Summer Sight Words and some Fab Finds

 I did a little shopping yesterday... I didn't go too crazy (I still have time though-hehe). Here are some fab things I bought:

When I saw this I had to have it! I saw it on pinterest and was too lazy to make! Now my kiddos and I get to do this tomorrow and I am super duper excited!! Click here if you want it! 

I have been wanting to buy a guided reading packet for a while. I know Erica is amazing so I chose hers! It is awesome! I love the book bag idea and plan on incorporating next year!  Click here if you want it! 

I also purchased some cutesy graphics from Graphics from the Pond.. I couldn't resist these cupcakes and these cute birdies! Love them and can't wait to use them! 

I also found some more borders super super cheap here!

I might do some more shopping--- who can resist!?!

Anyway, I have a freebie for all you first grade teachers. Have you ever visited this site, The School Bell? There is an amazing dolch sight word book on here that I sent home for the summer with my firsties last year. 

My kids are a little bit smarter this year (I am not bragging or anything!) and have been using the dolch book ALL year so I made a new sight word book using a mixture of dolch and other sight words for my firsties to practice over the summer. I got the list here and just spruced it up a bit. I love these long books! 

This is the title page! Here are some photos of a printed copy:

Basically, you will print regularly and fold in half (with the writing on the outside), then staple on the non-folded edge. (after you put the lists in order of course!) I am still in such an appreciative mood that this is posted for FREE here! TPT is having an overload and not accepting any new uploads so for now this little book is available here... again... click here! ha! If you are a K teacher I really recommend that other School Bell site. That dolch book is awesome- it includes the words and common phrases they are used in. I think these books are a perfect send home for summer! UPDATE: I did upload the sight word book to TPT last night, so you can click here to download for free :) Don't forget to visit TPT... The awesome sale going on will last another few days- Check out my store for a 20% discount!  Have a great night!

Basically, you will print regularly and fold in half (with the writing on the outside), then staple on the non-folded edge. (after you put the lists in order of course!)

I am still in such an appreciative mood that this is posted for FREE here! TPT is having an overload and not accepting any new uploads so for now this little book is available here... again... click here! ha! If you are a K teacher I really recommend that other School Bell site. That dolch book is awesome- it includes the words and common phrases they are used in. I think these books are a perfect send home for summer!

UPDATE: I did upload the sight word book to TPT last night, so you can click here to download for free :)

Don't forget to visit TPT... The awesome sale going on will last another few days- Check out my store for a 20% discount! 

Have a great night! 

Happy Hump-Day!

Hey all! This may be hard to believe... but I have finally made it to the 20 DAY COUNTDOWN! I am so excited (duh!) but my kids are even more excited because of this:

You have probably seen this idea on pinterest!
 

This afternoon my assistant (who I think I won't be able to live without next year!) and I hung these ballooons during specials (which thankfully is at the end of the day!) When our kids cam back in from P.E. they could not contain themselves! The hanging was somewhat bittersweet... after all this is the last thing that will be hanging from my ceiling this year! *tear*

If you are wondering what exactly the significance of the balloons are and haven't seen that wonderful pin on pinterest then let me explain. These balloons don't just represent a 20 day countdown; they also have little notes inside them. Each note has a fun activity to complete the day you pop it. Some of them are simple like: Extra Recess. Others are all day affairs... here is my fav:

LOL! This will be so much fun. After I typed this I went to Dollar Tree today and found this:

Yes! Now they can stay on all day... Ha!

These balloons are going to be so fun to open and they are counting down to the last day of school! Awesome! I know you are wondering what all the fun ideas are...

Click HERE to get all 20 ideas!!

Hopefully your countdown will be as fun-filled as ours! 

In other news, we have been super busy the past couple of weeks. We finished Junie B. today and are starting our projects tomorrow (super excited!!). I am hoping the kids enjoy it as much as I hope they do!  While reading Junie B. we have also been studying Farms and I don't think there is a better way to do this than with Deanna Jump's Fun on the Farm. We had so much fun doing this stuff last week... my absolute favorite was the Cow Glyph. They are super cute (I had to share):

We have also been studying fractions! Every year I do pizza fractions. I usually make the templates and give the kids options for toppings and then we do a whole writing thing with it but I took the easy way out... I bought some recipe cards (and I loved them!). The kids were obsessed with this activity!

Hope everyone has had a Happy Hump-Day! Don't forget to enter my Junie B. giveaway (it ends tonight!)!!!