Creating and Preparing

Hi everyone!

This week my first grade team and I went to Atlanta! We had a blast bonding as we went to the aquarium, IKEA (AHH--any teachers dream store!), and the mall.  I highly recommend this type of team building trip, it was so great!

This tank of sharks is so incredibly peaceful!!!

Once we came home it hit me that school starts back in 3 weeks.  I’ve begun feeling rather overwhelmed by the number of things I need to get done, but I have begun crossing things off one by one. 

Here are some of my completed projects---

One thing I always like to do for my new students is prepare little goodie bags for them.  In the goodie bag each object has a special purpose.  For example, the pixie stix is to remind the kids that in our class we "stix" together.  I have these tags as a freebie in my TpT. 


                                                 

I have also been hard at work creating new "bubbles" for my kids.  Our bubbles are really blinders or shields, but during my first year of teaching the kids nick-named them bubbles and it stuck!  They would always say "time to go into our bubble," which I thought was adorable, so I have used it ever since. 

I make a writing bubble and a math bubble for my kids.  Each one has a variety of anchor chart type resources for the kids to use while they are doing their work.  They really help the kids develop independence. These are in my store for $4 each. 

Writing

 

Math

I must say finishing these projects left me feeling accomplished and excited.  I can't wait to meet my students and start a brand-new year! 

Crysanthemum and Freebie

Hi everyone, Liv here!

I hope your summers are going well!  I'm in Florida, which is currently the "not so sunny" sunshine state!  Being stuck inside is not all bad though, it has given me time to make a few new things for my class next year. 

One thing I made was a Crysanthemum mini-unit ($3.55).  Although after I had the idea for the unit I realized I couldn't find any clipart that worked. I decided this would be the perfect opportunity to try and make one myself.  I used the bamboo tablet I recieved for my birthday and much to my surprise, my little mouse ended up being sort of cute!  :-)   Super exciting!

Another piece of exciting news is that my TPT now has 100 followers!  To celebrate I turned one of my priced items into a freebie.  The item is a SmartBoard Word Sort/Pocket Chart activity.  It has 32 different sounds to practice.  If you have a SmartBoard or know someone who does, feel free to go download it!!!  (And maybe rate the item or follow my store if you like it?! You're the best!)