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Color Days (Part 1)
At the beginning of the year, we celebrate Color Days and Shape Days to help the kids learn their colors and shapes. These are some of the activities we did for our first week of colors...RedWe read...
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Behavior Clip Charts {TPT Store}
To all of you who requested an editable version of my behavior clip charts, I just posted both files for sale in my TPT Store! Click the images to check them out. I included seven colors and the text...
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Color Days (Part 2)
Here's part two of our color days activities. Some people have asked for templates, so I am working on getting the ones I have up on here! PurpleWe read "Harold & The Purple Crayon" and made our...
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Last week we read one of my favorite books...Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! After reading, I played the song for them (There's a great Chicka Chicka Song on Youtube that I like way better than the original)...
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A My Name Is...
We read "A My Name Is..." and learned about the first letters in our names. We sang "If your name begins with __, please stand up (to the tune of If You're Haappy and You Know It). The students came up...
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Literacy Worksheets {FREEBIES}
I am torn about posting these because I have a love-hate relationship with worksheets. I always try to focus on hands-on learning and meaningful activities, but I'll admit I do sometimes like to use...
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Lesson Plans
Some of you were asking to see my beginning of the year lesson plans. Well, here are my lesson plans from August through December. I am still making a few changes to my plans for the second half of the...
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Classroom Tour!
Whew! We've made it through the first few weeks of school, and I have to say...I LOVE my class this year. I have such an awesome group of kids! And now that I've got some of the kiddies' work up on the...
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Daily Schedule Cards {TPT Store}
I guess I'm not getting much sleep tonight! Once I start something, I just can't stop! For those who loved my Polka Dot Behavior Chart and Class Rules...I just finished these Polka Dot Daily Schedule...
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Sorting Activities
Here's what we've been up to in math these past couple weeks! We've been getting lots of practice with sorting...Hula Hoop Shape Sort: First we practiced as a group, sorting by color and shape. We went...
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Literacy Center Management Board {FREEBIES}
While I won't be starting my literacy centers for another few weeks, I thought I'd get everything ready with a brand new management board! I've posted my management board and some reading response...
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Literacy Centers "I Can" Cards
Phew! It's just past 1AM and I've finally finished my weekend project! My Literacy Center "I Can" Cards are now up on TPT! These are such a great way to get your kids to become independent during...
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Science & Five Senses
Unfortunately, we don't have much of a science curriculum. Basically, we have Foss Kits for Trees and Wood & Paper. We are supposed to spread these two units over an entire year. And no, I am NOT...
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Patterns & Math Stations
Here's what we've been up to in math! I love teaching patterns. Even if it's not in the Common Core, it's still an important concept to teach...and lots of fun!Body PatternsWe made patterns using...
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Fall Math & Literacy Centers & FREEBIE
I hope you've all been having a nice weekend! I've been busy working on my October Math & Literacy Centers and I'm finally finished! Yay! I've included 31 activities in all! Click the image to head...
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Alphabet Cards {TPT Store}
We're on fall vacation here in Hawaii! I'm sure ready for a break! Other than relaxing and enjoying the beach, I'll be working on a few projects over the next week or so... My first project was making...
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Numbers, Shapes & Colors Posters
I just finished these color, shape, and number posters to coordinate with my other polka dot themed products! Now you can coordinate your whole room with polka dot fun! Yay!Click the image to check...
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Halloween Subtraction {FREEBIE}
Happy October everyone! I was at Walmart the other day and I found this adorable book called Ten Timid Ghosts. It's a story about ten ghosts who get scared from their house one by one, which I thought...
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Common Core "I Can" Posters {Giveaway!}
I spent my fall break working on my Common Core "I Can" Posters, and they're finally up in my TPT store! Each poster includes one standard written in kid-friendly "I Can" format and each standard is...
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Numbers & Counting {Freebies!}
Here are a few freebies and ideas for counting and numbers. These activities cover the Common Core Standards for Counting and Cardinality. Click the images to download. Enjoy! My class LOVES acting...
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