Do you need a quick little center or game?
I have added these America cards to my Teachers Pay Teacher store. There are 24 question cards. We used them as a game.. but they could easily be numbered and used for a center too! They are free to download..
Have a great day! It’s FRIDAY!!!!!!!
xoxo, Kacey
If you are not reading this book with your class.. you should! It is short, sweet and a favorite every year with my class. We read it back at the beginning of school when we had our “Pete the Cat” week and we read lots of cat books.. but I decided to pull it back out and make a few activities that my first graders could do independently while we do small groups in the mornings.
You can purchase this unit in my TpT store.
Here is what is included…
ABC order. Put the 9 word cards in order then record them on the sheet. The cards and the recording sheet are included in the unit.
True/False Cards- Read the 10 sentences and put them under the correct word.. TRUE or FALSE. Then there is a recording sheet using the same 10 sentences.
Unscramble the words to make sentences- then record them on the sheet that is provided.
Also.. included..
{1} Sequence of events.. cut and glue the sentences in order to retell the story.
{2} Nouns & Verbs practice paper.. Read the sentences about the book. Circle the nouns with a black and the verbs with a pink color.
{3} Comprehension and story element questions
This unit is available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Click below.
xoxo, Kacey
I have just finished my March calendar cards .. and wanted to get them posted. I know some of you want them more than the day before!
I hope you enjoy! If you download.. I would love to hear from you.
If you have a blog- please consider adding my button or link to your site!
Click to download: March Calendar Cards
xoxo, kacey
This little guy stole my heart as soon as I took him out of the box. Who couldn’t fall in love with his retro & cool look!
This pencil sharpener is sold by an elementary teacher himself. They are $19.95 and have free shipping… really!
Click here to see for yourself.
So how does it work? You pull the silver front part out.. stick a pencil in and turn the handle. And it produces a sharp, sharp point! And.. its pretty quiet. Here is a video if you want to see for yourself.
It can sit by itself or can be mounted. Hardware is included and can be mounted with no tools in less than 5 minutes.
It’s cute, It’s quiet, It sharpens great and it’s cheap! Pretty awesome!
Buy yourself one HERE.
Thank you to Troy at Classroom Friendly Supplies for allowing me the opportunity to test out his fun & useful pencil sharpener! It will be enjoyed in my first grade classroom for a long time!
Happy Sunday to you! Is it really time to go back to work tomorrow?!?! The weekends FLY by so fast!
I spent some time today laminating my Cookie’s Week mini unit that I will be posting soon. I love this book! Now off to cut…
I am also working on a special painting project for our school’s auction. My first graders will be working on a painting too this week.. I will try and remember to post pictures of both items when they are finished.
It’s never unusual for my to have 2 computers going at the same time.. and with my phone in my hand. What did we ever do without so much technology.
So, I have a few questions for you…
{1} What are your favorite online games or sites that practice basic first grade skills. I would love to find some more great resources for sight words {we use fry’s list}, long and short vowel review, counting money, number order or number words up to 1,000 or even higher.
{2} I have recently been asked to do a review on a portable interactive whiteboard from Learning Resources. Any suggestions or advice on great activities to use with this?!? What do you use with your interactive whiteboard that doesn’t require a special type of file.. does that make sense? I am pretty clueless on all of this.
{3} I have an $18 Amazon gift card.. what should I buy?
I ♥ FROGS!!!
Except for real ones.. they give me the hibbie-jibbies! Eek!!! Seriously though, frogs are one of my favorite things to teach!
I have just finished my frog unit that has five great math and literacy centers and listed it on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Here are the links:
Download the free recording sheets
Here is what is included…
Number order cards
Put each set of numbers in order from least to the greatest.
There are five sets- each set has 6 cards.
ABC order cards
Put the words in ABC order or pick which one would come first.
There are 12 ABC order cards.
Months of the Year Questions
Read the question and answer which month comes before or after.
There are 12 Months of the Year cards
Unscramble the words to make a sentence.
There are 6 sets of these cuties!
Number Order
Look at the cards- put the numbers in order to make the greatest 4 digit number you can!.. and don’t forget your comma
{I bet I have to say this 10x!}
This is a great pack! I hope you enjoy!
