Hey All! IT'S FRIDAY!!! I wanted to link up with Doodle Bugs Five for Friday Linky Party with 5 random moments from the week. 

1. I hope you have been visiting my blog this week and been picking up your FREEBIES! I have been Showin' Some LOVE to my followers and posting new free items everyday, but it's only posted as a FREEBIE for 24 hours. Here are a few of the fun products I have posted this week.

 

2. Here is today's FREEBIE! It's A Number Line, Valentine!  

 

3. I LOVE being on maternity leave BUT I could desperately use some adult conversation so thank goodness it is....

Yep! I am so excited to see my lovely BUNKO ladies! (Do I sound like I am 80 years old getting SO excited to play Bunko? Seriously, its so much fun when you have an awesome group of ladies to play.)

4. I just finished reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, AMAZING but if you pick up this book be prepared to shed some tears, it's one of those. Now I am reading something a little lighter, The Skinny Rules by Bob Harper. I love Bob, The Biggest Loser is one of my favorite late night shows, it is so incredibly inspiring! 

5. I am working on my new Nonstandard Measurement Unit and I should be done and posted on TpT this weekend! It has TONS of activities, your students will be nonstandard measurement experts!

Have an awesome weekend! Stop by tomorrow for another FREEBIE! 

Valentine Monster Graphing

Happy Thursday! It is day number 7 of my Showin' Some Luv FREEBIE extravaganza! I am back with another fun Vday freebie! 

Today is a graphing and data analysis activity. Students get to create a Valentine monster pictograph then analyze their data! They will tally the data, write about the data using words from a word bank and create a pie graph of their data. 

Download this item today while it is free and come back tomorrow for some more!

If there is something you are working on it your class and you would like me to make a Valentine FREEBIE for it, let me know! Leave me a comment and I will make it happen :)

Valentine Measurement!

 Hey All! Here is your FREEBIE today, VALENTINE MEASUREMENT! It is short and sweet today. Students will measure six different items and graph their results, FUN! 

I decided to create a measurement freebie today because I am working on a NEW nonstandard measurement unit and I should have it posted soon!  It is a HUGE unit with TONS of resources to teaching standard and nonstandard measurement and I can't wait to share more about it, so I need to get to work and finish it!

But before I go, I have to share this because it is WAY TOO CUTE! Miss Jacobs Little Learners sent me a note about my No! David Freebie on TpT and these pictures are the cutest thing ever so I had to share! (I swear I have a student that looks EXACTLY like that second pic). These awesome pictures come all the way from AUSTRALIA! Oh how I would LOVE to come visit you Miss Jacobs! Australia is on my bucket list!

Have an amazing Wednesday friends!

In LOVE with Base Ten

In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to show all my followers some LOVE so I will be posting a FREEBIE everyday until February 14th!  (Please return the love by leaving me feedback in my TpT store after you download :)

Here is the FREEBIE for today- In LOVE with Base Ten! This is only free for TODAY so hurry and stop by my TpT store to download it.








Today's free item includes a Base Ten Valentine Monster Matching page. a base ten Mystery Picture and a War of Hearts game that would be perfect for a math station. The game has 54 different playing cards. Simply run the cards on cardstock and laminate. Students will deal the cards out and then play "WAR". Each player sets the top card in their pile down and the player with the bigger number gets to keep their card ASD their opponents card. I LOVE this game because it lasts FOREVER and the kids really enjoy playing it.

Enjoy the freebie! See you tomorrow!

Show Your Stuff Linky Party

 Blog Hoppin' is hosting a "Show Us What You Bought" Linky Party. Well here it is!

I know, THAT'S IT!!!! I didn't go CRAZY this sale because I was just WAY TOO BUSY yesterday, but I am very excited about the couple new things I did get!

I hoped you scored some great stuff! 

My best sellers yesterday were my "Totally Teeth" Dental Health Unit 

and my new 3D Shape FUN Packet. 

Valentine ABC Order

In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to show all my followers some LOVE so I will be posting a FREEBIE everyday until February 14th!  (Please return the love by leaving me feedback in my TpT store after you download :)

Here is the FREEBIE for today -Valentine ABC Order! This is only free for TODAY so hurry and stop by my TpT store to download it.

