Valentine's Day Bulletin Board and a Freebie!

I am FINALLY able to say that my team and I put up our grade level bulletin board early!! What a great feeling! We got our kiddos to write about their favorite book and 3 reasons why! They really rocked it! Then, our team got together and busted out this awesome bulletin board that I just had to share!!

Click on the picture or here to grab yours!

 I printed the hearts on different colored paper so it made the bulletin board stand out! You could also use this as a writing about a friend, too! I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by!

                          

Calendars and Labels: A Start to My Classroom Organization Tour!

Organization could probably be my middle name. I like to organize things that are organized. I thought it would be fun to share some of my classroom organization and teaching organization! This post is mainly about calendars and labels, but stay tuned because the rest will be coming soon! :)

Calendars...who doesn't love calendars? I use these in my personal lesson plan binder but you can also use them for student calendars as well!

Vertical Calendar

Horizontal Calendar

Although this doesn't necessarily pertain to organization, I also have reading log calendars that I send home monthly with my students. This helps students stay organized and track their at home reading!

Of course, the only way I'm able to stay sane with all of the million supplies us teachers have is LABELS! I LOVE labels...it goes with the territory of being super organized, but when I say I love labels....I mean I'm OBSESSED. I wish I could take pictures in my classroom now to show how many more labels I've put up, but I promise I will get to that as soon as school starts back up!

 

In addition to supply labels, I have number and letter labels. These chevron numbers and letters are great for classroom labeling, math tub labeling, student tables, and MORE!

and now of course, there are many things that you probably just want to label yourselves, so I made a blank EDITABLE labels pack!

and of course I always have to throw in a fun FREEBIE! Here are some FREE black and white editable labels!

Thanks for checking out this post! Stay posted for the other awesome organization posts! 

              

Sprout House and Bean Observation Journal

On Earth Day, we had a "Planting Day and Jack and the Beanstalk Day". It was a blast! Each kid brought in a plant and on this day we were gardeners and made our very own garden!

The kids had SO much fun with this that we continued to do our planting over the next couple of weeks. We made grassheads (which were SO fun!). 

We also planted a bean (just like Jack did!) in our very own "sprout houses".

It was so fun watching the beans transform! The kids used an observation journal to record the changes that they observed. 

You can grab this freebie in my TpT store if you would like to try it out for yourself! I can guarantee that your kids will have a blast! Click on the picture :)

                         

Test Treat Tags FREEBIE and giveaway WINNER!

Test taking is here! Although I'm a first grade teacher and my kiddos don't take the tests, I am administering the test for some fourth graders. I thought it would be fun to make them some "pre" test goodies! So, I thought that it would be fun to give YOU these fun test treat tags for FREE!


You'll find test tags for Lucky Charms, Smarties, Goldfish, and of course, pencils! :)

I also wanted to congratulate Mia for being the winner of my spring giveaway! Check your e-mail and I hope you enjoy your new free pack!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all enjoy these "Test Treat Tags".

Valentines Fun and a FREEBIE!

I can't believe that Valentine's Day is right around the corner! It seems like every week lately we have had some fun holiday or event! The kids LOVE it but it's definitely hard to fit in the entire curriculum AND all of the fun activities and crafts!

To help you plan your fun filled Valentines Day, I have provided you with some of my packs AND a FREEBIE! Who doesn't love free things?

In honor of Valentine's day, all of my Valentine's products are 20% off from today until Wednesday!

Check them out! 

Valentine's Day Literacy Pack

Valentine's Day Coloring

Candy Heart Writing

Love Bug Compound Words

Don't forget about the FREEBIE Pack! This is a writing pack with some graphics organizers and writing templates :) Click on the picture to grab it!

AND MORE! Check out my store for all of my other Valentine's Day products! Enjoy! :)

New Years Writing Freebie!

Happy New Year! Here's a fun little freebie to help you and your little ones enjoy this new year!

Included are two different writing pages! One with a prompt and one for free writing. Each one has a handwriting lined version and a regular lines version! Click on the picture above to download your freebie! :)

400 Follower Celebration and an Earth Day FREEBIE!

Today I hit 400 followers on TPT! That's just super exciting! I cannot believe how quickly I have gained followers and because of this I'm changing one of my paid products to FREE! Since tomorrow is Earth Day and I LOVEEEE Earth Day, I thought it would only be appropriate!

I sent home this fun homework assignment today and my kids were stoked! We read "Miss Fox's Class Goes Green" and talked about things that we can do to help our earth. I know they are stoked to take this home!

