Teachers are Heroes Sale - What’s In My Cart?

It is finally here! The BIG TPT sale! This is the day that I’ve been waiting for! I have a HUGE wish list! Oh course, there is a lot of clipart on it - so I can make new and fabulous products. But there is also things that I LOVE, that I WANT, and that I MUST HAVE for my first graders! 

Here they are: 

I love this set from the Moffit Girls! The writing checklist on the side - adore it. The cues on the bottom of the paper - love it! This would be perfect for our writing center during guided reading time. It can be done independently and fits the needs of all learners! If there was an April, May, and June one out, I’d buy them too! Just $4 but during the sale, LESS, a true bargain!

Next purchase, this Nonfiction Easy Reader from Tara West. I am always in search of new guided reading books to keep my kiddos interest. These seem perfect. There are 3 levels to meet the needs of all of my readers and a fact sheet for them to read and record their own fact at the end. I hope they print out ok in black and white :) The pictures are beautiful!

And yes, I do use Reading A-Z for some of my guided reading readers. I have been making my own follow up activities for them (usually in the wee hours of the morning). Umm, what was I thinking? Of course this has been done for me. Right into the cart!

Are you curious as to what others may be purchasing? Check out the bloggers below who are also getting their shop on for the Teachers Pay Teachers sale this Wednesday 2/25/15!

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1,000 Follower Celebration!

Hello sweet friends! Guess what? Today has been an awesome day! As I was making and printing out literacy stations for my kiddos early this morning (as my family soundly slept all nestled in their beds), my good friend Shanon over at OCD in First sent me a Facebook message. Do you know what it said? 

YOU ARE IN THE TPT NEWSLETTER!!!

I had to read it 3x because I have been trying to get into the newsletter for a LONG LONG LONG time! So long, that I stopped checking each week to see if I made it! So it was cool that Shanon was the one to tell me! So thank you Shanon for a very exciting day!

AND GUESS WHAT ELSE????

I reached 1,000 TpT followers today!

So to celebrate this

AWESOME

AMAZING

UNBELIEVABLE 

DAY

I am giving away a $25 TpT gift certificate! 
Just enter the rafflecopter below!

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February Pick 3

It it time for the February Pick 3! I have linked up with other great blogging buddies to bring you 3 of my favorite pinterest pins for February! And here they are :)

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I love Heidi from Heidi Songs! She is a true genius when it comes to getting children to learn their sight words. I have been using her videos for about 4 years now with amazing success! My students LOVE her and LOVE the songs she uses to remember each sight word! Check out her website here http://www.heidisongs.com. 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE her secret sight word surprise activity! Perfect for centers! You just need to use a white crayon to write the sight word. Children then use watercolors to reveal the word! This is always a very popular and fun center! Heidi offers these sheets for FREE FREE FREE and them for many holidays.

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I love this Abraham Lincoln from A Day in First Grade. I have dreamed about making him! About getting the white paper from the huge roll in our art room. Measuring carefully a full 6 feet 4inches (which is 76 inches or 2 yard sticks long with 4 additional inches). Rolling it up oh so gingerly and bringing it home. Then unrolling it on my kitchen floor as I chase my dog and little ones off of it. I know I can draw him free hand from just this pic! I know I can! So, I am going to do it! I can’t wait to display him outside my classroom door once my firsties measure up against him! I am so excited to see their faces. To see them “get it” with an awesome visual! Thank you A Day in First Grade for the inspiration :)

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Since I am already making Abe, why not make this as well? LOVE this! So doing it! So hanging them from my classroom ceiling! So going to try to save them for next year!

Thanks for checking in with me for February’s Pick 3! Check out some more fabulous picks below!

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Teach, Blog, Collaborate ----> NEW BLOG

Greeting sweet friends! I have some exciting news! I have teamed up with some wonderful blogging buddies on a collaborative blog called.....

Yup! It will be another way for me to spread the love -  with tips, tricks, freebies and loads of fun stuff! Be sure to follow this NEW blog as it launches. Fun stuff is sure to follow!

Enjoy the weekend :)

Superbowl $1 Sale

Hello football fans! Are you ready for the big game? I’ve teamed up with PAWStively Teaching and other fabulous TpT sellers to bring you three $1 deals for the big game!

Click on the pics below to head over to STEAL these DEALS which are good for just today (1/31/15 and tomorrow 2/1/15). 

Check out all the GAME STOPPING dollar deals below :) Have a great weekend everyone!!

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January Pick 3

Hello January 2015! There are so many fun and creative ideas that I love to do in January in my first grade classroom. Below are 3 of my favorites that I’ve found on Pinterest. I hope you can use them too! Click on the link to be directed to the originally post on the pin to learn more! 

I love to teach my firsties about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is an awesome way to provide a visual of the concept that we are all the same on the inside no matter the color our skin. Certainly a lesson that will be remembered :)

I love love love these snowflakes! They come out amazing! I have done them before with kindergarteners as well! We made them extra large and hung them from the ceiling! 

With the little ones, I precut the shapes for them. I used the shape template that came with our math kit. Here’s what it looks like:

Students love tracing the shapes onto paper! Then they cut them out. You can extend into math with having students cut out a certain number of hexagons, circles, or rhombuses. This project may take a few days to complete. The finish product is beautiful!

This is the coolest snowman ever! What a great way to show the perspective of a melting snowman.  Creative juices really get flowing as students write from the point of view of the snowman! 

Would you like to visit other bloggers January picks? Click on the links below for more super ideas!

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Happy New Year Blog Hop!

Hello sweet friends! Happy 2015! I hope you had a grand time ringing in the new year! 

I have teamed up with some great blogging friends to offer you a peak at some resources for the NEW YEAR!

Check out my January Common Core Aligned Literacy Centers! Perfect for 1st grade! It is on sale today - 20% off!

I also have the items below on sale today! In fact, my entire store is on sale on January 1, 2015.

I also have 2 freebies for you to help with that first day back! Click on the images below to grab them!

Hop on over to Primary Inspiration to continue along on this great New Year blog hop! Wishing you all the best in the new year :)

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12 Days of Christmas Sale

Don’t miss this exciting sale. Here is how it works - on the 1st day of the sale, you will find items marked down to $1. On the 2nd day, items will be discounted to $2 and so on up until day 12 where bundles will be discounted to $12 by some great teacher authors. 

Here is my product discounted to $1. Happy holidays!!!

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Holiday Bulletin Board

Happy holidays dear friends! Take a look at the bulletin board we made this week! My kiddos were so excited to make Olaf! They wanted to take them home the same day! They were sad when I collected them to put in the hallway but they love to look at them when we pass it on our way to lunch! 

I originally saw this pin on pinterest and fell in love! 
It is from Jenni at The Vintage Umbrella. 

I knew that I had to figure out to make these cuties! I really just followed the shapes that she made. I wish I had the awesome sticker eyes that she used! I just used a sharpie to make them. I precut all the pieces for my kiddos and had them follow my sample to assemble Olaf. Here is my sample...

But first, we read a book to get some ideas. We focused on the steps to build a snowman. This is the book that we read.

Afterwards, we recorded the steps to build a snowman during shared writing. The children enjoyed reading the steps out loud after we were finished.

And, drumroll, here is the finished product. So stinkin’ cute and the children are so proud of themselves!!

I hope you get inspired by the bulletin and want to make it with your class too! They will love it!