I bought these cute little mini ice cream cones and stuffed them with a little bit of cotton candy. This will be a fun treat for my firsties!
DIY Playdoh Gingerbread house kits
4 days ago
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thing 1 & Thing 2
These 2 "things" are trying on my new hats for size! I thought it would be cute to take pictures of the kids dressed up like Thing one and Thing 2 for Seuss week! I just bought one of those stretchy balls and cut a hold in the bottom....wallah, you got yourself a hat!
Green Eggs
We read "Green Eggs and Ham" today and I brought some green deviled eggs for all of us to try! The kids thought it was fantastic! It was really fun to watch their reactions!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
How many feet are you?
I thought it would be cute for the kids to partner up and measure how many feet tall they are after reading the "Foot Book" by Dr. Seuss. I am just going to laminate the feet, cut them out and place them at the math center for a measurement activity!
how many feet are you
how many feet are you
TIC TAC TOE 3 HATS IN A ROW!
Here is a simple little tic tac toe game that I am going to print off, laminate and place at a center this week
tic tac toe
tic tac toe
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Lorax Diagraphs
Save the Truffala Trees! I will be putting this in a pocket chart for my words center!
I don't know why the words on this document are not displaying correctly. It seems to be downloading okay though. If you want this center and it does not download correctly please let me know. I will be happy to email it to you. Sorry for the technical difficulties.
lorax diagraphs
I don't know why the words on this document are not displaying correctly. It seems to be downloading okay though. If you want this center and it does not download correctly please let me know. I will be happy to email it to you. Sorry for the technical difficulties.
lorax diagraphs
Yay! I have 100 followers!
Here are my 100 followers! My sweet husband gets the honor of drawing the lucky winner of a Dr. Jean cd!
And the winner is... Conchy Marcano!
Congratulations and thank you to everyone for following my blog!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Washington to Lincoln
I love this adorable craft! The shirt for Washington turns into the hat for Lincoln when you flip it over. It is so cute to use pennies for Lincoln's eyes and quarters for buttons on Washington's shirt.
Reading in the Rain
I don't know if you can tell tell from the picture but it is raining and thundering here today. As we began our morning we were inspired by the beautiful sounds and the relaxing mood to spread out all over the classroom and curl up with a good book.
Ahhhhhh, it's wonderful here in First Grade today.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Foot Book
So I love doing this cute activity with my Firsties after reading "The Foot Book"
I paint all the kids feet different colors and then we stamp their feet on large paper. After all the paint dries we write the colors of their feet....
"John has blue feet"
"Sadie has red feet"
Then we staple it together for a fun story to read together in the reading center!
Here are some pics!
I paint all the kids feet different colors and then we stamp their feet on large paper. After all the paint dries we write the colors of their feet....
"John has blue feet"
"Sadie has red feet"
Then we staple it together for a fun story to read together in the reading center!
Here are some pics!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
GE MODEL SCHOOL
So my school is a GE model school again this year and I got to go to the celebration with some of my teacher friends and our wonderful principal!
We listened to Allan Johnson speak in the morning. He is a pretty good speaker and funny too. We had an awesome lunch at Charlestons!! Unfortunately I got so car sick onthe way home I threw it up. Darn it! Int he afternoon we listened to Janet Barresi
Then we had our pictures made and headed home!
My favorite part of the day...... well I have to admit, It was dessert with Stacey! YUMMMMMY for brownies and ice cream!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Need 28 more followers for give away!
I absolutely love Dr. Jean songs in my classroom. We sing all the time, I love music in the classroom. So I thought it makes since for me to share something I enjoy, use often and believe it to make a huge a difference in my day.
Once I gain my 100th follower I will Randomly select one special follower to receive 1 Dr. Jean CD! I will purchase it from AMAZON and mail it straight to the winner!
I hope I get to do the drawing soon! Tell all your bloggy teacher friends to follow my blog to get a chance to win a free CD! This could be a $15-$25 value!!!
FIRST IS A FAIRY TALE
Sunday, February 20, 2011
MY FIRST GIVE AWAY!
OK! So I finally came up with something I would like to give away! I absolutely love Dr. Jean songs in my classroom. We sing all the time, I love music in the classroom. So I thought it makes since for me to share something I enjoy, use often and believe it to make a huge a difference in my day.
Once I gain my 100th follower I will Randomly select one special follower to receive 1 Dr. Jean CD! I will purchase it from AMAZON and mail it straight to the winner!
I hope I get to do the drawing soon! Tell all your bloggy teacher friends to follow my blog to get a chance to win a free CD! This could be a $15-$25 value!!!
