Find me on FB; February Packet; substitute preparation

Boy!  What a title!  Okay - diving right in!

{1} - I'm on Facebook!  I would {LOVE} for you to like my page and follow me!  Click here to go to my Facebook page!  I am trying to figure out how to do the Facebook like page that so many other bloggers have.  If you know how to include it, would you please help me?

{2} - February is almost here!  Are you ready??  This set is priced at $8.00.  If you purchase other sets separately, you will spend $8.50 and not receive everything in the packet!  Click here to set the February Packet.  [Hint: there will be a sale on Sunday, February 3!]

My newly finished (77 page) February Packet is in my TpT store and includes ...
- calendar cards (AAB pattern with extra cards for holidays)
- February Words (February header and 23 key words on 7 different pages)
- February Words Roll, Read, and Cover (1 board)
- Roll, Add, & Cover (2 different boards for 2 dice and 3 dice)
- 14 picture puzzles on 10 different pages
- compound word cards matching game (8 pages with 3 sets of words on each page, for a total of 24 words)

- 3 pages of seat work using compound words (Build It, Draw It)
- 3 alphabetical order activities (February theme, Valentine's Day theme, and Dental Health theme)
- February Word Search
- 3 color sight word pages
- sight word game ("Don't Get a Cavity" - 22 pages; "special cards" make the game fun!)

I am offering 3 smaller sets if you don't want the whole packet.  

option A - sight word game - click here to see this set

option B - word activities - 10 pages of alphabetical order, word search, sight word color pages - click here to see this set

option C - word wall set - 23 words that cover February activities, including Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, and Dental Health Month themes - click here to see this set

 

{3} - What do you do when you have a substitute?  Or when something happens after school hours and you can't make it in to your room the next morning?  Well, over the last 11 years of teaching, I have had different systems of organizing my room and desk, but this one works best for me.

At the end of the day, I gather everything needed for the next day - books that we'll read and any hand outs we might complete, as well as my attendance cards, lunch count page, and substitute info folder.  

Then just before I turn off the lights, I try to remember to get the date on the board, as well as the Morning Message written.  Tomorrow my students will complete a writing assignment first thing instead of working on our Math Fair activities.  {More on Math Fair at a later date!}

What do you do to get ready for a substitute??

Math Center Saturday!

Yesterday most districts around us canceled or decided early on to dismiss school early due to a snowstorm that was to come through around lunch time.  My district, however, did not make a decision until 7:00AM to dismiss early; by the time we left (elementary schools are dismissed first) the snow was beginning to stick to everything!  It made for an interesting 30+ mile drive home!  Even though it warmed up today and melted everything, I am enjoying a quiet Saturday at home!

So ... I have been touching up a couple of my recent math centers and worked on a new one.  We have been learning about tens and ones in my class and with this unit, the children need LOTS of manipulatives and games to understand this concept!

Yesterday we played an ice cream themed tens and ones game.  I just added it to my TpT store; click here to get to my store.

playing the game with my firsties; I added magnets to the back of each piece

I have also included in my store a bundled unit of 3 tens and ones activities for your classroom.  Use whole group or in a center.  I have a large class this year, so I think about including all of my firsties when creating new products!  If you don't want to use all of them at one time, separate them into different bags.  Here's a couple of pictures from the bundle - the ice cream activity from above is also included!  Click here or on one of the pictures below to see the bundled unit!

winter fun and blends

Today a package arrived at our school - full of handmade hats!  Our guidance counselor handed them out to many of our children and I was blessed to receive one, as well!

with my friend, Denise, one of our kindergarten teachers

We have been working on blends this week and finished up my week long activity packet!  I am tickled to see how many of my kiddos were able to read more difficult words, once they understood the blend!

the header cards in my pocket chart

some of the picture cards before we started sorting

The l blend read/write the room activity includes: fl/cl/pl header cards, picture cards (to use in a pocket chart), word cards, recording page, word/picture sort, and word boxes activity.  We had a blast!

The l blends activity has been added to my TpT store.  Here is the preview picture to see the activities that are included!  Click on the picture or the link here to go to my store.

 

 

200 Followers - February Freebie!

Hip - hip - hooray!  I hit 200 followers today!

I decided not to do a giveaway with a rafflecopter, but instead a giveaway to everyone who comments on this post!  Be sure to leave your email address!

My February Word Activities includes 3 alphabetical order activities, a word search, and 3 color sight word activities.  Priced at $3.00, but yours for free!

My "Don't Get a Cavity!" February sight word game includes 22 pages of word cards.  There are "special" game cards to change the game up a little bit.  Priced at $3.00, but once again - yours for free!

My friend and co-worker, Andrea, at Reading Toward the Stars! is having a 400 follower giveaway.  I am donating any one item from my TpT store! :)  Check it out - she has some great prizes!

Don't forget about Mrs. Leeby's 200 follower giveaway!

I will "end" my 200 follower giveaway on Wednesday evening (9:00PM EST) and will start emailing out the two February activities to everyone who has left me a comment with an email address!  Thanks for following!