So we tried the #ONEswitch! For my kitties who have been on a diet for almost a year now, this was a nice treat! They loved it!
I was a substitute teacher in public schools for 10 years with many different long term assignments. After 10 years of gathering ideas from 100's of teachers, I was hired as the kindergarten teacher in a very small private school.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Influenster!
I absolutely love Influenster! This time, they sent me a complimentary bag of kitty food!
So we tried the #ONEswitch! For my kitties who have been on a diet for almost a year now, this was a nice treat! They loved it!
So we tried the #ONEswitch! For my kitties who have been on a diet for almost a year now, this was a nice treat! They loved it!
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Journeys Morning Work!
On Friday I went to print my typical morning work, to realize I had already used all of January's morning work file. I thought for a second about dipping into the February file... but decided not to. My morning work is typically a math sheet, and I realized that I haven't given them an ELA sheet in a very long time. Everything that I can give them just doesn't seem to fit their skill level. Things are either too hard, or too easy. In our school, kindergarten does not learn the long vowels, digraphs, blends or bossy "e". Most of the ELA morning work I find has those items. I do work with those items with my high flyers, but especially for my lows, we still need basics.
I decided to follow my ELA curriculum and make up a morning work that fits them! The layout is very similar to the morning work they already know and love. I didn't want to change too much on them.
So, the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Kindergarten Morning Work was born!!
It is available on TPT!
I do not use the 2014 edition, but I made it for the 2014 edition.
Every week I have a Sight Word Test. Most of my kids have older siblings and they really wanted spelling tests like their older brother or sister. So, I tested a Sight Word Test out for a few weeks, and they're amazing at it!
What I do, is give them 5 words a week to study. Two of them are the sight words we are focusing on that week, and up until now, some were review words or words my curriculum doesn't focus on. On Friday, I have the words listed on the board as well as another wall near their tables. I then tell them to write a word. They then look to where the words are, find it and write it.
For my classroom personally, I'm going to bump their sight words up to 6 words and just use the 2014 Journeys words for our sight word test. So this morning work will really help out with that test!
I decided to follow my ELA curriculum and make up a morning work that fits them! The layout is very similar to the morning work they already know and love. I didn't want to change too much on them.
So, the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Kindergarten Morning Work was born!!
It is available on TPT!
I do not use the 2014 edition, but I made it for the 2014 edition.
Every week I have a Sight Word Test. Most of my kids have older siblings and they really wanted spelling tests like their older brother or sister. So, I tested a Sight Word Test out for a few weeks, and they're amazing at it!
What I do, is give them 5 words a week to study. Two of them are the sight words we are focusing on that week, and up until now, some were review words or words my curriculum doesn't focus on. On Friday, I have the words listed on the board as well as another wall near their tables. I then tell them to write a word. They then look to where the words are, find it and write it.
For my classroom personally, I'm going to bump their sight words up to 6 words and just use the 2014 Journeys words for our sight word test. So this morning work will really help out with that test!
Monday, January 19, 2015
Super Bowl *FREEBIE Included*
Just like last year... and which happens to only be 2 posts down (man, I stink at blogging). I updated my Super Bowl Pack to represent this years teams!! Hope this helps in your classroom!
This is a small set of activities for both ELA and Math. At only 20 pages long.... it has a variety of different skills perfect for Kindergarten!
You can get this on TPT here!
Now for the FREEBIE! Just the graphing activity! This is a great activity for whole class!
You can get it for FREE at TPT!
This is a small set of activities for both ELA and Math. At only 20 pages long.... it has a variety of different skills perfect for Kindergarten!
You can get this on TPT here!
Now for the FREEBIE! Just the graphing activity! This is a great activity for whole class!
You can get it for FREE at TPT!
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
B2S Supply List
Every year on my Facebook newsfeed I have a large amount of people complaining about the cost of back to school supplies. It's not so much about the actual cost, but about the list itself. Why do I have to buy 5 boxes of pencils? Do they really want me to buy Crayola brand crayons? Why do I have to get a composition journal with space to draw on the top?
Every year this happens, from my parent friends and even some teachers themselves. Maybe I'm the only one bothered by the complaints? Maybe it's just me who takes it the wrong way? I don't see it as complaints about the cost, or the items on the list. I see it as complaints about the teacher, and in a society where teachers get a bad wrap this is just the first step.
A lot of complaints are about community supplies. Instead of being irritated or inconvenienced that you're buying extras for those who may be in a different financial situation than yourself, maybe you can be thankful for the situation that you are in. Why can't we be thankful when people can come together to help the teachers and the students who are in less fortunate situations. Look at it as a community approach, not how you bought the designer crayons you bought your child with your money. Think of the life lesson you teach your kids.
If you feel the list is so ridiculous, why don't you ask about it! Inquire about the amount, the brand, and why it is needed.
Also, if you cannot find an item, no worries. You probably are not the only one. No big deal... talk to the teacher.
