Peek at my Week 12/15

The week before break....sigh. The behavior....sigh. These babies just do not do well with changes in their schedule. It's partially my fault. I've made them creatures of habit, and being out of their routine is a big fat no-no for them!

But anyway, we had a fantastic last week learning about Hanukkah and Kwanzaa (didn't quite get to Diwali, we'll hit it after break!). I have a post all ready to go to talk about all of the holiday fun we've had at the end of the week :) This week, we are going to finish Kwanzaa, and learn about Las Posadas and Christmas! My kiddos have really enjoyed learning about the different traditions.

We are still working on really hitting the sight words hard. Have you seen the Have Fun Teaching songs for sight words? They are awesome! I used them for letters and now sight words. I totally get that best practice is for students to experience sight words in their reading BUT some repetitive practice is necessary too!!

And this Harry Kindergarten sight word rap is so cute! It is introducing a lot of sight words at the same time, but it is also a fun, engaging transition song!

I am going to start playing this song as a transition into our reading block! We are going to be learning a bunch of new sight word games this week.

We will also be focusing on subtraction! We will be doing a lot of story problems in our math journals to practice.

Lots going on this week, so here is a Peek at my Week!

Have a great last week before break!

New TPT products GIVEAWAY and Teacher Certification Degrees interview!

Happy long weekend everyone! I have enjoyed relaxing and doing absolutely nothing and it has been fantastic!

So first, I have a few new TPT products that I would like to share with you. (Seriously, I will be sharing it with many of you for free!)

First, I have an awesome way to introduce and motivate your students to learn their sight words! It's called My Sweet Sight Words and you can find it on my TPT store!

Included in the pack are:
-letter to parents (1 page)
-take-home sweet sight word list (1 page)
-work work pages for each sight word (38 pages)
-review pages for each candy (5 pages)
-teacher assessment pages for each candy (5 pages)
-certificates for each candy (5 pages)
-overall student data page (1 page)

This is the dolch pre-primer edition of words, and I am currently working on the primer and first grade editions!

If you follow my blog and post about this on your blog, I will e-mail it to you for free! Be sure to leave a comment about it below!

Second, I have made a really awesome calendar assistant for your primary classrooms! My Calendar Journals are sure to help your students become more comfortable and confident in their calendar skills.

Right now, the calendar journals for August, September, and October are posted, and the rest of the months will come along as the year goes on! 

If you follow my blog and post about this on your blog, I will e-mail it to you for free! Be sure to leave a comment about it below!

Last, I have the perfect back to school solution to review those important literacy and math skills! My Back to School Literacy and Math Stations pack is on my TPT store.

If you follow my blog and post about this on your blog, I will e-mail it to you for free! Be sure to leave a comment about it below!

So that is a chance to get $20 worth of my TPT products for free! And all you have to do is follow my blog and post about this giveaway on your blog! Awesome deal right? I know! I would just love to build up some love for my TPT store!

Also, just to brag about myself a little bit...I received an email from Teacher Certification Degrees (the one that gives out the top blog awards!) and they asked me if they could interview me for the Q and A section of the website! How cool right? If you would be interested, you can find the interview here!

I will be posting soon about the latest happenings in my classroom so stay tuned!

And remember if you follow my blog and post about my products, I will send them to you for free (just leave your email!)!

Happy short week!
Sarah

Day 5 of freebies and giveaways!!

Hello everyone!

Today is Day 5 of my week of freebies and giveaways!! If you Sunday's freebie, please click here to get my behavior chart stuff!

If you missed Day 2's freebies, please click here to get my Back to School Antonyms game.

If you missed Day 3's freebies, please chick here to get my Fun on the Farm Parts of Speech game.

If you missed Day 4's freebies, please click here to to my Busy Bee Place Value game.

 

Remember, you have a chance to win everything and anything from my store! Just follow my blog, follow my TPT store, and blog about my giveaway/freebie week on your blog and get three entries to win! Please comment on the Day 1 post as this is where I will be choosing the winner from! That post is here!

And just as an added end of summer bonus, if you post about my giveaway on your blog, you will get my 4 best selling products on TPT for free! I will e-mail them to you :) I am trying really hard to build up followers!

Today, I have freebie #5! Now I need to come out and say that this is NOT my original idea. I wish I could say I was this creative! I got the idea from the Teacher Tipster, and if you have never checked out his site before, you are missing out! His original file is here!

I just realized that my kiddos were a little more ahead of the game in the sight word arena, and I wanted it to truly be a challenge for them to practice and learn them. So, I created this version that is a little more advanced.

It's called We Are Sweet Readers, and for every group of 10-20 sight words the kiddos memorize, they earn the candy in that box! It is a PHENOMENAL motivator. You have no idea how hard my kiddos worked to earn a fruit roll up. I made it in microsoft word before I knew the wonders of PPT, so I cannot figure out how to attach a picture, so just download it to get it!

Be sure to continue to check back each day this week for more freebies!! And remember to comment on Day 1 to be entered to win everything in my store!

Happy Thursday!
Sarah