Martin Luther King Jr. Freebies

My friends over at http://www.elmchevrolet.com/ made up this infographic to share for your classrooms. I love all of these quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

If you click on the infographic, it will take you to a downloadable version. 

Here are some other freebies I found on TpT.

If you need some last minute ideas or you are continuing on next week. 

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A Little Visitor, a Giveaway, and some Freebies!

You should not miss this giveaway!!!

Jivey's got K-1, 2-3, and 4-6 giveaways!!!

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We had a little visitor today. 

We were getting ready for recess...

One of my little firsties came up and said, "Mrs. Kempf, I have a mouse in my jacket.".

Me, thinking that it was a stuffed animal said, "Oh, let me see!".

NOPE, NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!

She had put her coat in her backpack before school and got it out to put on for recess.

Here comes the CUTEST little mouse you have ever seen.

Luckily, I am not afraid of little creatures. I found out some of my coworkers are soooooooo afraid! They couldn't even look at him.

Well, we put him in an aquarium and kept him there until the end of the day. Then we let him go in our school garden.

I had already sent a picture to my husband. His response was, "YOU CANNOT KEEP THE MOUSE!!!"

Oh well!

What an exciting day in first grade!

We will be writing about this in Writing Workshop! Stay tuned!

I updated my May Song. It looks so much cuter.

Click on the picture to head on over and download it.

It's FREEEEEEEEE!

I also added a Making Words ~ EARTH DAY to my store.

As always these Making Words Activities are Free. :)

Have a wonderful, MOUSE FREE day!!!

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Report Cards DONE!!! A FREEBIE and a New Math Product!!

I have been MIA for almost a week! AHHHH! I have been so busy with the musical (Rehearsals until 10:30 at night), softball practice (my oldest is on varsity and my youngest is on modified), and everything else. :)

Our report cards are due today. We get them printed out this week so we can go over them and then send them out on Friday. We need to redo them so badly to match the CCSS. APPR has taken so much of our time this year. I love acronyms... HAHAHAHAHA!

It is also TESTING week for the upper-grade levels. I cannot imagine their stress. 

Good luck to all that are giving tests this week. :)

We finished our first weekend of "Oliver". It was a huge success. Saturday night and Sunday afternoon were SOLD OUT. We even had to put chairs in the aisle to accommodate so many people. :)

I have a FREEBIE and a new item for you in my TpT store.

The FREEBIE is a collection of writing paper for several occasions. 

The second item is my "Flippin' and Floppin'" True or False math product.

Who doesn't like flip flops???

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.D.7 Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. For example, which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 – 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2.

Click on the pictures to take you to the products.

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Have you seen these?

I was blog hopping the other day and I found some of the CUTEST owls I have seen!

Michelle put some freebies on her blog. She is so talented.

You have to look to see what else she has! AMAZING!!!

Check it out here!

Look at him...or her! So cute!

So, I had to make one of my place value games with them.

 

OOOOH! I can't wait to use this in my classroom!

Speaking of OWLS....

Have you checked out this giveaway. There's some really cool stuff to win!

You can head on over to Rae's site or enter here!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Oh, how I love Rafflecopter!

Have a wonderful day!

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Thanksgiving Unit With Our Second Grade Friends

I am so excited!!!

I LOVE when we get together with our second grade friends. We did this unit last year. 

The kiddos had soooo much fun!

It is 37 pages of jam packed fun!

AND IT'S FREEEEEE!!!

Click on the picture to go to my TpT store and download it!

Have a wonderful day!

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Writing Workshop/ Freebie #5

Today I am going to talk about "Opinion" pieces.

These are sometimes difficult for students to grasp.

Until...you put something in front of them they can't resist.

My colleague, Linda and I put candy to the test. I know, I know, but we couldn't resist and neither could our kiddos!

We showed them a bag of candy. They had to convince us why they should have it.
Included in this writing: friendly letter, opinion, editing, peer editing.
I wished I would have kept their letters so I could have shown you.
We got everything:
...because I am good to my sister
....I listen to my parents
...I am nice to my friends
...I like candy
...you are pretty
...you are the best teacher

We chose the best written one.
It, of course, included that they were going to share it with the rest of the class.
ALWAYS!!!

We also wrote to our principal to "tell" her what improvements could be made to the school. Some of them were so interesting.
~swimming pool
~better food
~playground activities
She wrote back to tell them what could be done and what she was working on. So powerful!

What are some ways you have your students write opinion pieces?

Here are your freebies!

Enjoy!!!

Have a wonderful day!

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Writing Workshop/ Freebie #4

Personal Narratives

I am having a hard time with talking about getting away from Personal Narratives due to the Common Core Standards.

I am not sure we are deciphering it the way it should be. I know we have to write "opinion" pieces, "how to" books, and "informational" pieces. But these first graders are experts at one thing...THEMSELVES.

What happens in their lives is so important. More important than anything else. How can they write about other things?

