February Math and Literacy Printables and Center Activities

Hello February! I had intentions to get this out sooner, but better late than never right?! I'm excited to share all of these February activities with you.  

February is Black History Month and what I love most about the Black History Mini Unit is that it features modern day heroes that our students can easily relate to. 

There's also an adapted book included for your lower level learners. 

Spark high interest and engagement with "Feed the Robot Beginning Sounds," and all of the beginning sound picture cards are February themed! Students choose a card, trace the beginning sound, and then feed it to the robot to discard it. A huge crowd pleaser!

Valentine Heart Cover! A fun and engaging activity  for practicing Doubles and Double + One.

 

February Writing Journals for Special Education! This is a year-long growing bundle and currently includes Oct. - Feb. These sets can be purchased individually, but Pssst...if you grab the bundle before March is added, you'll get the next SEVEN sets for FREE! Woohoo! You see, each time a new set is added, the price is increased $3.50.

Morning Work for Special Education! These daily sprints include 8 essential daily skills for students to practice and move at a pace that's perfect for special needs students. Also, available for every month of the year!

Chocolate SMASH! These smash activities are always a hit. Students can't wait to smash a chocolate on the smash mat with their "chocolate" Playdoh. This activity covers counting 1 - 20. 

Contraction SMASH! Another fun smash activity if you're working on contractions this month. Students choose a card and then find and smash the contraction on the smash mat. Then, they write the contraction. So fun!

Flip a Sentence for February! Trust me, even your reluctant writers will want in on this fun!

Valentine 10-frame addition! Students love anything with mini erasers. This activity includes 47 task cards for every possible addition fact with sums to 10. An answer key is also included making it easy for you to check their work later. 

Monster Addition to 20! This set includes 40 task cards and also includes an answer key. 

Feed the Monster! A fun activity for matching upper and lowercase letters. Students can match upper to lower, lower to upper, or upper to upper and vice versa. 

Valentine CVC Word Mapping! A fun new activity for February to correlates with the "Science of Reading." This set includes 84 CVC picture cards and is perfect for small groups, interventions, and literacy centers. 

February Math is one of our favorite units and is JAM PACKED with Sooooo many skills that cover the entire month of February!

Fun printables for the month of February! These are perfect for rainy day fun or early finishers and are also part of a growing bundle this is hugely discounted right now. 

Melting Kisses Science Experiment differentiated for 3 levels! Your students will have fun seeing how long it takes a kiss to melt in their mouth and comparing their times with their classmates. 

All of these fun Valentine gift tags can be found here.

And yes....there's freebies coming too!

Grab this counting freebie here.

Making tens freebie here. 

How cute is this Valentine Holder? :) Get the robot template here and attach to a paper gift bag!

Need a last minute activity for Groundhog Day? You can download this freebie here. 

Join in on the 28 day Kindness Day Challenge with us! February is a great month for a kindness challenge and it's free! It's editable so you can add your own acts of kindness and includes certificates to give students once they complete the challenge!

Share your Kindness Challenges with me on Instagram and tag me @thebenderbunch. 

Share this post with your teaching friends that can use some of these resources too! :)

Things We LOVE Giveaway!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! And what better way to start it off than giving away all of the things that teachers LOVE! I'm so excited about this huge giveaway! I'm teaming up with several other teacher friends to give one teacher all of the Things that we Love! One winner will be chosen to win everything you see you above!

I mean check it out! Here is what we are giving away! 

Mr. Sketch Scented Marker Set

Flair Pen Set
I love color and I love writing with Flair pens!

A LAMINATOR!!!! Woohoo!
This is the best purchase I think I ever made for myself. 

Dry Erase Pockets
These are used for everything in my classroom!

Expo Dry Erase Markers
You can never have too many of these!

Astrobrights Paper
Because white is boring!!

Ticonderoga Pencils
Best pencils ever!

And what would a giveaway be without our most favorite thing?? A Teachers Pay Teachers $50 gift card!

How exciting is this?!! I can't wait to see who the lucky winner is! Giveaway ends on 2/21/17. Enter using the rafflecopter below. But first I must give a shoutout to all of my teaching friends that made this huge giveaway possible!

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher), Third Grade Giggles, Teaching Superkids, Sliding into 1st, Katie Roltgen, Just Ask Judy, Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch, Pam's Place, Teach with Hope, Carla Hoff, Tried and True Teaching Tools, Leah Popinski, The Chocolate Teacher, Teacher Gameroom, It's a Teacher Thing, The Corriganite Nation, La-Nette Mark, Debora Marines TeachMagically, Teacher Mama School, The Craft of Teaching, Stephanie Rye-Forever in Fifth Grade, and Jackie Crews.

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Pinterest Pick 3 on the 3rd Linky!!

I love this pinterest party that "Inspired Owl's Corner" and "Pawsitively Teaching" are hosting each month!! Every month on the 3rd numerous bloggers link up their top 3 pinterest picks specifically themed for that month! It 's a great place to get some great last minute ideas! Here are my top 3 picks for this month!

