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Okay, I admit it... I have been slightly neglecting my blog, but not because I haven't been doing work!  I've been working hard to prep for the new school year and for the Phonics, Vocabulary, and Comprehension PD that Katie (over at Kdot's Learning Spot ) and I have been working on! Well of course, this big TPT sale coming up tomorrow has inspired me to post a few of the things I've been working on!  And of course, to repay all of you for continuing to follow me even though I'm posting less frequently... I think I'll give away ALL OF MY NEW ITEMS today! :) And of course, if you don't win, all of these products will be on super sale tomorrow and Monday! (Props to Krista  from  The Creative Chalkboard  for the amazing sign!!) Now... let's see what you can win! I'm going to start with the project that took me the most time.  I made videos that are about 5 minutes long each for each letter of the alphabet!  And even though the video itself is only about...

A while back I wrote about a routine that I do in my classroom called "The Problem of the Day."  I use this to help develop problem solving skills from the beginning of the school year!  I just finished making the set for the beginning of the school year and bundling it! The Daily Routine: I pick a student to be in the problem, and replace the name in the story with their name. Then, I have the students turn to their partner (I have assigned partners in the classroom which change monthly.)  I tell the class this little poem: I'll pick a partner to go first (perhaps the partner with longer/shorter hair).  That partner has to tell their partner the answer and explain their reasoning for it.  For example, "I know the answer is two because I started with five fingers up, then put three fingers back down.”  I count backwards from five so the students finish up their answer. Next: it's time to see who was listening!  I call on students to explain their partn...

I know, I know... most of you are already long into your summer break... but my school hasn't ended yet!  This Monday will be the 176th day of school... and the final day for my kiddos! As such, I've been putting together my summer vacation packet for them and I decided to go with a day by day packet! The worksheets included follow a day by day pattern: Math Monday Tell Me About Science Tuesday Writing Wednesday Sight Words Thursday Phonics Friday The following skills are addressed: Math Monday Addition, Subtraction, Problem Solving, Numbers 0-20, Patterns, More and Less Tell Me About Science Tuesday Summer, Autumn, Five Senses, Seeds We Eat, Winter, Animals in Winter, Keeping Healthy, Spring, Butterfly Life Cycle Writing Wednesday Telling a story using first, next, and last Sight Words Thursday away, about, around, any, beside, boy, could, come, came, close, does, down, every, eat, first, from, funny, find, gave, going, help, how, inside, into, just, jump, knew, know, look, li...

So many people have requested that I made an Addition Uno game, and I finally got around to it!  This center game will be perfect to go along with your addition lessons plans for Kindergarten or 1st Grade!  Grab it tonight only for 25% off! If you want to win the set for free, be the first person to correctly guess how many days long my addition unit is!  Be sure to leave your email address!

I do this fun lesson with my kids every year, and they just love it!  This year, I revamped the lesson with some tens-frames to really help students grasp basic coin value! I usually start the lesson reading a book about pennies and talking about how pennies are worth one cent.  Then of course I model how to count pennies into the tens frames.  I place a card at each students seat at the table, and have them go to their seats and count out that many pennies. Then, comes the fun part... the dancing!  I have the students dance around to room, usually to an instrumental of some popular song... last year it was Party Rock Anthem , this year it was Gangham Style !  When the music stops, they have to find a chair and count out that many pennies! They just love it... and it's the perfect way to introduce counting pennies to a kindergartener while reviewing numbers 11-20! You can grab this item, as well as all of my other items, for 28% off today only!!! The above butto...

Aren't those tricky teen numbers the worst!?  My kids always struggle with them, but these poems and visuals definitely make a difference! These visuals also match the signs I made months ago for numbers 0-10, which you can check out below: Now, for the 2nd of my 5 days of giveaways, I thought I'd give away of both of those products, but... there's a catch!  You have to guess my favorite Christmas movie (and leave your email address of course!).  I'll give you one hint: it's a cartoon! The first two people to guess correctly will win both sets of number writing poems!  Update 12/23... My favorite Christmas movie is Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer! Karyn over at A is for Apple, B is for Blog guessed it correctly!  Since no one else guessed Rudolph, I'll go with the first person to guess my second favorite Christmas movie... Frosty the Snowman!  Suzy Q was the first one to guess that one!  Congratulations ladies... and be sure to check back for tomorrow's...

