The end-of-the-year is near {5 days}, but you wouldn’t know it in my classroom! My students are keeping busy with their autobiographies, book goals, and all of our end-of-the-year activities. We are finally finishing up our autobiographies and they are DARLING! My students are so proud of them and they
The end of the school year is fast approaching {YAY} and I just realized this weekend that I need to get all my parent volunteer “thank you gifts” together! I always try not to procrastinate stuff like this, but sometimes I just can’t help it. I have so much going
Wayyyy back when, when I was a tiny, little second grader, my class made their own Runaway Bunny books. Have you read this story? Click {here} to check it out. It’s about a little bunny who wants to runaway and he tells his mother all the places and things he
Graphic Made By: Erica Bohrer I can’t believe Teacher Appreciation Week is already here again! Man… time flys! To show you how much I appreciate you, I {along with many wonderful bloggers} am throwing a three day sale! From May 6th-8th EVERYTHING in my store will be 20% off! Annnddd… for an
My students start taking their end-of-level test next week (EEK!). Since the rest of you are either testing already or getting ready to test, I thought I would share a few things that I am doing to prepare. All of these printables can be found in my Teachers Pay
In my second grade classroom, we are all about biographies! {Confession: I think most biographies are quite boring… but of course I would never tell my students that… and even if I did, they wouldn’t believe me. They think biographies are pretty much the coolest thing ever. EVER.} To make biographies
Teaching CVCe word patterns to your kindergarteners and first graders can be tricky! Let’s start with first things first. What does CVCe stand for? CVCe = Consonant Vowel Consonant e In CVCe words the vowel says it’s name (the long vowel sound) and the ‘e’ on the end is silent.
Teaching CVCe word patterns to your kindergarteners and first graders can be tricky! Let’s start with first things first. What does CVCe stand for? CVCe = Consonant Vowel Consonant e In CVCe words the vowel says it’s name (the long vowel sound) and the ‘e’ on the end is silent.
Yes. I am that crazy teacher down the hall who is teaching her second graders how to play the ukulele. I’m really sorry about the noise… It’s just that we have to practice EVERYDAY… Back 100 years ago {almost} I learned how to play the ukulele in second grade. I
Hello sweet friends! I hope you are having a good week. 🙂 I wanted to share a little tip I learned from a friend that involves a permanent marker and whiteboard. You are probably wondering what these two things have in common… because who in their right mind would use
I hope you are having a great week back in school. I can’t believe how fast time goes and how fast this week has gone by… and I really can’t believe tomorrow is Friday! {Thank goodness!} Last year my students made these adorable penguins. I love giving step-by-step instructions and
This math packet is full of BEGINNER Fraction FUN! All the activities in this packet can be used for centers, independent work, or whole group instruction. Fractions included in this packet are: 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8 (and on occasion 1/7). This Fraction Packet Includes: Individual fraction charts
My new year’s resolution is to notice my students more. As a new teacher, I feel like I am always rushing from one thing to the next and I forget to notice how stinkin’ cute they are. Besides, children thrive on positive comments and attention {heck, so do adults}! I created
This math packet is full of BEGINNER Fraction FUN! All the activities in this packet can be used for centers, independent work, or whole group instruction. Fractions included in this packet are: 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8 (and on occasion 1/7). This Fraction Packet Includes: Individual fraction charts
I know Christmas has come and gone, but I really wanted to tell you all about our classroom Christmas party. It was so fun and I am definitely doing it next year. I also have amazing parent volunteers, so I didn’t have to do a lot to get everything ready.
Give your students the number sense practice they need with this FREE worksheet that can be used daily and with any number 0-999!
This FREE activity takes regular, boring flashcards and turns them into a fun, competitive game. Your students won’t even realize they are learning!