Here are the links:
Here are 12 random things from today…
See last months 12 for 12 here.
{1} I spent a little while planning for this week.. we will be finishing up Valentine’s Day on Tuesday then spend the rest of the week working on Dental Health. We are also reviewing all long vowel sounds.
{2} I laminated two new units this afternoon.. my Dental Health mini unit and also a frog unit {coming soon}.
{3} I started working on a new mini unit- Cookie’s Week.. We read this book back at the beginning of school. During our Pete the Cat week- but we will be doing this in small groups maybe next week.. or soon!
{4} I loaded my Dental Health mini unit on Teachers Pay Teachers for FREE! Check it out HERE. I also added a sweet little bird matching activity. {tweet, tweet!}
{5} I spent a lot of time cutting out laminated materials today! I cut over that big wooden salad bowl so all of my scraps go into it. The bowl was a wedding present. I have never used it as a salad bowl BUT I use it almost daily when I cut things. So, it has been a very useful gift!! HA!
{6} I wrapped a baby gift and a Valentine gift. Not really wrapped.. just put them into some cute bags with tissue.
{7} I also got a Valentine card ready to mail. Kinda late.. and I doubt it makes it before Tuesday. But, it’s the thought, right?!!?!
{8} I went to the grocery and my receipt is almost 2 feet long. Whew- it was a big trip!
{9} I finished up a few last minute stationery orders.
{10} I bagged up my orders so they can be dropped off at the post office in the morning.
{11} I realized after looking back at last months 12 for 12 that I had on the same pj pants.
{12} … and as soon as possible- I am crawling into bed with the newest People magazine that came in the mail yesterday! I always feel cheated when a Sunday night comes around and I did not get a nap. It’s never fun to start a week off as tired as you did when it ended.
I really wanted to look into making this a linky party. But, I never got around to looking into that this past month. {Add it to the list of things that I never get around too…sigh!} If anyone has any “helpful hints” or just a “plain-ole this is how you do”suggestions I would love to know! I need a speedy tutorial!
I hope you have a great Monday!
xoxo, kacey
This was a spur of the moment mini unit.. I pulled this book yesterday to read today.. and last night I made a few activities activities to use to go along with the book.. then it turned into a few more.
My first graders had a great time doing two of the activities today. We will do two more tomorrow and they will take one activity home for homework. A great unit! I just listed it in my Teachers Pay Teachers store..
Here is everything that is included:
ABC order cards- 8 words from the story. Students put the cards in order then record them on the recording sheet.
Story Questions… questions ask about author, illustrator, title, and characters!
Asking & Telling Sentences Review Paper
We have been working a lot on reviewing periods and question marks so this will be homework tomorrow night for my students.
Sequence of events
There are 7 events that students will cut out and glue in order to retell the story.
Unscramble the words to make sentences. A recording sheet is available in the unit.
Here is the link again:
Have a great night! I am off to cut out more laminating.
Does it ever end??
xoxo, kacey
February is in full swing.. we have moved on past those cute little groundhogs.. and are right, smack in the middle of
♥ hearts ♥ love ♥ valentines ♥ …
and lots of red, pink and purple!
Here is a quick little activity we did this afternoon…
Cut out and glue the letters in order to spell February.
Download for free: Spell the Word February
I copied the paper on Valentine colors then let my students pick which ever color letters they wanted.
I did have a few kids that made a pattern.. but mostly there was no reasoning behind the color choices.
You could easily do it on white paper and have them color the letters. The letters fit perfect on a sentence strip.
Download for free: Spell the Word February
Graphics by KPM Doodles
We spent a few minutes this afternoon cutting hearts.. and making a litlte Valentine caterpillar.
Here is the sweet little finished product! Simple as can be.. but they turned out cute.
My little ones made these precious Valentine bees in art last week. Everyone is not finished.. so I still have some to hang up. But, they are precious!
This is a bad picture- because of the glare. But, our morning board is full of love too!
We played this cute little Valentine sight word game today in small groups. It was a little too easy but they loved it anyway!
And, the best part.. it was free!
Have a great night! If you have a fun Valentine project or idea- please share!!!
xoxo, kacey