Back in April I started to make these adorable race car centers for the common core standards but I never finished them!  So today I made it my goal to finish them... and I did! There are five ELA centers: Phonics Bingo (Beginning Sounds) (CCS.K.RF.3ab, CCS:K.RF.1d) Middle Vowel Drivers (Middle Vowel Sounds in CVC words) (CCS:K.RF.2d, CCS:K.RF.3ab, CCS:1.RF.2c) Race Through a Word (Reading CVC & CVCe Words) (CCS:K.RF.2cd, CCS.K.RF.3ab, CCS:1.RF.2b, CCS:1.RF.3bc) Digraphs Keys (Beginning Digraphs sh, ch, wh, and th) (CCS:1.RF.3a) Race to Read Words (Pre-Primer, Primer, and 1st Grade Dolch Words) (CCS:K.RF.1ab CCS:K.RF.3cd, CCS:1.RF.3g) Math Centers: Race for More and Less (Comparing groups of objects to 20) (CCS:K.CC.4abc CCS:K.CC.5, CCS:K.CC.6, CCS:K.NBT.1 CCS:1.NBT.2ab) Road War (More and Less Using Numbers) (CCS.K.CC.4c, CCS:K.CC.6, CCS:K.CC.7, CCS:1.NBT.2ab, CCS:K.NBT.3 All the centers are available in color and black and white! :) Skip Counting Race (Skip Counting by...

The thing that I love about my math manipulatives is that the organization system is so simple that my Kindergarteners clean them up all on their own!  When the leprechaun visited us last St. Patrick's Day, my little ones put back all of the manipulatives that he took out perfectly!   I just updated my Math Manipulative set to add a second option for printing (a different font and my cute black border which is a freebie).  I love how the update came out! The set is $2 at TPT and it includes labels for a ton of manipulatives: -Color Tiles -Cuisenaire Rods -Pattern Blocks -Snap Cubes -Color Cubes -Small Color Cubes -Attribute Blocks -Links -Bear Counters -Dice -Jumbo Beads -Unifix Cubes -Attribute Buttons -Two-Color Counters -Money -Cards -Base Ten Blocks -Geosolids -Geoboards -Clocks -Thermometers -Fraction Circles -Fraction Tiles -Rulers -Bug Counters -Dominoes -Color Chips -Pegboards -Small Peg Boards -Balances -Parquetry Blocks If you want me to add any more man...

Looking ahead to my September curriculum, one of our Kindergarten topics is Numbers 0-10.  I decided to revamp my current number posters and make them a bit fancier looking, and this was the result!  I'm really pleased with how they came out!  I made them in color and in black and white, and in three different sizes so you can pick which set words best for you... the set is $2.50 at TPT . I also made the borders myself, so keep your eye out for those in the near future!  One of the sizes is below... on a full sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper. Another one of the sizes is below... with two labels on a sheet of paper. Another option is to have four labels on a sheet of paper. All three sizes are in color and black and white!  And I plan on creating another set for numbers 11-20 over the summer as well!  Enjoy!

In class lately, we've been working on the key words that tell us to add or subtract when we hear a word problem.  I made some cute posters for these and figured I'd share them in both color and black/white.  Each pair of posters is $1... and obviously much higher quality than the preview image below!  Click each of the pictures to check them out! On another note, how is it June already?  I know I'm a bit late on this one... but here is the Problem of the Day for June/July! If you want to read about the routine, head on over here .  Otherwise, the routine and everything you need to start it is included in the free TPT item!  Click either picture to download! Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoy the new items!  I'm linking up with Manic Monday again... be sure to head there for other great free items!

If you didn't read my April post about the problem of the day, you can get all of the information about how I do the routine by clicking the picture below! This is one of my favorite routines because it's quick, easy, and tons of fun! In April, I focused on subtraction, but this month's set of questions includes both addition and subtraction word problems.  This will help the students work on whether they need to add or subtract when they hear a math story.  We focus on whether the story gets bigger or smaller, and on the key words in the story! I'm going to keep this post short to give you time to read up on the original post with the details about the routine! Download the new questions for the problem of the day by clicking the picture below! This freebie is linked up with Manic Monday! Head over there to check out some other wonderful freebies!