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Meet the Teacher

Cara Carroll from The First Grade Parade started a "Meet the Teacher Link Party" and all my favorite teacher bloggers have joined in.Here is my bio: My name is Erica Bohrer and I am 32 years old and still single! Ugh, the bad date stories I could tell! I have taught first ...

Class Pet: Molly the Wonder-pet/Guinea Pig Extraordinaire!

Molly has been my classroom pet for almost eight years! Someone left her in a box in front of Petco and then I adopted/rescued her (Petco cannot resell dumped animals). Molly was probably about one when I adopted her so that makes her almost nine years old! She is a ...

Penguin Addition

Penguins are in my top ten list of favorite animals! They are just too cute. I wanted to create a math and art activity along the theme of penguins. Chalk Talk, had a great post of compiled penguin ideas. In her file, I saw a photo of a penguin eating different colored fish. ...

Tens and Ones Math Centers

Guess and Count Math Center *This center is included in my 100th Day of School Activities and Printables Packet. Straws and Bundles Center Click here to download for free! Count the Cubes Center Click here to download for free! ...

Happy Valentine’s Day: Some “Bunny” Loves You Card

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The 100th Day of School!

I have create a 50 page packet in honor of the 100th Day of School. Included in the download are the following: Parent Invitation 100th Day Project Letter 100th Day Project Report 6 100 Chart Activities Almost everything you need to create a 100 Counting Mat 3 Math Activities based on ...

Just Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners

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My Classroom

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Caterpillar Patterns

I use this activity as a math center. I asked one of our speech therapists, Keri Zadik, who is also a parent of one of my students, if she could make me a caterpillar without a body. She used BoardMaker and created this; I just added the antenna. Next, I copied it on card ...