
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Sight Word Interactive Books
I have just added my 46 sight
word interactive books that I use in my room for every thematic unit I teach to
TPT. I have been using and fine - tuning these books for many years.
My students love working
on these books. We get them out with our
clip boards first thing when they arrive.
We then work on them while waiting on our daily announcements to
begin. They also can color while they listen
to the announcements. Four us this is a
great time of day. We go to our Related
Arts right after this time. There is not
much else that I feel like we could complete in this time.
I have 1-2 of these in
each theme unit I have. I spend 10-15 minutes on these a day. These books are
often mentioned in the feedback that is given on my units as being very
beneficial to these teachers’ students.
Making Memories
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Letters of The Alphabet
I am so excited to share my letter books that
we used this year. There is color book
and an interactive letter book for each student for all of the letters
included. I show the color version on my smart board as we discuss the letter. My students really enjoyed these
books. They actually looked forward to
completing each book. These books reinforce
much more than letters. They are great
emergent readers that help the students apply all of the conventions of print.
Fairy Tales
This have been so busy at school that I
have not even had enough time to get the units posted that I have gotten put
together. I have just placed my Fairy
Tale unit on TPT. We have such a great
time with Fairy Tales!! I have done
these activities for several years. I
did add the diagraph activity and the place value activity. My children LOVED them!!!
This is such a fun unit. We decorate our doorway so it seems that you
are entering a castle. My students think
they are kings and queens!
What great memories
we are making!!!!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Opening a New School
WOW!! So far this has been an
exciting and crazy year. With 2 new elementary
schools opening in our district, we (the teachers) have all had to make a
decision on where we want to be for next year!
I love my school now, but I decided that I wanted to be a part of a new
school opening. I have been at GHES for
20 years now. I am one of 2 teachers
that are still here from when we opened.
It has been 20 (can’t believe it) of the most exciting years in my 27
years of teaching. I have grown in so
many ways. All of the students, parents,
teachers and administrators I have had such important roles with the growth and
change. I learn, grow and change every
day. Being a lifelong learner is one of
my favorite parts of being in a teacher.
Well…getting packed
up and moved is going to be exciting, tiring and also sad. I am hoping that once things settle down I
will have more time to get back to my blog.
We still have to complete PO’s on items we will need, begin packing
while finishing the year with all of the excitement and enthusiasm I expect
from myself, clean the old classroom, move (whew!!), unpack and organize. We are moving into rooms that are smaller and
in 27 years I have certainly collected a lot of things that I think I MUST have
in 27 years. J
I know this is going to be
an exciting end of the year.
I do have a few new units I have put together, but I just have not
had time to get them on TPT. I am going
to begin working on getting them on TPT to share in my FREE time.
Enjoy this ending of the
year as it is coming our way so quickly!!!!
Making Memories!!
Becca
Monday, January 6, 2014
Winter
Wow! I can’t believe we are
ready for our winter unit. How time
flies when you are having fun!!!
We have already completed many activities including literacy, math
and science!! Wow, they love the
science.
I have finally gotten my
winter unit on TPT for other students to enjoy.
Here are a few of the items that are in my unit. Also, take a look at my children and our
first science experiment in this unit.
Making Memories!!
Becca
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Evergreens!!
As I sit at home, I still can’t get my mind off of
school. I am so excited about our
upcoming Evergreen Unit!! My children
will so excited when they return from the Thanksgiving Holidays and we get started
learning about evergreens.
I can’t believe we are this far into the school year!!
I just got it added to TPT so others can enjoy also!! It will make your unit so easy to teach!! Making Memories!!
Becca
Thanksgiving Feast!
My children worked so
hard at measuring, counting and learning about how long ago compares to
today in MANY ways.
We had a very
successful feast with all of our guest.
We prepared pumpkin pie, yeast bread, butter, vegetable soup. We even fit in pumpkin bread for them to take
home for their family feast!
What a great time for
all of our families to be together.
Friendship Ceremony!!
This was the highlight of my day! Look at the smiles on my children’s faces as
their classmate says something nice about them.
I loved it!!
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