October Math Intervention

 

I'm so thrilled to be finished with this pack and have it printed

and ready to go for October!

I've got an intervention group during math workshop that's

going to love this stuff.

I plan on making a math intervention pack each month to

keep my materials new and exciting for my students. It's

so funny how kids get excited about having fun, seasonal clipart

on everyday stuff!

And if it motivates them and helps them enjoy the extra

math practice, then I'm all for it. :)

This pack includes lots of stuff...here is a sample.

October themed ten frames that I'm using

with my new erasers from Target dollar spot.

{go get some!}

120 Charts to practice oral counting and skip counting!

I'm LOVING these handwriting sheets I made.

The "highlighted" section helps them see the upper

and bottom half of the lines a little better.

I included some in color, to laminate and have students use with

dry erase markers, and some black line masters you can highlight

yourself.

{I do this in some of my kiddos reading workbooks ahead of time and it helps

them A LOT with their handwriting!}

Number identification practice...

You can do so many different activities with these number and

number word cards...ordering, matching, memory games, etc.

You know I love me some dot pattern cards!

And fun colors with bats!? Yes, please!

Which is more...and which is less :)

I also included part-part whole mats in this pack but forgot to

take a picture of them!

You can find my October Math Intervention Pack in my TpT

store here!

I'll be giving it away for free to the first two friends to comment

on this post who leave their email!

Have a fab evening. :)

{graphics by misstiina.com}

Word Family goodies!

Whew!

 What a month that was!

I'm still a little tired, but not as exhausted as I was

the first two weeks of school.

I'd kind of forgotten how different 1st graders are

at the beginning of the year compared to 2nd graders.

{did my student teaching in 1st}

Waaayyyy different, but I love it!

I'm hoping this is the end of my blogging dry spell.

Even though I wasn't writing much, I did keep up with

my blog reading.

Can't let that get away from me, can I? :)

I've been finding that kinder blogs have become VERY useful

to me lately. It's the perfect glimpse into where my kiddos

were last year and so many fabulous ideas to help

me rethink and simplify routines, procedures, directions, and such

for my first graders.

I'm working my way through Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten's past posts

and all I can say is WOW!

So much inspiration!

I wanted to share my latest products with you guys.

I was inspired by a word family bulletin board set

from the teacher store that I've had my eye on for quite some time.

But it's a whoppin' $20!

Seriously!?! It's just cardstock people!

{Sometimes I can be kind of cheap when it comes to certain

things. Think Father of the Bride.}

So I decided to make my own since I could definitely

use these now that I'm in first grade.

 

 

 The file includes 22 different word family posters.

They are legal size {8.5 by 14"} so there is plenty

of room to brainstorm words with your students

and write them on the posters!

{I laminated mine and will use dry-erase markers

so I can use them year after year}

The 22 word families included are:

-ice, -og, -ish, -ing, -ox, -ar, -all, -an, -oat, -ip, -ap, -at, -ig, -ay, 

-en, -eep, -uck, -oy, -un, -ail, -ell, -ag

 

I'm sure I will get requests to add more families to this pack,

however I won't be adding more right away...probably when

I get several requests and have the time to find clipart and update them!

{If you purchase this file, you can download it again for free

when I add more for!}

You can purchase the word family posters here.

I couldn't stop at just posters, because I LOVE it

when things coordinate, soooooo I made three additional

resources to go along with the posters!

Word Family Student Book

 The file includes two different sizes of student

books to choose from.

Half-page....

 

 Or full-page...

My students will record words for each family after we write our list together

on the poster.

Then, they'll have this resource in their desk to use when writing.

Purchase here.

Word Hunts

A word hunt for each family is included and I'll be using

these for whole group activity at first.
I don't have a smart board {I wish I did!},

but I still make this an interactive whole group activity.

I can scan and project it onto my overhead screen and use

my wireless slate where the kids can take turns using the digital highlighter

to find the word family words.

OR, I just had a document camera installed so I can use that

to project it and use the wireless slate.

