Santa Baby!

I love having my students write a letter to Santa.  It is a fun activity and something kids want to do every year.  Click on the picture to get my cute little Santa Stationary for your letters.  If you would like a little more direction, along with graphic organizers and a lesson plan you can go to my TPT store.  Just click on the link. 

            http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dear-Santa-Letter-Writing-Activity

                                          
                                                               Happy Saturday!!

Identifying Numbers Freebie

Here's a fun little freebie for number identification.  It is based on Abby's Highlight- a- Letter Activity.  Go to this post if you want her incredible free!!
             http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/2012/09/rti-kindergarten-activity-freebie.html

If you want my number version just click on the picture! 

Christmas Math Facts Practice!

December is a very busy month in the classroom!  With so many fun and exciting things going on, sometimes it is easy to lose sight of the fact that you still need to tackle those basic skills!  Here's a fun way to make sure students are getting their math fact practice in during those busy December days!
Click on the picture to get your own copy of my Santa Target page.  You can write any number you want on Santa's beard and students can practice their multiplication facts.  Slip the page in a plastic pocket or laminate it so students can use it with dry erase markers in a center. 
This activity sheet is part of my Christmas Math Facts Activity pack which includes addition, subtraction and multiplication pages.  The pack also has cute little covers to transform your flash card packs into special Christmas flash cards! If you are interested in the entire activity pack with 70+ pages click on the link! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Math-Facts-Activity-Pack

Learning about US SYMBOLS

 

Good evening, friends!  I just completed compiling my materials for a unit I did with my students last February.  Can you say BEE-hind!!  I am happy to say that this activity unit includes one of my best sellers on TPT “Let’s Make the Statue of Liberty”.  You can learn more about that craftivity by going to this post

http://lifesateach.blogspot.com/2012/02/give-me-liberty.html

If you want to check out the whole unit go to TPT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!!

Kentucky Derby Day 2012

I am a Kentucky girl and I don’t know if you have heard, but we have a little horse race going on here this weekend.  No biggie- just the most exciting two minutes in sports! 
If you have some free time this Friday, why not get into the Derby Day action!  I just made a quick little pack filled with three activities.  I am posting it to my TPT store, but my loyal followers can grab a copy for free!  Just leave a post telling me how you will be spending your Derby Saturday. Make sure you are a follower and don’t forget to give your email address.  I will send the pack to you ASAP!  All posts must be made by 8:00 PM tomorrow evening.   Click on the picture if you want to preview the pack.  Thanks for reading!

Book Clubs- Week 2

Book Clubs have been going strong for two weeks now.  Two groups have already made it to their second chapter book.  The conversations I am "eavesdropping" on are so rich!  I am loving the insights that they are making about their books. 
Today I have a copy of my schedule/lesson plan for you to take a look at.  I hope you find it helpful if you are planning or thinking about starting book clubs in your classroom. 
Click here to take a look. 
Have a great Monday night!!

Book Clubs- Week 1

 

We started book clubs this week!  I was so looking forward to doing something a little different to end the school year with my great group of thirdies.  They have become more and more independent- so instead of our guided reading groups I decided to tackle book clubs. 

Well, in short, we are LOVING it!  I redid all my groups based on our spring MAP reading data       ( we took the test last week).  I have 5 groups of 4 students each.  This seems to be the perfect number for our book discussions. 

  We have three rotations of 20 minutes each.  Each group meets 2 days a week. The other two days they are involved in centers. One rotation is dedicated to responding to the text and the other rotation is dedicated to reading the required text for their next meeting. 

So far, so good! I absolutely love the way my groups are working together.  One student is the facilitator (each will get a turn) for the meetings.  I dubbed them the team leader.  All five of them have done a fabulous job this week. 

If you want to know more about how I do my reading group rotations go to my previous post. 

I can’t wait to see what next week brings!