Today's free item includes a ABC order Class List page. This was such a great review for ABC order in our class. We had all the kids whose names begin with A come to the front of the room, we had more than one so we discussed alphabetizing by the second letter then we wrote their names on our lists and had them sit down. Then the kids with names beginning with B came up and we did the same thing. When we were finished we had a complete list that students could then take home and use to make their Valentine cards.

I also included some picture cards for students to cut out and glue in ABC order on a sentence strip.

Finally there is a center game for students to practice ABC order. Students will choose a card, read the four words and write them in ABC order on the recording sheet.

Enjoy the freebie and have a wonderful Monday!

See you tomorrow!

Noun/Verb Valentine Sort

In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to show all my followers some LOVE so I will be posting a FREEBIE everyday until February 14th!  (Please return the love by leaving me feedback in my TpT store after you download :)

Here is the FREEBIE for today - Noun/Verb Sorting!

This is only free for TODAY so hurry and stop by my TpT store to download it. Become a follower of my blog and store so you don't miss out on all the limited-time free stuff I post! 

This product was created because of Stefanie! She left the nicest comment on my Facebook page about the Noun Tree Map Freebie from Friday. She said that this week she is going to be working on nouns and verbs in her class so I decided to create a noun/verb word sort, color by code and Love Lib all focusing on nouns and verbs! Thanks Stefanie for the comment!

What are you teaching right now? Let me know by leaving me a comment and I may create a product just for you and your needs!

Well now I have some shopping to go do, have you stopped by my sale? I will be back tomorrow with another freebie and to show you what I bought. 

Thanks Ashley Hughes for creating the sale graphic!

ValenTIME Delivery!

Showin' YOU some more LOVE!

In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to show all my followers some LOVE so I will be posting a FREEBIE everyday until February 14th! 

Here is the FREEBIE for today - ValenTIME Delivery!

This is only free for TODAY so hurry and stop by my TpT store to download it. Become a follower of my blog and store so you don't miss out on all the limited-time free stuff I post! 

This activity has a six page mini-book where students will read the Valentine rhyme and draw the hands on the clock to match the time, a clock template so students can make their own clock and practice telling time and because I was feeling especially sweet I included a time concentration game! 

Like I said, HURRY before this freebie expires! I will be back tomorrow with another free item so stay tuned!

Please return the love by leaving me feedback in my TpT store after you download :)

 

By the way I will be having a sale on Sunday!

Thanks Ashley Hughes for creating this graphic!

 

Showin' YOU Some LOVE

In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to show all my followers some LOVE so I will be posting a FREEBIE everyday until February 14th!  

The daily freebie will be posted for only 24 hours so you need to follow my blog and store so you don't miss out! 

 Today's FREEBIE is my favorite Valentine project!
(I blogged about it last year and since I am still on maternity leave I will have to use the pictures from last year to tell you about it.)
I wanted to share this freebie first because they make a GORGEOUS February bulletin board. 

Students will use the tree map to write 5 people they love, 5 places they love, and 5 things they love. 

Here is my list: 

5 People I LOVE - Ellie (my beautiful 5 year old daughter), Avenly (my newborn baby) my hubby, my mother, my father

5 Places I LOVE - Starbucks, Cheesecake Factory, Pizza Hut (I am on a post-pregnancy diet), the gym, school.

5 Things I LOVE - Bella and Marley (our 2 boxer puppies), candy, books and boardgames

After completing their tree map, I gave students the heart template provided and they divided their heart into sections to write all of their nouns in. The middle heart is reserved for their name (I had to blur that part out).

Then students used watercolors to paint each section of their heart and when their art was dry we traced it with a black marker and VOILA a beautiful display! 

       

This item will be posted for FREE until Saturday, February 2nd.

Come by tomorrow for the next FREEBIE! 

Happy Valentines Day!

Word Family Workbook

In our class, literacy stations are a very important part of our routine. One of our stations is always focused on word families. I found this quote I wanted to share with you, this is why I believe it is so important to have one center focused on word families.

