole class or individual students! This is huge! This way, I know that each student is working right at his/her instructional level. 

6) BoomLearning.com is always improving! They are very busy getting feedback from teachers and creators. They are always adding new features and improving old ones. I love having new features to add to my decks!

FREE OFFER FROM BOOM LEARNING™!

Boom Cards™ are self-grading, DIGITAL resources. They live in the cloud. They can't be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards™ to students.

If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards™ purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more.

To read more about these offers on the Boom Learning site, CLICK HERE. 

AND . . . CLICK HERE for more info on adding Boom Cards to Google Classroom(TM). 

TRY BOOM CARDS FOR FREE! 

There's no better way to see what Boom Cards™ are all about than to try them for yourself! Every deck on the site has a four-card preview. That way, you know exactly what you are getting. Or, download one of my FREE decks! Just click on the photos below to take a look! Download the freebie and click on the link in the resource. 

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Happy teaching!

FREE Bump Addition Games for All Year! K-3

I love it when students are engaged, learning, AND having fun! Bump games are a great way for students to practice math facts. They work well in math centers, for early finishers, as small group practice, or as a take home activity. Here are a few that I have gathered in one spot for your convenience. Download a few and have bump games available for your students throughout the year! 

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Back to School

Welcome Back Bump from Sunny Days

     This set includes addition, multiplication, AND blank versions! 

Back to School Bump from Differentiation Station Creations

     This set includes a printable page with the game. 

Fall

Apple Bump from A Sunny Day in First Grade

     What a great addition to a fall unit on apples! 

Halloween Bump from Games 4 Learning

     Two game boards are included in this set: addition and subtraction. 

Boo Bump from Teacher Tam

     This set includes games for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

Grandma Thanksgiving Roll and Cover from Mary Lirette

     I use one of the games from this set as a bump game, too. It's fun to put a copy of the "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie" book (Alison Jackson) in a bag with this game and send it home. Students love it! 

Fall Addition Bump from Covered in Glitter and Glue

    Here's another fun, fall-themed version of bump! 

Winter

100th Day Bump from Susan Montague

     Here's another fun activity to add to your 100th Day celebration! 

Groundhog Bump from Kathy Law

     A cute resource for Groundhog Day is always a plus! 

Valentine Bump from Easy Peasy Primary Resources

     Your students are sure to "love" this version! 

You Stole My Heart Game from Hilary Lewis

     There are addition and multiplication games in this set. 

Polar Pals Bump Games from Sandy's Learning Reef

     This set has games for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Isn't this one cute?! 

Winter Sports Bump from Sweet Integrations

     This set includes a blank board, too!

Gingerbread Bump by Teacher Tam

     Here's another one of my bump games. It has boards for adding 2 numbers and 3 numbers. There are also boards in Spanish! 

Snowman Bump from Kathy Law

     This game covers addition doubles facts.

Reindeer Bump It from Teaching Resources from the Classroom

     How cute are these little guys?!

Christmas Bump from Primary Packrat

     This set would be great to use at home over the break! 

Holly Jolly Bump from Carla Hoff

     This set has several bump games. It includes both full color and blackline versions.

Spring

Bump in the Garden from Miss Galvin Learns

    Let's hop to some addition practice with this eye-catching game!

St. Patrick's Day Game Set (including bump) from Sweet Integrations

  This set includes a game of bump, a board game, and a roll and cover game.

Easter Bump from Sheree Peterson

     This set includes 4 different version of bump. 

Springtime Bump from Tracy Smith

     Bump games like this one work well as math centers, for early finishers, as a home activity, or for small group practice. 

Butterfly Bump from Linda's Learning Loot

     This would make a fun addition to a science unit on butterflies! 

Fiesta Fun Bump for Cinco de Mayo from Alicia Coletti

     I love finding colorful resources like this one! What a fun way to celebrate!

Summer

Summer Bump Game from Teaching Trove

     Things that remind me of the beach are my favorite! This game is sure to be a favorite with your student(s), too! 

Lemonade Bump from Kim Mueller EdD

     My own kids LOVE lemonade, so I just had to include this version! 

Summer Math and Literacy Freebie--and a Bump Game--from Teacher Tam

     This set includes an ice cream themed bump game! 

Great for any time of the year!

Bubblegum Bump from Mrs. Nelson is Missing

     Here's some colorful addition practice for your students! 

