Update on 5/2/16: I have added the following updates to this post since the links below are no longer available. I modified Ms. M.'s template and sent it back to her. She now sells the "Erica" template in her store. You can get it here. I also sell a ...
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Thanksgiving Art, Literacy, and Math Activities
My Thanksgiving Art, Literacy, and Math Activities packet is now posted on Teachers Pay Teachers. This 118 page packet is a cornucopia of Thanksgiving activities. There are three different types of math activities aligned to the common core standards. One activity comes in three levels of vary ...
Caught You Doing Something Nice! & Character Education
Caught You Doing Something Nice Cards Positive reinforcement goes a long way in promoting good behavior. I recognize students who have done something nice by presenting them with a "Caught You Doing Something Nice!" card. Sometimes, I like to note the positive behavior on the back of the card. ...
“Please, Take One Candy” Halloween Sign
If you are like me and don't plan on being home all of Halloween, print and place this sign on your door or above your candy. Hopefully, your trick-or-treaters will read the sign and take just one piece of candy. I hope you have Happy Halloween! Click on the picture to download. Graphics by ...
Bats Acrostic Poems & More Resources on Bats
Last week, we did a mini-unit on bats. We started with a KWL chart, filling in the "K" and "W." Then throughout the week we read non-fiction books on bats. Towards the end of the week we filled in the "L" of our chart and wrote Bat Acrostic Poems using our new knowledge. We decorated the poems ...
The Lost Tooth Club Take-Home Bag
When a student loses a tooth, he/she gets to take home The Lost Tooth Club Bag. His/her name goes on The Lost Tooth Club Bar Graph. I have uploaded The Lost Tooth Club Take-Home Bag Packet to TpT and you can purchase it for only $2 (click {here})! Here are some books I recommend ...
Selective Mutism
Have you heard of this before? Selective mutism is a condition where a child is unable to talk in certain social settings. The child is not deaf or totally mute and will speak where he/she feels comfortable, usually at home. In my ten years of teaching, I had heard of it and I had seen students ...
Celebrating Birthdays with a Take-Home Bag
I like to utilize Take-Home bags in my classroom to enhance The Home-School Connection. I have a Star of the Week Bag, a Scaredy Squirrel Class Mascot Bag, a Dr. Seuss Bag, a Nursery Rhyme Bag, a Lost Tooth Bag, and a Birthday Bag. I have previously posted about my mascot bags {click ...
Free Halloween Downloads
Halloween is just over two weeks away. My students, have been busy with my Halloween Math Centers. They are enjoying them so much so that I decided to create more Halloween themed math centers! I created this free Candy Corn Estimation and Counting Math Center packet. ...
Words With Bonus Letters
Ms. M posted last week about needing help with bonus letters. I sent her my Words With Bonus Letters File Folder Word Wall from TpT. Then Erika from The Honey Bunch emailed me that she was doing a post on Bonus Letters and would give me a shout out. So I checked out her post and ...
