Teacher Appreciation SALE!!!

I know the news has spread far and wide... but just in case you haven't heard....

We appreciate you (teachers)!!!

TpT is having a major sale in honor of you and so am I!

 Click the picture to check out all the deals.

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Here are a few of my top sellers so far this Spring:

Happy Shopping!!!

Interactive Math Journals for Pre-K

I am so excited to announce that I FINALLY finished another Interactive Journal set, and this time it's for your little Pre-K Mathematicians!!!  

I have included prompts to match every Pre-K Math Standard.

There are also so many different levels of each prompt.  I did this for many reasons.  1.  You can build on their learning.  2.  You can differentiate their math journals.  3.  Math Journals are the perfect documentation for learning!

Here are just a few examples of the prompts included:

Think you might want to try them out in your classroom???

Click here to grab a few prompts FREE!

If you aren't sure you want to invest in journals yet, use a piece of construction paper or copy paper.  Although, students take a lot of pride and ownership in their interactive journals.  I do not think you would be disappointed if you decided to jump on board!

Click here to purchase the entire set.

Transportation!

Usually, I always do Transportation the first week of November.  It's the perfect topic to break up Halloween and Thanksgiving.  It also keeps the boys engaged (which can sometimes be very hard to do). 

I always start with this book to introduce the unit.

We discuss all the different forms of transportation that pass by as they are waiting for the bus.

We do sentence building on the Promethean Board (this was super easy to make).

And, we do sentence building in a pocket chart and on paper.  I recently updated my Transportation unit and added a few things.  The car sentence building was updated to give you a different option.

There are 5 thematic math journal prompts.

We also discuss Transportation during Social Studies.  I like to read some non-fiction books and use this to sort what we just learned.

We LOVED to read the room!  Something about carrying around a clipboard made them feel important.

I also have 2 different thematic word walls in the unit.  I like to make a cute one (if time permits) to hang up and then one that can float around during our literacy center time.

Some of the other newly added items are the Boating Beginning Sounds center and the "What can go?" sight word reader.

When I give them a sight word reader during small group, we always highlight the sight word we are working on. 

 If you like these activities you can check them out by clicking the picture below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Working with Teachers

This week I had the privileged to go into a few different teacher's classrooms and do a sample lesson with the Promethean Board.

I have not been trained by the company, but had a board in my own classroom for a little over 3 years.  I definitely DON'T know everything about these boards, but I truly enjoy creating engaging lesson plans and have a love for the school (MTCS)!

One of the lessons I did was for the Kindergarten teachers.  I had two classes in the room at once, so I had to keep the lesson short and sweet.

They had been working on Pumpkins and numbers. So, I focused my lesson on comparing numbers.  If you have a Promethean Board and would like to have this flipchart, click the picture below.  Pretty please leave positive feedback if you download it.

I also created a simple assessment so I could check for understanding, but also have a few minutes to talk to each teacher about some of the things I did in my flipchart, as well as answer any questions.

Click the picture below to grab this freebie!

I saw so many awesome things hanging on the walls at MTCS, but here are a few I had to snap a pic of!

Is that not the cutest idea for rules ever?!?!?!?

And the K classroom I was teaching in had this genius idea!

Stick sight words in baseball card page protectors and slide them in their take home folder. Love it!!!

I saw some pretty awesome Pumpkin Projects!

I love seeing KWL's for just about anything!!!

And, this book was just adorable to hear.  Make sure to check it out (especially for teaching bible class or at a Christian School).

Have a wonderful and safe Halloween and Weekend!!!

Kindergarten Sight Word Practice

Teaching sight words is one of my favorite things to do.. I know.. seems crazy but there are so many fun ways to do it (spoiler alert.. I'll be blogging about some fun ways to teach sight words soon).

While creating my home school curriculum, I was in need of a hands on activity to introduce each sight word...

So, I created these Sight Word Practice Pages:

These are perfect for introducing each word, reviewing the word, homework, literacy centers, and could be used for so much more!

These are also perfect because they meet the needs of every type of learner. Read it: Auditory, Write it: Kinesthetic, Find  it: Visual, and Build it: All 3! 

Step 1: Read it.

I thought it might be fun for your child/students to highlight each word as they read it aloud.

Step 2: Write it.

What they say is true.. practice makes perfect!  Continue to practice sight words with repetition.

Step 3: Find it.

(Self explanatory)

Step 4: Build it.

This step is essential for Kindergartners-- they need something that is hands on.  These pages are perfect; they meet almost all levels of learning and reache all types of learners.

You're done!

If you like my newest creation and want to use it in your own classroom click the picture below to grab it.

PS- If ya stuck around.. I'll give this away to the first three people who leave a positive comment below (with email).

Fun on the Farm!

I just uploaded my newest classroom Fall unit.  I am so excited about it because it is very diverse and has some standards based craft projects inside!

My favorite craft and writing activity is the Farmer!!!

I found some great non-fiction books at my local library!

After reading some of the books, we use the information we learned and fill in the tree maps on the farmer and animals.

This song is hilarious and perfect to teach about what a farmer does and how it helps us! Click the picture to watch.

Isn't he adorable?!?

There is a template to make a little book to attach to the farmer.

I always have my kids use the tree map to write a few sentences (especially early in the year & and even later when we work on paragraphs).

There is also an animal research page that can be used for introducing each farm animal or used as homework.

Syllable sorting page:

Rhyming Page:

Farm I spy (basically): perfect to practice counting & 1:1 correspondence.

Beginning Sound Center:

Farm Math Craft: I love getting in cutesy stuff that fits a standard! 

There are so many other great resources in this pack!

Click the picture to check it out!!

My daughter LOVES animals!! These were just a couple pictures taken at a fall festival.  We will be going to a farm very soon!

Happy Fall Ya'll!