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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Summer Reads

Well now that we are into summer, I've began my "Summer Reading List". I'm so excited to share what I am reading! I love getting into a good, resourceful book! Of course, I also love reading for enjoyment. I am teaching summer school this year, but it's only for a few weeks. I will still have plenty (hopefully) time to read!! I just ordered the books off of my list!!

Here's My List:














Teaching-Outside-Box-Students-Brains















Christian-Teachers-Public-Schools-Essentials












Leaving-Bailey-Flanigan-Series-
















What is on your summer reading list? Do you like to re-read favorite books? I often do! I enjoy  a refresher every now and again :)


Head on over to Mrs.Stanfords Class for her summer reading list & a linky! It's amazing!!


Till Next Time :)


~Ashley~

Monday, June 4, 2012

End of School

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted! Ohh my goodness!! We've been  showing our house to sell it and everything has just been insane! My preacher talked about everyone taking a "Time Out" and we soooo need to do that!

The last week of school  was very hectic! We just finished up Friday. We had our school awards, classroom awards and end of the year party. I purchased a few end of the year memory books on TpT before the end of the year came..but the lovely Cara Carroll posted a FREE End of the Year Book and it was wonderful!! Go get your copy here~School-Memories-An-End-of-Year-Keepsake

We made foldable year books. The folded their papers into fourths, then wrote each child's name in a box. Then they drew a picture of each kid and had each kids sign it. They loved this! I'll add pics later, my camera card is still at school!!!!

Since I finally got to 50 followers, I am doing a giveaway! Rules: Comment with your e-mail address, follow my blog, follow my  TpT Store! I will give away my Guided-Reading-Resource-Kit- Commenting ENDS at 6 PM CST on 06/08

I'm also doing a giveway to TWO lucky people...all you have to do is visit Teacher's Notebook to Enter! Click Here!! You can enter to win my inflectional endings literacy packet

Thanks for visiting! Please visit me on FACEBOOK!!~The-Teachers-Treasure-Chest

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Safari Time and a bunch of freebies~!

So we are kicking off our two week safari unit! I started by pulling all of my safari animal books out and borrowing some from the library. Here are a few of my favorites:





After we read "The Giraffe Who Was Afraid Of Heights", we did a story sequence activity.



You can get your copy your freebie HERE for Sequencing !

Then, we did a writing activity.
We turned our safari theme into a mini research unit . The students each had one of the nonfiction books that we read aloud in class. I was lucky to find several copies of the Pebbles Plus African Animals Collection. I had a set as well as the library and other teachers. First, they brainstormed all of their thoughts on scratch paper. I let them draw circles and inside the circles they had to write one fact. Then they
wrote a mini research paper. And a little animal to color and cut out, and viola! They really enjoyed this activity!
Next, we put it all together in an official "research packet"!

For literacy centers this week, I used my Safari-Literacy-Math-and-Writing-Packet. It includes:

Literacy (8) Centers



Monkey Memory

Literacy Activities/Centers

Elephant Word Sort nouns, verbs ,adjectives

Safari True/ False

Giraffe, Zebra, & Elephant Writing Activity

Writing Prompts

Safari Word Sort IE & IGH

Safari ABC Order

Noun Word Sort ( Pronoun, Proper, Noun)


Math (2 Centers)

Zebra Addition

Zebra Number Match



Writing Research Packet



Fun Facts:

Giraffes, Elephants, & Zebras


Of Course I have to tie in some freebies :)



This week we are finishing up with Elephants, Lions and Zebras!

I think we have 8 Mondays left of school! I am kinda of sad, though, as I am still unsure if I will be at my school or in a whole new state. God always has a plan :)

Happy Teaching!




Sunday, April 1, 2012

Does anything ever go as planned??!

We finally have our house listed on the market! It has been one thing after the next trying to find the time to finish all of our little "projects" but...we are done :)


This week was a busy week, both in the classroom and in real life :) First and foremost! My husband Re-Enlisted in the Navy for 6 more years. This will finish up his career. It was a such a beautiful ceremony and I am so very proud of him!


                                 



Now to the stuff ya'll came to see :)

This week we were supposed to start our camping unit. The back bone of my plans came from Cara From The First Grade Parade. However, I ordered a bunch of books to go a long with the unit, and they didn't come in time. So I had to come up with other ideas as the kids were pumped about starting this unit.

First we started off with Amelia Bedelia! You can never go wrong with Amelia Bedelia!  We read Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping. The kids loved this book! 


