TPT Cyber Monday Sale.... Happy Shopping!

Hello Friends,

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kinderkay
It is Cyber Monday and TPT is hosting a BIG sale! The promo code is SMILE and many of my TPT friends have been promoting it with photos of themselves as kids! It's been fun seeing all the toothless, frizzy haired pictures! Here's mine......I am  in 6th grade.  Of course, I thought I looked fantastic.... :) I remember how I got my hair to make those side curls. I attached pink tape to my face and slept that way all night. When I woke in the morning, I had red streaks on my face where the tape had been! I still cannot believe I did that to myself...... :)

You can click the image above to take you to my TPT store. All my resources are on sale and if you use the promo code SMILE, you can get up to 28% off on your entire purchase. Here are a few of my favorite resources:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Around-the-World-For-Little-Kids-170172

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Five-Fantastic-Super-Hero-Math-Centers-1000792

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-is-Here-Winter-is-Near-Lets-Make-a-Book-for-LITTLE-KIDS-1950917

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-Sweet-It-Is-Math-Subitizing-Games-for-Numbers-2-to-12-1583438

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Day-Fun-Literacy-Math-and-Craftivity-Pack-1622291

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Element-Fun-and-More-FOR-ANY-BOOK-2222624

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Nativity-Story-Lets-Make-a-Book-158677

Happy shopping, my Friends! Enjoy these wonderful Christmas days! Click the image below to take you to links to the stores of my Blog Hoppin' friends....

http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/2015/11/dont-miss-cyber-smile-tpt-sale.html


Blessings,

After Thanksgiving pics, Needs and Wants Freebie, NEW Story Elements resource, Five for Friday

Hello Friends,
I just love Thanksgiving! It is a holiday where families strive to spend the day together, there are no gifts to wrap, and decorating is USUALLY kept to a minimum. Don't get me wrong; I LOVE Christmas, too, but it's nice to have a holiday where all you have to do is think about the food!

I am joining with Doodle Bug Teaching for Five for Friday...

1.  I couldn't resist starting my post with this photo of my son's dog, Zooey. She was not too pleased to be dressed and photographed for a Thanksgiving picture! :)
2.  Our Thanksgiving table was beautiful this year. It was especially nice to be able to keep my eating to a reasonable amount because our food was very healthy this year... Well, ignore the gravy and mashed potatoes.... and I DID have a piece of pumpkin pie.....

3.  I revised my Christmas Around the World unit and am looking forward to starting it on Monday. We start the unit with what to pack in our suitcases. I bring in a suitcase filled with articles and we take turns sorting them into "wants" and "needs". I have purchased most of the items from Target and Walmart in their clearance aisle. I DO add a pair of kid's underwear and socks to the suitcase; they are not shown in this photo.


After we do this sorting activity together as a class, they "pack" their own suitcase in their Christmas Around the World" booklet.

If you would like the NEEDS and WANTS posters, you can get them in a Google doc form by clicking HERE. (Please note that sometimes your school/district does not allow downloads from sources outside of your network. If that happens, check with your district as to how to unlock the restrictions on your account.)

If you purchased (or want to purchase) my REVISED Christmas unit, click HERE.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Around-the-World-For-Little-Kids-170172


https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Around-the-World-For-Little-Kids-170172

4.  For the past few years, it has not been unusual for me have a couple of kids who come to kindergarten already reading. These kids do not need the constant drill of learning letters and sounds that is such a big part of our day in kindergarten. I have tried purchasing first/second grade workbooks to use in a guided reading group, but they just haven't worked for me. The skills might be appropriate for them, the content may not be. I do not believe in putting a five year into a workbook. So.... I have been working on this resource for a LONG time. I have put together activities that can be used with ANY book. I have found such success with these activities! My kiddos can read any trade book at any level and then we can use the activities in the packet to enrich what was read in the book. I have used these sheets with picture books AND chapter books. These sheets are also nice to print and have available for early finishers. After reading a book or story, kids choose a sheet to do that is both fun and educational.


This resource can be found by clicking the image below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Element-Fun-and-More-FOR-ANY-BOOK-2222624

5.  Here's an easy 'THEN and NOW" activity to do. Staple plain paper into a colorful napkin. Kids draw pictures of things that happened (or were around) THEN and things that happened (or were around). They label their pages with words or sentences. We did this with our Thanksgiving Then and Now unit. :)

That's all for now, my friends... Make sure that you hop over to Doodle Bugs Teaching!

http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2015/11/five-for-friday-linky-party-november_27.html
Until next time!
Blessings,

Fall Leaves Math Craft using Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert




Hello Friends,
Finally..... report cards and parent teacher conferences are over for awhile! Yay! Between Halloween, conferences, and just plain LIFE, time becomes limited and precious. Yesterday, we taught from 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and then had conferences from 12:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. It is a very, very long day BUT the reward is TODAY! Our school gives us today as a bonus for our long day yesterday and I am determined to NOT waste it... Luckily it has been a beautiful fall day and such a joyous day to be alive. I thought that I would take a quick break from my outside work and  then continue on with my day before I lose the sunlight.... :)

We made this cute leaf Math project. It was fun and gave my kiddos a break from paper and pencil activities.
First, we
read Lois Ehlert's "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf."


Then, the kids painted a brown tree trunk and used a black crayon to draw the outline of the leaves.
Next, the kids decided how many red and how many yellow leaves they wanted to make.
Then they used leaf stamps to show some red and some yellow leaves. After that, they did their math sheet and glued it to their paper.






If you would like the words for this project, click HERE. It is a Google doc link.

And finally........for those of you who wish for seasons..... I thought I would share with you a reason for why seasons are not always so much fun.... We have two beautiful trees in our front yard, but in the fall when they drop their leaves.....ugh.... They are WORK and that's what I did early this morning... raked and raked and raked... then bagged them all up.


 I have to say that the bagging is the worst BUT it's done... at least for awhile!




So, that's it for now...
Until next time!

Blessings,