I also started a TpT shop over on Teachers Pay Teachers. So you can check out my stuff HERE.
I hope everyone has a great FRIDAY. I know I'll be having a great time taking care of hubby!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Great Day!
I had a great day taking care of the hubby! He's doing great and not too much work. I should be able to get back to my little firsties on Monday. By then he should have mastered the crutches and being able to get around without help. Meanwhile, I'm getting lots done in between the "honey come here" and "babe I need this". I made a little Writing Summary sheet for my team yesterday and want to share with everyone. We went to a district training last week getting us ready for the new common core. We liked the idea of getting the kiddos to respond more to their reading. Click on the picture to download a PDF.
Oh, you will want to go over to Oh My Little Classity Class blog spot. You know the cute LEFT RIGHT game I blogged about last time from Swamp Frog First Graders, Deb made some for math. Cute stuff. Check it out.
I hope everyone has a great FRIDAY. I know I'll be having a great time taking care of hubby!
I hope everyone has a great FRIDAY. I know I'll be having a great time taking care of hubby!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Great Ideas!
It's still CRAZY in my world! My hubby had his surgery and is doing great. I hope to bring him home from the hospital tomorrow. I've been able to do a lot of blog stalking while sitting at the hospital except they have a very, very slow connection. I've found some great ideas. Here are just a few:
Jill has some terrific snowflake ideas over on her blog Mrs. T's First Grade Class.
A very cute sight word game I found at Swamp Frog First Grader you should check it out. Love the monsters!
I was able to finish a new story mat packet for my Teachers Notebook shop. I love story mats to teach story problems. Go check it out HERE.
And here is a little FREEBIE from me. It's my birthday graph my sub will be doing for me on Friday while I nurse the hubby back to health. Click on the picture for a PDF download. Clipart is DJ Inkers.
I hope you are having a great week!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
CRAZY
OK (okay), my OLW (one little word) for today it CRAZY. I just discovered what OLW meant, duh me! Feeling a little dumb. All these acronyms throw me for a loop sometimes but it's kind of fun or do you think I'm being cheesy? Anyhow, my life this past week has been CRAZY and the next two weeks should be just as CRAZY. My BFF (best friend forever) hubby is going in for hip surgery this week. So I need to take off the whole week to be with him. I've been getting sub plans ready and that by far is not my favorite thing to do. Plus, I've had to get all my DRA (development reading assessment) testing done. That's been no easy task with 31 students to test! The week I get back is Parent Teacher Conferences. So all my benchmarks had to be completed this week too. Then I have to get it all compiled and ready to show the parents. Hopefully, I can work on that while taking care of the hubby this week. So it's been a little CRAZY for me lately.
We are working on vowel teams the next few weeks. We do one a week. Here is a little freebie sheet the sub will be doing while I'm MIA (missing in action).
And when I get back we'll be doing this one. Click on the pictures to grab a free download.
I hope you can use these. UNT (until next time) Have a great weekend!
We are working on vowel teams the next few weeks. We do one a week. Here is a little freebie sheet the sub will be doing while I'm MIA (missing in action).
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Frustrated but better!
I'm am frustrated! I'm in the process of giving my DRA (reading test) and got so frustrated today. I gave the test to one of my cute little firsties, who I thought was just barely on grade level. But when I gave him the test he just shut down and bombed the test. Why is it that some kids just shut down. I know he can do it. It doesn't help that I have 31 students either. It is just blowing me away this year, because I can't do everything I need to do.
Okay, I've vented and now I feel much better.
I've had fun this week doing some cool things I got from the blogging world. I forgot my camera at school, so I don't have pictures. Sorry! We did a fun activity for wordwork in Daily 5 today called 'Frost It'. I got the idea from Lauren over on her blog The Weekly Hive. You write sight words on cupcake papers. The kiddos pick a word, read it and use it in a sentence. Then they cover it with a piece of tissue paper. They fill out a recording sheet using some of the words in a sentence. My kids loved it.
Another thing we did this week was lots of Penguin Learning Fun. We made our penguin glyph from Jennifer's Penguin packet over on First Grade Blue Skies. They turned out adorable. Some glyphs are a little hard for first graders but this one was perfect! We also read a great book about Penguins. I love this book! It gives lots of facts about Penguins in a fun way. If you click on the picture it will take you to Amazon.com for all the information on the book.