FIRST IS A FAIRY TALE
stay tuned!
I just won the most adorable read the room kit from Ocean's of First Grade Fun! She is going to put it on TPT soon I think! Check out how cute it looks here!
100th day with pictures-FINALLY!
I finally got to insert some pictures form our 100th day of school! The kids had a blast....It was a very fun day!
ZIGGLE HATS!
(goofy I know, I made that up...thats what they look like to me!)
I just cute out a bunch of "ziggles" on my cricut. The kids will glue 10 "ziggles" on to a sentence strip and put 10 fingerprints on each "ziggle" I had my own children model the hats since I have not been at school in a week!
Here they are putting their finger prints on!
100 KISSES!
This is a very cute idea that I got from the very cute blog Kinderpond!
I am going to hide 100 kisses for the students to find. We will place them on this 100 chart I made! Then maybe we will all share the kisses!
PENNY REACH!
Another teacher at my school found this idea from smithsroom.com and it sounds fun!
I am going to gather a bag of pennies and the children will co me up 2 at a time. One will grab as many pennies and they think they need to equal 100 and then the 2 will go off to count them. 1 students is the monitor and 1 is the counter. Then they will switch roles. If there is a student who actually gets exactly 100pennies....They will win a crisp new dollar bill!
100 TALLIE DICE GAME!
I got this good idea from one of my favorite blogs....what the teacher wants
ESTIMATION!
What the teacher wants also has a good sheet to print off for your estimation activity
I have a jar full of cotton balls and a jar full of plastic hearts I got at target! I am going to fill the third and fourth jar at school. The students who get the closest in estimation will win a prize!
MARSHMALLOW SCULPTURE!
I loaded up several baggies with 100 marshmallows and some toothpicks. I am going to put my students in groups and let them create something with their supplies! I will post pics as soon as I actually get to see how it goes!
COIN FLIP!
I am going to give each student a penny to flip 100 times. They will reveive a 100 chart and get to record their data by marking a t for tails and an h for heads!
We will discuss the results after filling out charts up.
DRESS UP!
The kids were funny! I left the dress up clothes in the story center and they dressed up our frog friends...
This is my most favorite of all! I have done it every year and it always seems to be funny and turn out cute. The kids really like it. I went to goodwill stores and gathered some old scarves, hats, canes,glasses, wigs, jewelry and spent very little!
I let the kids pick what they want to wear to make them look older and take a before and after picture. Then I print it and paste it in their 100th day booklet. You may want to print the one from "what the teacher wants" in the link above. She has a really good one. Again...I will post some cute pics when I actually get to go to school!
SNACK SORT
The kids got 10 of each snack and counted them to by 10's to 100!
ZIGGLE HATS!
(goofy I know, I made that up...thats what they look like to me!)
I just cute out a bunch of "ziggles" on my cricut. The kids will glue 10 "ziggles" on to a sentence strip and put 10 fingerprints on each "ziggle" I had my own children model the hats since I have not been at school in a week!
Here they are putting their finger prints on!
100 KISSES!
This is a very cute idea that I got from the very cute blog Kinderpond!
I am going to hide 100 kisses for the students to find. We will place them on this 100 chart I made! Then maybe we will all share the kisses!
PENNY REACH!
Another teacher at my school found this idea from smithsroom.com and it sounds fun!
I am going to gather a bag of pennies and the children will co me up 2 at a time. One will grab as many pennies and they think they need to equal 100 and then the 2 will go off to count them. 1 students is the monitor and 1 is the counter. Then they will switch roles. If there is a student who actually gets exactly 100pennies....They will win a crisp new dollar bill!
100 TALLIE DICE GAME!
I got this good idea from one of my favorite blogs....what the teacher wants
ESTIMATION!
What the teacher wants also has a good sheet to print off for your estimation activity
I have a jar full of cotton balls and a jar full of plastic hearts I got at target! I am going to fill the third and fourth jar at school. The students who get the closest in estimation will win a prize!
MARSHMALLOW SCULPTURE!
I loaded up several baggies with 100 marshmallows and some toothpicks. I am going to put my students in groups and let them create something with their supplies! I will post pics as soon as I actually get to see how it goes!
COIN FLIP!
I am going to give each student a penny to flip 100 times. They will reveive a 100 chart and get to record their data by marking a t for tails and an h for heads!
We will discuss the results after filling out charts up.
DRESS UP!
The kids were funny! I left the dress up clothes in the story center and they dressed up our frog friends...
This is my most favorite of all! I have done it every year and it always seems to be funny and turn out cute. The kids really like it. I went to goodwill stores and gathered some old scarves, hats, canes,glasses, wigs, jewelry and spent very little!