As I am looking at the Common Core Standards, I do not see where it says NOT to teach, experience, enhance, or improve our Personal Narrative writing.

So, I am going to continue to teach it with GUSTO!!!

I think this leads to all the other things we have to teach them in first grade. 

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OK, so now that I have that off my chest. How do you teach first graders to write Personal Narratives?

MODEL< MODEL

I write about something that has happened to me every day.

We talk about what our writing should "look like" and "sound like".

I have tried writing on the SmartBoard, but I like writing on my chart paper. That way the kiddos feel like I am one of them.

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Here are your freebies for today.

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Going on Vacation!

Woo Hoo!

We are preparing for our vacation. My family is so excited!

I have some exciting things planned for the next couple days.

Stay tuned for the few days!

Have a wonderful day!

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Letter Writing Freebies

We are writing our Pen Pal letters.

 I have found that it is hard for some of my firsties to follow how to write a friendly letter....no matter how many different ways I try.

I made up these three letter templates to help them out. One is very basic with labels for them to follow and the others are the templates with no labels. 

I gave these to the kiddos who needed just that little bit of guidance. It helped them so much.

They are all in my TPT store. I have linked them at the bottom of each picture.

Koala

Letter Template with Labels

Cardinals

I hope they help your kiddos as much as they helped mine.

Don't forget about my giveaway! It ends January 18th at midnight!

Some lucky follower will win this!

 (well something like this :)
Enter HERE.

Have a wonderful day!

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Giveaway Ends in 3 Days! and Freebies

Don't forget to enter my giveaway for the iTunes giftcard and the Target giftcard. 

One giveaway....two prizes. : )

Enter by leaving comments in this post.

RIGHT HERE : )

By the way, I have a new button. Isn't it cute?

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On another note, I posted the rest of the Winter ABC Order.
Check them out on my TPT store.
There are four of them with progressively more difficult words.

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I hope you are all enjoying your break. I know I am!

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A Little Late....But Nevertheless!

I know this is late, but I finished them yesterday. 

I thought I would post the little tags up so maybe you could use them today or for next year. 

Anyway....I posted some tags for students and classroom volunteers in my TPT store. 

Click on the link below.

Holiday Tags for Students and Classroom Volunteers

I wrote a little note to each student in the small space to the left of the cute little cardinal from 

Scrappin' Doodles. 

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all of their products. 

The fonts are from

  Kevin and Amanda. I have been stalking visiting their site lately. They have much more than "just" fonts! You should check it out!

I purchased a book coupon for each student from Scholastic Book Clubs. 

We are going to choose a book when they get back from break. 

I attached a colored pencil to each of the gift tags for the children with a ribbon. They LOVED it!!!

(I wish I had thought to take a picture. They turned out so cute!)

Happy Break Everyone!!! WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

By the way: I am one follower away from 50. I can't believe it! I am planning a giveaway when I hit that magical number! Stay tuned!

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Checking TPT

I check it every day. My sales, my views, my downloads. I get such a thrill out of seeing how many teachers have downloaded my stuff. I LOVE IT! 

So, now everything on my TPT store is FREE> 

I am in the holiday spirit already. 

Can't you feel it? 

The lights are up, the decorations are "just so", the students are not with us anymore! :) 

Where do they go? HMMMM??? 

Let's just hope we can keep them somewhat entertained. 

Here is a small preview of my next unit I am working on. 

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Holiday Unit and Freebie

PHEW!!!! I just finished my Holiday Unit. YIPPEEE! 

I am so excited!!!!

I am posting my Holiday Unit on Teachers Pay Teachers. 

Here is your FREEBIE!!!

Holiday Freebie

ENJOY!!!

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Parent/Teacher Conference Form

I know everyone is close to Conference time.

What do you share with the family? Do you have the students come in? What are some catch phrases you use? How long do your conferences last?

Here is a form I use. I wish it had more room for notes about the student. But, this is what they want us to use. Parent/Teacher Conference Form.

Good luck with all your conferences. Maybe I will set up a linky party to share our successes. 

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Fall Words. I have. Who has? Freebie!

Freebie! Freebie! Freebie!
Here is my version of I have. Who has? FALL!
We made a poster of our "Fall is...." based on an idea by Linda Holliman. I love using this technique! It is explained at the end of the download. Fall Words. I have. Who has?







I am sitting here with my feet up. I fell last Friday. Maybe broken/maybe not....HMMMM! I have to wait until November 1st to get another x-ray. Oh well, at least I am getting some school work done.
I sure do miss running though. :(

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Singular/Plural Fall Words Matching Game

I wanted to get this out before we were too far into October.
Click on the link below to download.
Singular/Plural Fall Words Matching Game

All graphics are by Scrappin Doodles.
Fonts by Kevin and Amanda.

Enjoy! If you download it, can you leave me a message? Thanks! I would love some feedback.

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