March is for Making Words and Sentences

I had such nice feedback on my Valentine's Day Edition of Making Words and Sentences freebie that I decided to check out all the observances, holidays, and events in March. I couldn't believe the list I found! Did you know that March 1st is National Pig Day? How about National Potato Chip Day on March 14th?
Here is a list of the observances I came up with for March.

National Pig Day: March 1st

Peanut Butter and Jelly Day: March 2nd

Read Across America Day: March 3rd

Newspaper in Education: March 3rd-7th

Iditarod Sled Dog Race: 1st Sunday in March

Johnny Appleseed Day: March 11th

Popcorn Lovers Day: 2nd Thursday in March

National Potato Chip Day: March 14th

St. Patrick’s Day: March 17th

Let’s Play Basketball: NCAA College Tournament: Middle of March

Word Poetry Day: March 21st

Irish American Heritage Month

Music in Our Schools Month

National Kite Month: Begins March 29th

Women’s History Month

So I put them all together in one packet called, "March Edition of Making Words and Sentences and Word Sorts".  I added Word Sorts where students would sort the words they made into different categories. These would be great to use for contests, pair work, morning work, extra practice with sentence writing and grammar, or center activities. Here is the preview of the packet which you can access by clicking on the picture below.

For 1st grades they can sort words into Sight Words and Short Vowel Sound Words. There are also word sorts for Short Vowel Sounds and Long Vowel Sounds and Singular and Plural Nouns.

 There are also 3 category sorts like the one below:

When I came across "Popcorn Lover's Day" I had to include it. Why not include making popcorn with Making Words and Sentences.

 You might also be interested in my "It's Popcorn Time" Packet for K-1 which you can access my clicking on the picture below.

Of course I have a freebie for all of my followers and viewers. It includes instructions, Making Words and Sentences for "Catch a Leprechaun" and Sentence Writing Pages. Just click on the picture below to download your freebie. Hope you and your students enjoy!

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Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students. March is just around the corner!

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Here's the 1st!

My friend Mary over at A Classroom Full of Smiles had a great idea for a Linky and decided to include a giveaway to get it started. It's called Saturday Sweets and you really need to check it out. Each Saturday you can visit her blog and get some great inspiring ideas and lessons from other teachers on what they are planning to teach the following week in Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies. All grades are welcome! For the giveaway this week she has included $10.00 Kohl's Gift Card and 10 Great Gifts from 10 Wonderful Blogger Friends. I'm giving away:

Even if you don't enter the giveaway it's a wonderful blog post and great links to what other teachers are teaching this week. Just click on the image at the top of the post.

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Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students. Good luck everyone!