"Research shows that strong readers are able to decode new words by comparing them to known words rather than by sounding them out letter by letter. The best way to separate between good and poor readers is repeatedly found to be their knowledge of spelling patterns and their proficiency with spelling-sound translations. That is why reading lessons that include phonograms, also called word families and chunks, are a highly effective way to help young children acquire and implement these kinds of reading skills and strategies."

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/441165

I have been working on updating my Word Family station to make it less work for me. I decided to make a workbook that students will use throughout the entire year so all I will have to do is change the poster hanging at that station.

Here is a look at what the word family station looks like in our class: 

(Important Note: We do Literacy Stations 3 times/week)

 At the station I hang a "poster" with most of the words from that family. (We call it a poster, it is a normal size page, I can't afford to make these all poster size)

Day 1: Students practice reading the words from the poster and then they use their workbook to color the picture that goes with the family. They are given a list of real/nonsense words. Students read, cut, sort and glue the real words onto their picture. 

Day 2: Student practice reading the words from the poster then get their workbook out. Today students will write sentences for the words in the focus family. I vary the amount of sentences students need to write depending on where we are in the school year.

Day 3: Students finish their workbook if needed. Students read their sentences to a friend then they can play the word family game. My word family games vary each week sometimes they play word family tic-tac-toe, BANG, build the words with magnets, write the words with whiteboards, you get the idea. 

So I just posted the long and short a word families. I included the posters and work book pages for the following families: -at, -ab, -ad, -am, -ap, -ag, -an, -ack, -and, -all, -ay, -ail, -ake, -ame, -ar, -art, -ash, and -ate! 

Yep, that is 18 families! WHEW!

AND

I just posted the long and short e word families. I included the posters and work book pages for the following families: -et, -ed, -en, -ew, -est, -ell, -end, -eck, -eat, and -eck!

I am starting the long and short i family next. Stop by my store to check out this packet and if you think of any short or long families I missed let me know and I would be more than happy to add them :)

Sunday FUNday!

Hello All! I wanted to quick post a Sunday FUNday FREEBIE! Last week I uploaded a Hershey Kisses Addition Unit to TpT and here is a little game from that unit that you can download for free.

In this game your students will be given two different colored Hershey Kisses and use them to play Tic-Tac-Toe! FUN RIGHT!?! 

If your kids enjoy this game they would love the entire unit packed full of addition games with Hershey Kisses. Enjoy the freebie, be sure to stop by next week for another Sunday FUNday Freebie!

Linky Party

I wanted to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching Linky Party with 5 random things from this week. I am on maternity leave so I will do my best and try to throw in something academic related :)

1. Shawn T. from Insanity has become one of my best friends. I don't want to make everyone out there jealous but we hang out everyday! :) Seriously his work out program is tough and I am trying to lose this baby weight so Shawn T. and I spend a lot of time together. 

2. I just finished "The Memory Thief" by Emily Colins for our Book Club on Saturday. It was a quick read, I would give it 4 out of 5 stars. 

 3. I posted 2 new units this week! I uploaded a Hershey Kisses Addition Unit and a 3D Shape Fun Unit. 

4. We took some pictures at the park this week, these are my BEAUTIFUL girls. My oldest is in kinder and my baby is 9 weeks old, aren't they precious?!

5. I stopped by school on Friday to pick up a few things from my classroom and my neighbor friend informed me that we now are required to take 15 more hours on Math CORE training AND 15 more hours of ELA CORE training before summer, WHAT?!?! So I just signed up for classes and I am trying to get myself to excited about it since they start next week! AAHHH!

Hershey Kisses Addition Unit

Its FINISHED! I just posted my Hershey Kisses Addition unit to TpT! I am so glad that I am done with this unit, it has not been good for my diet. As research :) for this unit, I bought several bags of Hershey Kisses and have quickly been devouring them as I have been working. For every few pages I finished I rewarded myself by eating a few kisses, I know it is so bad, but I could not help myself!

Anyway, the unit is packed full of addition materials. I did not make it Valentine related at all so that it can be used throughout the year but I did include a cute little craft and I have to say this little guy would make a perfect Valentine bag for your kiddos. Simply glue him onto the front of a paper bag and DONE!

