Thanksgiving Fun

I am really excited to share a few of my Thanksgiving activities. The students in my class are having fun with these hands on activities. Now that my students have developed number sense, they can show different ways to represent numbers using ten frames, number words, counters and tally marks. At literacy centers, students have  been working hard on reading two letter words. I have a chart hanging in my classroom with all two letter words and we practice reading them everyday. We look for two letter words in the text we read. Students are amazed by how often they show up in sentences. I let the students know that if they can read two letter words, it will help them read three letter words and larger words. The two letter turkeys have become a big hit in our class. Check out my new products on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook. These activities are all kid approved and have helpful recording sheets for you to track their understanding of these concepts. Happy Thanksgiving to all my wonderful new followers. Thanks for visiting my blog.
                    


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Thanksgiving Hop



We are celebrating all that we are thankful for and that includes teachers!  We want to show all of you how much we appreciate you.  Teachers do so much and this is our time to give back and say thank you!  Thank you for following!  Thank you for participating!  Thank you for collaborating!  Thank you for sharing!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Join us by hopping through each blog and gathering lots of Thanksgiving and autumn freebies.  In each freebie you will find a picture of a pie with a word on it. That word will tell you something that teacher is thankful for.  Record all of the words on your recording sheet and follow each blog along the way so that you can enter the amazing giveaway at the end!

You may start anywhere along the hop, but if you would like to start at the beginning you may go here.  This is also where you will go in the end, for the giveaway!!

Wow! You have made it to the final blog stop number 25. Do not forget to
check out the links below to enter this amazing giveaway.



Your students will have fun with the "Turkey Ten Frame Number Match," Students will enjoy matching ten frames to turkey numbers and number words on these adorable turkeys. There are a couple of follow up recording sheets to go along with this cute activity. I am a kindergarten teacher and I have many high quality activities that align with the common core that you may be interested in. Please check it out and consider becoming a follower. 

                                                            Ten Frame Turkey Match

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Now hop over to enter the giveaway. Best of Luck to all of you.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

                                   

                                                               Giveaway Entry

Join in on my first Blog Hop

I am so excited to be a part of  this amazing blog hop. I've donated a cute Thanksgiving Turkey Ten Frame Match game. There are so many great activites that are being offered to teachers. Don't miss out on this opportunity to grab some freebies and have fun filled activities for your classroom. You will also get a chance to win even more great prizes from this Thanksgiving hop.

Halloween Number Stories



Get into the Halloween spirit with these fun, spooktacular number stories that are sure to motivate your students as they solve word problems within ten. It is important that your students learn to apply their math skills by solving problems rather than just simple computation. Getting students involved in how addition and subtraction apply to the real world and why it is important to know can be a challenge. We all want our students to develop higher level thinking. Presenting problems that are of a high interest level will peek their curiosity. Kids at this age are very egocentric as what matters to them is of utmost importance. Halloween is a huge event in their minds and they are all anxiously looking forward to this big day. Incorporating Halloween into a few lessons will motivate students. My number stories have been my biggest sellers. They give the students the opportunity to show their work with drawings and writing equations. These number stories are perfect for kindergarteners and first graders and they align with the Common Core K.OA.2 and 1.OA.1.

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Wow, Another TPT Surprise!




Teachers Pay Teachers just announced a special promo code to be used this weekend in celebration of reaching 100,000 Facebook fans. I just found out a few moments ago and quickly put my entire store on sale to coincide with this amazing offer. Congratulations to TPT on this amazing milestone. This offer came out at such a surprise. It was not announced on their site. It was only announced on their Facebook Page. Use promo code FB100K at checkout to cash in on this amazing offer. Hurry this sale is happening now Oct.12-Oct. 14th. Don't miss out on some tremendous savings.  I hope you are all enjoying your Columbus Day weekend. This kind of deal makes this weekend even sweeter.

Fall Is In The Air


Don't you just love all the fall colors and the refreshing crisp air that autumn brings. It is a fun time to integrate fall themes into our lessons as we can easily tie in science with math and English language arts.  Students are back into the swing of things and settling in to our classrooms and most are eager to learn about fall themes such as apples, pumpkins, fall foliage, Johnny Appleseed, Christopher Columbus, and all the fun, spooktacular events that  Halloween has to offer. I have designed a few fall activities for my classroom and I can't wait to get started on introducing them to my students. If you are looking for some fresh new ideas with a fall twist, please check them out at my Teachers Pay Teachers store or on Teacher's Notebook. Students will have fun learning about owls and bats as they do research and read books about these amazing creatures. They will enjoy filling out the graphic organizers, diagrams and writing prompts as they share what they have learned. Students will learn about decomposing numbers and solving simple math word problems with these motivating fall lessons that align with the Common core. 


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Pinterest Collaborative Boards Join In

I am addicted to Pinterest. I think I spend way to long browsing about and looking for great ideas to use in my classroom as well as home improvement, recipes, health, fashion, gift ideas and more. There are so many awesome ideas out there that are so unique and helpful. Each day I am amazed at all these treasures I find.  Now, if only there were enough hours in the day to actually implement more of these fabulous ideas. I decided to start a couple of collaborative boards for teachers to pin their very best creations and educational finds. My first board is for all my fellow kindergarten teachers and it is entitled "Kindergarten Express." My second board is for teachers throughout the primary grades(Pre K-5) and it is entitled "Primary Grades Fun & Learning."  I would love for you to join in on the fun and learning!! Please leave your pinterest url for me to invite you in the comment section below. You must be a follower to these boards in order to join in as a collaborator. I can't wait to see all your innovative creations.Please be respectful and only pin up to three paid products per day. I would also love to see educational resources, quotes, videos, bulletin board ideas, etc. Happy Pinning!  

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