Seuss Fun and Freebie Coming Soon

Whew Wee! I FINALLY finished my Seuss Fun unit!

It is 71 pages of Math and Literacy Centers! I have worked all.weekend.long. I love doing these units but they take up lots of time! :) You can check it out here in my Teachers Notebook store or in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. I promise to work on a freebie this week to go with it, so check back. I can't spend another minute on it. My family, house, and bottom can't take me sitting down anymore!

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Frosty family unit and a freebie

Well, I tried to finish my unit by Tuesday, then Friday, and today it is Monday but it is done! I feel bad sitting at the computer when I really want to be playing with little bit…so that is what I have been been doing. We are working on short vowel word families right now so I created a little unit to go with it.

It has games for each vowel and then a few games that you can play with all vowels. I’m glad I did a snowman theme because you can use it through March (well in Kentucky you can!) Check out my new unit in my Teachers Notebook store! I’m also participating in Mrs. Wills Love to Joplin and donating this unit to those teachers in Joplin….I just can’t imagine!

I also loaded a small portion of it as a FREEBIE for you! This unit has all of the short a word family cards (3 different families) and the recording sheet for students to sort and place the words in ABC order. Just click on the picture to grab your copy.

I’d love it if you would leave some feedback and make me one of your favorites too!!!
In other news, Caitlin and I cannot believe how many participants we have in our Be My Valentine Exchange!

WOW!!!!! We are super excited and have so many giveaways. Ya’ll are the best! We have so many giveaways we may just have 2 a day!! Because of the awesome support and participation, we are going to close the sign ups for sponsoring this Wednesday. This will give us time to get it all organized! Thank you so much for being so awesome. Like I expected anything less??? If you haven't signed up and want to participate, just email us at teacherbloggerexchange@gmail.com  Enjoy the rest of your day. Little bit is down for a nap and I’m gonna blog stalk the whole time!

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Can you count by 2's and 5's and a giveaway!

I think I have mentioned before that we use Math in Focus in our district. There are parts I love and parts I don't. I think the biggest thing is the order in which we teach it. I had always taught shapes and patterns the first month of school. With MIF, we did it right before Christmas break. Like after we learned our numbers to 20. Anywho....after break we begin odd/even, counting by 2's and 5's. The pace calendar for MIF allows like 1-2 days on counting by 2s then switch to 5s for like 2-3 days. Not.so.much. I'm spending a week on both. I created this unit to use with my students for fun games to reinforce these skills. Is this something you can use in your classroom? Go to my store on TeachersNotebook and grab your copy!

During the holidays and between Holly Bloggy Christmas I reached 200+ followers so I decided to do a giveaway too! I'm giving away a $10 Starbucks gift card and a copy of this unit to one lucky follower. Here is how you can enter:
- Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment (one entry)
- Add me as a favorite shop and leave a comment (one entry)
- Leave a comment letting me know what you are teaching in math once we return from break....I'm curious!

Contest will end Friday, December 30th at 11:59p.m. I will announce winner on New Years Eve!
I am really hoping to add more and more items to my store! Thanks to First Grade Parade, I've finally figured out it is MUCH easier to create items in PowerPoint then covert to PDF. Also, if you were a participant in Holly Bloggy Christmas...make sure you link up below and show us what you sent and/or received!

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It's a Sale! It's a Sale!

I have been adding items to my wishlist like CRAZY since everyone is running a sale! I'm having a little sale at my Teacher's Notebook store. I'm a little embarrassed that I only have 4 items in my store, but it's better than none! I am so jealous of everyone who has the time to create these beautiful things. I somehow cannot seem to find the time ....I'm sure it is just my time management! :) I know if everyone else has time then I should too! Anywho...jump on over and get 20% off all 4 items in my shop. (Hee.Hee.)

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Random Thoughts

A couple of random thoughts that I just needed to get out:

-I've noticed that I scream alot when I write. Actually, I intend for it to be excited, but I use ! all the time! I swear I think I end every sentence with one! I'm not mad or upset, just excited! I sure hope people don't take it the wrong way.
-My Christmas is up. Yep...I'm pretty excited! I ♥ Christmas decorations so much! I actually set my table this year using dishes I have had FOREVER.

-I noticed as I was downloading my pictures of my camera that I have 2377 photos on my camera card. I think it is time to clean it up...don't you?
- I'm doing the elf on the shelf this year. I gonna introduce it using an idea I found on pinterest. She is seriously creative and I love everything she does. If you haven't seen her blog, check her out.

I'm not sure it will really work with Lilly. She is 2 1/2 and when she's gonna throw a fit, she's gonna throw a fit. She doesn't care if Santa (or a stinkin' elf) is watching. Trust me....I've tried to use it...it doesn't work.

I don't think  I will be on here tomorrow, so I want to wish everyone a

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Don't forget, if you need a Christmas gift for your kiddos to give to your parents, check out my calendar idea. Also, the pre-made blog design giveaway ends on Friday! It's one you don't wanna miss!!! Enter here.

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Christmas Gift Idea

So I would love to know what you have your students give their parents for Christmas. In the past, we make the handprints out of mold then spraypainted with acrylic paint. They were cute but SO MUCH WORK. We all know how crazy the month of December is, so last year I came up with a new idea. The students created calendars to give to their parents. They turned out so cute, the students did all of the work, and parents actually used them! Here is a picture of what they look like put together. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture...I had a parent text me their picture).

I take a picture of the students holding this cute sign from a Back to School bulletin board kit that I got a few years ago. (I think it is Creative Teaching Press).

I put the picture, year, and star with their name at the top and laminated for durability. Then I just stapled the completed calendar to the bottom of the paper so that parents could tear off a page each month. I wrapped these and attached the card the students made. I had parents so tickled with these and claim that they are still using them and wish they had another one for next year! :) Would you like to do this with your kiddos? You can purchase the calendar from my teacher's notebook store! It is different than the picture shown above. I made it much cuter and added borders this year!

If you purchase it, leave me some feedback and let me know what you think! I would also love to hear what you do with your kiddos as gifts for their parents.

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