Presidents Day Freebie!

If you plan on doing some Presidents Day crafts this week with your class, check out this quick freebie! The book includes pages for Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, the Liberty Bell, the White House, and the Bald Eagle. The cute heart flag on the front cover was inspired by A Cupcake for the Teacher. 

Jackie over at Ready Set Read also has some cute little president mini books. You can check those out here. Happy President's Day and enjoy the long weekend! 

Spanish Newsletter Templates

Hi everyone! Just a quick super short note...I've gotten a few requests for a Spanish version of my Class Newsletter Templates, so I decided to make some! Here they are!!

Valentine's Day Ideas + Freebie

Wow, it's been a while! I'm sure you've noticed, but my blog is finally back up and running properly! Thanks for all your patience this past month! It's been so crazy. Grad school is a lot of work! Anyhow, here are some random Valentine's day crafts and ideas I've used in the past. P.S. There's a freebie at the end. Happy Valentine's Day! :)

Bee Mine Valentine Bees

The idea for these adorable bees came from A Cupcake for the Teacher. She has a great template HERE.

Valentine Treat Bags

Handprint Hearts

 Click here for my Heart Template and poem.

 

Valentine Heart Puppies

This one's so easy! All you need is some construction paper, scissors, and glue.

Valentine's Math & Literacy Centers 

Here are just a few of our February literacy and math stations...

Rainbow Write - Students spin the spinners and write the words using the correct colors.

How Many Heartbeats? - Students sort the pictures by number of syllables, then stamp or color the hearts on the recording sheet.

Sounds of My Heart - Students pick an object out of a container, then either stamp or color the beginning/ending sounds.

Break My Heart - Students break open the hearts and use the letters to build sight words.

Sweet Sight Words - Students pick a heart, read the word, and write it in the correct column based on how many letters are in the word.

 Write the Room - Students hunt around the room for pictures/words and write them in the boxes.

Sweet Sums of Five/Ten - Students toss a cup of two-color counters, then fill in the five/ten frame and record their work with a drawing and equation.

 Counting by Tens - Students sequence the cards by tens (usually I put these in a pocket chart for them), then cut and paste onto a sentence strip.

 Lovin' Addition - Students roll the dice and use heart counters or candies to add. Then they record their equations.

 Add & Cover - Students roll the dice and cover the numeral on their game board. First to fill their board wins!

Connect Four -  In this game, students roll the cube, count the items, and trace the number. First to get four in a row wins!

 Candy Heart Graphing - Students sort and graph candy hearts. This is fun as a whole class activity or during math centers.

 Measure Your Heart Out - Students measure the treats with cubes or hearts.

More or Less - Each partner chooses a card, then they spin the spinner to see who wins the cards (more or less). The player with the most cards at the end wins. This set can also be used to play Concentration or Go Fish.

 Pretty Patterns - Students make patterns with hearts, then color them on the recording sheet.

All these activities and more are included in my February Centers Pack! 

Finally, here's a quick little freebie for you! Happy Valentine's Day!

Update and a Sale!

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all having a happy and healthy new year! I've been on vacation visiting my family for the past couple of weeks and had limited internet access. I'm finally home and I have noticed that my blog is having some technical difficulties. I'm in the process of having the issue resolved, but in the meantime you can still access all my content on here. As an apology, I will be throwing a sale this weekend and everything in my store will be 20% off on 1/18 and 1/19. Thanks for your patience and understanding :)

Common Core Assessment - Editable!

I'm so excited about this!!! I have had about a million requests for an editable version of my Common Core Assessment, so I finally decided to go ahead and do it! The entire document is editable...the text can be changed and the order of the items can be rearranged. It's completely customizable! I have included assessments for each of the kindergarten common core standards in language arts and math as well as recording pages for writing samples, sight words, alphabet and numeral writing, etc. I also added a neat little checklist at the end of the file so you can record your students' grades in one convenient place. Head to my store to check it out!

Cyber Monday Sale!

I can't wait for the BIG sale tomorrow! I have about 100 things on my wish list that I want to buy! What are you all planning to buy for your classrooms this week? 

Just a little reminder...everything in my store will be 28% off on Monday and Tuesday with the code CYBER. The best thing about shopping online is that nobody is going to trample you to snag that fabulous deal! Plus, you can shop in your PJs! Have fun shopping!!!!

Exciting news...a giveaway!!!

I have some exciting news! Lori from The Kindergarten Pod is hosting a giveaway to celebrate 100 followers on her blog! Congrats to Lori...she is so awesome! I'm so thankful that she invited me to participate in this great giveaway! And would you believe this is my first giveaway, too? Now that I know how it works, you might see me doing some more giveaways in the near future!

You REALLY don't want to miss this!!! Some of the top bloggers have joined in to offer 8 AMAZING prizes to the lucky winner! Head over to Lori's blog to enter! And don't forget to follow :)

I hope you all have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Math & Literacy Centers + FREEBIES!

Gobble gobble! Thanksgiving is coming soon! What are you thankful for? I'm so thankful for my family first of all. I'm also grateful for all my followers and the support you've given me. When I started this blog, I never imagined what a success it would become! I can't say it enough - thank you!!! And a great big thank you to all you other bloggers out there who share so selflessly everyday...you've been an amazing source of inspiration and support. I couldn't imagine teaching in a world where we didn't have one another to rely on! <3

Since many of you have been asking about it, I just finished making a few minor updates to my math and literacy centers. I added the Common Core Standards to the table of contents so that you can easily see which standard each center aligns to. I also included a freebie in the preview file! Check it out!

And here's some other fun Thanksgiving stuff! More freebies below!

Here's the template for the turkey hand print poem. This would be cute to put in a frame or even to make place mats. Click the image below to download.

And finally, here's a quick and simple writing template. Sometimes it's helpful to read some books before writing so that the kids understand the concept of being "thankful." I listed a few ideas below. The Secret of Saying Thanks is one of my favorites!

Random Fall Fun!

Check out some of the fall activities we did last year. These are just some random things that I never got around to posting! Sorry this is a super short post!

Happy October! {Freebies & Centers}

Happy October everybody! This post has tons of Halloween treats for you! I posted some of these things last year, but since I'm not in the classroom this year, I figured I'd recycle some things that you may have missed. There's LOTS of freebies here, too!

I just finished updating my October Math & Literacy Centers and added a couple of new games! You can get my Halloween Count the Room for FREE when you download the Preview file from TpT!

 Click here to download my Pumpkins Mini-Unit for FREE! This was a freebie I posted last year as well, but just in case you missed it...

Here are even more Halloween FREEBIES!!!!! Download my FALL FREEBIE PACK here!

I found the book Ten Timid Ghosts last year and I thought it would be perfect for a subtraction lesson! The kids love modeling the subtraction problems based on this adorable story! You can use small ghost erasers, packing peanuts, beans, etc. as counters.

Finally, this quick and simple Pumpkin Patch Math Game will give students some fun practice counting and recognizing numerals to 12. This is part of my Freebies download also.

That's all I've got for now! Have a great weekend everyone!