I decided to start celebrating the 101st day of school because our Kindergarten usually does a big 100th Day of School. I wanted my first graders to have something new and exciting to celebrate. I hope you check out this packet and it helps you start a new tradition! Included: • File ...
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Getting Started on TpT
I am often emailed and asked how to get started on TpT (TeachersPayTeachers). I am going to be honest and tell you that I have yet to respond to those messages. Before you go thinking that I am some big "meanie," here is the reason: It is not some one line explanation I can give ...
What I’m Doing this Week: Plans, Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Updates, and Links for Freebies
I am cramming in a few holidays before we have off for February Break next week. We are celebrating and learning about Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day. I have included my plans for the week in this post and links for some freebies! We are supposed to get hit with more snow ...
Super Sunday Sale
I actually won't be watching the events of Super Sunday, but that is not stopping me from throwing a sale in my TpT shop. Click the image above to shop and take advantage of 20% off prices. I currently in Greensboro, NC for Carson Dellosa's Creative Blogger Summit 2014. I am ...
Celebrating the 100th Day of School!
We have another few weeks before we celebrate the 100th Day of School, but I notice many friends in blogland are already celebrating. So, I thought I would put together this post highlighting some ideas for celebrating the 100th day. Here are some things you can do to lead up to the ...
Jam Packed Post: What’s New, Short u Phonics Based Literacy Centers, & Freebie
I have some exciting news! Carson-Dellosa Publishing has selected me to be part of their Creative Partner Blogger Summit! Here is my letter! I am one of just five bloggers invited. I cannot wait to share with you my experiences and to hang out with the other four ...
Peek at My Week: Visual Plans for 1/13 & ch themed centers
This week we are learning about the ch digraph and continuing to learn about penguins. I created ch digraph themed literacy centers and they are now available on TpT (click here). Below, I am sharing my classroom news, vocabulary words, and plans for the week. Just click the images to ...
Classroom Dojo
This year, I changed my behavior systems over from a warning board to Classroom Dojo. I heard about Classroom Dojo from my amazing friend, Deedee Wills in this blog post. The kids love it, my principal loves it, the parents love it, and I love it! It is just this amazing, free, ...
Visual Plans – Week of 1/6/13 – Happy New Year
New Year and back with visual plans. I am going to try and post these each week, but I have to tell you it is a lot of work! I also have a hard enough time getting my own plans done in advance, let alone add links to them! We are doing Engage NY math modules and sometimes the ...
Happy New Year Packets!
I have just completed my second Happy New Year themed packet. I have bundled the two packets into one 169 page Happy New Year! Common Core Combo Packet! I have also temporarily slashed the price on the combo packet and on my new packet. Both are still available separately in my ...
