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What's Cookin' in Your Class?

What's Cookin' in Your Class?

9:56 PM
HELLO October!!
 
Florida Octobers are a little different as they mean temperatures drop from the 90's!  This weekend central Florida is getting a "cool" front and night temperatures drop down to 60 with daytime highs at 82!  I am so excited:)  YES, REALLY!!
 
I celebrated fall last Sunday with my sweet friend Tamara Russell from Mrs. Russell's Room and my favorite fall dessert (and now hers)! Stay tuned for the recipe and a FREEBIE at the end of the post!
 
 
I am also linking up tonight with that very same friend for "What's Cookin' in Your Class?".  You can check out Tamara's post along with her fabulous fall resources by clicking on the picture below:)
 
http://tamaravrussell.blogspot.com/2014/09/whats-cookin-in-your-class-october.html
 
For those of you who follow me, you know our district's adopted reading series is Wonders by McGraw Hill.  I have organized my units and classroom with this Wonders Supplemental Unit.  It includes flashcards, phonics games, vocabulary activities, study guides for a home connection and word work spelling lists.  Here is a sample of what's included.
 
 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wonders-Supplemental-Unit-Grade-1-Unit-1-779002
I then added my Phonics Interactive Notebook {Wonders Supplemental-Grade 1} to my word work center. It is available for Units 1 and 2 with additional units coming shortly.  My kids love the twist added so they are not doing traditional style worksheets. 
 
 
 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Interactive-Notebook-Wonders-Supplemental-Grade-1-Unit-2-1469065
Next week is a review week so we will be working on reviewing  using Sight Word Bingo, Quiz, Quiz, Trade and Mixed up Sentences!  The topics are open ended and include Columbus, How to Carve a Pumpkin, Going Batty, my Halloween Costume, My Favorite Halloween Candy and Spider Facts. 
 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Super-Sight-Word-Review-Grade-1-Wonders-Supplemental-Unit-1-917671
 At the Writing Center, we have used themed class journals.  The kids LOVE seeing what their friends have shared before they add their writing! There is a mix of narrative, informational and opinion topics.  Hope you can use this FREEBIE for your class:)
 
 
 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/October-Journal-Covers-353360
As promised, Pumpkin Crunch will be sure to WOW your family and friends! It is a Pinterest favorite at my home and I am sure you will LOVE it if you are a pumpkin fan:) Click on the picture to see the recipe under my Yummy Foods board and be sure to follow me on Pinterest while you are there!
 
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/267471665340810181/
 
 
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Graphing Frenzy & FREEBIE

Graphing Frenzy & FREEBIE

4:57 PM

The end of September leading into October is the perfect time to explore graphing!  It is included in our Common Core standards, but not in our Go Math! book.  Go Math has stepped up to the plate and has online resources now for those interested.

Graphing is such a fun, interactive math concept that I try really hard NOT to use unrelated worksheets.  At the end of September we had an apple taste test.  The students were then able to paint their favorite apple.  They had definite opinions about apples by the time we were ready to graph!




The kiddos took the reigns on this activity and helped create our graph from the apples to the title to the labels and the numbers.  THIS MADE A REAL CONNECTION to graphing!

On Tuesday, each friend will receive a package of  Bones Halloween Candy.  We ordered them HERE from Oriental Trading as they are hard to find in regular stores now. 

Bones Candy

We will be reading Dem Bones before we start the activity. Dem Bones is a super cute book by Bob Barner with a catchy tune. You can find it on Amazon HERE.

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You can find an amazing Halloween Themed Math Centers with a Dem Bones graph, sorting mat and questions over at TpT with Erica Bohrer. 


Ok, pictures to come later this week of more graphing activities.  Since to have stuck around this long, you can head on over to my TpT store for a Class Journal Cover FREEBIE! 


 I would love to hear about your favorite graphing activity:).

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Super Sight Word Review

Super Sight Word Review

7:45 PM
Sight words are always such a hot topic for firsties:)  There are so many choices out there.  You could use your reading series, Dolch Words or even Fry Words.

This year I have decided to try a combination of our Wonders Series and Fry Words.  In our reading series, we introduce 4-8 new words weekly.  We practice these words whole group, in small group, at the word work center and they are on our study guide too!  The sight words are incorporated into our weekly anthology, our leveled readers and then into our weekly test which consists of a cold read story and fill in the blank sentences.

At the end of each unit (5 weeks of curriculum), we give a Unit sight word test for a grade. YES, we take numerical grades here in first!  So I made this Super Sight Word Review for a little practice that can be used before the tests, for review or even for first grade practice if you do not use Wonders!


This unit comes with BINGO, I Have, Who Has..., Sight Word BOO and Mixed Up Sentences. Lots of extra practice for those firsties who need just a little extra practice.


I then work individually with my students of FRY lists.  You can read more about that HERE.  All these units are on sale for 28% off.  Just remember to use the TpT code fb100k.  

Alright, my wish list is big so I am heading over to TpT to shop before I drop!  We had a super fun day at Sea World and I am one tired mama!
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October Currently

October Currently

9:09 PM
Happy October!
Love that Florida fall has reached us this week.
What does that mean?
Cool temps in the 70's in the mornings and evenings
and only hitting 90 degrees during the day!
 
 
 I love fall football for the hubby because it means more time for me to play the computer
and work on all things school!
 
I am so excited.
There are 22 days left until my girls weekend on a scrapbooking cruise!!
Pure heaven here on earth:)
 
I am ready to pull out our fall decorations this weekend.
Sea World also has Halloween Weekends so maybe we can sneak some time in there too!
I love that Florida teachers get in FREE at Sea World.
 
And last but not least, I am pulling out this little FREEBIE I had put together last October.
I know my firsties always need extra practice with contractions...
 
So, here is Ghostly Contractions for a little Halloween fun! 
 


So don't forget to head on over to Farley's
Oh Boy! Fourth Grade to check it all out!

Oh' boy fourth grade

Happy Fall Y'all!
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