A little bit of this... and a little bit of that...

2 more days until Thanksgiving break!

I am hearing that some of you lucky ladies and gents got this WHOLE week off... whaaaat?!

I've never heard of such a thing! (JEALOUS)

We are still trucking through Wednesday - but it's all good because we are jam-packed with fun activities!!

Here are a few snapshots of the past couple school days:

My power-hour group is full swing into all the different spelling patterns for long a! Here we are reading, tracking, and counting the long a words in the passage. The boys are on a word hunt to distinguish long a words from short a words. Both of these activities are from my {Long Vowel Games and Centers} pack.

 

I have been a horrible photographer this holiday season because I swear we've done LOADS of fun Thanksgiving activities!! Above is one of my littles working on some verbs from Katie's {The Busy Teacher's Best Friend - Thanksgiving Edition}. Her busy teacher packets are amazing - I used tons from her Halloween one, as well as Thanksgiving and seriously, they are a teacher's best friend... NO PREP NECESSARY! Next to her verb page is a little Venn diagram we made this morning comparing our lives to that of Pilgrim children.

 Math practice! These short, busy weeks are perfect for some reviewing of essential math skills! On the left, my kids are playing 5-in-a-row using 3 addend addition. I snuck in a challenge dice (with just the numerals 1-6 on them) that way they could move past just counting up the dots. That game is one of many from my {Addition with 3 Addends} pack. On the right, is a fun number line game from The Teacher Wife. It is part of her new {Number Line} pack and really.... you can never go wrong with one of her items!

Okee doke... I am off to plan and finish the packet below! I am sooo close to finishing! I hope to get it uploaded by tomorrow night at the latest... but we shall see!

 Have a happy, happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!

:)

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Pick-a-Present: FREEBIE!

Happy Thursday!

The hubs-to-be was home sick today and all I wanted to do was stay home and take care of him... but alas.... I trudged off to work with my kiddos. We have report cards due soon and I have a gazillion assessments I still need to give... EEEEKKK!

I did come home early a finish a little project I had been working on.

My Pick-a-Present freebie:

Graphics: Ashley Hughes

Some fonts: A Cupcake for the Teacher

This is a quick n' easy board game in which students have to pick a card, read it aloud, and determine if the word has a short vowel sound or a long vowel sound. Your kiddos will race to the finish line and try to avoid being stuffed by the stocking card!!! Mwuahahaha.... when a student picks the stocking card, they can move their partner all the way back to the beginning!

Before I go (the boy is whining...)

DeAnne over at First Grade and Fabulous is having a linky that is making me salivate for a midnight snack! I had to link up with one of my FAVE holiday recipes:

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE!!!!!

The first cheesecake I ever made was for Thanksgiving 2 years ago... and I was hooked! I was already hooked on eating cheesecake, but after baking that deliciousness in a spring-form pan, I was hooked on baking cheesecakes. A cheesecake is not easy to make, buttttt... it is oh so worth the time when you get to take your first bite!

You can't go wrong with a little Paula Dean in your life!

Here is her creamy, fall-flavored Pumpkin Cheesecake!

Nomnomnom

{recipe}

Go link up with DeAnne and share your favorite holiday recipe!!

Night!

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Bossy e is coming to town! {with a few other friends}

Happy Sunday!

The Patriots have a bye week which means I am able to work on school ALL Sunday (yay?)!

My power-hour group this week is still practicing applying "bossy e" to the end of CVC words and I made a little freebie for you all!

Just like the cover suggests... this is just a little more practice for those kiddos that need the extra support. Hopefully you can find a use for it :)

Inside the packet:

-an explanation as to how I introduce and use "bossy e" with my kiddos

-a bossy e anchor chart

-a quiz-quiz-trade cooperative learning game

-a real/nonsense word sort

-2 "highlight it" practice pages

and

-2 "trace/draw" practice pages

If you download it, I would love some feedback so I know what you think :)

Here's a closer looksie at some of the pages inside:

 

Onto my friends!

TWO of my favorite colleagues from my lil ole school in Las Vegas have recently started their TPT journey and I'd like to show them a little bloggy love :)

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Lisa Lilienthal

She is the technology teacher at our school and prior to that she has had years of experience in 2nd and 3rd grade. She has some FABULOUS writing products in her store and a couple must-have freebies for all elementary grades.

Here is a look at one of her freebies:

and while you're there, you should check out her Informative Writing Pack for grades 1-2. I'm in love!

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Michelle Lubman

I got to teach 1st grade last year with this lovely lady and let me tell you... she is AMAZING! Sadly she moved up to 4th grade this year and while I miss her dearly, I know she is bringing all her love and talent to those 4th graders, and boyyyyy do they need it! She has a fun, fun, fun Place Value Game for the older kiddos and I am loving her Lucy Calkin's inspired Book Buzz freebie:

Take a look:

Is that owl adorable or what?!?

Go give them some love and see if they've got what you're looking for!

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Spring Break!

Spring break is officially over :(

It has been such a relaxing week, but I am ready to get back to school. After all, there are only 8 more weeks until summer, ahhh! How is it that the year always goes by so fast?

Before Spring Break my kids had an author's celebration to share in their success after completing their non-fiction books! They drank Capri Suns and enjoyed a few snacks while sharing their book with some other first grade classes. They were so proud of themselves and I was so proud of them too! Thank you to those who have bought my non-fiction book templates. Please let me know how they come out!!

My week was mostly spent by the pool reading bridal magazines... but I did manage to create this long vowel packet I plan on using with my small groups this week!

Long Vowel Fun!

 This packet goes through all of the long vowel patterns!

 I included some long vowel read-n-find passages, mix-n-match games, long/short vowel sorts, and showdown games! This pack has a full color version and a full B&W version.

Have a great week :)

Susan

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