Gotta Love a Sale!!

Guess what friends??? It's the TpT Back To School Sale!! YIPPIE!! Click on the picture to head straight to my TpT store to snatch up all those goodies that you have had your eyeballs on! :0

Thank you to Jessica from A Turn To Learn for the cute picture!

Here are a few of my favorite Back To School Goodies...

I have been in school for 2 weeks now & these have proven themselves successful!! :)

This is a great literacy unit that is packed with great beginning of the year activities...and here is the math unit to coincide with it!

My kids absolutely LOVE these fold books! They were SOOOOO excited that they could read them all by themselves! I had several parents call & write notes about how impressed they were that there kids were already reading with these little gems!! (I even have them for math!)

These ABC cut & paste pages have been great for our phonics warm ups. Plus, the kiddos need all the cutting practice that I can give them!!

So, there you have it! This is a just a little taste of what I have in my shop! Go over there & grab these while they are SUPER cheap during this sale! I know I'll be grabbing lots of great finds, too!!

We teachers have to help each other out!! :)

Thanks friends!!



PBIS anyone?

I need help from those of you that use PBIS in your schools. We are just beginning to implement this program and I am really curious how you introduce it to your kindergarteners. I know so little about it that I am just not sure where to begin. I did use the A Day A Monster Went to School story, and we talked about which behaviors were above the line & below the line. I also made a bulletin board where we put pictures above/below the line according to the behaviors. My problem is how to make this visible & meaningful to my students. We are supposed to have a card on their desks where we keep track of their behaviors & document them with letters that go above/below the line. For example, I may see that you are showing respect & then would ask you to put an "R" above the line. This will be meaningless to my kinders in the beginning of the year...So, how do you all do it? Can anyone share their suggestions with me??!! Please help!!

August Currently

Yay! It's that time again...August Currently! I am hooking up with Farley over at Oh' Boy Fourth Grade for another Currently edition. Here it is...

I really should have diet coke on the BTS must haves list because I cannot make it through the day without one!

Ok, that's it! Go link up with Farley to share your August Currently info! It is too fun!!

Have a great weekend, friends!! :)

Product Swap!

Holy Cow! What fun this has been! I am so thrilled that Jessica from Mrs. Stanford's Class put this event together for us. I was extremely lucky to get paired with the awesomely talented Caitlin from

Her blog has been one of my favorites for a LLOOOOONNNGGG time! If you haven't been there you are missing out!

Anyway~ I picked this unit to review for you...

This unit is based on the story A Day A Monster Went To School. I love to use this story the first week of school to set up the rules & expectations for my classroom. If you haven't heard it, Caitlin has included it in this unit!

This unit is SERIOUSLY packed with EVERYTHING that you will need to kick off your first week back. I know, because this has been my first week back & my kids are LOVING all of the MONSTER fun!

Caitlin has included a morning coloring sheet to start each day. Can I tell you that these have been my saving grace this week?!! My kids come in & know exactly what to do so that I can deal with paperwork, parents, transportation, cryers, and other things that have popped up when the students are arriving this crazy first week back!

There are 2 "I have, who has" games, one for letters & one for numbers. These are awesome!

This little monster book has been fun for my kiddos. It is great for sight words, pattern text, color words, etc. Look at what a great job they are doing with it!

They are so excited because they can really read it -after they figure out the pattern :)!

This is one of the awesome math activities included in the packet. Totally appropriate for kinders & right in line with the Common Core. The kids loved it!

I ALWAYS stress the glue procedures in my class! I hate gloppy glue! This packet has a great little glue song & a monster to dot the glue on! Another winner!!

These letter cards come with 3 different letter activities. These are great for differentiation, too!

This unit is JAM-PACKED with great activities here are some of the others that are included:

~A monster rules bubble map activity

~A great, hands on, kid made rule book (we are currently in the middle of making this- it is turning out SUPER cute)!

~Upper & lowercase cards for a variety of activities.

~A monster patterning activity

~Roll & cover monster math activity

~A "monster" write the room activity

~The cutest "getting to know you" Monster glyphs!

~Letter m upper & lowercase sorting activity.

WHEW!! I'm telling you this unit is FULL of fabulous activities that will get you through that crazy first week of school! It is all in line with the Common Core & totally appropriate for those beginning learners! Go to Caitlin's TpT store & grab this unit! You will NOT be disappointed!! Thank you, Caitlin for swapping with me! :)

**sorry that I'm a little late posting, I have been at school all day & I realized when I got home that my scheduled post did not take place...:( **

New Stuff & A Freebie For Ya!

SO...I FINALLY go around to making my Back To School Math Unit. It took me FOREVER to get motivated & finish that thing. I finished the literacy one eons ago...

I don't know what the problem has been. I think my creative juices dried up for a little while in all the heat! Anywho, here is the math unit. It deals only with the numbers 0-5. I know that when my little cuties come to me, this is all they can handle in the beginning. There are 7 different activities that are great for starting back & getting your math up and running.

Just click on the collage & it will take you right to my TpT store so you can snatch this one up! ANNNDDDD, just for my sweet followers, it will be 1/2 price for the next 2 days! That's right, you need to act fast to get this thing for half off!!

But wait...that's not all!! I have a FREEBIE for you!!!

Click here to grab it...woot woot!!

Whew...I think that is all that I have for you tonight. I have to get ready for bed...I have school tomorrow! :)



Silly! & a Giveaway!

Doesn't it look so funny to see this already??

Yep, those are some of my kiddies hard at work! We have been back in session ALL week. I think that I have a sweet bunch of 22, but you can't really tell until they are all comfortable in the classroom setting and those little personalities start shining through! Here's to hoping that everyone has as great a beginning as I have!! :)


**My cute friend Brigid is having a SUPER follower giveaway! Get over there & see all the awesome stuff you could win!!**



 

Newbie Blogger Linky Party! :)

Hi everyone! I am linking up with

 

for a

I still consider myself a new blogger & I'm hoping to snag some new follower friends for my little blog! Here is my info...

1. what state you are in...I am in North Carolina! (are there any other NC bloggers out there?? I have been searching & I can't find any!)

2. your current teaching position...I teach kindergarten & Love it!  :) We start back tomorrow! WOWZERS!!

3. your teaching experience...I have taught Kindergarten for 7 years, and before that I taught 1st for 2 years.

4. when you started blogging...I started blogging seriously in March of this year.

5. share a blogging tip / blogging resource...Please turn off your word verifier! They are so annoying! Also, I can't follow you if I can't find the "follow me" button. Put it near the top of your blog so that people can find it.

If you are a newbie, head on over & join this linky party! I can't wait to find some new blogs to follow myself! :)