Oh My, Where does the time go?

Super short post tonight.  Things seem to be flying by lately and I am not really sure where the week or weekend goes but I sure would love to get my head a little above water again.  Anyone else feel that way.  

Well enough venting I just wanted to stop by real quick and post a freebie.  My kids are working on numeral recognition and putting numerals in order.  I started making these cute little puzzles for them and they love coloring them in and putting them together (not to mention it is helping with their fine motor skills).  I am posting the link to it here so if anyone else would like to use it with their class this week please help yourself.

Check back soon, hopefully I will be more organized and can post more things.

Who knows????

Talk soon,

Leslie

Bats and Owls

Well back again with some classroom updates.  I hope each of you have had a wonderful week at school.  Mine was good just EXTREMELY busy.  The kids were only in school for three days and then we had two days of parent/teacher conferences, but the was I felt on Friday I was thinking I had been going for at least three weeks straight.  Does anyone else find that short weeks are harder than normal five day weeks or is it just me?

Well here are some pictures of some of the learning this week.

Bat made from directions in 

Deanna Jumps' Bats Math and Literacy Fun Unit

Have, Are, Can Tree Graph about Bats

  

These three pictures are what our discovery area looks like in our room.  The kids can go here and explore nocturnal animals on their own.  A favorite area in our room.

In our writing area we will work on learning to draw an owl and then writing about our owl.  The children love to show off their wonderful art skills this year.

Last is a freebie.  My kids are going to work to put together an owl puzzle.  Below is what it looks like complete.  If you click on the picture it will take you to the activity sheet.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I am really working on being a better blogger this year and sharing ideas.

Stop back soon,

Leslie

October and Fall Break is Over

Well my week off is coming to an end I have spent the week on house projects and catching up on sleep.  Today I am dedicating to getting ready to go back to my wonderful Room 10 kids and getting down to business.  I wanted to stop by my blog for few minutes and catch everyone up with pictures. Here are a few things we have been working on before our break. 

Here are two mini lessons that I did with the class during writing workshops.

Below is a picture of the materials that the kids use during their independent time.  The alphabet chart is from Deanna Jump and Deedee Wills writing units.

We also spent the week before our break on learning about Johnny Appleseed.  Here are a few pictures of the kids work.  I love when they work so hard the display just made me smile.

A tree graph about Johnny Appleseed.

An Apply Glyph (this is from Shari Sloane's Website).

Results of our glyph

Our Final Display

Next week is another short week for the kids.  They will be in school Monday through Wednesday.  Thursday and Friday will be Parent/Teacher conference days.

We are starting our Nocturnal Animal Theme tomorrow so check back for pictures and information on what we are working on and learning.

Talk soon,

Leslie

I'm Back ! ! ! !

Well I never thought I would be away from blogging for so long but I guess life happens.  Let's see what have I been doing since I last blogged.  

1.    Grad School-working on my degree in Instructional Technology

2.  At school working with kindergarteners (I have a pretty good group of kids this year thankfully and since I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with things getting settled at school I feel like I actually have time to take pictures and write)

3.  Moved into a new house and as always it is a fixer upper and I spent my summer hanging off a ladder painting the outside of the house.  Boy what a difference a coat of paint will make on a house.

Well I think that pretty much catches everyone up on my life now lets see what has been happening in my classroom over the last 25 days.

Posters my class has been using to learn about Reader and Writers Workshop  (these posters and ideas come from Deanna Jump, Kim Adsit and Deedee Wills-go over to TPT to check out the units-my kids love them)

Well I know this is a short post but I am going to work on blogging more often, sharing what I have made and sharing more of what we are doing in my classroom.  I hope that you will stop by again soon for more updates.

See you soon,

Leslie 

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April Plantings

Well we are back from Spring Break and the weather is finally warm or should I say warmer.  Anyway the kids did enjoy being outside on the playground for the first time in what seems like forever.  By this afternoon you could tell that the sleeping in late and staying up late was beginning to get to them and I had a hard time keeping them engaged and alert (part of it was probably me feeling the same way if I have to be honest)

So we are going to be spending the next few weeks learning about plants, flowers and how they grow.  There will be the end of the year testing mixed in with our plant unit but hopefully the interest in the science topic will help get us through the next few weeks with testing and spring fever.  That being said I have begun to create a few activities for the kids in my class.  I have posted them below for you all.  I hope your class likes them as well.  

Count by 5

Fun Flower Spin Graph

Count by 2

Number Bond to 11

Long and Short A Vowel Sort

 Thank you for stopping by my blog.  Check back soon for more plant and flower activities.

Leslie

WOW March is half over -Crazy

Hi all I know I haven’t posted in a long time but like many of you things have been the typical crazy.  I am in graduate school working on my Educational Specialist Degree in Instructional Technology, between this and school there just never seems to be enough time.  Anyone else know this feeling. 

Well that being said I have made a couple of things that I would like to share with you all.  You might not be able to use them this year but please feel free to save them for next year.

Hope your kids will enjoy them as much as mine do.

Leslie

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