2-D, 3-D, Fractions OH MY!

Ok ya'll finally I am finished!!! If you follow me on Facebook then you have seen my posts about a new packet I have been working on tirelessly for the past few weeks. I thought there is no light at the end of the tunnel, I kept getting ideas (usually when I needed to be falling asleep or at the gym) and felt like it just wouldn't be complete until I added them. I literally started with one page and that was all I intended to do was one page, for an assessment for my kids. Then everything just got out of hand! haha...it is now 108 pages! I don't normally take a project like this on during the school year but once I got it in my head and started jotting ideas down I didn't want to wait. I also wanted to offer it in three packs incase someone didn't want a certain section (2-d, 3-D or fractions) however, in my haste tonight as I was adding a few last pages and details I went to save it separately and accidentally forgot to hit save to the new version....needless to say I saved the old one. I have not been able to figure out how to recover that particular file.... soooo I ended up with the pdf of the entire packet bundled. For now, that is what will be uploaded and if/when I figure out how to recover what I lost I will upload in three separate packets. Until then, I do hope ya'll find the bundle worthwhile! 

This is not even the half of it! (no fraction pun intended lol)

Click HERE to check it out!

But here is an overview of what is included:

2-D shapes:

-anchor charts for each shape (square,circle, rectangle, triangle, rhombus,trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon,octagon)

-Memory match

-Book of shapes (this also integrates some fractions)

-Matching shapes

-Identifying sides/vertices

-Assessment/independent practice

-Find,Tally,Graph

-Roll and Cover

-Connect 4 spin and cover

3-D shapes:

-anchor charts for each shape (sphere, cube, triangular prism, rectangular prism, pyramid,cone,cylinder)

-Memory Match

-Find, Tally, Graph

-Name match

-Assessment/independent practice

-Sorting 3-D

-Attributes charts

-Roll, Slide, Stack chart

-Connect 4 spin and cover

Fractions:

-anchor charts (whole,half, thirds, fourths)

-Memory Match

- Bingo

-Equal/Unequal activities

-Spin and Cover

-Roll and Cover

-Assessment/independent practice

-Color fractions

-Spin and Color

-Find, Tally, Graph

We only have to teach circle, rectangle, square, rhombus, triangle, and hexagon for 2-D shapes. But in the packet I included extra shapes for anyone that has to teach more. I also included thirds for the fraction section as well. We only teach halves and fourths. I really tried hard to make this as well rounded as possible making it easy for any grade level k-2 to possibly get the most use out of it. There may be certain pages you don't need if you don't teach that particular objective, however, it is included in case you do ever need it! 

Feel free to click the link under the picture and go check it out. Please leave any feedback you think would be beneficial and if you have any requests or ideas for something send them my way! 

I am just guessing and totally not counting the days ;) but I thought I over heard that summer is almost here...maybe....don't quote me....I'm totally guessing... 27 days......or something...but whose counting?!

It was recently my hubby's birthday and we took the day off and just enjoyed ourselves. We went to a movie in the middle of the day...best thing ever! We were the only ones in the theater! 

We also walked home with this...in preparation for the movie....he now lives in our office.

In case you weren't aware, the husband does Cosplay with our friend Robbie. It is actually pretty cool and funny at the same time. Their goal is to get to California for the big venture and get myself and Robbie's wife to dress up with them. 

Here is a picture of hubs...he is Winter Soldier from Captain America

 Robbie and Keanan (Robbie is Star-Lord)

Feel free to check out their Facebook page if your into that ;)

Well friends I hope something peaked your interest this post..I will return with more before those (totally oblivious to the end of the year) 27 days are up. I plan to be a busy little bee this summer with new products and ideas! 

Have a BLESSED Sunday!

"But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved." 

Acts of the Apostles 2:21

I felt this particular scripture was on my heart. I had a conversation today with my mother in law and have struggled with some things having to do with this verse. I have a very worried heart for others' eternity. One thing I struggled with is the day my grandma passed away a few months ago, while we were at the hospital I wanted to be able to ask her if she was still strong in her faith and still saved after all these years. I was not able to communicate with her about that so I asked my dad and he reassured me she was and knew exactly where she was headed. I felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off of me and my heart. I have dealt with death in my short time on this earth but that was the first time is was directly in front of me and someone I was so close to. I just wanted to be sure she had still "called upon the LORD".  As I pray you do too!

Classroom Organization 2014-2015- Am I ready?!

Well the time is here! Monday is my first official day back with the little's! In the midst of getting everything ready I managed to take some pictures of my room this year. I will be adding more as the year goes on and we get more things on the wall!

Check out my library cards I made from a training over the summer. These will help manage your classroom library this year!

Check it out!

TPT Store

Well I am off to finish a million other things before this day is over and I wake up at 5:30!!

Have a BLESSED start of school!!!!

 “Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.” Deuteronomy 32:2

Teacher Week 13. My home away from home.

Linking up again with Blog Hoppin for day 2 of Teacher week. Let me first say that I have looked at sooo many other teacher's rooms and they are super duper cute! Sadly we are not allowed to hang things from the ceiling, no cute furniture that can collect dust or share "friends", nothing within 3 ft of the door way or 18 inches of the ceiling, no lamps or rugs, we can't decorate our door anymore either. That is why you might see some of my bulletin boards with just border, because we can not cover more than I think 80% of the walls with paper or fabric. :( so bare in mind I am working with constraints here :) also it is not done at all, I plan on posting again more pictures and organization tips when everything gets rolling.

Now please come see where I live 187 days of the year :)

Right when you walk into my room I have my filing cabinets, mailboxes, helper tags, bathroom passes etc. The posters are all my uplifting quotes I have found on Pinterest, etc... and I used to have them on my door but had to move them.

I use the bucket filling as a main part of my classroom management. I have had this for going on 4 years now so well before pinterest and just got lucky finding the cute cups at Target!

My word wall is on the cabinets and I went ahead and put the kinder sight words up. However, we also add content words throughout the year as well not just sight words! If the word lends itself to a picture we add that as well to help the understanding. 

This is where we will meet with the easel and smart board. We can't have cute rugs so I am going to have to use tape to place on the floor for boundary lines :). This is also my reading wall and where I will put important anchor charts to refer to daily.

My library area for the kiddos- I have the books on the left organized by reading level and the books on the right are my nonfiction, free choice reads

This is my calendar wall as well as where I keep track of team points and secret student.

This is all of my stuff- reading station templates, home readers, my books for certain curriculum concepts

Here is a closer look at the tubs and how I organized them: I have each subject area and then within that tub have categorized type of books so when I get ready to teach that concept there are some read a-louds already chosen.

My math area- please excuse the two colored fabric...I had to go buy more and the section from last year already faded :) This is where all my math anchor charts we create will go up. The red book shelf is my math stations as well as where I store manipulatives throughout the year for easy access.

The long table to the right is my writing station.

Writing wall and fabric of USA.

This is on my counter top where all my stuff is stored. I put things in there that I use daily with the kids (neat treats, clean desk awards, nurse passes, coupons, notes home, etc)

I hope you enjoyed the lil tour. Hopefully it sparked some ideas for you. Please don't hesitate to ask questions or request closer pictures :) I will post throughout the year too for ideas and tips!

"Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." John 20:29

Newbie

Well this is my first post ever....totally clueless how this blogging thing works and now wishing I had gotten a degree in technology or had Kip here to help me. :P I hope to eventually get better and have some pride in learning the ropes myself. (paying someone to create my blog is looking really good right now) Please bare with me as I venture this new world :)