Then we did some lessons on non-fiction writing and made our little Penguin Fact books, again from Jennifer's Penguin packet.
I love getting such great ideas from all of you! So here's a little something from me. We've been working on skip counting this week. I hope someone can use it. It's a sheet for counting by 10's and another one for 5's. This is from my Hoppy Skip Counting unit. You can check it out over on Teacher's Notebook HERE.
Okay, so now I'm feeling much better and less stressed after this blogging session. Amazing what blogging does for me. I hope everyone has a great tomorrow. I'm headed to a district inservice- yahoo! I hope it won't be boring.
Okay, I've vented and now I feel much better.
I've had fun this week doing some cool things I got from the blogging world. I forgot my camera at school, so I don't have pictures. Sorry! We did a fun activity for wordwork in Daily 5 today called 'Frost It'. I got the idea from Lauren over on her blog The Weekly Hive. You write sight words on cupcake papers. The kiddos pick a word, read it and use it in a sentence. Then they cover it with a piece of tissue paper. They fill out a recording sheet using some of the words in a sentence. My kids loved it.
Another thing we did this week was lots of Penguin Learning Fun. We made our penguin glyph from Jennifer's Penguin packet over on First Grade Blue Skies. They turned out adorable. Some glyphs are a little hard for first graders but this one was perfect! We also read a great book about Penguins. I love this book! It gives lots of facts about Penguins in a fun way. If you click on the picture it will take you to Amazon.com for all the information on the book.
Then we did some lessons on non-fiction writing and made our little Penguin Fact books, again from Jennifer's Penguin packet.
I love getting such great ideas from all of you! So here's a little something from me. We've been working on skip counting this week. I hope someone can use it. It's a sheet for counting by 10's and another one for 5's. This is from my Hoppy Skip Counting unit. You can check it out over on Teacher's Notebook HERE.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Award- ME!?!
I can't believe I actually went to school today. Isn't it Saturday? For some unknown reason I am so behind. I haven't been able to get caught up since the break. So I thought if I went in for a couple of hours today I could get things done. We'll see come Monday. Hopefully, I still won't be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.
It's really not my day, I just ran out of yellow ink in my printer and I don't have a refill. I hate when that happens. But here's some good news!
Holly, over on her blog at Crisscross Applesauce, made my day though. She gave me the Versatile Blogger Award. I'm still in shock. It's hard to believe people really read my stuff. I am so loving this blogging thing! So here's what you have to do:
First, thank the person who gave you the award:
Second, tell 7 things about yourself that people may not know. Okay this has been hard for me so here goes.
1. I have lived in Utah all my life and I have NEVER been snow skiing on the 'Greatest Snow on Earth'! I'm a warm body person and I really don't care for the cold weather.
2. I married my high school sweetheart. We grew up living a block and a half away from each other but never really knew each other until junior high. We started dating when we were sixteen and dated for 5 years before we got married.
3. My hubby and I are only 13 days apart.
4. I love dark chocolate!!!!
5. I love to sing, play the piano, cook and sew.
6. In the summer, I love to spend time in the mountains riding ATVs, hiking, and camping in my 5th wheel trailer with my family and dogs.
7. One of my favorite things to do is to curl-up on the couch with my hubby and watch a good movie!
And third, I get to give the award to 15 newly discovered blogs. Wow, there are so many great blogs out there. It was fun finding new blogs to stalk! Here's my list:
It's really not my day, I just ran out of yellow ink in my printer and I don't have a refill. I hate when that happens. But here's some good news!
First, thank the person who gave you the award:
THANK YOU HOLLY!!!
Second, tell 7 things about yourself that people may not know. Okay this has been hard for me so here goes.
1. I have lived in Utah all my life and I have NEVER been snow skiing on the 'Greatest Snow on Earth'! I'm a warm body person and I really don't care for the cold weather.
2. I married my high school sweetheart. We grew up living a block and a half away from each other but never really knew each other until junior high. We started dating when we were sixteen and dated for 5 years before we got married.
