Fun in PreK-1 & Kinder

I've totally lost count of how many weeks we've been in school!  All I know is the 100th day is drawing closer and I'm not ready... report cards are due in 1 1/2 weeks and I'm not ready... need to schedule an observation and I don't feel ready... (I'm sensing a theme here.  Seems like there's always too much to do!) Here's a look at some the things I actually LIKE to do in January... :) Shared Writing This week we learned the sight word "in" and made a list.  Look at all those kindie sentences!  :) Word Work Thank goodness for Marsha's differentiated activities, I couldn't do Daily 5 without her! Poetry My class loved this cute poem!  We had fun focusing on rhyming words and searching through to find all our sight words.  After reading the poem, we illustrate it and keep our poetry journals in our Daily 5 book baskets. Mitten Retelling Fine Motor Craft You can actually grab this activity for FREE from Jan ...

I meant to post this yesterday but got carried away eating pizza and planning with my teacher bestie Denise and my new laser printer!  (Thanks hubby, you are the BEST!)  Here's a peek at some fun things we prepped... with your chance to win these goodies in a giveaway! Math "Wake Up" Work Literacy "Wake Up" Work Math Stations Mitten Match Snowboard Bump Snowball Scoop Cups of Cocoa Count Tally & Graph Flurry Flip Five Word Work Stations Snowman Spy Winter Roll Say Keep See something you need this New Year?  Now's your chance to grab ALL of these goodies for FREE by entering the giveaway below!  This giveaway ends on Sunday so sign up fast! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Happy Friday everyone!  Wow, these last two weeks have gone by so fast!  I have been working most of the time, but I was able to get lots more done than usual due to my smaller class size.  Read on for ideas and fabulous Friday Freebies! As January comes we are moving into Transportation, but I know many of my friends will be doing Winter and Winter Animals and so on.  (Yes, you read right... a whole MONTH on transportation.  One week for Holidays Around the World, but a whole month for Transportation.  I don't understand our curriculum!)  Here's some of the highlights of our winter weeks (with some New Year's stuff mixed in): Our New Year's Resolutions (special learning wishes) and party hats.  :) Art: New Year's Fireworks Perhaps it goes without saying, but we did lots of art projects these past few weeks!  I loved their New Year's fireworks.  First they used different colored crayons to draw fireworks on blac...

Happy (almost) New Year!  This year I'm linking up with DeeDee at  Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for my Fitness Resolution.  It was a toughie for me to decide which one!  I wanted it to be a resolution I actually have a hope of keeping.  I figured technology is not going to be it (much as a I love technology, my current school doesn't even have functioning computers in the classroom, let alone all the other great stuff I love).  Downtime is much-needed, but I doubt it will be available much as a first-year teacher and first-time homeowner.  I do really badly NEED to get more organized, so that will probably be my secondary resolution! In the end, I decided to go with fitness.  I'm sure many teachers can relate to working while going through college, working through your field experiences and student teaching, drinking excessive amounts of caffeine through it all, and then finding that teaching consumes your life and you need still more caffeine...