I have to admit, I caved under the pressure to have a sale. I'm so happy I did! I haven't showed too many pictures of my little nuggets in action this year so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity. Packing up 10+ years of a classroom...perging.....packing...unpacking.....decorating....redecorating...I have been a tad busy. Now here I am at the very end of my Spring Break.....WAH! It actually snowed............. Who let him here? I just look at this pic & laugh! This is Chicago my friends. It snowed on Spring Break & we grilled. Yes, when it's March....we grill no matter what. And we stop wearing coats. Am I right my Chicagoland friends???? I will be planning all day tomorrow. Part of my plans are pulling out more of these bad boys for the 4th quarter....BAM! What a great way to start off the Monday after Spring Break..with a little teaser of what's in store. They WILL take the bait. So here is one of my nuggets counting up … [Read more...] about Spring Cleaning & More!
Spring-a-licious
Spring-a-licious Fun!
Here is a little peek at our Spring-a-licious week! Missing addends are usually painful for my little nuggets. They love when they have center activities! Does the cuteness help them? I'd say so! In ten years I have NEVER had math stations.... just call me ineffective. I wouldn't change this for the world! I feel like I have helped my students with these challenging CCSS concepts with all the hands on review. We have struggled with greater than/less than this year. The more exposure they get, the better! Once upon a time when our standard was to 20 or even 50 it wasn't as difficult but now that it is 120+ it's difficult. Double digits in first grade?????? Thanks Common Core! It is overwhelming but they do understand with lots of practice! How about some Spring-a-licious fraction action? The cutesy chevron doesn't hurt the eyes either! I wish they had this rug still :o( Mental math=kicking and screaming! When you … [Read more...] about Spring-a-licious Fun!
Spring Cleaning
I am participating in a SALE just for this weekend ONLY. 20% off.... which I NEVER do. Click on the graphic above to fill your basket cart! Here is a sneak peek at my new unit. I am super uber proud of it! Seriously....my whole Spring Break was CONSUMED by this thing! Made a goal to get it done...I DID IT! HOLLA! I will be giving one away...which I practically am....on my FB page. Introducing my Spring-a-licious ELA & Math Common Core Aligned Unit! Over 100 pages of sweat & some tears! There are 6 Literacy & 6 Math centers with Common Core standards listed on each black & white accountability sheet & cover. A few other newer products.............. This game includes the following: Long A (a_e, -ay, -ai) word cards. Long E (ee, ea, ie, ey, y). Long I (i_e, igh, -y, -ie). Long O (o_e, oa, ow, oo, +). Long U (u_e, ew, ue, +). All the vowel cards are on look-alike Candy Land cards. You just need a game board and game … [Read more...] about Spring Cleaning