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Thanksgiving Your Teacher is Thankful for You Notes & Thanksgiving Ideas for the Classroom

Are you looking for some Thanksgiving themed ideas for the classroom?    Check out this Thanksgiving themed blog post! Read all the way through so you don't miss out on all the freebies! Thanksgiving is a great time to tell your students why you are thankful for them.   I created these FREE ...

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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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Week of Giving Thanks: T is for Teachers Pay Teachers

I am linking up with my friends over at Blog Hoppin' for a week of thanks.   Today's letter is T and I am thankful for Teachers Pay Teachers.  Here is my TpT story: In 2007 I purchased a tiny home on Long Island.   It was at the height of the market and $325,000 was a lot for me to ...

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First Grade Visual Plans for 11/24/14 and Thanksgiving Freebies

This is a short week of school for us and we have half days for parent teacher conferences.  I am so jealous of all of you with the week off! Click here to download my plans for the week!  Since it is a short week with an odd schedule, I am mostly doing Thanksgiving themed centers ...

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Phonics Themed Centers & Thanksgiving Updates

Twelve years in first grade and I am still busy cutting and laminating every Sunday night!   I like to change things up and keep up with the new standards.  Hence, all my new phonics based literacy center packets.   Our district is shying away from a basal series and I wanted to make ...

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Thanksgiving Freebies

I just wanted to let you all know how thankful I am for all of your comments, feedback, and support!  It makes me feel better that I am not the only teacher out there who has walked out the door in mismatched shoes, burns food (see my gingerbread post from last year or my instagram of my ...

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Updates, Thanksgiving FREEBIES, and Thanksgiving Served Up Common Core Style

First, I need to thank all of you for the outpouring of love and support you have shown me and my community.  I have had a terrible few weeks, between my friend, a police officer, being killed in the line of duty, Hurricane Sandy, a former student passing away suddenly from cancer, and the ...

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What I’m Thankful For

I am linking up with one of the sweetest bloggers out there, Rachelle from What the Teacher Wants to tell you what I am thankful for.  She was inspired by my best blogging buddy, Cheryl Saoud's blog, Primary Graffitti.  Cheryl has been a good blogging friend of mine since I ...

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Common Core Based Thanksgiving Math Centers

Our new math program is aligned to the Common Core Standards and my students needed fun math centers to reinforce the concepts taught our math lessons.  The new math program contains mostly word problems and asks the students to use ten frames, find missing addends, and utilize fact families. ...

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Thanksgiving Free “Your Teacher is Thankful For You…” and Walnut Turkey Craft

To show how much I am thankful to you, my loyal followers and customers,  I am posting two free activities from my Thanksgiving Art, Literacy, and Math Activities packet.  Just click on the pictures to download.  (It will say "no preview" because the file is so large. ...

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New Shape Posters for the Classroom! These have r New Shape Posters for the Classroom!  These have real-life examples and come with three versions. 
Want the link?  Comment SHAPES below.
PS- I fixed the spelling error on Louvre but didn’t have it in me to reprint and re-video. I am back to school tired from just setting up the room with no AC. 

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Teacher Tip: Send your students’ families a photo Teacher Tip: Send your students’ families a photo of your classroom door before the first day of school.  This will help ease some of those first day jitters about not being able to find the classroom. 
I leave the same door decor up all year long! I can’t tell you how many times students will walk into the wrong classroom and this helps my students to go in the right one every time. 
Want the links to the door decor sets?  Comment DOOR DECOR and I will DM you the links :)

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📚 Back-to-school magic starts with the right read- 📚 Back-to-school magic starts with the right read-alouds!
These are my absolute favorite first-week books for building classroom community, easing those first-day jitters, and setting a positive tone from day one.
From Our Class is a Family, All Are Welcome, The Book of Rules, and so many more — these stories never miss.

Which one is a must-read in your classroom? Drop it in the comments and I will send you the links to my follow up activities!

#BackToSchool #ReadAlouds #picturebooks
These play-doh first day gifts are cute and practi These play-doh first day gifts are cute and practical!  The play-doh gives your students something fun to do while you are busy greeting students at the door.  Then once everyone is in, then you can unpack supplies as a class. 

Want the link to the FREE tags and to see what else I do on the first day?  Comment “first day” below and I will DM you the links!

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How do you handle this situation? Do you put the How do you handle this situation?  Do you put the new student at the end of the alphabetical list or do you start over with a new one?
I know I am next for a new student (I have 24 kids and everyone else has 25), so I am holding off until the night before the first day.  I wish I could just wait but I like modeling where their bags and mail goes, both of which are set up using numbers.

True story: One year on the first day, I had a no show.  Then I was assigned a new student.  That student fit perfectly in the alphabetical order spot that was left.  I should have played the lottery or something.  What were the odds of that?!

#teacherproblems #teacherhumor #primaryteacher
5 things that are worth the money for your classro 5 things that are worth the money for your classroom!

1. A color printer.  We don’t have color printers at school and this has saved me from having to remember to print something at home. I brought in mine from home and then bought a new one for home. 
2. MacBookAir - This is my personal laptop.  I bring it home on weekends and holidays but for the most part I keep it at school.  I did need approval to get it on our district WiFi, which meant my phone could not also be on the WiFi.  There is a one device per teacher rule.
3. A lay-flat binder for my plan book, dismissal binder, and sub binder.  These save so much space and they are flexible. 
4. A laminator at school and a laminator at home.  It took me many years before I caved and bought another one but again, it saves me from remembering to laminate at home and I can also laminate during snack time and preps. Matte laminating is also worth the splurge.
5. My teacher toolbox! This toolbox has been with me for over 10 years, I just change out the labels to go with my decor theme.  Everything has a place and it keeps my desk organized.

Want the links?  Comment “links” below and I will DM you them. 

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✨Center time just got so much better! ✨ These 1st ✨Center time just got so much better! ✨
These 1st grade phonics-based literacy centers keep my students engaged, independent, and actually cheering when I say it’s center time. 🙌
Year-long skills that spiral and build (short vowels → digraphs → blends → vowel teams → multisyllabic words and more), primary lined recording sheets, supportive visuals, and activities that are easy to prep once and reuse all year.

Perfect for Science of Reading classrooms, Fundations® users, Daily 5, or anyone who wants structured, decodable practice while you pull small groups.

My students know exactly what to do… and I get to teach without interruptions. Win-win! 📚💛

Comment LINK if you want a full year of ready-to-go phonics centers and a free sample set!
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