 Click on each image to be taken the original source of each pin!

What an adorable idea for a Valentine card! We are going to do this for the front cover of our parent valentine cards.

We are using decorative Valentine lunch bags this year for our Valentine Exchange Party, but these are cute! May do this next year!

We are doing this on Feb. 19th for Chinese New Year. I love it. It is simple, easy, cute, and easiest enough for my sped students to do. The symbol stands for "good luck." You can print the symbol {here}. 

View my entire Valentine Board here:

Visit Traci's profile on Pinterest.

Be sure to also check out all of these other amazing pick 3 pins below and if you blog, link up feel free to add your own!!! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Valentine Bloghop!!! 28 Days of Sweet Treats!

It's here! It's here! Today's the day! 28 of us have teamed up to bring you loads of goodies this month! Every day throughout the month of February one blogger will reveal one or more sweet treats for you on their blog. 

I'm first up....so here goes! For today ONLY, I am offering two paid items from my store for FREE! 

You can get my "February Math," regularly priced for $6.00.....

and my "Valentine Scrambled Sentences," regularly priced for $2.00.

Just click on each image to download for free today only. These will be free until midnight tonight PST time!

Everything in my store is also 20% off ALL DAY TODAY!!!

WAIT! MORE TREATS!?

I also have two giveaways for you! Win any 3 items of your choice from my store or enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card from your choice of Amazon, Target, or TpT.

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WOW, and this is just the first day!!! You have treats waiting at 27 other blogs! Just come back tomorrow and click on the 2nd blog button on the image map at the top of my blog to get tomorrows treats from "Autism Classroom News." This clickable image map will remain at the top of my blog all month long!! :)

Thanks for stopping by, despite the fact that it's SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!
GO PATRIOTS!

Valentine Bloghop!!! 28 Days, 28 Bloggers!!!

Tomorrow's the BIG day!!! The day you've been waiting for! I have teamed up with 27 other special Ed bloggers to bring you 28 days of sweet treats! That's right.....28 days of goodness! These are the awesome bloggers participating!!

Every day during the month of February, the blogger listed for that date, will have a special treat for you posted on their blog! Each day you can visit any one of our blogs to retrieve this clickable image! Each blog button will be clickable! It will be posted at the top of our blogs for the entire month, so you can easily navigate through the hop each day!! :) 

Just a note....we will not be revealing our secret treats until our assigned day, and some bloggers will be offering freebies on THAT DAY ONLY...so be sure you follow the hop daily!
The clickable blog buttons in the image will go active on my blog tonight at midnight!

I'm first up....so I hope to see you back here tomorrow! 

RACE TO 100 FREEBIE & A BLOGHOP

Hey, it's Freebie Friday!!! So much coming up in February! It's probably my most favorite month with Groundhog Day, President's Day, Valentine's Day, Black History Month, and the 100th Day of School!! If your 100th day is coming up, then you'll love this freebie that has been pinned almost 600 times and downloaded from TpT nearly 6,000 times!!!! 

My "Race to 100!"

I'm also working on a "100 days of school" mini activity booklet this evening that I'll be posting this weekend!! So be sure to follow my store so you'll be notified upon it's completion. 




And look what's in store for Sunday! Heck, I should say...the whole month of February!

Every day during the month of January, one blogger will deliver a secret envelope filled with one or more Valentine treats just for you! I'm up first and will be starting the hop with your first treat on February 1st. There will be tips, freebies, giveaways, and more!!!

You'll be able to visit my blog each day for this clickable map and easily navigate to the daily featured blog to retrieve your treats!! How exciting is that?? There are some really great things in store, so don't miss out!! See ya back on the first!!!

February In A Click! Let Me Plan Your Month!

February's around the corner, so it's time for "February In A Click." Prior to the first of each month, I post a clickable document with links to the top activities I will be doing in my classroom during the upcoming month. All you have to do is click on the activities you like to be taken to the activity source! 

Here's what I have planned for February! So many events in February......Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Dental Week, 100th Day of School (for many), Chinese New Year, President's Day!!! Am I forgetting anything?? It's a fun-filled month for sure!

Most of these activities are even free!!

We are going to do the Cherry Salad shortly before our Valentine Exchange Party and have it as a snack for the party!

Our 100th day falls on Groundhog Day, so this will be a busy day!! :) We will be doing activities from all 3 of the groundhog units you see.....and 2 of them are FREE! My "Race to 100" up top is also free!

For Chinese New Year, I'm thinking of doing rice instead of cotton balls. I was also thinking since their feasts generally consist of symbolic food.... long pasta represents long life, citrus fruit represents wealth, seafood represents good luck....and gold symbolizes good fortune, I am thinking about having a similar feast in my classroom!

If you'd like to make the Chinese New Year decoration above, here is the image "meaning good luck" that you will need.

If you'd like to use these activities, download the clickable document below to access all of them in a simple click!

Plus, don't forget to mark your calendars for this BIG event coming on Sunday!! I'll be revealing the first secret envelope right here!!!