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Thanksgiving Math and More!

Here are my 1st grade specific math centers:  Our math program is pretty drab (you can check out Engage NY here), so I like to liven things up with weekly math centers.   I wish there was the time in my day to do these everyday but there is not and once a week will have to do. ...

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Halloween

Have you heard, there is supposed to be a full moon this week?  That on top of all the Halloween hype.  We are in for it.  Here are some fun and educational activities to help you and your students celebrate Halloween. Click the photos to find the sources. The following ...

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GoNoodle Freebies and a Contest!

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Last week, I went to a GoNoodle meet up in NYC!  It was so much fun. I got to see my friend Erica V of Miss V's Kinder Kraziness!  I also got to meet the winners of my Instagram contest for tickets, Francine of First Grade Suppa Stars and Kelly of Very Special ...

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Rainbow Craft Freebie, a Sale, and Visual Plans for the Week

I broke out the paint last week!  I was waiting for some copies to get back from our duplicating office and I was out of building copy machine copies (we have a limit and I reached mine for the month), so I came up with something on the fly.  We read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and ...

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Visual Plans for 2/1/15 and a Penguin Science Freebie

Last we had an early dismissal and two snow days.  That is my tiny house above!  Plus, there is the flu and strep throat going around my class and only 12 kids were in on Friday.   What plans I had got condensed with most of it being moved over to this week.  I myself am not ...

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Penguins and Sounds of Y – Visual Plans

I tried to start penguins last week, but my duplicating did not come back in time.  It worked out just fine, I replaced my penguin plans with Martin Luther King Jr. activities.  I was able to introduce penguins with a penguin schema chart and some non-fiction read alouds.  Then we did ...

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Visual Plans for 1/12 -ck Digraph and Penguins

This week we are learning about the -ck digraph and penguins.  You can click the images to download the plans.  I am linking up with Deedee again: I have included this listening center recording sheet in my visual plans.  It goes with The Emperor Lays an Egg. ...

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Engage NY First Grade Math Resources

I have gotten a ton of questions on my visual plan posts about how I utilize Engage NY in my classroom.   For those of you not familiar with the math program, you can check it out and download the whole program for free here.   The truth is that I am still trying to figure out how to fit it all in ...

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October 14th Visual Plans – Pumpkins Continued

Click the images above or below to download the plans with clickable links.  For my plan book format, check out this packet: I am linking up with Deedee Wills for her Peek at the Week.   We are using my Short o Literacy Centers this week.  As well as the Words of ...

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Pumpkins & Short i: Visual plans for October 5th & Freebies

I thought I would grab your attention with a little freebie.  This is my first year trying interactive science notebooks, so I am slowly adapting my old packets to add interactive science elements.  I thought I would give you these two freebies!  Just click the image above to download. Here are my ...

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This I Am Grateful Squirrel Craft is such a fun fall/Thanksgiving activity for your classroom! Students can share what they’re grateful for while creating an adorable fall squirrel craft that makes the cutest hallway or bulletin board display. 🍁✨

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I have been with TpT since 2008!  I remember looking for a place where I could share my computer created resources with other teachers without having to set up my own website.  TpT was suggested.  I started off with a few Microsoft Word created resources 😬. At the time, the founder of TpT, Paul and his brother Dana, were single-handedly running things. I loved getting their newsletters.

In 2009 I was in a NY times article for TpT about who owns the copyright to teacher’s lesson plan ideas…the schools or the teachers.  This was not the article the author or editors told me I would be in, but that is another story! 

I stuck with TpT and creating resources and then in 2011, the site really took off and I met all these other amazing teacher-authors and finally met Paul in real life! 

As a single homeowner on a teachers salary, I worked nights and weekends on TpT resources just to be able to afford to live in my little house.  Then something amazing happened, my hard work paid off and I was able to get myself some breathing room.  I am so grateful for TpT for giving my life purpose and financial freedom back in those days.  Even though I am married now, I am so proud of myself for being able to own that little house (I still have it and rent it out) and buy my forever home in my dream neighborhood all by myself.

So many of you found out about TpT and so many more sellers joined.  It truly became the open market place that Paul envisioned all those years ago. 

TpT is still a big part of my life all these years (and hair colors) later.  I know when I eventually retire from teaching, I will be able to do TpT full time.  I love creating and sharing resources (880 and counting) with all of you.

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