Thursday, February 27, 2014

TPT is 3 Million Teachers Strong!

Hi everyone! Wow!  Can you believe it "TPT is 3 million teachers strong"?!  I’m linking up with the lovely ladies over at Blog Hoppin in celebration of TPT’s 3 million strong sale! All products in my store are set for the sale at 20% off February 27th and 28th. With promotional code, TPT3, you can save an additional 10% off too. Woo!  Who!!  Time to shop!! 


Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Yikes!!  I've been really bad about posting things on my blog this year!  I do much better posting things we're doing in class on Facebook, than I do on here. So, sorry!!  My goal is to try harder to keep up!  

So, without further ado, meet the kindergarten "Tooth Fairy"!!

I absolutely adore the "Tooth Fairy"!! This cutie comes from "First Grade Fever". The little cowpokes did an amazing job both creating and writing about what they would do if they were the "Tooth Fairy"! I thought it would be fun to have a multicultural display, so here they are!


Check out those teeth!!


A little over half of our Tooth Fairies!!


I put my tooth under my pillow. Tooth Fairy makes teeth. Braiden


I would pick up teeth and leave lots of stuff. The Tooth Fairy takes teeth. Shelbie


I would take teeth and put money and I would put a treasure chest. Isabella

Monday, January 27, 2014

Hi everyone!!

I'm linking up with Greg over at "Kindergarten Smorgasboard" to share some of my favorite books for the week!! This week we're going to finish up "Sneezy the Snowman" and move on to Arctic Animals. I feel like I've been living in the Arctic this winter.  Once again we are out of school due to the super cold wintery conditions!  Day number 5!   Yikes!   It feels like since Christmas Break we've been out of school more than in school.  The little cowpokes were so excited last Friday to be in school!  I'm hoping to be back in school tomorrow, so we can get started on our "icy friends"!  One of my absolute favorite fiction arctic animal books is "Tooth Trouble".  What a great little book to reinforce our learning on text-to-self connections and inferences.  Hope you'll check out some of our favorite books for January!!  If you'd like to link up with "Kindergarten Smorgasboard" just click on "Books I Love".  Thanks for stopping by and checking out some of our favorite books for this last "icy" week in January!!

http://www.thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/

Monday, January 6, 2014

Brr...!!!  It's cold outside! 

Don't know about all of you, but I'm glad I have a home that is cozy inside!!  The wind chill here in Central Illinois is extremely cold today.  Our district has already cancelled school for tomorrow!  This is unheard of this early in the day, but they don't want to risk little ones waiting on buses or staff driving into to work.  So... I've been playing around on my ipad creating and on my computer.  Here are a few of my new creations!!

Doodle Frames/Borders includes 12 different colored frames/borders both with white centers and without!


Here is one of the frames in this little packet!

Penguin Clips!!



And, last but not least a "freebie"!!  Snowflake digis!!



How have you been spending the past few days??  Please share!

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Happy New Year Everyone!! 

My goal this year is to figure out how to make my own clipart and learn how to use my new Rebel camera!! I've started on both! Yeah! Now, let's see if I can keep it going! Check out my first clipart set over at my TPT store. I will be giving away 2 sets tomorrow at noon, if you want to hop over to my facebook page. Just leave a comment with your email address for your chance to win this little set!  Have a great night!!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SnowmanSnowflake-Clipart-Set-1040510



Saturday, December 28, 2013

Kindergarten Daily Math - January!

I just finished up and posted "Kindergarten Daily Math - January" to TPT.  I've been using Daily Math with my little people all year to strengthen and reinforce their knowledge on the Common Core Standards for kindergarten.  Each month builds on the previous math activities and introduces new standards, which we covered in our whole group mini lesson time the month before.  Here are a few pages to show you what's included and how I use each one.



The above page is one of the pages included that reviews and introduces new standards.  Last month in December, we started working on the standards of describing attributes of objects and also counting by tens and ones.  New this month is subtraction and decomposing numbers, which we've been working on whole group in class throughout December.

 The above page and the one below are on the back activities we work on every day.  One day might be writing their numbers to 20 and the next day to write the next numbers in a sequence.  I've tried to keep the numbers below the number of days we've been in school, so the little ones that need to use our number line are able to use it as a resource.

 There are 6 story problems included with the January packet.  I left out the numbers, so you could differentiate for your little ones using smaller numbers for those still needing support and larger numbers for those who are a little advanced.


And last, there are also 2 pictures included to do a short Math Talk with your little ones.  During Math Talk we discuss what they notice in the pictures.  My little guys are getting pretty good about using terms such as:  above, below, beside, etc. to describe where something is in comparison to something else.  We also count objects they notice in the pictures.  Sometimes it works out that we're able to count by 2's, 5's and even 10's.  I also like to pose questions or problems for the children to solve which go along with the pictures.  


What are some ways you help your little ones review and learn the standards?

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Reindeer Magic!!

Dashing through the snow, on a horse open sleigh...
Well, Christmas is almost here!  Wow, it is amazing how time flies when you're having fun.  My little people and I have talked about what it means to "give" someone something special for Christmas and how good it makes one feel.  Not just on Christmas, but throughout the year, every day they can make someone's life just a little brighter.  It might be simply giving a helping hand or offering a smile.  

Each year I look for something cute for the little ones to give to their families for Christmas.  I want it to be something they will save and treasure in the years to come.  I still remember all of the little the things my own children gave to my husband and me.  So, while searching "Pinterest" I came across these adorable little reindeer.  This little cuties is one of our choices for our Christmas presents this year.  I plan on framing the picture in a dollar frame from the Dollar Tree.  I added a little sparkling glitter and snowflakes to make it look like "Rudie" had just been snowed on.  This little guy originated from "A Faithful Attempt".

Thought you might enjoying seeing how he turned out!!