Super Bump from Paiges of Learning

   Your students will think this version of bump is just "super!"

Bow Wow Bump from That's So Second Grade

     For the first game, students will add 2 numbers and subtract the sum from 20. The second game is multiplication bump. 

Ninja Bump from Sunny Days

     I had to include this in honor of my youngest son--the ninja! 

Space Bump from Kindergarten Couture

    This game is perfect to include in a unit about space! 

Birthday Bump from Kathy Law

     Here's another bump game for doubles facts.

I hope you found a few practice games that your students will love!

Happy teaching!

Kindergarten Math and Literacy Pack for Summer (No Prep!)

Could your student(s) use a review of kindergarten math and literacy this summer? If so, then take a look! 

This math and literacy pack includes 44 pages of kindergarten materials. It would make a great review of the basics so that your child avoids the "summer slide!" The pack has pages that focus on letter sounds, upper- and lowercase letter matching, CVC and CVCe words, counting, addition, subtraction, sight words, writing sentences, and more! Every page has a fun, engaging summer theme! 

What's Included

Writing in the Sand & Beach Letter Match: On these pages, students will match and write upper- and lowercase letters. 

Summer Sounds & Beginning Sounds: These 2 pages have students match an object with its beginning sound. 

Summer Scramble & Sunny Day Scramble: Students cut out and rearrange letters to make CVCe words. 

Sets of Summer: Here, students count each set of objects (<10) and write the numbers.

We Love to Count & Let's Count Seeds: On these pages, students cut out objects and glue the correct quantity of them to match each number.

Lemonade Stand & Pack a Picnic!: Here, students match each quantity of 10s and 1s with the correct teen number.

Catching Fireflies & Adding Ants: These pages have addition problems showing the objects. 

Summer Subtraction & Subtracting Shells: These pages have subtraction problems showing the objects. 

Add Within 5 & Surf and Subtract: These pages have addition and subtraction problems with sums and minuends of less than 5. 

Share the Surfboards & Share the Ice Cream: With these pages, students will practice matching sets of the same number.

Read, Write, and Draw (#1-#3): These 3 pages each provide students with a sentence to copy and space to illustrate the sentence. 

Summer Sentence Fun, Writing in the Sand, Summer Splash, & Watermelon Fun: For each of these pages, students will cut out a scrambled sentence, arranged the sight words in the correct order, and copy the sentence. 

2 Roll, Read, and Color pages: Here, students roll one die and read the corresponding sight word sentence. The first person to read the same sentence four times (developing fluency) wins! 

Water Balloon Sort, Sandwich Sort, Let's Go to the Beach, Shells by the Seashore & Sunny Sort: For these pages, students read and sort short vowel words according to word families. 

Sight Word Sort & Backyard BBQ: Here, students read and sort sight words according to the number of letters in each word. 

Sight Word Spin: This is a fun sight word game to play with 2 players. 

Sweet Treat Spin & Catching Bugs: These are CVC word games to play with 2 players.

How Many Water Balloons? & Wendy Loves Watermelon: For these games, students will spin and count the number of objects. 

Summer Shape Sort: On this page, students will sort the summer objects according to shape. 

Color and Graph: Students will identify and color shapes, then graph them. 

Campers Like to Count!: Here, students will cut out and glue the numbers in the correct position from 1 to 20. 

Keep on Counting!: For this page, students will cut out and glue the numbers in the correct position from 21 to 50. 

Just click on the picture below to take a look at this math and literacy summer review pack for kindergarten! 

Click on the picture to see it on Teacher's Notebook.

CLICK HERE to find it on Teachers Pay Teachers. 

Happy teaching! 

Number to Quantity Match FREEBIE

Here's a useful MATH FREEBIE for preschool or kindergarten from Mrs. Daleo! 

My son had fun cutting out the numbers and gluing them under the correct quantity of dots. 

This set comes with 4 different number to quantity matching sheets: 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, and 15-20. They are perfect for helping students develop number sense, as well as for cutting and gluing practice.

These sheets would work well for assessment, independent practice, as a whole or small group activity, or as a math center. 

Mrs. Daleo's Teaching Tip

She created this set as a math assessment. She says to "plan your report card assessments ahead of time. Try to find as many assessments that can be done as a whole group rather than one on one. In kindergarten, one on one time is hard to come by, so any assessment that can be done by all the students at the same time is a great timesaver!"

Click on the picture below to download a set for your students! 

Happy teaching!