3. My hubby and I are only 13 days apart.
4. I love dark chocolate!!!!
5. I love to sing, play the piano, cook and sew.
6. In the summer, I love to spend time in the mountains riding ATVs, hiking, and camping in my 5th wheel trailer with my family and dogs.
7. One of my favorite things to do is to curl-up on the couch with my hubby and watch a good movie!
And third, I get to give the award to 15 newly discovered blogs. Wow, there are so many great blogs out there. It was fun finding new blogs to stalk! Here's my list:
I hope you will check out their blogs. They have some awesome ideas to share!
Oh yes, and one more thing. I have a new packet on Teachers Notebook. It's a mini packet for skip counting by 10's, 5's, and 2's.
It finally snowed today. We've been having spring-like weather but it was nice to get some snow even if it was only an inch. I love it when it snows and I have no place to go but to sit in front of the fireplace!
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Teachers Notebook Shop
Well, I finally took the plunge and started my Teachers Notebook Shop! I only have 3 items for sale but more are in the works. I've had a blast getting things up and going and I've learned so much! Thank goodness I have smart kids that can help me figure everything out.
Here is a preview of my 3 packets.
Here is a preview of my 3 packets.
I hope you'll check them out HERE on Teachers Notebook!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year and Math Freebies
Happy New Year everyone! It's hard to believe it's 2012. What's even harder to believe is that my vacation is over. It's been so relaxing! But I'm a little excited to see all my little cuties. I'm sure they will be high as kites.
I've been working on a few things and here is a freebie for all who could use it.
My kiddos absolutely love the bump game. So here's one for them using subtraction. We need a lot of work with subtraction. I use 2 number cubes. A larger one in size is numbered 7-12, the other smaller 1-6. They roll, then subtract the larger number from the smaller one. They find the number on the game board and cover it with a cube. They take turns with a partner. If the partner rolls the same answer they can BUMP the other person's cube off and replace it with theirs. If you roll the same answer and you already have a cube there, you snap a second cube on top and claim the spot so your partner can't bump you off. Play until all the numbers are claimed. The player with the most numbers claimed wins.
Click on the picture to grab a copy. The graphics are from Scrappin Doodles!
The second freebie is a money sort mat. We are diving in to work on money so I made a sorting mat. The kiddos grab a hand full of coins (fake of course) and sort them. I am going to have them graph the coins as well but I've still got to make that recording sheet. Click on the picture for a download.
I also made another fun money game I found on pinterest. It's like the game BANG if you've ever played that. I hot glued my fake coins onto craft sticks. I did about 20 of them. Then I glued a button on 4 more sticks. I put them in a soup can with a little label on it. The firsties take turns pulling a stick out of the can and telling what the coin is and how much it is worth. If they pull out the button BANG! all of their sticks go back in the can. The first person to get 5 sticks without a BANG wins.
Well, I hope you've found something you can use in your classroom. And I hope everyone has an awesome school day tomorrow!
I've been working on a few things and here is a freebie for all who could use it.
My kiddos absolutely love the bump game. So here's one for them using subtraction. We need a lot of work with subtraction. I use 2 number cubes. A larger one in size is numbered 7-12, the other smaller 1-6. They roll, then subtract the larger number from the smaller one. They find the number on the game board and cover it with a cube. They take turns with a partner. If the partner rolls the same answer they can BUMP the other person's cube off and replace it with theirs. If you roll the same answer and you already have a cube there, you snap a second cube on top and claim the spot so your partner can't bump you off. Play until all the numbers are claimed. The player with the most numbers claimed wins.
The second freebie is a money sort mat. We are diving in to work on money so I made a sorting mat. The kiddos grab a hand full of coins (fake of course) and sort them. I am going to have them graph the coins as well but I've still got to make that recording sheet. Click on the picture for a download.
I also made another fun money game I found on pinterest. It's like the game BANG if you've ever played that. I hot glued my fake coins onto craft sticks. I did about 20 of them. Then I glued a button on 4 more sticks. I put them in a soup can with a little label on it. The firsties take turns pulling a stick out of the can and telling what the coin is and how much it is worth. If they pull out the button BANG! all of their sticks go back in the can. The first person to get 5 sticks without a BANG wins.
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