FREEBIES with Creative Clips

Krista Wallden , over at The Creative Chalkboard and Creative Clips, is celebrating reaching 10,000 followers at her TpT store!  To help celebrate, Alison from A Tale of 2 First Grades invited me to join her Link Up Party!  I'm so excited!  

Krista's clipart has inspired me and many others to design some AMAZING creations!  The best part is they are all FREE!  Yep, you heard me!  FREE!  

Here is my FREEBIE!  All you have to do is click on the picture!  

Want more FREEBIES?  Click the image below to get 'em! 

Don't keep this a secret!  Be sure to tell every teacher you know about these great FREEBIES!

Don’t forget to leave a comment on the blog as a thank you.  :)

Oh, I almost forgot!  Be sure to stop by Krista's TpT store!  She is celebrating with tons of FREEBIES!  Check out her store HERE!  Be sure to leave feedback about her products!  If she reaches 40, 000 votes by Tuesday, there is another surprise for us!  Let's help her reach her goal! 

Enjoy!

Spring Silly Sentence Freebie and Good News!

I think Spring has finally sprung!  I never thought it would get here.  The grass is green.  The daffodils are beginning to bloom.  The air is warmer.  The sun is shining!  Ahhhhhh!

With all of this excitement, I decided it was time for a Spring Freebie!  :)

I just created Spring Silly Sentences!

My firsties LOVE to do this as part of Daily 5!  All they do is choose words from each column and write a sentence.  Then, they identify the noun and verb.  You can get this for FREE!  All you need to do is follow my Facebook page HERE.

Have you heard the good news?  My friend  Krista, over at The Creative Chalkboard, is celebrating reaching 10,000 followers at her TpT store!  To celebrate, she is going to have 10 Day, 10,000 Follower Celebration with a LOAD of freebies, giveaways and special offers! Don't miss out!!!  I am a huge fan of hers and can honestly say that I LOVE her stuff!  Her images are so crisp and clear!  

  



Today, make sure you:

1.) Download her Free Favorite Thing #1 in herTpT store!  (This is something I can use a lot!)  You can get it HERE.

2.) Check out her new Fan Freebie for a COMPLETE SET OF CLIPART- Little Buggies!   (OH MY WORD!  They are the cutest bugs EVER!)  You can get it HERE.

3.) CHECK OUT her LIMITED EDITION SET! It is on sale for $5.00 for one week before the price goes up for the second week!    You can get it HERE.


Congrats to Krista! 

April Currently

It's not quite feeling like spring here.  But it's April.  I'll take it.  Warm weather has to be around the corner, right?

Since it's the beginning of April that means it is time for a new Currently!

Listening to:   Big Bang Theory!  It always makes me laugh! This episode is one of my top ten favorite episodes:

 
LOVING:  We have been focusing on non fiction writing.  My first graders LOVE it!  

You can get a copy of the book my kiddos are working on HERE.
 

THINKING:  I am starting to see signs of spring!  So happy!  I walked out my front door this morning and my daffodils looked similar to this:  
 

 

I can't wait until they open! 

Then maybe it will get a litter warmer out....

WANTING:  a nap.  I'm not asking for much.  No. Can. Do.  Too much to do. 

NEEDING:  to finish a project for my Writer's Workshop.  I got the idea from my friend, Liz.  I can't wait to share it with you.  Stay tuned.... I will tell you all about it soon!  I promise! 

HOURS and LAST DAY:  Our Last Day is May 30.  The kids have a half day.  Sadly, we have to put in a whole day.  But, it does give the teachers an opportunity to get a few final things done before we leave for the summer!

The last day will be here before we know it!  Now the pressure is on to get things done!  YIKES!
Be sure to check out what other teachers are doing Currently.

Spring Cleaning

It's finally spring!  That means it is time for a little cleaning!  I'm linking up with Georgia Grown Kiddos and throwing a spring cleaning sale at my TpT store!

Click the image below to go to my store!

 

Want to see who else is having a sale?  Head over to Georgia Grown Kiddos and find out!

Happy shopping!

Five For Friday!

It has been a BUSY week in first grade!  I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to tell you all about it!

#1

We have been working our very own nonfiction text!  My kiddos were so excited to learn about penguins!  We read a variety of texts and gathered information.  Then the kids worked in groups to write about what they learned!  This writing activity really helped us learn some of the text features of a nonfiction text! 

We created a title page and a table of contents.

Each child contributed one page about penguins.  They read their writing and highlighted important words in the text.

They worked together to write definitions for the important words in text.

More nonfiction writing coming soon!

#2
Do you want a copy of the non-fiction writing that we did?  You can get it HERE!

#3
My kiddos created leprechaun traps as an at home project.  Everyone shared their trap, explaining what materials they used, how it was made, and how it works.  We set our traps before we went home.  We are hoping to catch a leprechaun!

#4
Speaking of leprechauns......

We are planning a day of fun in first grade!  

You can can get this pack HERE!

#5
I am thinking spring thoughts!

Happy Friday, Friends!

March Currently

I have been busy hibernating!  It has been way too long since I have posted anything!  I thought I'd get back into the swing of things by posting a Currently (Thanks to Farley at Oh Boy Fourth Grade)!

So, here it goes!

Listening to:  Scandal!  I am so glad it is back on!  I've missed my friend, Olivia Pope!

Loving:  All of my new purchases from the big sale on TpT.  Look what I got:

My first graders are learning to dig deeper when they read!  These Close Reading packets are just what I was looking for!  Susan shows how she uses them in her first grade classroom.  You can check it out HERE!

I also picked up some AMAZING clipart from one of my favorite artists, Krista Wallden!  The images are always so crisp and clear!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her stuff!  You can check out all of her creations HERE!

Thinking:  I AM SOOOOOO VERY  TIRED OF SNOW!  It just started to "warm up" and melt a little and WHAM-O!  More snow last night!  YUCK!

Wanting:  Spring Summer weather!  With all of this snow, can we just skip spring and go right into summer?!?!?!?!?  PLEASE??????  I need sun and sand!

Needing:  I am really needing to finish the 3rd quarter assessments on my kiddos!  Can you say STRESSED!  I only have a couple of weeks before report cards and conferences!  AAAAAHHHHHH!  It always gets done, right?

The answers:  Nap, laundry, grading papers, OSCARS!

The question:  How I am spending my Sunday!

I hope you all have an amazing week!  Stay warm, Friends!

Think Spring and a Giveaway!

Brrrrr! School got cancelled AGAIN because of the brisk temperatures. There comes a point where the number below zero just does not matter. It is just plain COLD.

Since I am stuck inside, I decided to think warm, Spring thoughts! I just finished a new St. Patrick's Day Pack!

and....

the best part is.....

you get a chance to win one!

Yep! You heard me!

There are lots 'o writing goodies!

• A sheet for students to write a list

• Three different writing prompts (each one has two pages and comes in both dotted and plain lines)

• An assortment of writing organizers:  Web, Can/Have/Are chart, and a graphic organizer for students to write a lead in sentence, three details and a wrap up

• Vocabulary Sheets:  available in color and black/white

There are also some math skills:

• Addition and Subtraction (with a tens frame in color and in black/white) 

• One more, one less, ten more and ten less

• Place Value (tens and ones)
  
  
  

 You will also find 2 reading response sheets,

and

Lots o' fun!

• Build a Sentence

• Word Scramble

• Word Search 

• Mystery Word
  
  
  
  
  

 And it could all be yours!  Just enter to win!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

You can check it out at my TpT stre!  Just click HERE!

Stay warm!