Homosomething! And who ISN’T doing EDI these days?

Homonym, Homophone, Homograph.  Eeny meeny miny moe.  Whichever way you look at it, they all mean to mean something different, right?  Its just a little sumpin’ (that aligns to HM Theme 2 Week 3) but my kidlets LOVED it!!!

Now, onto bigger things…My district, as I’m sure your district might be, is delving into the world of EDI.  HARD this year.  We have our own little twist on it, and call it our own little name, but it is walks like a duck, and talks like a duck…then it must be EDI.  I created two different options for a classroom poster to display my Learning Objectives. 

1.  It’s cute
2.  It ensure it is seen by the “walk through committee”
3.  It’s cute

Here they are for you to use!  I simply uploaded mine to Costco Photo and printed it as a 20x30 poster!

Chat Soon - Kim

Doggie Treats

I have always loved Theme 1 Week 2 of Houghton Mifflin.  I blame it on my grandmother.  She was French, and had a family of 10 children.  Unrelated right?  Not to me, she spent nearly every waking moment providing for that family, and my favorite memories, were her kitchen preparations.  Man that woman could cook!  AND BAKE!  He hours in the kitchen were accompanied by her own tune, and I will always remember her singing "How much for that doggie in the window....the one with the waggily tail."  Both in English, and French.  Such an amazing woman she was.  So each and every year when Ten Dogs in the Window comes up, I smile all week, and think to myself, if she could raise 10 kids, I can do anything!

In honor of my sweet Grandmother, I created a few fun activities.  Perhaps I'll sing to my kiddos while we're doing them.  Then again, I don't want to hurt them!

Hope you enjoy!
Chat Soon! - Kim

i CAN"T read!!!

How many times a day do you other Firstie teachers hear this?  I don't remember hearing it nearly as much as I have this year in the last 8 days.  This group is wonderful, and smart, great printers, good rule followers, and eager to please.  Except when you put words in front of them.  They.  Shut.  Down.

I'm trying to get them to use their index clues on the page, and look at the beginning sound to at least make an attempt.  It looks like I'll be including a lot of labeling and identification activities into our Have To/Want To's during the start up of this year to build a little confidence!  Here's next weeks just for you!

Chat Soon - Kim

Apples = Back to School!

Are you back to school???  I.  AM.  Well physically, not quite mentally though!  I tell you, I thought I posted this at the end of last school year when I created it.  Then when we did it in class, it occurred to me that I hadn’t.  Maybe I was being logical and saving it to post at the time of year that it would be applicable.  Yes.  That is what I am going with.  I was long term planning, being the responsible teacher that I am!

So… Every year I bring in apples, Red Apples, Green Apples, and Yellow Apples, I chop ‘em up using one of those handy dandy apple slicers and give each student a slice of each apple.  They have a little taste test and pick their favorite.  We then watercolor an apple using ONLY that color, it’s our first introduction to using watercolors individually at our own desk, so we take it easy!

I had a Plain Jane graphing page, that I updated 2-3 years ago, just with cute graphics, but I decided it was time to take it up a notch and add some graphing interpretation to this activity also.  May I present to you Apples A-Peel To…

Use it as you wish.  You could adapt this in so many ways, have fun with it!

Chat Soon - Kim

Summer is almost over…Blegh!

I did it.  What I say I won’t do every summer.  What I strive to undo and overcome each and EVERY May.  I completely bypassed June with minimal focus on school work.  NOW…In my defense, I did take a very intense three week course in June to begin my Administration Credential/Masters.  And I did go the very next week after it ended, to rearrange furniture.  I have laminated.  And shopped from my couch on TPT.  Oh, AND, I did TRY to return to the classroom last week, however the janitors were preparing for carpet cleaning and tile waxing, so that WASN’T my fault.  Today I got the call.  My classroom is done and put back to order.  NO more EXCUSES.  Humph!

As much as I don’t WANT to think about returning to the classroom.  I am SO ready to be back on a routine {and have a break from my three sons, I love them, but hey, I love adult interaction too!}.  So once that call through, my mind started whirling about on the things I have on my list, what has been crossed off (4 little things), and what remains (does a To Do list really ever have an end).

So here we go.  I’m BAAAAACK!  Here’s a little activity to use at the beginning of the year to start teaching ABC and Ordinal Numbers…Start watching for the little things to pop up here and there!

Chat Soon - Kim

Easter CUTENESS discovered = MAJOR FREEBIE!

 

While on the hunt for great, different, digital art for my April Word Banks and Journal, I stumbled upon the wonderfully talented Colleen Bouchard of Lollipops and Unicorns on Etsy! 

I mean…even her banner makes me smile each and every time I visit now!

 

Thanks to her great Easter Art work I got COMPLETLEY and UTTERLY sidetracked from my monthly word bank project and created a Mini Unit that I am now sharing with you for FREE!

YUP…I got a LITTLE involved!  Just for you I have created a mixed addition activity page, an ABC order activity page, scrambled sentence cards and a recording sheet, four ordinal number sets and a recording sheet with added greater than less than, and lastly, correction sentence cards and recording sheet! 

If you grab it, please leave me a comment and let me know what you love and hate about it…it’s my first set and I would love your feedback!

Chat Soon – Kim!

Scramble the Rainbow!

Another wee lil leprechaun activity from me to you!

Chat Soon – Kim!