Homo "Gnome" (Homonym) Words, Definitions, and Activities plus Giveaway!

Last night I got an idea in my head that wouldn't let me sleep, so I had to wake up early on a Saturday morning to put it together.  You see, my school kiddos have a hard time with homonyms.  They spell a word in the way that it sounds like, rather than with the actual spelling of the word.  I have some homonym games and activities at school that is great for those 20 sets of words that they contain.  I needed something bigger - more sets of words - for my kiddos.  
So I made it up myself.

I didn't know how I wanted to put it together until last night when I was perusing through my clipart and I asked my husband what he thought I should do with the adorable gnome... with his sense of humor he replied "Homo-Gnome" (Homonym).  Hardy har har... gotta love his sense of humor, I totally understand it, as do my own kids, and my school kiddos. 
It morphed this morning into an 88 page document with 256 (plus 3 more) word cards with definitions.  I was only going to have 100 total words, then it turned into 100+ sets of words - most words are a pair of homonyms, some are a group of 3.  I couldn't believe all the ones that I kept thinking of!
I love the dictionary.

This is the special 3 word cards and definitions.

This is the first of 63 word and definition slides.

 So after I typed up 259 words and definitions, I decided that I wanted my class to have task cards to use the cards... you know how much I love task cards, but I couldn't see how I could use the cards in the same manner as playing Scoot with what I had in mind.  So I made 10 activity cards instead.  The cards have the kids creating games with amounts of the different sets (pairs) of words.

 For example: make a crossword puzzle, create a word search, play GNOME (like Bingo), write sentences, a poem, a narrative, etc...there are 10 of them! Every card has a corresponding activity board that I can print off and slide into a sheet protector for the kiddos to use during centers.  

I am so excited about this since it's something I can use the rest of the year -  I just switch out the different sets of words.
Okay, okay - I love to share and this time I wanted to share here on the blog.  You could click above to head over to check it out at TPT, or you could comment below for a chance to win it - just leave your email address if you are interested!  I will choose a winner Sunday night using a random number generator.    
Hope you are having a great weekend!