farewell september and a freebie

September has gone by super fast... I can't believe tomorrow will finally be October! I love October! I love all the fall activities and crafts and especially Halloween! My son's birthday is next week too... another reason I love October!

This month is going to bring so much fun and a new baby to the fam (no, not mine!). My sister is due in 2 weeks with a baby girl. We are counting down the days to baby Harper's arrival and trying to keep my sis busy until then. If you have kids then you know the last 2 weeks of pregnancy are the worst! So, this morning we went to the craft fair in Nashville. It was kind of a disappointment...but the kids had fun.

Just figured out how to use the new Panorama feature on my iPhone. I am so excited the 4S's get this feature!

 

The craft fair did offer some cute crafts for kids. Jaydon and Mae Mae made coffee filter butterflies.

Anyhoo, onto something school related...

Have you seen this pin?

Source: mrstsfirstgradeclass-jill.blogspot.com via Megan on Pinterest

We have learned how to use a number line with addition and subtraction, so I thought this would be a perfect Math Tub and/or manipulative for morning work or a scoot game or a math time filler.

1-10 on the front with Addition equations to solve. 

11-20 on the back with Subtraction equations to solve. 

If you would like a copy of these pages to print and stuff in these baggies, please click on the picture. I printed on front and back. Unfortunately, my baggies only came in a box of 18 but I made 20 equations. I haven't made a recording form... sorry! By the way, these bags are the quart size freezer bags (7 in x 8 in). 

This week we worked on apples (like most of you probably did!) We did some labeling, reviewing what we learned about labels during our Pete week:

Pete Labeling

 So we labeled the parts of an Apple with that cute picture that is all over pinterest.

Sorry the pics are kind of hard to see... I have been covering up my windows with work and the sun hit me... 

I also made some Apple Rice Krispies... Here is my son trying one.. yum! 

 

Have a great Sunday! Only a 4-day week for me... woohoo!!

mmmm... lollipops!

We have been working on states of matter for a couple of weeks and I found this amazing looking activity on pinterest. I attempted it on Friday....

Source: littlemommaandcompany.blogspot.com via Laura on Pinterest

These are some adorable lollipops, am I right? So, I was thinking we could learn about how liquids can become solids....That would actually mean the liquid turns into a solid...Which unfortunately, ours didn't!!

Funny thing about making candy- you HAVE to have a candy thermometer. If it doesn't make it to a certain temperature it will never become solid-- poo! Of course, my firsties didn't care and they still looked adorable and tasted all sugary:

I am going to attempt this activity again next year with a helper and a candy thermometer!!! I do recommend it and if you choose to do it, here is a little recording sheet you can use:

Click the picture for a FREE download :)

Hope yours turn out better than mine! For the detailed directions you can click on the pin above and find out what you need and how to do it :)

have you seen...

these before?

These are the new dry erase markers from Pilot and they are awesome!! I hate it when dry erase markers start running out... especially when it's your favorite. Admit it... you have a favorite marker. I have about 10 markers on the board but there is one that I always write with- it is smoother, the ink comes out really well... So, when your favorite runs out (which depending on how much you write could happen soon) it is a big bummer! I love these new markers because you can add more ink to them! When the ink runs out you can just attach a new ink container. It is super cool! 

Pilot also has some amazing pens- you know those roller ball gel pens-- they write so smoothly and (I think) look so much better! I usually don't stock up on them because they can be so darn expensive, but they (just like the dry erase markers) are refillable! 

I have always hated erasable pens. They never write dark enough or erase correctly. Usually a big ol' waste of money! But, Pilot also has a new gel pen that can erase and it actually erases!! 

The only thing I don't like about this one is it has a very very fine point. It is OK for writing somethings but not an everyday pen.

Anyway.. glad your still with me... you can find these supplies and more at Shoplet.com. They have some great deals on different supplies you may need for your classroom- so go check it out! 

I am going to finish this post with some amazing things I got from Vista Print that finally came in the mail today! I am so excited!!!

Take a looksy...

Going to use this to post our learning goals everyday on the white board!

They were just too cute to pass up!

You can download this adorable subway art from The Learning Tree! 

Don't you just love that Super Girl graphic from Melonheadz!

I stopped into Barnes and Noble tonight to pick up these:

and found out about this:

I usually buy all my books from Scholastic but needed those for this week so I paid a little more for them but then I found out as a teacher you can 20% every purchase from Barnes and Noble with this program! All you have to do is show proof of teacher"ship" when you sign up! Love a good deal! 

Have a great rest of the weekend and please someone (ANYONE) link up for my first linky party!! (Not that I am desperate or anything!! :)