We're Hatching! & a lil Farm Freebie

Oh the sound of the little peeps has arrived! First thing this morning we spotted 3 eggs with cracks! The kiddos quickly put away their stuff & grabbed their egg observation journals to log this exciting event. Well that little crack didn't seem to do a whole lot until....math time! As soon as I said, "Who can think of a way that we can make 10 with 3 numbers?"-I heard a loud squeal come from the back of the room. "It's HATCHING!" And instead of all eyes on the Smart Board, well you can just guess! Yep! 21 bodies huddled around the incubator in the back of the room...Oh well...so much for math today! We pulled those observation journals back out to write about our "first hatcher"! We have 6 more eggs with cracks & the kiddos are very anxious to see if any of them hatch during the night. I'm predicting an incubator full of fluffy yellow chicks in the morning!

I've also just posted this fun lil sentence-building center on TpT for FREE! Don't you just love freebies? I wish there were shoe freebies!!! lol {I think I'm addicted to shoes..& blogging....& clipart...OMigoodness! Do you think I need help for these addictions?!?}

If you would like to download this little center, just click on the pic! Hope you enjoy it!

More 100th Day Fun & a lil Peek at Valentine's Day!

How much fun can we have in one week?!? Wow! Our 100th day was sooo much fun! I asked the class what they would really like to have 100 of and guess what I heard??? 100 DOLLARS!!! Imagine the surprised look on their faces when I pulled out a big 100 dollar bill with their picture on it! The kiddos wrote about what they would do with 100 dollars. I thought this little guy's was just a hoot! He said, "I would get a car and drive it with my buddies!" Too stinkin' cute!


FREEBIE! Click the pic for a copy of the writing prompt.

Whew wee! I feel like I needed a 3-day weekend-that was one fast & furious week...not sure that the 100th day and Groundhog's Day should be in the same week! As you can see in the pics below, it aged us just a little bit! I'm thinkin' we need a little trip to the spa to get us ready for Valentine's Day! {Do you think we could count that as professional development hours?!?}

Okay...time to start thinkin' about hearts-n-hugs and all kinds of sweet stuff! Valentine's Day is just around the corner and here's a little sneak-peek at my Valentine's Day Fun unit.

If you would like a lil FREEBIE from this unit, just click the pic above. It will take you to my TpT store where you can click "Download Preview" for the Valentine's Day Sentence Scrambler below.


Click pic to get your FREEBIE!

MLK Sale & Some Snowy Fun!

Hey everyone! I'm really excited to share some of the snowy activities that we have been working on since we returned from break. It feels like the last 2 weeks have been kinda cRaZy! Between getting the kiddos back in the "learning mode", finishing up our 2nd quarter assessments & just the ongoing everyday craziness, it kinda feels like my head is spinning at times! lol  Oh well, thats what keeps teachers young & our minds sharp...right?!? I got this email from another teacher this week...what a hoot!!! Hope it gives you a lil chuckle too!

"Don't want to brag or anything, but I can still fit into the earrings that I wore in high school!"

And...in honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. everything in my Teachers Pay Teachers & Teachers Notebook shops will be on sale thru Wednesday, January 18th! I've also just posted a new unit..."Snow Much Fun! Math & Literacy Unit". It's loaded with lots of great activities that support the common core standards. Just click the pic to check it out!

Freebie! FREEBIE! Thanks to everyone for all of your sweet comments! To say thanks, here's a couple more Sentence Scrambler freebies that many of you have requested. I've also made a Level 2 version of the Sentence Scramblers-be sure to leave a shout-out & let me know what you think! LUV to hear from you!!!



Click the pic for your FREEBIE!

Hope you have a super week!

Poppin' Into the Holiday Season! and some FREEBIES!

 That cute lil mouse is ready for some holiday adventure in "If You Take A Mouse To The Movies"! Don't you just LOVE these books by Laura Numerhoff??? Me too! This is a great book to use when teaching cause and effect or recalling details. I've done lots of activities in the past that go along with this story and I decided to package them up in this lil unit. Check it out!

Click the pic to check out this unit!

Anyone else excited about Cyber Monday? WoohOOOO! {I'm hoping to find some treasures!} Don't forget that TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS is offering an additional 10% off on 11/28 when you enter the code CMS28 at checkout! And everything in my TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS & TEACHERS NOTEBOOK shops is on sale thru Monday also!

I've just finished up a few more sentence scramblers for the holidays...so.....here's a lil holiday FREEBIE for ya! {If you grab this lil freebie be sure to leave me a shout-out! LOVE to hear from you!}

Click the pic for some HOLIDAY FREEBIES!

S'mores, Pumpkins & Hayrides...FAB-U-LOUS Fall Centers!

Hey everyone! There is a chill in the air, so...grab your favorite cozy sweater & a mug of hot cocoa and get ready for some "Fab-U-lous Fall Fun"! I just love bonfires & toasting marshmallows! How 'bout you?  So I was thinking "Why not bring some of that fall fun into the classroom?"  {The S'mores word work center is my fav!}

Check it out at my lil shop at Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook. Also, I just finished up a few Fall Sentence Scramblers-just click the pic to grab your FREEBIES!

Have a great Wednesday! {Only 2 more days til Friday-Woo Hoo!}

It's Time for Some Apple-licious Fun!

Oh, my! Had a very stressful evening...my computer went BlAnK!!!!! Yikes!! I was flippin' out! {you know you would be too!} All I could think was "Oh no! How will I log onto my blog? Will I be able to save any of  that super-cute clipart?" Seriously, I felt sick & wanted to cry...but after a phone call to my computer-genius friend Kim & a little research, I was able to drain my excess power, remove the battery & it STARTED right back up!!! I now have my clipart collection saved on a zip drive!!! {I'm not chancin' the loss of that stuff again!} Still not sure what the problem was but...the good news is I was able to load my "Apple-licious Fun!" mini-unit. My firsties love doing the apple taste test & the sentence-building activity! {Check out that awesome punctuation!}

The unit includes a ready-to-go math center, ABC center {2 levels}, graphing activity, apple craft & sentence-building activity. Check it out at my lil shops at TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS & TEACHERS NOTEBOOK! Happy birthday Johnny Appleseed!

WILD ABOUT SCHOOL! Jungle unit just posted! plus a FREEBIE!

Woo Hoo!!! All of this computer organization stuff is acually coming together! You know how it is during the school year...trying to be organized but just can't quite seem to get there. Well, I'm feelin' pretty darn good about finding most of my jungle unit stuff-yeah! I just posted my WILD ABOUT SCHOOL unit on my store at Teachers Pay Teachers and also on my new lil shop on Teachers Notebook. If you haven't visited Teachers Notebook, you need to check it out. It's similar to Teachers Pay Teachers and...they have FREEBIES too! Gotta love those FREEBIES!!!  Our school-wide theme is "Wild About Learning" this year and I'll using these activities right away in August. So, I'm sure I'll be creating some more activities to add to it. (Can't help it...I'm addicted to all that stinkin' cute clipart!) If you purchase this unit, please give me a shout out and I'll email you any additions that I come up with.

And speaking of FREEBIES...here is a FREEBIE from the Wild About School unit! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!!!

Click HERE for your Sentence Scrambler FREEBIE!!!

Happy Summer!