August/September Morning Work

I can officially mark one item off of my summer to-do list!!!!!

My August/September Common Core Differentiated Morning Work is finished.

Since we start in mid-August, I wanted to have morning work ready for August, but didn't need a whole month worth.  For this reason, I combined 10 August pages with the 20 September pages.

 

If you are not familiar with my morning work, each day includes two different versions.  The first option is for below grade level students and the second option is for at or above grade level.  They are so similar that most students will never realize they are different.  The third page for each day includes Sight Word of the Day practice.  Students practice sight words as well as reading fluency.

Here is my almost 1st grader trying out the morning work.

 

She did great on it!!

My 3 year old thought she needed to complete one too.

 

You can check out the morning work packets by clicking below.

 

I will be working on my October morning work in the next couple of weeks.  When that is finished, I will have an entire year (August - May) completed.  I will be offering a bundle of all the months.

 

 



Five for Friday

I'm linking up for Five for Friday again.

Basically, I will be doing a recap of my week using mostly pictures from my Instagram.

 

1.  First off, I wanted to let you know that I am working on my morning work packets for August/September & October.

I have had a lot of people asking lately if I will be completing these and the answer is YES :)  When August - October is finished, I will bundle the entire year into one unit and sell it all together as well.

 

2. Last weekend, I went with a couple of friends to watch the Crossfit Regionals in Columbus, Ohio.  Talk about some seriously talented athletes with some hardcore motivation!

3.  Can I just say, "I LOVE Hobby Lobby!"  My girls have gymnastics on Monday and Wednesday evenings.  The problem is that they don't both go at the same time, so I have some time to kill twice a week.  Well...I have paid way to many visits to Hobby Lobby already!  But, how cute is this sign?!

 I have absolutely nowhere to put it, but eventually I want to turn our sunroom into my office.  This will be perfect, so I went ahead and bought it.  Now it will just sit until the office happens. 

 

4.  Summer is such a wonderful thing!  My oldest will be in 1st grade next year and she is quite the little reader!  She wants to read anything and everything she can get her hands on.  So, my three year old thinks she can read now too.  She does like working on her letters and has been practicing writing her letters as well.

We've been doing some activities from my Alphabet Poetry unit.

 

Here are some other fun summer pictures.

 

 

5.  Finally, here are the Daily Tips that I have shared this week on my Facebook page. {Click HERE to follow me on FB.}

 

Now I'm off to dinner for my birthday. 



Chalkboard Craze

Have you seen all of the chalkboard themed items lately?  Love it!  I would say that other than chevron, it's definitely the latest craze.  So, I had to jump right in and find some of my favorite chalkboard fonts.

You can Google any of these to find them, but most of them I just downloaded from dafont.com.  The fonts are free for personal use, but they all have a commercial use license as well.  Always make sure to read the licenses before using fonts.

 

I also decided to redo my supply labels in "chalkboard" style.

 

I couldn't decide if I wanted rectangles or ovals, so I included both.

 

 

You can find them below if you're interested.

 

If you like the chalkboard style, check out this alphabet and word wall set from Lyndsey at A Year of Many Firsts.

 

 

So cute!!!

My printer is not going to be happy with me this summer ;)

 



Daily Teaching Tips and Spelling

Summer has been fantastic so far!

I love my mornings.  I get up early, go for a run, and get some quiet time on the computer before my girls wake up.  So, I've been s.l.o.w.l.y tackling my to-do list.

One thing I've been wanting to do for awhile is to post a Daily Teaching Tip on Facebook each day.  Well, I finally got around to it and I have the first week done.  If you've missed them, here are the ones I've posted so far.

 

Make sure you're following me on Facebook to get the Daily Tip every day.

 

I have also completed my new spelling supplement packet.  We have used Treasures from McGraw-Hill for the last 6 years.  We recently adopted McGraw-Hill again, but they have changed to Wonders. 

I used my Treasures packet for spelling homework and I knew I wanted to do the same thing for the Wonders series.

 

They could also be used during class for independent work or for morning work.

If you will be using Wonders this year and you're interested in this packet, please make sure that your words align with mine.  I have included a list in the description of the product.

 

I'm off to enjoy the park with my girls, but I'll continue to tackle my to-do list. 

Next up, morning work for September and October. {This will complete the entire school year.  I will be offering the entire year as a bundle.}

 



We're Done!

It's officially summer break!  It's Monday morning and I am not at work.  I got up early this morning, went on a run, watched the morning show, and drank coffee.  Pure joy!

I just wanted to do a quick update of how our school year ended.  Many of these pictures have been posted on my Facebook page or Instagram. 

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The last week of school almost always involves very little sleep and lots of Walmart trips.  Please tell me that I'm not alone in this!

I spent two evenings ironing our end of the year t-shirts. {This is included in my End of Year packet.}

On the last day of school, I let the students go around and sign each other's shirts.

I also put the character pinwheels along our sidewalk that morning.  I blogged about these here.  They looked so colorful and were a great way to brighten up the sidewalk.  It was REALLY windy though and some of them started to blow away.  I took them down before lunch so I didn't have to chase any into the street.

 

We also completed Cara's Memory Book. 

I loved what she wrote for #5.  She is right too...she can definitely read fast like a cheetah!

 

On the last day, we had a classroom award ceremony.  We used Melissa's Candy Bar Awards.

They were SO cute and easy!

Here are some of my firsties walking the red carpet to receive their award and character pinwheel.

 

I cannot even begin to tell you how much I will miss this class!  I had some amazing kiddos!!!

But, now I'm packed up and ready to enjoy summer.

 



Last Day of School and Happy Birthday!

It's the last day of school for our students and it's my daughter's 6th birthday!

You can't be that kind of day! 

 **So...everything in my TpT store will be 15% off today and tomorrow!