Snowman Glyph

I just added this to my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Teachers Notebook store.

This is the snowman glyph from my Christmas Fun Literacy and Math Activities packet. I have included a the directions to create the snowman glyph along with the patterns that are needed. You will get the glyph key that can be displayed along with the finished student products. There is also a glyph mini data booklet, a form to write about the data, and pictures of examples.

Teachers Pay Teachers Sale

I'm throwing a sale today for Election Day!  All items in my Teachers Pay Teachers store are 10% off today and tomorrow.  This sale includes my Thanksgiving Fun Literacy and Math Activities and my Christmas Fun Literacy and Math activities.  I will be adding some new things soon.

Turkey Time Thanksgiving Packet!

I added a new Thanksgiving packet in my Teachers Pay Teachers Shop and my Teachers Notebook shop. 

This packet contains the following:

*Turkey numeral cards 1-30
*Turkey dot cards 1-10
*Turkey number word cards 1-12
*Turkey uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards
*Sight word roll a word graph and cube
*Blank sight word roll a word graph and cube
*Syllable Sort step book patterns and photo directions
*Thanksgiving dinner journal writing page
*Venn diagram to compare Thanksgiving long ago and today

I have included a list of ways to use the alphabet and number cards. The cards are great to use in your calendar or in a pocket chart and can be used for matching game. 

Check it out!

Christmas Fun Math and Literacy Activities

I have been working hard on a new item to add to my Teachers Pay Teachers store and Teachers Notebook.  Check it out.  Here is the item description.

This packet contains the follow activities:

*Fingerprint Christmas tree craft with an original poem rhyme written by me.
*Roll and Color number word and color word recognition sheet and cube.
*Santa letter writing form
*Snowman Glyph, tally mark data sheets, and data mini book.
*Syllable Sort Step Book directions with photos and patterns.
*Christmas word building activity, letter tiles, and recording sheet with teacher directions.
*Christmas theme emergent reader written by me.

All the patterns needed are included and I have included photos of the finished product along with directions.

Sand and Water Table aka Sensory Table

I have been surfing around the net and I came across some cute ideas for my sand and water table.  Yes, I'm lucky to have one of each.  I want to make sure I keep students interested in playing in these areas.  Also, I want to make my tables go with the seasons or what we are studying.  Here is what I have in my tables right now.


Sand Table:  I don't have sand in my sand table, but I am sure it did at one time.  When I moved into my kindergarten classroom this year, this table was empty so I decided to change that.  I noticed that I had lots of these puff balls in my classroom so I poured them all into the sand table.  I added a few cloth bags for students to stuff with the puffs, some tongs and a few clothespins to practice picking them up, a couple of measuring cups, and some ice cream scoops from the Dollar Tree.  The only things I bought were the orange and green ice cream scoops and the green handle tongs.  All the other items were already in my room.

 

 Water Table:  Obviously, I don't have water in my water table.  Unlike my sand table, I have a lid for my water table.  I'm going to have to purchase one for the sand table to keep little ones from playing in it when we are lining up.  I did purchase the items for this table, but they will be reused next fall.  I filled my table with split peas.  It took about 16 bags, but the bags were small and $1.08 each.  I bought two cute little scarecrows, two cute little tin buckets, styrofoam apples, and decrative cheeries that I pulled off the wires to make the smaller apples.  I bought these items from Michael's, then I bought a 3 pack of funnels at the Dollar Tree. 

Let me just say, the kids really love playing at these tables and they are popular areas in my classroom during center time.  I am so happy that kinder teachers are being encourage to do traditional centers in kindergarten now.  I plan on changing my sand table soon to fit with a Halloween theme so come back and see what I do.  Maybe I will inspire you.

Kindergarten and Keeping up with Deadlines

     I decided two weeks ago to take a kindergarten position at another school.  I am excited to be going back to kindergarten and nervous about going to a new school.  The school I am moving to is closer to home and smaller than the school I am leaving.  I know it's a great school because I use to sub there a lot for the kindergarten teachers.  I'm excited that I will now get to work with these wonderful teachers.
   As I am thinking about going back to school in 4 Weeks, I have been doing a little summer reading.  I was at Books-a-Million about a month ago and came across a new book, The Together Teacher: Plan Ahead, Get Organized, and Save Time by Maia Heyck-Merlin.  I am only on page 46 but I am finding it very helpful.  I am usually forgetting appointments and other personal things that I need to remember.  Yeah, I think my beautician is no longer accepting my calls because I forgot another hair appointment.  In this book, the author talks about ways to keep yourself organized so that you don't forget important dates.  I haven't read past that yet, but I think this book was worth what I paid.  I know many of you might want to check this book out also as it may help you organize and manage your time better.  I'm going to keep reading and I will let you know more about the book later.

     By the way, I have been laaaazzzy this summer so I haven't been doing much of anything.  I think I am just so relieved to not have anymore grad papers to write or papers to grade. ;)

Summer

     So far summer is turning out way different than I planned.  My internet was down for a month because of something the cable company did.  When it was finally fixed, the electric went out for 4 days.  Well I finally have everything working.

     I have been taking a break from my computer since I finished my masters degree.  I needed a break.  I felt like I was glued to the laptop.  I have finally decided that I want to start working on school stuff again.  It's hard to believe that it is already July and I haven't done much this summer except take my son to the free summer movies every week and go to the library.  Well, look for me to post what I am working on soon.