I hope all of the fathers out there had a wonderful Father's Day! The weather was gorgeous here and I was able to spend time with my own father, so I would say mine, was pretty amazing...even thought it wasn't about me, it was about this guy...my Dad!   Now that you have seen a little into my life from yesterday...we can move on to a fun and easy ...

Woohoo, y'all!  We made it to another Friday! I wanted to share another St. Patty's Day freebie and a Rdg/LA center! Click this picture to snag this banner for your St. Patty's Day celebration! There's even a page included for you to make your own banner.  :) And here's my Sentence Sort center! The kids will ...

My favorite place to get graphics for my classroom materials, My Cute Graphics, just added some new President's Day clipart to her webpage. I just had to find a way to use it!  I made these cards to use with my students as a vocabulary and matching game. Each month we have different words that are some vocabulary related to that month. For ...

Something new I started doing with our sight words is color by code. I originally posted about this in this blog post.  Students color their sight words by the code to reveal the answer to the question.  Everyone seemed to really like the color by code so I decided to make another that is not seasonally related. It has cute little riddles to ...

I have gained a lot of new followers since I posted this last year. I thought we should revisit Oh Turkey! so all of the new comers to check it out also (and those of you who missed it or forgot you had it can get it also!).  Here is the description from my TPT store: This 15 page document includes various versions of the game ''Oh Turkey!'' ...

Good gracious.  What a week so far!  Testing is really throwing some of my kids off!  At least there's only two more days and then we're back to normal (at least ''our'' normal).  :) First things first - here are the giveaway winners for the Rocks and Minerals Mini-Unit! Congrats to Jen D., Katie Smith, and Leslie ...

Happy Thursday, friends!  I want to apologize for not posting as much as I used to.  :(  My classroom has to be my number one priority (even though I LOVE blogging as well).  I had to squeeze in a little bloggy time before this busy weekend gets started.   So here's a freebie for you!   My kids have had issues with knowing ...

Oh, happy day!  It's FRIDAY!  And I have a freebie for ya! We all know that the kids can never get enough practice with punctuation.  So this could be a fun center for them to complete, while helping you assess whether they have mastered punctuation usage or not. This 6-page center includes: - cover page with ...

Here is it guys - a super cute, fun, and engaging activity for your students to use during Reading/Literacy centers! It's called Pop for Blends! and it's from Learning Resources.   Here are the rules: 1.  Choose a game piece (adorable little popcorn pieces!) 2.  Spin the spinner 3.  The number you land on represents ...

Hello Everyone!! I wanted to share a freebie with you. I made this for the young lady I tutor(she is going into 1st grade) and she loved it. I added a pre-made die template this time and also the words to add to your own die. You can click here to check it out in Google Docs. If you have not seen the other pirate version you can check it out ...