Ahoy, me Hearties! Today is 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day'! To celebrate, I have joined with some friends to give you the chance to find lots of pirate booty! Each blog will have some different treasure for you to find! I want to share with you a free Pirate Themed Cootie ...
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Visual Plans for the Week of 9/15 with a Focus on Short a
We are going into our second full week of school. Here are my plans for this week. Just click the images to download. If you are interested in my plan book and classroom news format, I sell them here in this packet: I am linking up with Deedee's Peek at My ...
Apples!
This week my first graders and I immersed ourselves in everything apple. We used units by my fabulous friends and a new "graphtivity" by me. The kids had a blast! Scroll through this whole post for fabulous ideas and links, at the end is a linky for more themed products and ...
First Grade Meet the Teacher Night
Last night, was my 13th Meet the Teacher Night. I have been teaching first grade for 12 years and yet I still update and come up with new ideas every year. This year, I decided to give the parents water bottles as welcome gifts. You can snag the tags for free {here}. I get asked all the time ...
Visual Plans for the First Full Week of School – With Links to Lots of Freebies
This is my first full week of first grade this year! Our theme is apples and we are diving right into centers and writing! Click the images to download my plans or the covers to check out the products I use this week. If you like my plan book style, check out my plan book ...
The Night Before School Starts…My First Currently!
I have known Farley for years and never got around to joining her September Currently Linky. It is 3 am the night before school starts and I cannot sleep. I went to sleep at 10 pm and I guess my mind is over nervous that I am going to oversleep!....so of course I get up and blog. When I ...
First Day of First Grade Student Gifts
As I was setting up my classroom this week, I looked at the other done classrooms and noticed they had little bags on the students' desk for first day gifts. Ahh, I totally forgot to get first day gifts. Back when I started teaching, no one even thought of giving gifts. Now, it seems to be the ...
Teacher Week: When & What (Free Phonics Scope & Sequence)
I am linking up with Blog Hoppin' for "When" of teacher week. Here is my plan book. I am still working figuring out what my schedule will be for next school year. We have a changed lunch and prep. I will still be teaching the same things, I just need to work out the ...
Teacher Week: Organization – My Top Four Tips
Organization is my forte! If you read my last post, you know that my classroom is more organized than my own home. Why? Why be organized? I like to be organized because, I spend a lot of time in my classroom. I feel stressed or frazzled when I cannot find things. ...
Teacher Week: Who
I am linking up with Blog Hoppin' for our annual Teacher Week! I have been blogging for quite some time. You probably already know that I love shoes, animals, and my blogging friends. Here are a few more things about me. I have enjoyed spending time with my nephew ...
