Hey ya'll! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a happy Holiday!

PUMPKIN DAY!! We had a blast on our Pumpkin exploration! I created a book: My Pumpkin Exploration Book for my students. I will put this on my Tpt store as a freebie in a day or tonight if I can. Dinner isn't gonna cook itself:) First we measured the circumference, and learned a new vocabulary word...bonus!

Then we estimated how many cubes high our pumpkin was.

Next we put our pumpkin into a bucket of water...Will it sink or float?

It Floats!!! We pulled out the ooey gooey stuff...

...and counted the seeds. Then, with the assistance of my wonderful hubby...we made a Jack-O-Lantern!

Happy Halloween to everyone!! Finally, we made yummy Pumpkin Pie in a Cup. Here's what you need: cups, spoons, tablespoon, pumpkin puree, vanilla puddking, and graham crackers. I let my students come up buffet style. I gave them a scoop of vanilla pudding, then they measured two tablespoons of pumpkin puree and grabbed a few graham crackers. Mix, mix, mix and enjoy. I included this response sheet as well in my freebie:)

Please check out this and other lessons at my Teachers Pay Teachers store...just click the button over there:)

Worms...Living or Nonliving!

Hello everybody!! I am so glad October is here!! We kicked off our Living and Non-living Science unit with ooey gooey worms! I began the lesson reading Diary of a Worm. I just love incorporating literacy with every lesson!

After we read the story, we discussed the text and completed a sequence response sheet and a Diary of a Worm Book Report. You can find these at my TPT store under my worm unit titled Creepy Crawling with Diary of a Worm. On day 2 I read the story again and introduce non-fiction books about worms. We completed the circle map of Worms also included in my Worm unit on TPT:)

On day 3 we were ready for our worm investigation. I had a wonderful parent volunteer make Dirt Cups with a group...here is the supplies:

Chocolate pudding...I went ahead and made it the night before but you can have your class stir the ingredients, oreo cookies. plastic cups, spoons, and a gummy worm...YUMMY! At the independent work station, my students completed a worm can, have and are response sheet...also found in my worm packet:), and at my station we explored real live, creepy, crawly WORMS!

They loved it!!! Me...not so much. No worms were harmed in this investigation. We compared and contrasted the real earthworm with a gummy worm and completed our Earthworm vs. Gummy Worm response sheet...you guessed it...also included in my packet:)

This was a fun day and my students really enjoyed working with the worms. Like I said the worms were not harmed in this lesson, however, when I took them home my husband and children took them fishing and well...we know how that ends...my son let them all go free:)

Fancy Nancy!

We have been busy busy in First Grade! I just love Fancy Nancy books. They are such a wonderful way to teach vocabulary. I sort of dress up as Fancy Nancy...I throw a Boa on:) That is just enough glam:) Then I write the words onto chart paper and teach them to my students. I read the story aloud and as I come to a Fancy Word I point my Fancy wand pointer and the children read the word from the chart. Once we have read the book, it is time for Workstations. Here are some pics of my workstations I do...

I made these vocabulary cards and definitions. We play memory, vocab sort,etc...I also created other response sheets to go along with any Fancy Nancy story and the characters in my Fancy Nancy Common Core Unit. Click on the Teachers Pay Teachers button and take a look at the unit. My students love Fancy Nancy Day! and so do I:)Have a wonderful day!

Common Core and a Bit More Response Sheets for First Grade

I created 57 response sheets to go along with each standard for Literature and Informational Text. These are great to use with any story. After my amazing firsties read their story of the week in small group reading, we completed a response sheet. They LOVED it! These are perfect to go with my Data Notebook I am in the middle of creating and will be available soon:) Here are a few snap shots of my students working on their Common Core:)

You can check it out by clicking the Teachers Pay Teachers button :) thanks for stopping by!

OPEN HOUSE It is that time of year already. We had our Open House last night and I made these yummy treats for my amazing parents!

I started with a bag of Almond Joys, ribbon, and cards that I made. They read: It is a JOY to be your child's teacher.

