Doodle Bugs Teaching {first grade rocks!}: Five for Friday

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September 20, 2013

Five for Friday {Linky Party.. September 20}

Five for Friday is a weekly teacher linky party where you post five random things from today or this past week and on your blog. Then, you come back and link your blog post up at the bottom of this post in the linky tool.Grab the button above and link back to this post on your blog.

It is Homecoming Week at our school. Our school is First-Twelfth Grades and this is a BIG deal at our school.

It was a crazy week for sure.. but we did manage to squeeze in lots of work in between the fun!

Every day this week was a dress-up day. Monday was Pajama Day, Tuesday was Twin Day, Wednesday was Duck Dynasty Day {so fun!}, Thursday was Tie Dye Day and today is Jersey Day.

The theme for this year’s Homecoming was “Out of this World” so we made this sign to hang in the high school hall for the football players. The player’s names and numbers are on the stars. {Let’s don’t talk about how uneven the black paper is cut! YIKES!}

We have been working hard on counting money.. and I am amazed at how well this group of kids have picked it up. First we sorted money {pennies, nickels, and dimes} and then we practiced coutinig out different amounts.

We are really learning to work with a partner. So, one of this week’s activities was to share and cut the words to our weekly Bible verse and glue the words in order.

For the last few weeks I have been working on my newest unit.. about Spiders! And these fun little items have been hanging out on my desk for a week. I hope to get it listed this weekend or early next week!

Enjoy your weekend!

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September 6, 2013

Five for Friday {linky party… September 6}

It was a short week due to Labor Day but it felt like a really long week! As always, I welcome the weekend and look forward to a little extra sleep and fun.

We welcomed September this week and used some of the activities that are in my Months Unit.

We are right in the middle of football season at our school and I took down my back to school bulletin board and door decorations- and got into a little school spirit. You can download a similar door decoration here.

A few years ago I ordered Heidi Songs CVC/Word Families books and I use these a lot when teaching short vowels. They are a life saver. {There are 2 volumes.} This matching activity is perfect review practice for my first graders.

Our theme this week was dogs- and we have been enjoying some favorite dog activities.

Who doesn’t love cute dogs? Last year I printed a lot of cute dog pictures from the internet, mounted on cardstock, laminated and put on a ring. We actually voted on the cutest one last year and it was a mini lesson on graphing, tally marks, etc.. This year we haven’t used these in other way except looking and oohing.. My first graders have worn them out looking at these pictures. They are on my book table so anytime they get a few minutes to read to themselves- they grab the set of dog pictures and I have to remind them about sharing. HA! You can find all the pictures I printed {and other animals} on My ♥ of Animals Pinterest Board.

Beware: I have plans on doing cat pictures.. so you see tons of cats too!

Every 4 months this ends up in my Five for Friday when I get this mail.. but seriously WHY are you not using Ebates? No, I am not getting rich but free money is awesome right?

They have a referral program so if you sign up.. I would love for your to use this link.

Happy Friday Y’all!

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August 30, 2013

Five for Friday {linky party.. August 30th}

It’s Frday.. and a long weekend! I am ready! I cannot wait to sleep past 5 am at least one day this weekend! This week has kicked my tail. I am dragging today!

{1} We have been working on the –an and –at families this week. One quick and easy activity I do almost weekly is print a sheet of words and we each take a turn calling a word out and everyone finds it and covers it up. I do this in small groups so only about 5-6 do this at a time. After we use the word list at school I send them home for homework for them to practice reading.

{2} I pulled these counting by 5 apple cards out this week. I made these a few years ago and shared them on my blog a long, long time ago. But, I have added these as a free download in my TpT store.

Free Download: Apple Counting by 5 Cards

{3} My little ones got introduced to the listening center this week. I know many people have transitioned over to ipods or ipads for their listening center. But, this is how we roll! It always makes me happy to see a table full of earphone wearing kiddos! ..

{4} Let me tell you a sad, sad story.. for weeks I have been working on a Back to School Unit that had activities that I use the first week or so in school. I literally have been working on this unit forever! It was so close to being finished. I opened it up last Sunday to finish it and it would not open. I was sick! Weeks of work gone! So sad… It was on a flash drive and it just would not open. Something about problem with contents.. ugh!!!

This shape activity was one of the activities in the unit. Thankfully I did have a hard copy for myself.

{5} It is hot here people.. miserably hot. And, I sat in the 100 degree weather to watch this child play 2 softball games yesterday. It was a fun afternoon with family and we all agreed that fall cannot get here quick enough.