Some activities that are included in this addition unit are:
The adorable craft mentioned above
Ten Frame math mats, manipulatives and practice pages
Number Bond math mats and practice pages
Number line poster, math mats, practice pages, mystery messages
Kiss Hunt Addition Game
Sums of 5-9 printables
Sums of 10 Mini-Book
Grab and Graph Game
Roll and Color Game
10 page Kisses Addition Math Journal
Concentration Game
and a few fun extras!

Time to have a giveaway! Follow my blog and TpT store and you could be a winner! Simply leave me a comment right here telling your favorite type of chocolate :) and don't forget to leave me an email address! I will randomly pick three winners and announce them on Wednesday! 

The winners are Pauline, Lori and Bridget! Thanks for following my blog I just emailed you the unit! 

Hershey Kisses Unit! - COMING SOON!

Hello All! Yes, I re-designed my blog AGAIN! I can't help it, I go to others blogs are they are just so cute and then I get inspired to make mine better so...truth be told, I have decorators ADHD and I am constantly re-doing and changing things, ask my husband! 

I was just taking a break from creating my next unit, I am so thrilled about it and wanted to share! I should have it finished and posted Sunday, follow my store and you will be notified as soon as it is ready! 

I just finished creating the clip art images, I am so thrilled to be taking a leap into creating clip art, its just another way to keep those creative juices flowing! I still have so much to learn, but it is fun!

Have a wonderful Friday all! 

3D Shape Fun!

As promised I am back to share my newest 3D shape product. WOW! I feel like I have been working on this packet FOREVER! One reason this took so long to create was because I took my first leap into creating clip art because I was not able to find any cute 3D shape clip art. This resource has TONS of cute stuff and I am so excited to share it with you!

This 36 page 3D Shape Fun packet includes 6 posters to teach 3D shapes and one 3D shape attribute poster to help students with the vocabulary terms.

A 3D Shape/Color BINGO game with calling cards and 7 different BINGO boards.

 A student book to learn about the 6 3D shapes, concentration game, 3D Shape Sort with Data Analysis and an "I Have, Who Has 3D Shape Game" WHEW! Stop by my shop to check out this fun packet!

Getting Ready for February

Hello All! I apologize for my blogging hiatus, I was super busy HAVING A BABY! We welcomed our new baby girl into the world on November 18th and she has been all consuming. I am so in love! Now that we are on somewhat of a schedule, I have been able to get some work done during nap times. So it's back to work!

So I had a huge desire to create this packet, let me explain...Our school is very old and it is an outside school so when we walk out our doors we walk around these grassy courtyards to go everywhere. Well, these courtyards are home to MANY gophers and the kids are just convinced they are groundhogs! Many times as we are walking to specials the gophers will come out of their holes and the kids, as you can imagine, go WILD. We have had to convince them that they are going to "scare away the groundhogs" if they don't be quiet, so then we have a class tiptoeing down the hall, whatever works, right! I am sure the groundskeepers don't appreciate our little "groundhog" friends but it works for the teachers :)  
 So in honor of the upcoming holiday and all the little "groundhog" critters at my school, I have created a Groundhog Day Fun Packet with math, literacy and art activities. Some of the activities included are

• Mystery Messages from Punxsutawney Phil
• Graphing and Data Analysis
• Groundhog Probability
• Groundhog Ten Frame
• Roll and Cover Addition Game
• Groundhog Vocabulary
• Tree Map and Circle Map
• Word Search
• BINGO 

  AND 

This really fun Groundhog Art project and Fact Book! WHEW! That should keep our little kiddos busy! 

 

  I just bought the book "Groundhog Weather School" so cute! Full of factual information about groundhogs while still having a fun story.

 

I began an new adventure of creating some clip art because I was not able to find any cute 3D shape clip art so I will be back soon to share some more with you!

Happy Groundhog Day!

My TpT Anniversary

Wow! It is my one-year TpT Anniversary!  I’ve been a member for one amazing year, so I decided to celebrate with a 20% off sale!

The sale will start tomorrow, October 13th and last until the 16th! Click on the image above or right here to link to my store.

And thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the many loyal, supportive and amazing customers that I have!