I set these treats at the sign in station for parents to see as they entered my room.

Each of my students made self portraits of themselves. I started making these years ago when my sweet kiddo was in Kindergarten. Her teacher made them and I thought they were the cutest! It looks like everyone is sitting in there seats.

What are some things you do for your Open House? I would love to hear from you.

Book Bin Labels

Hello! I thought I would share my Chevron Book Bin Labels.

I created these to go with my Chevron Classroom and my Chevron Teacher Binder Labels(See the post below). I bought colorful ribbon--any size will do, I liked the thinner ribbon for my baskets.

I print out my labels --I will laminate the labels for durability once school starts again (that's where the laminating machine is:))

I made labels in different colors for a more colorful classroom library. I punch holes in the top and add the ribbon.

Then tie to any basket...found this and other colors at the dollar spot at Target! Just love it!

I also created Chevron Classroom Labels for all my supplies. This will hopefully keep my students and me very organized throughout the school year!!

I will also laminate these and place inside or tape to the outside of clear shoebox tubs---from Target too!!

Up close:) I made labels for tables as well. Tables 1-6.

I put a large caddy in the middle of each table for students to put their crayons, scissors, colored pencils, and pencils. This eliminates clutter in their desks, as well as, encourages sharing:) I will laminate and tie a bow around each label and viola! I also made larger labels to hang from the ceiling. Check out my store at Teachers Pay Teachers or click the Tpt button and it will take you straight there:) Have a wonderful day!

Fancy Cork Board

Hello! It's Monday again, but a sunny one here in Florida. Over the weekend I made a Fancy Cork Board for my classroom. It was super easy and fun! I bought all the supplies.

*1 cork board *decorative fabric *shiny ribbon *padding *a staple gun *decorative tacks Then I got busy and ...

Ta-Da!!

Now to add to my classroom and store all my important notes, pics, phone numbers...anything I need at a moments notice:) Thank you for stopping by! ~Stacy

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July!!!!!! I am throwing a sale over at my Teachers Pay Teachers store:) What a great time to think about next school year. It will be here before we know it! Click my link to check it out! Have a great day everyone! ~Stacy

Hello! I hope you are having a great Tuesday:) I have created a new product on Teachers Pay Teachers. Just click the button on the side to check it out. It is Chevron Labels for Your Teacher Binder. I created these labels because I always feel so disorganized! Ugh! Now I have a binder to put all my teacher business into and go:) Here is my binder, I like the bright colors so that I can easily find it...hahaha The cover page is a freebie you can get by going to my Tpt Store and downloading. These are two of 16 binder labels. I used Just So Scrappy digital clipart and it turned out really nice! I bought clear protectants to insert each label. tada!...protected! Then I went a little crazy...I bought Smash book supplies and really go organized:) There are clips, tape, a band to store pens and pencils. I have just started to use these in my binder. I would love to hear how you like to organize your teacher binder too! Please share a comment:) Have a great day!!

Hello everyone!! I hope your summer is going well! My name is Stacy and I am new to the blog world. I am a 1st Grade teacher and I love to create and share new things. I live in Florida and love our wild life even though I am a little terrified of most things:) I do like alligators...from a distance, so I created a Later Gator unit to learn and review the er, ir, and ur. I first read the story Zack's Alligator and completed Compare and Contrast graphic organizers with my class. They really enjoyed this story of a boy who gets an alligator keychain from his uncle that lives in Florida. Zack watches as his alligator, Bridget, grows with water throughout the day. I purchased the story and alligator from Steve Spangler's website. I used the big alligator...Bridget all week and purchased small creatures from the Dollar store for each student to have on their desk. I included a data page in the packet for each student to record what they observe. During whole group and workstations my students worked on the er sound. Here are just a few pictures of the pages as my class worked at their workstations.

Here we had our friend Bridget from the story Zack's Alligator visit us. I bought this alligator and the book from Steve Spangler's website.

If you would like to see more click the Teachers Pay Teachers button at the top and check out my unit:)