Halloween Fun Packet

I have been sick in bed for several days now....coughing like crazy and suffering from having little or no voice. What's a gal to do?? Well, I figured I would work on something new for my students....which turned into something to add to my Teachers Notebook Shop! This packet provides students with practice labeling parts of a Halloween picture. The same pictures are used to help scaffold students in their writing. There's also a printable book for students to color and read. The book provides practice for young students as they learn to do "return sweeps" as they read. Check out the packet for more details:

Write the Wall Fall Freebie

My Kinders LOVE to write the wall. I've added a Write the Wall (Fall Theme) to my Teachers Notebook Shop. It's a FREEBIE....All I ask is that you leave a bit of feedback there and or list my shop as a Fav! THANKS!
Note: There are sheets that are pure Halloween and some that have a pure FALL theme for those that don't celebrate. Enjoy! Click on the image to get your copy!

We Love llama llama

Last week, in attempt to help set a new world record, we had a an opportunity to join hundreds of Kindergartners all over the country in hearing Anna Dewdney's "llama, llama Red Pajama." Our principal came in and read the book to my classes and then we brainstormed a variety of different types of pajamas. We talked about our favorite pajamas. I gave the students a BIG llama llama template and they chose they type of pajamas they wanted to create for their llama, llama. They were given a blank set of words: "llama, llama _____(blank)____ pajama". They used the word bank we created to copy the words they needed. Some doubled up on the descriptors, "BLUE HEART" pajamas. Others took it one step further and did " blue rectangle, pink pajamas". ;-) Everyone did a WONDERFUL job. We will use the students pictures to make a big class book. Click over to our Kindergarten Tales blog to see the video: llama, llama in Pajamas! We had fun.  It's rumored that over 2 million students participated! Did your school participate?

The FireFighters are Coming

We are preparing for the arrival of the FireFighters. They will come to visit us in a few days. As we learn ways to be safe from fire, we're also using the Fire Safety theme to work on our math skills! We're working on 1:1 counting up to 10, as well as numeral writing practice. Here's a  Fire Safety freebie to use with your students. I hope your students like it! It's been a while since I linked up to Google docs...I hope this works! ;-)

Note: The graphics by Alice Smith are from DigiWeb Studio

Everyone is a winner!

Congratulations....if you left a comment on my most recent Apps Give-Away, then you're a winner! The last comment was from CindyL so if you got your comment in ahead of hers...then you WIN! (You did too Cindy!) ;-)
  If you didn't hear from me already, please contact me so I can send you the codes. Please note the codes are time sensitive, so don't delay!

Leaves Are Turning...

Leaves are turning...Time for learning....
You can rake up a nice set of Falling Leaves activities over at my Teachers Notebook Shop! The packet has activities to build Letter Recognition & Letter Sound Skills, Graphing, Patterning, Numeral Recognition, (1-20), and Reading basic sight words and sentence building.
There are 3 printable student books that include practice with 1:1 word to text practice. I saw some books Fran Kramer created and LOVED the notion of putting dots under the words to help guide young readers! It's a simple, yet powerful boost to their skills. THANKS Fran, you have some of the BEST ideas!
Before the leaves are all gone....Make your way over to my shop to learn more!

Time for Another App Give-Away

 It's been a while since I've done a give-away. You know how I love the iPad and the great Apps available to support teaching and learning. I am giving away two sets of apps.
The first has Memory Game: Addition and Memory Game: Subtraction.
The second set has Memory Game: Multiplication and Memory Game: Division.
To enter to win simply visit my Teachers Notebook Shop and take a peek at some of my items. Then leave a comment here telling me which item is your favorite (and which set you'd like win).
That's it!
If you want an extra entry, you can sign up to follow my blog and leave a comment for that as well. Entry opportunities will close on Wed. Sept, 28th and announced on Thursday, the 29th. There will be 6 winners for each set. 12 winners in all! ;-)
 Click on the images below to learn more about the Apps.