Wow! I can't believe that 2013 is almost over. The older I get the faster time flies! The only time when time seems to crawl by is the last week before a break. Can I get an Amen? 2013 was a great year for me and we had a lot of great family events happen. My daughter, Taylor got married in September. I love the look on my son in law Nick's face when he saw her coming down the aisle. He had everyone crying. My daughter, Britni found out that they would be ... continue reading...
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January in a Snap! Freebie
Originally, my December in a Snap! was going to be a one time deal just to help teachers get through the crazy month of December. Due to popular request I've decided to created a monthly set of In a Snap! resources. These are great for Morning Work, Homework and anytime when you just need a quick, no prep activity to do with the kids. Click the image below to check out my January in a Snap! full resource. Here are some freebies so that you ... continue reading...
Compound Eyes anyone? Insect fun and FREEBIE!
Compound Eyes! We looked at our friends through a bug viewer and then drew what an insect would see. In addition to Nonfiction books we are reading some fun fiction books about insects and working on story elements and identifying the theme of the stories. Here are some fun math prompts that you can download as a freebie. Just click on the picture below. ... continue reading...
Bump & Jump Numbers and update on Interactive Reading Journal freebie
Okay, so I've got some good news and some bad news! The good news is that Mel and I posted the Numbers 1-50 Bump & Jump games yesterday and they are on SALE! The other good news is that we posted an ABC Freebie of the games and you can get it HERE I've also finished up the Nonfiction Interactive Reading Journal and I'd love to give you some freebies. You can click on the cover to view the unit on TPT. I put two on a page to save on copying. Just click on the image to ... continue reading...
Sentence Detectives: No Prep Reading and Sight word fun FREEBIE!
Sentence Detectives: Each page offers lots of letter sound fluency practice, sight word practice, practice reading simple sentences, handwriting, correct sentence formation (capitals, spaces, punctuation), illustrating a sentence. 55 Sentence Detectives are included in the pack! Here's a list of the sentences that are included. Free File I made an extra free one so that you could try it out with your littles! Just ... continue reading...
ESGI Assessments Made EASY and a BIG FREEBIE
ESGI Assessments Made EASY! Do you struggle with keeping up with mounds of paper assessments? Do you struggle with what to do with the data once you've assessed your students? Do you struggle with how to analyze the data and use it to drive your instruction? Do you struggle with how to notify parents and provide them with the tools they need to help their students? If you answered yes to any of the questions, then this post is for YOU! Just like you, I struggled with all of the above, and ... continue reading...
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Reading Lesson Plans FREEBIE
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse reading comprehension lesson plans for K-2! This FREEBIE includes 5 lesson plans, complete with student response activities and a craft! Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Lilly loves school and especially loves her teacher, Mr. Slinger. That is until he takes her new purse for being too disruptive. Lilly's feelings about Mr. Slinger quickly change. Use this story to teach a good lesson about having patience and being a good listener. You and your students will love ... continue reading...
Mega Math Giveaway, a Freebie and a Bonus!
Last summer Deedee and I talked about how our District's math curriculum just wasn't cutting it. It wasn't fun to teach and it wasn't engaging for the kids. AT. ALL! Out of those conversations our math units were born. We are amazed at the growth we've seen in Number Sense and Problem Solving. And the best part? These units make math workshop so much fun! We've had lots of feedback from teachers telling us that their students love the hands-on math lessons and activities. Deedee and I ... continue reading...
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More Read Aloud
Read alouds are a wonderful resource to use in the classroom. They allow students to hear a fantastic story. Additionally, teachers can work on so many literary skills throughout one book. However, a key aspect involves engagement. Students need to be interested in the story to focus on skills, such as characters, vocabulary, and predictions. Thankfully, the I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More read aloud will create excitement in every student! The fun book and the Engaging Reader Lesson Plans will ... continue reading...
American Symbols Activities and Resources for Kindergarten & First Grade
American symbols activities and resources. Informational texts, anchor charts, crafts, science experiments, emergent reader, math games, writing activities, and more! American Symbols Activities Teaching about American symbols can be lots of fun and students learn about important pieces of our history! These lesson ideas and resources are perfect for engaging students in the study of American symbols. Chit Chat Messages: American Symbols Chit chat messages are perfect for shared ... continue reading...
Ants in my Pants and a FREEBIE!
We learned some cool facts about ants.... and played a fun Ants in My pants game to help us practice our addition facts. This is a SUPER easy game that my littles love to play. To play: You need a 12 sided die and each child needs a regular dot die. One child rolls the 12 sided die to determine the sum they are looking for. Then, each child rolls their dot die. The kids analyze the dice and on their white boards they record how many ways they can make the sum of ... continue reading...
Happy New Year Photo Booth Props FREEBIE!!!
The photo booth props are great to use for a memory book picture each month. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Our family had a great time together. Every year on Christmas Eve the girls and I (now we have a little man too) have a pajama party. We listen to Christmas music and decorate gingerbread houses and cookies. My little sweeties are so adorable I could just eat them up! Mel and I updated our New Year's Eve Photo Booth Props so that you could use them at your New ... continue reading...
November Worksheets in a Snap {FREEBIE}
Free November Worksheets for kindergarten or first grade Happy Halloween! I hope y'all are surviving the day with your little ghouls and goblins. I just finished up my November in a Snap packet so I thought I'd drop by and give you a little treat. Sometimes you need a quick and easy worksheet. Am I right? Although I don't use worksheets regularly in my classroom, they are helpful to use as a quick formative assessment. You can find more of these worksheets by ... continue reading...
Phoneme Segmentation! Make and Take Freebie and Book Talk Tuesday
Segmenting words is an important skill that we work on throughout the year. Kids need a variety of hands on ways to work on this skill in order to make it more concrete. We use a variety of manipulatives to work on phoneme segmentation. Building words with unifix cubes as we say each sound, stretching the words with a slinky, sliding a pony bead for each sound and using our stretchy the word stretcher (as seen above). To make the word stretchers you need the template (below) ... continue reading...
Handprint Puzzle Freebie updated
Happy Summer Friends! I'm working on adding and updating stuff. I just added new clipart and updated the school year to the handprint puzzle. Click on the cover to download it. :) This handprint puzzle activity makes a great keepsake and gives the parents a reason to sit with their child and hear all about their first day of school. This idea was inspired by the littlegiraffes website (which is no longer being updated) and is not my original idea. The poem was written by Angie Bonthuis ... continue reading...
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