Since Monday is already over, I added some more pages with different start dates, depending on when you want to start using it!

I'm also going to have a giveaway to ANYONE who follows me on TPT! If you would like any of my other Earth Day packets that's all you need to do! How simple is that?! And then since you're following me, you'll know when I post more freebies and giveaways! Once you've done that, just comment below with your e-mail and which pack you want!

Here are the packs: 

(If you click on the picture you can go to the link to see what each one includes!)

Here's my store: My Teachers Pay Teachers Store!

So, now just pick which one you like, follow my TPT store and comment below with your e-mail address and which pack you like! Easy as that! 

Happy Monday! 

Hey, Little Ant and a Grouchy Ladybug Freebie!

This week we have done insects and they have had a blast!

We read "Hey, Little Ant" by Phillip and Hannah Hoose

We then did a fun writing prompt where they had to give three reasons as to why the boy should or shouldn't squish the ant! The answers are always so funny!

If you're interested, you can check out this pack here

We also did adorable little thumbprint ants! 

Tomorrow we are going to read the "Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle.

We will do a response on "It makes me grouchy when...". If you are interested in this one, I have made it a freebie in honor of our insect week!!

You can get it here, or click on the picture below! 

Thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned for MORE insect fun!! 

Also, be sure to follow me to get updates on when I post more freebies!

TPT Milestone FLASH FREEBIE!

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for being such supportive followers! I am honored to be featured as as a Milestone Seller on Teachers Pay Teachers!

 In honor of this, I am having a FLASH FREEBIE!

I have seen that many people are interested in my "Dictionary Detective", so it will be FREE until April 12th! :)

Grab it here, or click the picture below! Make sure to follow me here and in my TeachersPayTeachers store so that you can see what other freebies or giveaways I may have! You never know, but I may have some flash freebies for something on your wish list!

Thanks again for being SO great!

St. Patrick's Day FREEBIE!

I was making some word problems for my kiddos tomorrow and feeling pretty generous, so I thought I'd turn it into a freebie for ya'll!

My plan is to have them glue these in their math journals and have them solve the problems together in small group! I have differentiated word problems too for the varying levels of kids in my class! 

Click on the picture below to grab a copy for yourself!

100th Day FREEBIE for FOLLOWERS!

Happy (almost) 100th day of school!! We have our 100th day of school tomorrow. Where has the year gone? Because of this awesome celebration I am having a giveaway to ALL of my followers!! All that I ask of you is that you follow me here on my blog and my TeachersPayTeachers Store! Then, comment below with your e-mail and you will receive this fun coloring/awards pack in your inbox! :)

Click on the pictures to check it out! :)

Included: 2 coloring sheets and 3 different awards/certificates!

    

I hope to hear from you!!

Happy 100th Day of School!

           

Winter Writing and Story FREEBIE!

Happy day after Christmas! I hope that everyone got what they wanted and are finally relaxing!! (Which is something I should probably do too!) But, I've officially decided that this is the time catch up on EVERYTHING that is on my to-do list!

Which means, time to prepare for all of our fun winter stuff!!

I created this winter writing packet:

Included:

“Snow” acrostic

“Winter” acrostic

How many words can you make with the word: winter

How many words can you make with the word: snowman

How many words can you make with the word: snowball

How many words can you make with the word: hot chocolate

How many words can you make with the word: mittens

My Little Snowman (create a snowman) (2 different versions)

Winter Word Picture Cards

Write the room record sheet

All About My Snowman Fill in the blank

Senses Writing: In the winter, I (see, hear, smell, taste, feel)

How to build the perfect snowman:

Blank Paper

First, Next, Last

First, Next, Last (with pictures).

Winter Mad Libs! Fill in the parts of speech and then fill in the blanks for a funny story!

I have provided two options for each of the following writing prompts (large lines and smaller lines)

“All About My Snowman”

“You built a snowman and all of a sudden it grows legs, what happens next?”

“A penguin escaped from the zoo and is now in your classroom. Write a story about what happens”

“If I were a snowflake”

“In the winter, I see…” (with blank picture space)

“I wish it snowed...” (with blank picture space)

“When it’s cold outside I like to...”

“My favorite part of winter"

Click Here!!

But I wanted to give ya'll a little freebie to start off your new year right! We did this with Christmas stories before winter break and the kids LOVED it! We then broke up into two groups and made up our stories and then shared them. They were amazed at how different a story is with just a few different words!! I hope your kiddos enjoy it as much as mine did!