Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
"One, two, the year is new.
Three, four 10 is no more.
Five, six, the clock ticks.
Seven, eight, 11 will be great.
Nine, ten, let's celebrate!"
Have a wonderful day!
Snowman Love Sight Words
Happy New Year!
My little literacy learners need some practice and reinforcement with their sight words. So this morning, I was busy creating a new product with cute little snowmen and hearts! You could use these activities throughout the winter months and especially around Valentine's day to help reinforce the basic sight words our kindergarten students are learning.
It includes 45 of the earliest sight words on cards along with 8 different worksheets to go along with them. I also provided an additional 2 blank worksheets for you to create your own combinations!
Come on by for more details!
~ Mrs. McKown
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Gigantic List of Math-Related Children's Books - Updated!
Great for living math in homeschool. Brings new, fresh life to curriculum. In school it also lends itself to curriculum integration and Common Core Standards!
Cute Crafts for New Year's Eve
Click Here to Get the Free Printables to Create this Festive Craft
great for doing as a family or leaving to complete with a babysitter
Name Snowmen Idea
Have you seen this idea floating around pinterest?
Hop on over to my blog and see how I integrated it with our curriculum.
Feel free to check out my Pinterest Account for other ideas I have found.
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Pinterest,
winter holiday
How do you like the new TBA?
Look what I woke up to find!!! TBA's AMAZING Leslie redesigned TBA to make it more user-friendly and much easier to navigate. She was supposed to be taking a break from all the hours she dedicates to the blogging world but she surprised us all! Let us know how you like the new design.
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Happy New Year TBA!
Happy New Year TBA!
I wish everyone the best New Year! I look forward to learning and growing together this year!
Fort Myers Blogger Meet-up
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Are You a Teaching Blog Addict?
After Break Motivation
So it's that time of year... our kids have had several weeks off of school and we need to be creative in coming up with ways to get them back into school mode. Commence the Snowball Fight! Come see how I motivate my students to get out of the Winter Break Slump and back into our routines @ Queen of the First Grade Jungle!
New Treasured Blog! - The Best Endings
I wanted to introduce a new collaborative blog to all of you
The Best Endings - A Blog All About Books!
Hop on over and check out it out!!
Ready2Read Level 2: Unit 5
We just finished our Ready2Read Level 2 Unit 5!! We have combined both phonics and sight words in a systematic way to bring a hands-on reading program that really works!! There are 34 pages to download in this unit and you can see each of the printables in action on our blog. Hop on over to The Moffatt Girls blog to learn more.
Read more ...
Click on the picture...
Some of the items included in this unit:
Color by Number Sight Words
Roll a Word Family
Tic-Tac-Toe Word Families
Sight Word Graphing
Break the Sight Word Code
Popcorn Word Sort
and so much more!!
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Winter Art
Are you looking for an activity to keep your little one busy at home?
Need a cute bulletin board idea?
See how you can turn these household items into winter art.
From my home to yours,
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Need a cute bulletin board idea?
See how you can turn these household items into winter art.
From my home to yours,
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Art,
homeschool,
Winter Activities
Is your New Year's resolution to create a teaching blog?
Due to time constraints {and teaching schedules} we can't offer one-on-one blogging help or advice. Yet we would like to direct you to a few sources that may just be key in helping you on your adventure of starting a teaching blog!
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new bloggers,
Teaching Blogs
Freebie Friday - the last of 2011!
Do you have a freebie that you'd like to share with teachers everywhere?
Then join TBA's Freebie Friday and link on up with us.
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Freebie Friday
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