My class has a hard time remembering which ways to do Read to Someone, and how many books they need. I made these word strips as a reminder.  The book pictures represent how many books they need for the activity.  You can get the word strips here.

Classroom Freebies Too, Book Find, Other fun StUfF!

Good Morning Gang! I hope you are enjoying a lazy Sunday. I have a varied list of things to tell you about today.

I am so excited to be a contributor to Classroom Freebies Too! This is a great and ALWAYS free resource. You can check it out here: Classroom Freebies Too!




I found a new book over the weekend! I know, I hope you own stock in Amazon, ;) Here it is:

I am so excited to dive into this book this week. 

P.S. The super large sticky notes they are referring to in the book are also available on Amazon also!!!

 I found something new to organize my office stuff. I used to use a cardboard "bankers box" for each month that we are in school. I would store content specific books, files and projects in each one for that particular month. These were at Walmart last night: I am going to try it out today or tomorrow and let you know how it works out . . .

They aren't a big as it appears in the picture. 

Measurements are 29 X 18 X 13

 I have a brand new design over on my personal blog! I did it myself with photos I took around our house! Yay! You can come check it out here:

 I will be putting a Halloween Word Art Freebie on that blog in the next day or two, so be sure to check back! I found some super cute new fonts!

This week in school, our class is continuing to learn about pumpkins. We are going to a pumpkin patch. I am sure you can imagine how excited the class is about that!
  Do you go to a pumpkin patch at your school?

Have a good Monday . . .

Number Post Pretties courtesy of Louise Frank Designs

 

Pumpkin Syllables and an Awesome Halloween Craft Book

Greetings everyone. I hope your day is going well. Wow, tomorrow is already Friday! Today, we rearranged our classroom and wiped down all of the counters. It is always a good feeling to do that. Tomorrow, the kids are going to organize the inside of their desks. I think this is important, even in First grade. I have 2 things to share with you today. One is a "Pumpkin Syllables" freebie and the other is a cool craft book, that has nothing to do with anything, but I love it anyway!

Here is the freebie . . .

Click here to download and print

Here is the book . . .this is the most delightful book to look at if you like crafts and Halloween. I don't know if I will even make anything out of it, but I LoVe LooKiNg at it AnYwAY!!! I saw it in a bookstore this weekend, and then promptly went home and ordered it from Amazon, (and saved about 6 bucks!) You can preview it on Amazon . . .

 

 The next time I post, I am going to have a very important organization question for you. . .Have a great evening!

Pumpkins, Parent Conference and Pens! {and Lucy}

  Hey Gang! How are you today? I can't believe that tomorrow is the first day of October. {already!} In Utah, this is when we really notice a weather change. It might be about 80 degrees as it was today, or there may be snow on the ground. We are planning to change out the big flower pots and plant mums in them to enjoy for a while. 

We did the funniest thing yesterday. . .we left the house to go to a family birthday and we forgot about LUCY! You see, she is busy by nature (code for sometimes meddlesome) and we always put her in her kennel when we leave the house for her own safety as well the house's safety. We forgot, we were gone a couple of hours and we walked in the house and there she was! Looking at us curiously. She had gone in her kennel anyway, and waited with the door open. She was GOOD! Yay Lucy! We are so proud of her. :)

We are going to start some pumpkin activities this week and are looking forward to our annual pumpkin patch field trip week after next. Here is a little freebie in honor of the occasion . . .

Click here to download and print


Oh! I almost forgot. I also have this parent conference folder cover to share.

Click here to download and print

One last thing-I recently discovered these ink pens and I love them!

They are called "Paper Mate Profile Ballpoint Retractable Pens" I love how smoothly they write.

I hope you have a great Monday tomorrow. :)

Parent conferences are next week!  This is the student display outside my door:

I had the children write their three favorite things about first grade on the paper.  Some of them even said, "My Teacher!"  You can get the writing paper here.

Little Things, Parent Conference Printable

Happy Monday everyone! Here is my big dilemma: How I am going to watch "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Voice" tonight? How will I decide which one to record? A trivial worry to be sure, but isn't part of life enjoying the little things? 

What is a "little thing" that you really enjoy?

This weekend we took a drive and looked at some beautiful fall colors. I was going to post a picture for you but I think my hubby took that SD card out of town with him for a couple of days! Oh well, when he gets back . . .

We have SEP's next week (parent conference) . Have you had yours already? It is fun for the kids to give parents a peek into their world at school. I made this little packet to give parents some inside info!

Click here to download and print if you would like . . .

Have a wonderful evening!

Darling Cloud Book with Printable

Thanks to Camille for the cute cloud stuff she posted this week! In keeping with this theme I wanted to tell you about a DARLING book that my awesome student teacher found . . .

We had not heard of this book before! It follows the adventures of a little cloud named "Cloudette" who is "smaller then the average cloud". The message of the story is one of determination and perseverance. The illustrations are charming!

 Click here to read more about it and see a preview on Amazon

A little freebie to go with it . . .

Click here to download and print

Cloud People! So much FUN!

I am finally starting to get into the swing of being back at school.  It has been crazy with the new common core and a lot more kiddos in our classroom, plus being a mom.  I need about 5 more hours to update our blog, do our massive pile of laundry, and clean my classroom.  Has anyone else felt that the start of the school year has been a little more crazy this year (possibly it has just been me). We have been studying about clouds.  I made this cute activity to go with our study.  I used it for an assessment.  It was so much fun!!!  I borrowed this idea from the First Grade Parade.  Here is the link...http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/search/label/weather   Here is a picture of the finished product.   

I also have a vocabulary book, fact and opinion, adjective activity, and experiment.  

Click here to download!

I made a Word Work discovery!

Do you ever get so used to what you have been doing that you forget to look for something new? That happened to me this week.

 We are just beginning our training on Word Work in Daily 5. I have the usual assortment of  magnetic letters, tiles, doodle boards, etc. Well, as I was standing in Camille's room visiting with her during recess I started poking into her little Word Work drawers. (We just happened to be standing in front of them and I couldn't resist. We are pretty casual in our grade level and look at each other's stuff all the time, which is great!) 

Anyway, lo and behold I discovered 2 NEW things. It was very exciting! I am sure they aren't new to anyone else, but in my defense, I have no little children at home anymore and so my exposure is rather limited. This combined with the fact that my husband is the Walmart shopper, means I am somewhat sheltered! ;) 

Here they are:

This prompted me to head back run to my computer to see where I could purchase these items.  (I found them at Amazon, but they may also be available at your Walmart and Target.) 

I decided to redo my Word Work area, so I made some new tags for my canvas drawers. 

Click here to download

Jiffy Pop Printables

Hey Gang! What are you up to this evening? We are getting ready to watch a football game.

I wanted to tell you that I have been back to working on my personal blog this week after neglecting it for the entire summer.  . .I realized something this summer . . .I seem to be incapable of accomplishing a lot when I have lots of extra time on my hands. 

Weird, I know.

All summer I knew there were many things to do, but for some reason without the time schedule/constraints of the school year, I spent a lot of time spinning my wheels.

 Anyway, back to the subject at hand. I have recently posted a few freebies that make great neighbor or volunteer gifts. They are printable seasonal covers that you attach to a container of Jiffy Pop Popcorn. There is also a picture of one I made and decorated with ribbon over on the blog. I would LOVE for you to pop over and follow me. I will be sharing decorating ideas, freebies and  other random things that strike my fancy! Here is the link
The Robin's Nest