Thanksgiving Break

Hello all. I hope that you are enjoying your Thanksgiving Break. I just wanted to remind you that Teachers pay Teachers is having a sale on November 30 & Dec. 1. My store will be on sale as well but I'm starting it on November 29th.

Halloween Graphs

Just in time for Halloween. I love Halloween but love to keep the celebrating low key so I tie in a little math. After distributing each other's candies, whcih I prefer to leave closed and let parents determine how much is enough - I give each student a FUN size m & m treat. I have them sort by color, count and tally, and than graph their results. Now that I have the "big kids" (first graders) I have added an opportunity to create some addition equations. Enjoy and tell your friends. :-).

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New Item - Uniform what do I wear?

School started today and I already was familiar with many students and their habits. I decided to make a worksheet explaining our school's uniform policy so there would not be any room for misunderstandings.

Since it is a small new release it is free for a short time act now. Uniform: What to do I wear?

If this doesn't do the trick I will do a do & don't poster. What do you do about repeat offenders or do you let it slide?

Is Daily 5 in your Classroom?

The 2 Sisters created the Daily 5 Cafe several  years ago and I think every classroom has adapted it in some way or another. My students loved it and I'm eager to see how this year's class takes to it. My hardest task was tracking while I'm working with groups. To help make students more accountable I created Daily 5 Logs. They were a little tough for my kindergartners at first but most picked up on it quick. I also decided to add a little diversity to the characters, making 2 versions available. Daily 5 Logs 

I also made some newer classroom posters to give options. Daily 5 Posters I hope your like them.

Back to School Savings

A colleague posted about an amazing Amazon offer. A laminator for just $14.99, TODAY Only and the clock is ticking. Good to have in the classroom just in case.

Have you seen BUILD Math centers? I discovered them the other day and what a great way to break it down.I have created my own twist on concept making it BUILT, incorporating a little more technology. My This is the Class Math Built  is now available on TPT. I didn't reinvent this wheel. Want to find out more check out this blog post from Learning Adventures with Mrs. Gerlach.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I've been working to get this started correctly. I've added stuff to my Teacher Pay Teacher Store. I have pinned some great ideas (but I kept them as Mary because I have no clue how to transfer all my stuff I already pinned) Pinterest ; and created a Primary Expectations Facebook page.

And we are off....

This is my first attempt at blogging and I hope to tie it in with my Teachers Pay Teachers Store that is also a work in progress. I have been teaching for almost 30 years so let;s find out together if you can teach an old dog new tricks. Keep your fingers crossed and check back for updates.