I let the kids pick what they want to wear to make them look older and take a before and after picture. Then I print it and paste it in their 100th day booklet. You may want to print the one from "what the teacher wants" in the link above. She has a really good one. Again...I will post some cute pics when I actually get to go to school!
SNACK SORT
The kids got 10 of each snack and counted them to by 10's to 100!
giveaway ideas?
So I am super new at blogging but I want to get really good at it!! I love how many ideas are shared between teachers! I have been posting since January 8th and I already have 57 followers! wow! That is so cool to me!
I've been thinking that when I reach 100 followers I could have a special giveaway! Any ideas on how I should do it or what to give away?
Presidents Day
So here are some things that I have found....
Presidents Day writing activity from what the teacher wants!
President Obama time line suggested by Primary Perspective
George Washington hats from First Grade Parade
Lincoln craft from Mrs. Wheeler
Washington and Lincoln craft from Mrs. Bohreer
Cute penny poem by First Grade best
Make a Ballot Box from Brook Perry
Crafts form fun in First Grade
Money song from Mrs. wills
Abc Order from me
Great Songs we will be singing this week....
Proud to be an American - Jack Hartman
Found a Penny - Dr. jean
Money Song - Dr. Jean
The United States - Dr. Jean
Presidents - Dr. Jean
Presidents Day writing activity from what the teacher wants!
President Obama time line suggested by Primary Perspective
George Washington hats from First Grade Parade
Lincoln craft from Mrs. Wheeler
Washington and Lincoln craft from Mrs. Bohreer
Cute penny poem by First Grade best
Make a Ballot Box from Brook Perry
Crafts form fun in First Grade
Money song from Mrs. wills
Abc Order from me
Great Songs we will be singing this week....
Proud to be an American - Jack Hartman
Found a Penny - Dr. jean
Money Song - Dr. Jean
The United States - Dr. Jean
Presidents - Dr. Jean
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Target Special St. Patricks Day
These are such cute little props for dressing your firsties up as little leprechauns for St. Patrick's Day!
Target Special!
Hurry! Hurry! These are on sale in the target Dollar Isle for only 50 cents! You can make some center games or you can use the one from Once Upon A Time In First Grade
Presidents in ABC order
Here is a short abc order pocket chart center. I have included a recording sheet as well! I would love to see what you are using for Presidents day! i really need some new ideas! Post a link if you would like to share!
president abc order
president abc order
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Stylish Blogger Award
I am still very new to the blogging world and yet I just received an award. What a neat surprise!
My sweet friend Cheri awarded me!! Thank you Cheri!
Here are the rules for receiving this award:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award
2. Share 7 things about yourself
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award
1. Already done.
2. I have been teaching for 8 years.
3. I was named teacher of the year last year.
4. I started this blog because I saw other fabulous blogs to steel from , so I thought I'd better share too! (Although I still have a lot of work to do on my blog!)
5. I love spending time with my family
6. The coolest place i have ever been is Israel
7. My favorite TV show is Gray's Anatomy
3. I have selected the following 15 bloggers to receive this award:
Katie's Literature Lounge
A place to share
Beginning Reading Help
Crayon Bits
Cricut your classroom
Erica Bohrer's First Grade
First Grade Best
Fun in First
http://kinder-pond.blogspot.com/2011/02/shari-sloane.html
Saturday, February 12, 2011
CUPCAKE VOWEL SORT
I got these cute bags form the dollar isle at Target! I figured I could make a ton of word sort centers to go along with it for the week of Valentines Day. Below you can download a short and long vowel sort. I also included recorded sheets. Hope you like it!
cupcake sort vowels
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Good buy!
Found these cute bags at Target on the dollar isle! I an going to make some kind of sorting center to go with them. Thought they were perfect for a sweet little Valentine center.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
VALENTINE RHYMES
Just have a bit of night owlishness happening lately! So I made this. I am wanting to make a bunch of stuff and fill my blog with it....but I am getting kind of lazy with all these snow days we are having. I have not been to school since January 31st because of snow!
Anyway....Hope it is ok...I am new at this creation thing!
valentines rhymes
Sunday, February 6, 2011
100th day of School!
We have had to reschedule the 100th day celebration twice because of snow days!! We had a record snowfall of 22 inches this last time and more is expected! FUN!
Anyway, This is what I have planned for the 100th day....whenever it may be!
ZIGGLE HATS!
(goofy I know, I made that up...thats what they look like to me!)