This week, we can start out camping unit as I originally planned. The kids are so excited about this unit.

Last week we started  Long O words. 
I am used Made For First Grade's Long-Vowel-FUN Packet!  I love this packet! I needed more station activities though, so we started using my Long O Packet. The kids really love these cute rock stars! They thought it was such a blast.  Check out my LONG O Packet on TpT! It's on sale! Long-O-Rock-Stars





And Since I had such a WONDERFUL Week, My Circus Literacy Packet, is FREE :) Go over and get your copy of my  Circus-Literacy-Packet and rate my products!


Another GREAT TpT Find this week---Fun-in-the-Sun-Literacy-and-Math-Center-Game-Packet This packet is soooo adorable and I can't wait to put it to use soon!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Must Have Spring Centers!

So this week we have the ever so lovely SPRING BREAK! I am trying to fit in some relaxation time..but it's not looking good! My hubby is in the Navy and we are preparing to transfer to a new command. This means selling our house in....THREE MONTHS! So we are frantically trying to finish the last few projects around the house to get it ready to go on the market. Hopefully this week!

In the mean time, I am also working on my Spring Literacy Centers :) I like to everything in order for when I go back to school. My Spring Literacy Packet contains 10 literacy centers! Super cute! This is just a little preview :)








 This packet includes 10 literacy centers to be used in Spring! Get your copy at My TpT Store


*Vowel Digraphs Word Sort- Ai, Ay

*Rainbow Sight Word Memory

*Spring Rhyme Time with Long Vowels ( One Game for each vowel)

*Hoppy ABC Order

*Spring Synonym Match


I also am preparing a few other teacher made products. First,I went alittle crazy at  Cara Carroll's store from The First Grade Parade. When we go back to school, we will start our camping unit. I am using several of Cara's ideas plus her Camping-Capers-Math-Literacy-Science-Activities. This packet is AMAZING!!

For my "Spring" themed centers, I am using my spring literacy packet, plus a few others. Using Cara's March-Madness-Mega-Pack-Seasonal-Math-Literacy-Activities, Anna Brantley's Birds-Bugs-and-Butterflies-Math-and-Literacy-Center-Packet,Hippity-Hoppity-Math-and-Literacy-Centers and Made For 1st Grade's Egg-Cited-About-Easter-Literacy-Centers and Sandy Mac's First-Grade-Hi-Frequency-Words-and-Phonics-for-Spring

Sandy Mac is new to TpT and I just LOVE her products :) I am a huge fan already and hope she keeps up the amazing work! Go check out her TpT Store!!



We just finished Long A Words, so I went over and got Cara's Long-A-Kids-Stories-Sorts-Activities, and that will be incorporated as well as a review.

We will start Long O words, so I am starting on my own Long vowel packet this week.

That's all for now, I am waiting for my e-mail to come up to e-mail the winners for the BINGO Giveaway. You had to follow my stores as well as comment :)

Have a great day guys :)

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Giveaways


Well, Congrats to Jennifer at First Grade Blue Skies and Kim at Growing up teaching for the Didax Puzzle Winners! Thanks to everyone for participating! This Week, I am going to give away TWO Trend Bingo Games! All you have to do is 1.) follow my blog,2.) comment below with your Name, Grade Level & E-Mail address! 3.)Follow My Teacher's Notebook and TpT Store! If you already follow, please comment that you do :)







So now to our classroom! For 5 weeks, yes, FIVE, we've been working on R Controlled Vowels! So I've had to throw in some other things because the kiddos are darn tired of it! We've amped up our sight words, and practiced inflectional endings. Pronouns gave us a little bit of trouble a few weeks ago, so we did a little bit of "reteaching" and I found the cutest song on Pintrest check it out here! The kids love it!








Saturday, February 18, 2012

Where have I been?!?!

Luck would have it that as soon as I start  a new project, sickness would run through my family! In the first two weeks of February, my family has had Strep, the flu, uveitis, viral meningitis, and now my youngest child has a full body post viral rash! We are all on the mend and everyone will be okay. It's just been a long two weeks!


So, we are all recovering from illnesses around our house, but I have so much to share with ya'll!! I want to give away a few of the Didax Puzzles to random  followers of my blog and Teacher's Notebook Store.*** All you have to do is follow my blog, AND My Teacher's Notebook Store and comment below with your e-mail address to verify that you have followed! ***Once everyone in my household is back to 100% I'll update ya'll on all of my adventures in the classroom for the last two weeks :) Thanks for hanging on until then!

<3
Ash

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