Enjoy your weekend! Happy! Happy! Happy!

Link your blog post up below..

August 23, 2013

Five for Friday {Linky Party.. August 23}

Feel free to link up your Five for Friday post below. All you have to do is blog about five random things from today or this week and link up your blog post below. Grab the button above and link it back to this blog post! I would love for you to join in! {You do not have to email me to ask to join! Everyone is welcome!}

{1} This week has been about .. Pete! You know that famous, cool cat!

{2} Fun, little gifts from students are always a treat! This week I got a furry little blue monkey and a cute bowl made from plastic beads. Love them both!

{3} We broke out the stamps for the first time this year.. and I quickly forget how much I HATE stamping until they figure out how to not be so messy!

{4} Keeping with our Pete theme… and other fun cat activities. I used my Cat Counting Cards each day to practice ordering numbers. I would just give each student 10 or so cards and make them put them in order. This is usually so hard for a few of mine to understand.. but this class is on top of things! YEA!!

{5} And.. I am back to carrying this bucket home every weekend! Sunday afternoon will be spent planning and getting organized for next week!

Add your link below! Happy Weekend Y’all!

August 16, 2013

Five for Friday {Linky Party… August 16th}

First week down.. and thankful for the weekend! My first week with my new batch of little ones was a big success and my body is tired! I cannot wait to sleep in a little longer in the morning!

Here are my five..

{1} I am so very thankful for a casual school environment where it is fine for me to wear my shorts, t-shirt and tennis shoes. It was a blessing today when I barely crawled to school this morning. My legs and feet are feeling the results of being back in school full time. And, let’s don’t forget how stinkin’ hot it is in Mississippi in August. Heat index every afternoon of 105-110 will make you melt.. trust me!

{2} This week was filled with a lot of kindergarten review skills and getting into a routine. They did great and we are slowly getting a routine set up.

{3} We had a great first week back.. and I worked my little first graders like busy bees! We made these cute bees to hang in our classroom. I am working on a first week pack that includes the activities that we did this week.. and REALLY hope to have it finished in the next day or too. The patterns to make this bee are included in the pack.

{4} I did finish my handwriting practice book this week and finally got it listed in my store. It features a page for each letter plus a few extra pages that include things like name practice, numbers, color words, etc.. and there are 8 fun “Write and Color” practice pages where students practice writing the sentence and then color the picture to go along with the sentence. You can click HERE to see it.

{5} … and number five! Let’s have a little BACK TO SCHOOL SALE shall we?? Teachers Pay Teachers is hosting a Back to School Sale Sunday and Monday.. My whole store will be 20% off and if you enter coupon code BTS13 you can get an additional 10% off.. start looking around NOW to find everything you just NEED {or want!}

Click the button above to jump over to my store!

ps… you know you can leave feedback for past purchases and earn credits to buy more don’t you??.. go leave your feedback before Sunday !

Hope you have had a great week.. and enjoy your weekend! Link up your Five for Friday post below!

August 9, 2013

Five for Friday {Linky Party.. August 9th}

Today was my first day with my new batch of first graders.. and as you can imagine. I am TIRED! More than tired.. just worn out. I really, really wished for a nap this afternoon but it’s just not going to happen today. I will wish a little harder for Sunday afternoon!

Here are my “Five for Friday”….

1. Back To School Treats:

I whipped up these little treats for my kids that came to “Meet the Teachers/Open House”. You can download the cards HERE.

2. First Day Shirt

I wore my new I ♥ my first graders shirt today! I love it.. you can order one {or different designs} from HERE.

3. Good Mail

A great friend is someone who sends you a “Back to School” Care Package for no reason. Especially when this friend is not a teacher and has NO idea how stressful back to school time really can be. She had NO idea just much it meant to open a package full of school goodies.. especially with a cool book called “Doodle Bugs”. Thank you Susan!!

4. Handwriting Practice Books

I have been working on a new handwriting practice book.. and I really hope to have it finished and listed in my TpT store over the weekend. It just keeps getting pushed back due to me going back to school.. I put together my handwriting books late Wednesday night. The binding machine I have is THIS ONE. {Yes, it is pink!}

5. Teacher Week ‘13:

I want to invite you to join up with me and the other girls at Blog Hoppin for Teacher Week ‘13. Here is the schedule for next week. Each day will be a linky party.. so start planning your blog posts to join us.

Hope King and I will be teaming up to bring you Monday’s post. I hope you will join us!

Hope you have had a great week.. and enjoy your weekend! Link up your Five for Friday post below!