And the BIG Bloggy Birthday Winner Is... a Rafflecopter giveaway Congratulations Laurie!! Check your email shortly for all sorts of goodies!!! A HUGE thank you to our blogging buddies for helping us out too. You Ladies are amazing! This week, we got cracking on our Earth Day learning. It is one of our favorite units to teach. We are super excited to be trying our sweet friend Katie's Easy {and adorable!} Ecology unit along with our We Love the Earth activities this year. You can read ... VIEW POST
GIVEAWAY Winner & Fluency Building Bookmarks Take 2
Spring Giveaway & Notepad Tutorial
Day One is Done...Poof... {source} We think we might have a problem settling into Spring Break. Do you ever feel like the second you get some time off from school you kick into high gear doing other things? No, you don't... Oh... What?!? You're lounging on the beach in Hawaii for Spring Break... Eh, Hem...Sorry...Never mind... That may just be the first grade teachers on crack thing again. Tee...Hee... If you don't know what we're referring to, please scroll down to yesterday's ... VIEW POST
FACT POWER Giveaway!!!
Look! Up in the Sky! ~ It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . No- It's FACTMAN !!! Fact-Who? Huh? Friday happened to be "Superhero Spirit Day" at school. It was also the day our math lesson was titled, "Fact Power"...Sometimes we just cannot plan things better ourselves! We have given ample warning about needing to memorize our addition facts in first grade. Yes, it is developmental. And, no not every child is ready for the abstract world of numbers and symbols. ... VIEW POST
Phew! We were not trampled!!…Now a Sale!
We've never actually been Black Friday shopping. Well, the trampling kind at least. Thank Goodness! Did you go Black Friday shopping? Get anything fabulous? Have you ever been trampled? OH! We hope not!! Whether it be our fear of being trampled or our sheer desire to remain in our pajamas as much as possible this Thanksgiving weekend, we will not be heading out to any stores near us any time soon this fine holiday weekend. But, we will be shopping with TpT in our cleanest coziest pair of ... VIEW POST
Sharing is Caring! Giveaway
Happy Thanksgiving Friends! Our list of things to be thankful for grew just a bit this year...From our Facebook Page, Pinterest Boards, TpT, to this bitty Blog of ours, this sharing community of educators we have found picks us up when we're down, humbles us when we're up, and just keeps us putting one foot in front of the other each day. We are so thankful for each and every one of you! Thank you for challenging us to be better teachers after 15 years of teaching. Thank you for making us ... VIEW POST
Fall Giveaway Winners and a BOOktivity!
Congratulations to our Fall into First Grade Giveaway Winners! You should have received your unit from us via email, but if not please let us know!! Thank you ALL for the kind feedback! We are so excited you are loving the unit and that your lives may be just a bit easier in the classroom because of it! Not a Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner? Don't despair! Just for you, we've put our Fall into First Grade unit on quick SALE in our TpT store until Wednesday at midnight (TpT Time). Head over ... VIEW POST
