Math Skill Builders!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far!!! It's hard to believe that some of my friends are still in school until tomorrow, snow days are always great at the time, but not so fun when you're making them up almost in July! No thank you!!!  It makes for such a short summer!!! But as people always say, "You're so lucky you get the summer off."  I know we get the summer off which is amazing and yes we are lucky, but people don't realize how much we do over the summer! I feel like I am constantly thinking and doing things for the next school year!!!  Which leads me to my newest product!  I wanted to create a "Quick Skills" check for my students. The purpose of this booklet is to help build and reinforce a variety of math concepts. You could use this for morning work, at the end of a math lesson, independent work, homework, or have your fast finishers work in this booklet. It's up to you!!!  It covers so many math skills!  Please check out my freebie to sample a few of the pages.  

You can click here or on the image to grab it!

If you are interested in the completed set, just click here or on the image below!  I am planning on creating a Literacy one soon!! 

Also, I'm going to be putting some of my products up as Flash Freebies throughout the summer on my Facebook page, so just "like" my Facebook page so you don't miss out!!! Happy Summer!

Sweet Summertime!

I can't believe another school year is coming to an end!!  I know so many of you are already done with school, but for us we still have a few more weeks! Ugh!  The end of the year is always so crazy, it's packed with giving assessments, end of the year projects, packing up our classroom, etc. It's always bitter sweet- so sad to see the cuties go, but so happy with all of their accomplishments! Those first graders are super stars, they grow SO much!  

Ohh how I love the summer, but it also makes me a little nervous that my little ones may forget some of the things they learned this year!  Eek!  So in order to help maintain their skills, I created a Summer Review Packet for first grade and for kindergarten, so these little ones can keep their skills sharp!  You will find math and literacy practice pages, reading and writing activities and more!!!  If you don't usually send home a packet, you could always use some of these activities as the year comes to an end or the first week of school!

I also have a Summer Fun Packet that you could use in your classroom!  So many options!  Just click on the images below to check them out!  

$10 TpT Gift Certificate Giveaway

I'm so excited that I'm almost at 100 TpT followers!! Yes I'm at 98- but oh so close! So in order to celebrate I've decided to have a giveaway to thank all of my followers and hope to gain some new ones! I just love TpT and appreciate how much time and energy everyone puts into their products. Just enter below for your chance to win a $10 TpT gift certificate! 

Thanks so much for your support!a Rafflecopter giveaway  

Teacher Appreciation Sale

Teacher Appreciation Week is here! It's always such a special week at school. The parents seriously are so generous with yummy lunches and little gifts and the kids are always so excited!  Their little notes and pictures are adorable and honestly it melts my heart when they come in with flowers-aww they are so cute! Also, for the past two years during Teacher Appreciation Week my classroom door has been decorated with cute letters or messages from my kids! They come up with the best themes!  So...I'm excited for this week, yay!

To celebrate, I'm joining the Teachers Pay Teachers sale! There are so many great products on my wishlist- it's time to open up the wallet!  Everyone loves a good sale...right!! Everything in my store will be 15% off plus TpT is offering additional savings with the code: TPTXO.

I love that Latoya and Jessica are having a linky party for the sale! It's great to see everyones store in one place. I can't wait to visit them all! Here are some of the items you will find on sale in my store.  Happy Shopping!

Spring Break Sale!

It's Spring Break, so I figured it's a perfect time to throw a sale! Woohoo!!! All of my products will be 15% off from Tuesday, April 22nd - Thursday, April 24th!  It's a great time to grab some fun end of the year activities! 

It's crazy how fast the year comes to an end after this vacation.  Yikes! There is always so much to do and so little time! Projects, field trips, end of the year author's breakfast, and of course assessments, assessments, and more assessments!  Well at least that's how I always feel! Between DRA's, DIBELS, the end of the year math test, portfolios- the list goes on! In the mix of all this, I am always looking for the kids to have a memory book before they leave me so I figured I'd create one!  If you are interested, check out my new End of Year Memory Books for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade!  

                      

 Have a great week!!!

Happy Monday!

Hi all! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! The weather was perfect and it was so much fun celebrating my little ones first Easter!!! 

I've also been busy at work making some new products! I just recently finished my Second Grade Morning Work. So if you are looking for some springtime review, you should check it out! You could use this pack for homework, independent work, or even a quick assessment. I also bundled together my First and Second Grade Morning Work in case you want to review concepts or challenge some of your students! Just click on the pictures below to check out the previews!

Also, this week Janet from Teacher Times Two is having an amazing giveaway! There are so many great packs you could win!! You should totally head over to enter!!

Happy Monday!!!

Technology Tuesday!

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of and/or use BrainPOPJr. in your classroom, but if you haven't you should totally convince your school to buy a subscription! I LOVE these little movies and of course the kids do too! They are really kid friendly so it makes the concepts super easy to understand.  I like showing these movies at times before teaching a concept or even after as a review.  The kids get a kick out of the videos when they have already learned the concept and feel that they are real "experts."  Cuties!! The characters in the videos are great (Annie & Moby the robot)!  I have to admit I definitely get a chuckle out of Moby- silly robot!!  

You should check out the website and look around.  If you type in "Free Movies" you can see a few different ones so you get an idea if you think it's worth it or not.  There is so much more to the website too! There are activities, lesson ideas, games, drawing and writing activities, plus more! You can have your students take a quiz at the end of the video (paper or online).  I just have the students read the questions and we answer them as a class.  I just love that there is a movie for almost every concept I teach. I swear the kids sometimes listen more to the robot than me! haha! 

Here's a sample BrainPOP movie from You Tube on butterflies:

Just click on the picture below to bring you right to the website.  There's also Brain POP for the older grades!

Do you use BrainPOP Jr. in your classroom?!  

Happy Tuesday!!!