Five for Friday {with a freebie for you}!

 

 I'm back for another awesome round of Five for Friday & I get bonus points this time because it's actually FRIDAY!!! HA!!

I hope y'all had a great week! My kiddos and I enjoyed our last full week together...exciting and bittersweet all at the same time. I swear every year just seems to fly by faster and faster!

Okay, here we go....

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Fishbowl Graphic by Jessica Weible Illustrations 

Fonts by Kimberly Geswein and Kevin & Amanda

 It's *almost* o-fish-ally summer!!

To celebrate, I made these little treat bags for the last day of school!! All you need to make your own are Swedish Fish {buy an extra bag if your like me and can't stop eating them}, ribbon, clear treat bags, and the "It's o-fish-ally summer!" tags.  

Super cute, easy, & cheap! 

Click {here} to download your own copy of the treat tags! They are editable, so you can personalize them with your own name.

Enjoy!!

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 Today was Field Day!!! 

It was so much fun, but this teacher is T.I.R.E.D!!!

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On Wednesday, we had a grade level "Read In" party to reward our kids for working so hard this year. They brought their sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, and most importantly, their favorite books! Such a special literacy treat!!! 

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Star Labs ROCK!! 

Talk about inflatable planetarium paradise....The kids LOVED learning more about stars and constellations!

It's a must do for every classroom!
For more StarLab info, check out the following video...

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 My class also had a blast working on their End of the Year Memory Book by my sweet friend, Erica Bohrer! Reading precious first grade memories melted my teacher heart! Thanks, Erica, for creating such an amazing keepsake for my kiddos!!

2 more days with my students + 2 post planning days= 4 days left until SUMMER!!!! Woot!! Woot!!

 Happy Friday!!!

Five for Friday....on Saturday!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs for my very first Five for Friday....on a Saturday!! Better late than never, right?!?!

I splurged during the TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale on Tuesday and Wednesday! Check out these awesome products I purchased for my classroom!!! Love them all!!!

1. Summer Reading Survival Guide  by The Teacher Wife

2. Student Memory Book for Grades 1-3 by Erica Bohrer

3. Reading Briefcase by Sarah Cooley

4. Summer to Second Grade by Michelle Oakes

5. Crazy for Contractions by Cara Carroll

6. Character Trading Cards by One Extra Degree

My amazing parents and PTO made me feel ohhhhhhhh SO loved this week!! I was in Pinterest heaven!!!

 
Do you have Project Based Learning activities at your school?!!? For two weeks in May, our school participates in them. I was lucky enough to help teach a handmade & recycled jewelry class with my friend & art teacher, Jane!!!  
Look at the beauties the kiddos made this week!!

My students worked hard on their Mother's Day cards! We made buttons with each child's picture for the center of the flower! The petals are  cupcake liners that I picked up from Hobby Lobby! I thought they turned out cute!

Yesterday, my sweet Parker gave me my precious Mother's Day gifts! Melt.My.Mama.Heart!! 

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

Teacher Appreciation/ YOU ROCK Sale!!!

By now you have heard about THE sale of the year!

 TpT's sale officially starts tomorrow {Tuesday}. Yippee!!

If you want to shop NOW, everything in my store is 20% today {Monday}! You can check out my shop HERE!

 Here are my plans as the sale approaches:

1.  Look at my past purchases.   Have I left feedback on these?   I love those points! Sometimes the TpT system slows down on big sale days, so I want to get those feedbacks in! I want to rack-up those awesome points and turn them into free/discounted products!Win-Win!!

  

This is also a great time to go back to those sellers and see what other treasures they have in their store.

2. I move my items from my wishlist over to my cart! Ahhhh, I LOVE saving money on items that I've had my eye on for a while!!

3. Think Ahead- Summer is a great time to start prepping for next year! I always take a TON of laminated goodies home to get ready  while relaxing and recharging over my break. I would rather get it done while I'm rested than during all the preplanning madness! 
What new ideas or products will you implement next year?

It is easier to "Keep Calm and Shop On" when you have a plan!

Happy Shopping, SWEET teachers! 

You are all such an inspiration to me. Thank you for the countless hours you invest in making learning meaningful, engaging, and FUN for your students.

You ROCK something serious!!!

Wishing you a week full of teacher appreciation!! 

You deserve every bit of it!

Earthy Love {a peek at our week}

Happy Friday, sweet friends!!!

Here's a peek at our fun week as we celebrate Earth Day! 

Earthy Missing Addends

 You can download this Missing Addends center for free {here}!

Earthy Word Problems

True or False Earthy Equations

Spinning Around the Earth {+10 & -10}

 Place Value Planet

Making Words with "Save the Earth"

Earthy Sentences

 Earthy Editing

  

Earthy ABC Order

Recycle It Word Sort {nouns, verbs, adjectives}

 You can find all of these activities in my Earthy Love Math and Literacy center packet!

Happy Earth Day!!!

Earth Day Centers and FREEBIE!!

 

Well, Spring Break is officially over for me. It was ohhhhh so hard waking up to an alarm clock this morning, but what a blessing to have 6 full days off with my family! YAY! I also had time to work on a new center packet that I'm super excited to use with my students during the week of Earth Day! I named it "Earthy Love", which my husband thought was totally cheesy, but you come up with things like this when you teach a bunch of precious, little first graders...right?!?

Here's a little sneak peek of all the fun in this packet!

 Math Centers
1. True or False Earthy Equations
2. Place Value Planet {hundreds, tens, and ones}
3. Spinning Around the Earth {+10 and -10}
4. Earthy Missing Addends
5. Earthy Word Problems

Literacy Centers
1. Making Words with "Save the Earth"
2. Earthy ABC Order {up to the third letter}
3. Recycle It Word Sort {nouns, verbs, and adjectives}
4. Earthy Editing
5. Earthy Sentences

 

You can grab your own copy of this packet by clicking {here}!!

 

Of course, I can't go before posting a freebie center for your sweet smarties to practice solving missing addends problems.

Hope you like it! 

Just click on the picture to download:)

 

Hope you have a wonderful week!!

Did I mention I only have 5 more Mondays until summer vacation?!? CRAZY, huh?!?!?! Time flies when you're having fun!

 

Love y'all!!

Spring Cleaning Sale!!!

Thanks so much for the graphic, Krista!!

 

It's finally my SPRING BREAK! Yeah!! Yeah!! Yeah!!

 To celebrate, everything in my TpT store will be 20%  off tomorrow and Sunday!! Click {here} to hop on over and save some $$$!!!

 

I hope y'all have a wonderful Easter!

Many blessings to you and your sweet families!!

Common Core & More Word Wall Fun!!!

I was thrilled when Julie from First Grade Critter Cafe contacted me about my Common Core and More Word Wall! She gave me the wonderful news that her students voted it as their favorite Common Core classroom material! Yeah, I LOVE it! Especially since I'm one of those people who NEVER seems to win anything!!! 

She was also so sweet to share several pictures of how she uses them with her kiddos. Let's just say that Julie knows how to rock out these vocabulary cards!! WOW! 

She also sent this picture of how she posts my Common Core Essential Questions! Click {here} to check them out!

Thanks so much for sharing, Julie!!!
 

If you're interested in purchasing a kindergarten or first grade Common Core & More Word Wall, please click on the images! 

Hope you have an amazing weekend!!! I'm celebrating my son's 4th birthday tomorrow!!  Seriously, where in the world does the time go?!?! I feel like it was yesterday when this picture was made and he was only 2 weeks old! *sigh* 

Happy Birthday, Sweet Parker! 
Mommy & Daddy love you to the moon and back!!!