I just cute out a bunch of "ziggles" on my cricut. The kids will glue 10 "ziggles" on to a sentence strip and put 10 fingerprints on each "ziggle" I had my own children model the hats since I have not been at school in a week!
Here they are putting their finger prints on!
100 KISSES!
This is a very cute idea that I got from the very cute blog Kinderpond!
I am going to hide 100 kisses for the students to find. We will place them on this 100 chart I made! Then maybe we will all share the kisses!
PENNY REACH!
Another teacher at my school found this idea from smithsroom.com and it sounds fun!
I am going to gather a bag of pennies and the children will co me up 2 at a time. One will grab as many pennies and they think they need to equal 100 and then the 2 will go off to count them. 1 students is the monitor and 1 is the counter. Then they will switch roles. If there is a student who actually gets exactly 100pennies....They will win a crisp new dollar bill!
100 TALLIE DICE GAME!
I got this good idea from one of my favorite blogs....what the teacher wants
ESTIMATION!
What the teacher wants also has a good sheet to print off for your estimation activity
I have a jar full of cotton balls and a jar full of plastic hearts I got at target! I am going to fill the third and fourth jar at school. The students who get the closest in estimation will win a prize!
MARSHMALLOW SCULPTURE!
I loaded up several baggies with 100 marshmallows and some toothpicks. I am going to put my students in groups and let them create something with their supplies! I will post pics as soon as I actually get to see how it goes!
COIN FLIP!
I am going to give each student a penny to flip 100 times. They will reveive a 100 chart and get to record their data by marking a t for tails and an h for heads!
We will discuss the results after filling out charts up.
DRESS UP!
The kids were funny! I left the dress up clothes in the story center and they dressed up our frog friends...
This is my most favorite of all! I have done it every year and it always seems to be funny and turn out cute. The kids really like it. I went to goodwill stores and gathered some old scarves, hats, canes,glasses, wigs, jewelry and spent very little!
I let the kids pick what they want to wear to make them look older and take a before and after picture. Then I print it and paste it in their 100th day booklet. You may want to print the one from "what the teacher wants" in the link above. She has a really good one. Again...I will post some cute pics when I actually get to go to school!
SNACK SORT
The kids got 10 of each snack and counted them to by 10's to 100!
Anyway, This is what I have planned for the 100th day....whenever it may be!
ZIGGLE HATS!
(goofy I know, I made that up...thats what they look like to me!)
I just cute out a bunch of "ziggles" on my cricut. The kids will glue 10 "ziggles" on to a sentence strip and put 10 fingerprints on each "ziggle" I had my own children model the hats since I have not been at school in a week!
Here they are putting their finger prints on!
100 KISSES!
This is a very cute idea that I got from the very cute blog Kinderpond!
I am going to hide 100 kisses for the students to find. We will place them on this 100 chart I made! Then maybe we will all share the kisses!
PENNY REACH!
Another teacher at my school found this idea from smithsroom.com and it sounds fun!
I am going to gather a bag of pennies and the children will co me up 2 at a time. One will grab as many pennies and they think they need to equal 100 and then the 2 will go off to count them. 1 students is the monitor and 1 is the counter. Then they will switch roles. If there is a student who actually gets exactly 100pennies....They will win a crisp new dollar bill!
100 TALLIE DICE GAME!
I got this good idea from one of my favorite blogs....what the teacher wants
ESTIMATION!
What the teacher wants also has a good sheet to print off for your estimation activity
I have a jar full of cotton balls and a jar full of plastic hearts I got at target! I am going to fill the third and fourth jar at school. The students who get the closest in estimation will win a prize!
MARSHMALLOW SCULPTURE!
I loaded up several baggies with 100 marshmallows and some toothpicks. I am going to put my students in groups and let them create something with their supplies! I will post pics as soon as I actually get to see how it goes!
COIN FLIP!
I am going to give each student a penny to flip 100 times. They will reveive a 100 chart and get to record their data by marking a t for tails and an h for heads!
We will discuss the results after filling out charts up.
DRESS UP!
The kids were funny! I left the dress up clothes in the story center and they dressed up our frog friends...
This is my most favorite of all! I have done it every year and it always seems to be funny and turn out cute. The kids really like it. I went to goodwill stores and gathered some old scarves, hats, canes,glasses, wigs, jewelry and spent very little!
I let the kids pick what they want to wear to make them look older and take a before and after picture. Then I print it and paste it in their 100th day booklet. You may want to print the one from "what the teacher wants" in the link above. She has a really good one. Again...I will post some cute pics when I actually get to go to school!
SNACK SORT
The kids got 10 of each snack and counted them to by 10's to 100!
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