Tomorrow is Friday…which is one day closer to the weekend….which is EVEN closer to that special day of endless amounts of FOOD and family time!! I LOVE Thanksgiving time! Tuesday evening, we had our small group {our Bible study group} Thanksgiving dinner and oh.my.larry friends….seriously why is food so dern good?!? A.D.D totally set in after I ate my way through tons of carbs and butter. :) ok..’nuff about food before I find myself sneaking … [Read more...]
Candy corns, fact families, and turkeys
We have been all sorts of mathematicians these past few weeks. We have been hard at work with fact families! We use CSCOPE in our district, and the past 2 weeks we have been building sums and minuends to 10. So to jazz up our math time, I brought candy into the mix!! Whoop, whoop. Anytime the candy is revealed, it is an instant attention getter! To start off, each of my littles got ten candy corns, a part part whole math mat, and a white board. … [Read more...]
Place Value Pumpkins and goodies!!!
Today was most definitely the Monday before Halloween. :) The kiddos are on the countdown for endless amounts of sugar and dress up!! Honestly,.. so am I. Any excuse to devour piles of sugar makes me THIS HAPPY!! Today, we reviewed place value. During the middle of our little review lesson…I totally had one of those moments were you switch gears and revamp the lesson plans! Ever had one of those??? Love ‘um. Rather than building numbers the … [Read more...]
Drugs Stink, Freebie, and a SALE!!
Ok, so, I don’t know bout y’all, but anytime I tell my little ones that something is a contest they are all over it! This week, the contest was a Drug Free poster! I always love doing these each year. The kiddos always get so stinkin’ excited to see our class poster hanging up in our school cafeteria. Well, this year, the contest had a HUGE incentive for the kiddos. The class that wins, gets $30. Oh yes! So of course, as soon as I said that they … [Read more...]
Oh Happy Day!!
I am enjoying every stinkin’ minute of my 4 day weekend. I’m back to work tomorrow. I spent the day with the ones I love and enjoying this beautiful “sneak peak” of fall weather here in Texas! Days that you can actually sit outside without being soaking wet come few and far between here in good ‘ol Texas. Because I am loving this *Happy Day* I have a little freebie for you all. Bah-bam!!!! 39 pages of sight word practice including … [Read more...]
American Symbols and RTI
Last week we was all about American symbols. Here in Texas, we have TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) that we follow, which leaves me feeling left out of all the Common Core stuff. {sad face} As part of our TEKS for first grade, we are to explain the national patriotic symbols. Last week we worked the US flag, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty. Y’all. My brain was on major overload this past week due to RTI, lesson plans, … [Read more...]
Classroom Management Linky
Hi friends! I am linking up with What the Teacher Wants to share how I do classroom management in my room. I cannot take credit for either of these ideas, but I had to share them because they are just that good!! When my amazing co-worker and blogging buddy, Shannon Kirby shared this idea with me of doing “Behavior makes Cents”…I knew I had to do it in my room. It is amazing. Check out her TPT store to snag it up. I also use Mel D.’s fuzzies … [Read more...]
Our meeting place
One of my favorite times during our school day is our meeting time! I love when we all gather up on the rug and have a read aloud, or start a new lesson, create anchor charts together, have our morning meeting,…it’s just my favorite! Here is my 2nd little edition of this rug we will be using this year for our meeting place! I am very excited about it. After 2 months..I am finally finished with it. It could have been done 2 months ago…buut, I … [Read more...]
You are “Fairy” Special FREEBIE!!
I’m back….and breaking a MAJOR blogging rule! 2 posts in one day?!?! Yikes! I have been working on this little writing unit for what seems like FOR.EV.ER!! I am hoping to get it done very soon. Below is a little writing freebie for all you wonderful ladies! It includes the fairy craftivity. I plan to use it during the first few weeks when we talk about what makes us special. Click on the picture to download! Happy Friday friends!! I’m off … [Read more...]
New Teacher Blog Tuesday
Hi friends! I am so stinkin’ excited about today!! I am going to be featured on Dana’s New Teacher Blog Tuesday!! EEEEEK!!!! {Click on the picture} I am thrilled about it….be sure and check it out!! … [Read more...]
Adverbs, Adjectives, and Mysteries!!
Well teacher blogger’s….I have yet to figure out how to upload a document to Google Docs and post on this little page for you all to have!….still workin’ on that! We have been super busy these past 2 weeks. Last week we learned all about adverbs (these can be so tricky sometimes)! I was inspired by the ever so fabulous Amy Lemons for our adverb activity. If you haven’t stopped by her blog, it’s a must before you close your eyes tonight! She. is. … [Read more...]
Friday “Try”day
So…I have refrained all week from posting anything with pictures. I knew if I tried posting anything that required me to upload and attach I was in for a night of long hours teaching myself how to do that! So, here I am on a Friday night watching the Disney channel with my little Rapunzel trying this all out. I’m telling you, I am so far from a computer expert! Thank Larry I didn’t go into the technology field!!! Enough of my rambles…on to what’s … [Read more...]
