Last chance to participate in our giveaway!

Alright, gals, I’m so excited to see who will win this back to school goody basket! Just 2 more hours to enter the giveaway. Just a few reminders…
-If you are a “follower”, leave me a comment letting me know you are – 1 entry
-If you become a “follower”, leave a comment letting me know you are new to the club – 1 entry
-Add my blog button to your site, leave 2 comments – 2 entries
-Blog about this little giveaway, leave 2 comments – 2 entries
Easy peasy, lemon squeezy? Yes! It is! I will announce the winner sometime tomorrow morning. Good luck friends!!

(ps - can we make it to 100??)
Kelie

Finally 50 Giveaway

Finally at 50 giveaway!!

 

I am so excited to have reached 50 followers! Thank you all for coming on this learning experience with me! I am learning so much in the process from all of you awesome teachers out there! I get inspiration from you daily. So, I wanted to give a little something back.

Included is:

two handmade pointers

• an apple notepad
• 2 boxes of dominoes
• 1 magnetic black & white polka dot pocket
• 4 pack of programmable spinners
• (1) 3 pack of black & white file folders
• handmade teacher clipboard
  

 

Sound like anything you'd like? Here's how to enter the giveaway:

-"Follow" my blog and leave a comment – 1 entry

-Add my blog button to your site and leave a comment – 2 entries

-Blog about this giveaway on your site and leave a comment – 2 entries

This giveaway will end on TUESDAY, JULY 19 at midnight. I will announce a winner on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Good luck and thanks again for being such an inspiration to me!

Kelie

Back to School Class Books - FREEBIE

Just wanted to share with you all a few little class books that I like to make in the beginning of the year with Kindergarteners.
They are probably applicable for 1^st graders too!


There are three different books included in this file: We Like to Eat (students add pictures of something they like to eat and write the word on the line), Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (add students pictures and they can write their name), Our Hands (students will either trace or stamp their handprint and write their name on the line). These make great books to use in the book center for early readers. Let me know what you think!

Directions: Print (1) copy of the cover page for each book and enough copies of the second page of each book for each child in your class to complete. You might also want to complete a page yourself to add to the class book - I always do!

Class Books

Kelie

Can you spot a giveaway?

Hello friends! I am getting close to 50 followers now, and I'm ready to host my first giveaway! Be on the lookout for something red, yellow, black and white!

Kelie

Back to School Freebie!

One of my favorite Kindergarten and First Grade centers is Write the Room. Each of my students gets a clipboard and reads all the print they can in the classroom and writes words that are fun or interesting to them. The kids absolutely love to walk around the room with clipboard in hand looking for their favorite friends' names or something from a recent anchor chart. However, last year around Christmas, I noticed that my students needed a little more structure and guidance to help them stay on task (i.e. – they were just having a grand old time walking around writing a whole lot of nothing!). So, I created some themed Write the Room activities for them to complete. In the beginning, I asked students to find just 1 word for each letter on the list, but as time went on, they were better able to locate those needed words. After a month or two, I asked them to start finding 3 words for each letter listed. Any student who finished early could write a sentence using one of the words they found. Oh my good gravy did this help them to stay focused! They were so excited to find their words and the few that wrote a sentence were really proud of themselves! 

As we quickly approach August, my teacher brain just WILL NOT shut off! So, here's a little freebie I'd like to share with you – a Back to School Write the Room Activity. At the beginning of Kindergarten, I would probably expect 1 word or name, but at the beginning of
first grade, I would start out with 3 words for each letter. I hope it's something that you can use!

 

Pinkalicious Giveaway at First Grade Honey Bunch

Alright, gals…. There are lots of giveaways out there right now, but this might be one of my favorites! My closest friends will tell you, I am a true sucker for polka dots! Well, Jan from First Grade Honey Bunch is sponsoring this wonderful giveaway that includes:

-a pink polka dot tote

-fabulous polka dot clipboard

-fantastic flower and polka dot composition book

-two purse size notepads

-pink ribbon pencil holder

 

Sounds like something we need, doesn't it? If you love pink and you have a passion for polka dots (two of my favorite

things!) then head over to Jan's site and check it out! Don't

forget to take a look at all the other wonderful things on her blog!

Kelie

Everything’s Sweeter With a Great font - Favorite Font Linky Party

Don't cute fonts just make everything sweeter? Well, if you agree, Jenn over at Finally in First is having a Favorite Font Linky Party for her friends to share their favorite teacher fonts. Since I've been blog stalking hopping lately, I've found so many awesome font sources out there! Some of my favorites are Lettering Delights, Kevin & Amanda Fonts for Peas, and dafont. I have recently fallen in love with these fonts:

Love Ya Like A Sister

Janda Scrapgirl Dots

Lima Bean

Janda Curlygirl Serif

Monster Paparazzi

Impervious

Pea Stacey

Pea Stacey Fancy

Kelie