Our grade level's lists are created so that the students will have everything they need to be successful in our classes. We evaluate what we used/did not use during the year and then make changes. Careful thought goes into the lists at our school.
I know I also think of cost. I ask for so many boxes of crayons in the beginning because they're $.25. During the school year they're $3! Especially glue sticks, I didn't expect to go through them so fast last year. I would rather have parents pick them up while they're cheaper now. Last year I spent a lot of my personal money buying supplies so my parents didn't have to.
Back to school supply time never changes, like Christmas or birthdays. You know it's going to cost money, so why not save up instead if the constant complaints? It's time to work as a community, who work together to better your child.
Every year this happens, from my parent friends and even some teachers themselves. Maybe I'm the only one bothered by the complaints? Maybe it's just me who takes it the wrong way? I don't see it as complaints about the cost, or the items on the list. I see it as complaints about the teacher, and in a society where teachers get a bad wrap this is just the first step.
A lot of complaints are about community supplies. Instead of being irritated or inconvenienced that you're buying extras for those who may be in a different financial situation than yourself, maybe you can be thankful for the situation that you are in. Why can't we be thankful when people can come together to help the teachers and the students who are in less fortunate situations. Look at it as a community approach, not how you bought the designer crayons you bought your child with your money. Think of the life lesson you teach your kids.
If you feel the list is so ridiculous, why don't you ask about it! Inquire about the amount, the brand, and why it is needed.
Also, if you cannot find an item, no worries. You probably are not the only one. No big deal... talk to the teacher.
Our grade level's lists are created so that the students will have everything they need to be successful in our classes. We evaluate what we used/did not use during the year and then make changes. Careful thought goes into the lists at our school.
I know I also think of cost. I ask for so many boxes of crayons in the beginning because they're $.25. During the school year they're $3! Especially glue sticks, I didn't expect to go through them so fast last year. I would rather have parents pick them up while they're cheaper now. Last year I spent a lot of my personal money buying supplies so my parents didn't have to.
Back to school supply time never changes, like Christmas or birthdays. You know it's going to cost money, so why not save up instead if the constant complaints? It's time to work as a community, who work together to better your child.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Super Bowl Mania!! FREEBIE!!
I decided to make a little FREEBIE for you all!! Enjoy the 2014 Super Bowl Graph!!
You can get it at TPT!
You can get it at TPT!
Saturday, January 4, 2014
New Year, New Me!
Happy New Year! If there's one thing about me you should know, I really don't like making resolutions. I don't see December 31st as a time to reflect on my last year and make changes for the upcoming year. Reflection and changing happens all the time, if not every day.
However, with the winter break I did a lot of thinking about my classroom. Having this classroom as my own, still doesn't seem real to me. Having gone 10 years in other peoples classrooms, I still feel that my classroom is someone elses. That i'm just holding it for them. Even though I painted it, moved furniture and set it up. Even though i'm there every day! Well, except for one day when the stomach bug hit me hard.
So, with this feeling, I haven't saving anything.... no extra copies tucked away, no folders full of papers I may not use. True, I have a whole thumb drive FULL of items. But they're not categorized, they're not organized.
So my new year's resolution is to be more organized!! So I bought some file folders and I have started placing all of them items I will use in it. It's slow... and most of the work I've done have actually been these past few days when I should have been in school! But thanks to Mr. Weather, we had two snow days!
So Monday it's back to the grind, and luckily I have 3 breaks to work more on the organization!
However, with the winter break I did a lot of thinking about my classroom. Having this classroom as my own, still doesn't seem real to me. Having gone 10 years in other peoples classrooms, I still feel that my classroom is someone elses. That i'm just holding it for them. Even though I painted it, moved furniture and set it up. Even though i'm there every day! Well, except for one day when the stomach bug hit me hard.
So, with this feeling, I haven't saving anything.... no extra copies tucked away, no folders full of papers I may not use. True, I have a whole thumb drive FULL of items. But they're not categorized, they're not organized.
So my new year's resolution is to be more organized!! So I bought some file folders and I have started placing all of them items I will use in it. It's slow... and most of the work I've done have actually been these past few days when I should have been in school! But thanks to Mr. Weather, we had two snow days!
So Monday it's back to the grind, and luckily I have 3 breaks to work more on the organization!
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Lesson 4, 5 and a Unit 1 combo pack! Journeys!
Holy Moly!! It's been a crazy two and a half weeks since school started!! Not only at school but in my personal life as well. I haven't even had a moment to write about the first two weeks. I will! I just don't know when.
I finished Unit 1 for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Kindergarten. I had to finish Lesson 4 and 5... and then I grouped them all into a combo pack!
Check them out at TPT!
You can find Lesson 4 here: @ TPT
You can find Lesson 5 here: @ TPT
And you can find all 5 lessons here: @ TPT
Enjoy!!
I finished Unit 1 for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Kindergarten. I had to finish Lesson 4 and 5... and then I grouped them all into a combo pack!
Check them out at TPT!
Enjoy!!
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