These are great for independent practice as well. :)

Purchase here.

Draw and Write Foldables

 These are little foldable books for each family where 

students can choose three words from the family to write

and illustrate. Great for literacy centers!

Purchase here.

I can't wait to start implementing these into my

reading block and literacy centers!

The first 3 people to comment will get a FREE

copy of the posters!!!

{don't forget to leave your email}

I love a good sale!

So by now I'm sure you've heard about a certain

sale going on, right?!?!

Of course you have!

I can't wait to purchase some new goodies

for my firsties!

Everything in my shop is 20% off today and

tomorrow, and you can get an extra 10% off

on top of that thanks to TpT!

Just enter code BTS12 at checkout!

Here are some products you may be interested

in for the beginning of the year from my shop...

Classroom Poster Pack!

 

Ten Frame and Dot Cards Unit! It includes colorful posters

and activities!

 

ipod Bulletin Board!

Classroom Poster Pack in Pirate Theme! This has all the same
posters as the regular Classroom Poster Pack.

Monthly Binder Labels to get organized!

3-D Shapes Poster Pack!

And here's a FREEBIE from my shop! These are great
money posters for your math wall and classroom.
The file includes penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar.
Click HERE to get your copy!

Happy shopping!
I start school tomorrow with kids so I've got to
go finalize my plans...EEK!

Winners and My Money Book!

Thanks to everyone for entering my giveaway!

Here are the winners!

The $15 TpT gift certificate goes to...

 

 The next 3 winners get to choose 3 items from

my TpT store...

 

 

 

 All of the winners have received an email from me

so if that's you go check your inbox!

 

In other news, one of my most popular items in my TpT

store is My 3D Shapes Book! which you can check

out here.

 

 

 I decided to make a money version so here's a preview...

 

 

 It's only $1.50 in my TpT shop so you can go

here if you want a copy!

 

Today is my LAST day of summer vacation and I'm

really sad about it :(

 

I am excited for my new adventure this year teaching

1st grade at a new school,

{because my new teammates rock!}

but I am defnitely going to miss the carefree, lazy days

of summer and spending them with her...

I guess this means I have to go to bed at a decent

time tonight...ugh!

 

my first currently...

Yeah I know, I'm waaaay behind on getting
on board with Farley's monthly linky!
Better late than never, right?
Here's mine...

Now I'm officially in the "Currently" club, ha!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway!
Click here to go enter to win a TpT gift certificate
or 3 people will win their pick of 3 items from
my TpT store.
Good luck!

I'm hoping to get in some retail therapy today {maybe}
so I can find some of those things I was wanting!
My stops will probably include H & M, Francescas, &
F21. Wish me retail luck!

Giveaway! and a new product :)

I'm slowly accomplishing things in my new

classroom, but I still have a ways to go!

Today I finished a bulletin board using

my new pack I just added to my TpT store.

{I just have to add the kiddos names to the

ipods when I get my class list!}

You can grab this pack here. It comes

with 9 different colored mp3 players and

your choice of two different sign designs...

 or...

 Did I mention the pack includes signs for

grades K-6!?!

Here's a few pictures of my board...

You could possibly win this pack for free when you

enter my giveaway!

I want to show you guys how much I appreciate you all

 so here's the details:

I'm giving away 1 $15 gift certificate to TpT!

{we ALL could use this right now for all

those back-to-school goodies, am I right?!?}

I'm also giving away 3 items from my TpT store

to three lucky people. They'll get to pick

which 3 items they would like!

Sooo.......you can enter 3 different ways using rafflecopter.

{this is my first time doing a giveaway with rafflecopter

so I'm a little nervous I'll do something wrong!Hopefully it will be easy!}

1. Follow my Facebook page {or an entry for already

being a follower!}

2. Follow my blog {or an entry for already following

my blog!}

3. Give a little shout out about my giveaway on your blog!

Leave me a comment with the link. :)

The giveaway ends at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, August 7, so I'll

announce the winners later that day! 

Good luck! 

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