back to school ideas

Well, it's here.  Whether we want it or not!  Back to school - buying new boxes of crayons and notebooks with crisp pages.  And early bedtimes and even earlier alarm clocks!  But, even better - a couple of freebies in celebration of my birthday!

I'm doing "Leap into Learning" with frogs for my theme this year.  Check out these letters for a bulletin board and name tags for your children's desks.  Click {here} for the bulletin board letters and click {here} for the name tags - both are freebies!

Here are the word cards for my schedule.  There are extra cards included for special events that might come up during the year.  I love that the clocks have both the analog and digital times to write in!  Click {here} to get these.

I am using one of my bulletin boards for words that are specific to that month.  There are 14 word cards along with 2 blank cards to make one with your name and one with the name of your school.  I have also included a header card that has the names of the months.  Click {here} to get the August and September packet from my TPT store.

Use these "Welcome Back!" letters on your classroom door or on a bulletin board.  I have made two sizes for you to choose from when you are ready to print.  Click {here} for this freebie from my TPT page.

Sorry for such a long post; I wanted to get as much in as I could before the year begins!

Check out this post on {Classroom Freebies}.

Math Freebie!

I am apparently on a math kick these past two weeks, because most all that I've written about (and created, for that matter) have been for math!

This freebie accompanies the 1st grade enVision math series that we use at my school.  Topic 2 is all about comparing and ordering numbers.  Click {here} to get the freebie from scribd.

choosing less than or greater than



ordering numbers - least, between, and greatest




using a number line to identify the number before, after, and in between

This freebie is on Freebie Friday on TBA.  Click {here} to go to their site.  Then on Monday, check out Classroom Freebies' Manic Monday for more fun things!  Click {here} to go to their site on Monday.

Product Swap!

Jessica Standford, from Mrs. Stanford's Class, is hosting a product swap!

I am paired up with Brandi from Success in Second Grade to check out her products.  I looked at her TPT store and chose "I have ... Who has?" synonym game.  There are 32 game cards in the activity.  Brandi has very clearly marked the beginning of the game
with "I have start." and ends with "Who has finish!"  This would be a great activity to put in a work station after playing it several times together.

 

And now for a peak into the activity ...

all of the cards have been laminated

 now ready to be cut

trimming the cards down

The cards are ready to go!

My firsties are going to love this activity!  It is a change to the word and picture matches that I have done in the past.
Check out Brandi's blog to see which of my products she has reviewed!  Click {here} or on her button below.  Be sure to check out her TPT store {here}!

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