Christmas

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas party!  I know I look forward to it every year as a teacher and parent.  This year we had an elf themed party in my classroom.  We had three stations at our Christmas party.  We made elf hats and collars, Christmas tree treats, and an adorable ornament.

Who doesn't love the combination of pajama & Christmas party day?  These little guys are mine.  They are ready in their matching Mario pj's and robes.

Making elf hats & collars.

Yup they are cool in their hats!

Here is a picture of the front of their ornament.  The ornament is a piece of wood pained white, then we used modge podge to glue christmas paper, school pictures, and student names. 

Here is a view of the back of the ornament.  It is a Christmas wish list for 2013.  The top of the ornament has Christmas ribbon and a cute little bell.  They turned out really cute and will last for a long time to come. 

Decorating Christmas trees with icing and goodies. 

 

To end the party Santa Claus stopped by and asked each student what they wanted for Christmas.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas this year.  May you be blessed in the coming year.  I know I have been blessed with an amazing family, co-workers, friends, and God. 


Adriana Berry

Pete the Cat

Who doesn't love some Pete the Cat?  I know the kindergarteners and teachers at our school certainly do! The kindergarteners in our school had an AMAZING literacy night.  They read-sang a few of his books. And boy did we have fun with my little kindergarten guy!

This is one of our kindergarten teachers.  She rocked the microphone!

The little guy with a tie is my baby.  He was so stinking adorable!

Here's a pic of the k teachers talking about the standards the Pete the Cat books cover.  Pete was also standing there with his groovy buttons. 

And here is my little guy with his teacher at the end of the program.

Binder Love

Binder Love

 We love, love, love our binders in first grade! I wanted to share some pictures of our binders, as well as share ideas on how we use them.

When you open the binder I have stickers with the hundreds number chart, manuscript alphabet, as well as a class list.  Inside the pencil pouch is a place to keep pencils, erasers, as well as a communication spot between the teacher and parents.  We also use it as a place to send any lunch money, permission slips, etc.

The first page is where you will find our classroom newsletter.  The newsletter stays here all the time.  It can be used as a reference throughout the week.  My newsletter is available on tpt if you are interested. 

The next page has a list of Fry's first 100 words.  We use these words in first grade as our word wall words for the year.  Later in the year we will begin spelling words in addition to our word wall words.

The next page contains flashcards with word wall words.  I put them inside baseball card holders.  The word wall words get changed throughout the year by one of my amazing volunteers!

The following pages contain a morning work section.  It has various pages that contain math problems that are tied to first grade common core. 

Our school has a Thursday Folder.  It is a communication folder that goes home on Thursdays.  It holds the students weekly work, as well as any other fliers that need to go home from the school or our community. 

Last, but not least is a homework folder.  The sent home a packet of weekly homework.  It goes home on Thursday, and students have a week to return their homework.  

Our binders received a facelift a couple of weeks ago.  I created a new cover page as well as a name spot for the spine of their binder.  I don't have a picture of that, but I do have a link to it on tpt.  My product has many of these goodies that you saw on the pictures.  I have my students' desk in groups.  Beside each group is a small book shelf.  This is where each group keeps their binders everyday.  It is a perfect spot to house their binders.  Below is a link, or you can click on the right side under the tpt section.  

Owl Student Binder

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-Binder-Owl-Theme-993902

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Elf on the Shelf

Help us name our Elf! Type some elf name ideas in the comment section and our class will pick one of the names. 

Sport Stacking

Today our school joined the WSSA to break the record of the most peope sport stacking at multiple locations in one day.  All students participated today during their specials period.  Here are a few pictures of my students sport stacking.

Mrs. Summer's and I joining the other first grade students. 

 Here are a couple of students having a blast!

We had a surprise visitor at our school today . . . Pete the Cat.  He (She)  joined us for our kindergarten program. 

Clocks

Check out this anchor chart. I love the way it turned out. We have been learning about time this week and have referred back to this anchor chart throughout the week. 

On a side note, my husband went to Seattle last week and took this picture in the plane. Breath taking huh? God is such an artist! 

Classroom Management Idea

I have been wanting to do this since school began!  Share how the first grade teachers do classroom management.  I just want to start by saying it was not my idea!  It was my coworkers idea. But I loved it and I stole it!  Here are some pictures.

This is the way we begin our day.

 You move your stick here if you made a few bad choices. 

 Afterwards, you in the nest!  No bueno!

 And last, but not least is the parent contact. 

This is what the container looks like from the top.  We bought these at The Container Store.  My principal mentioned she liked them because it is a little more of a private form of classroom management.  I thought I saw somewhere online that Target sold containers like this one if you want to try looking there.  If you would like the paper I used around the contianer msg me, and I would be happy to share it!

 

All of the first grade teachers also use Whole Brain Teaching to help with classroom rules.  It really helps that we all use the same rules, and form of classroom mangement. 

Veteran's Day

 

Well we were super busy learning about Veteran's Day!  Students learned about all of the sacrifices countless men and women make to keep us safe everyday.  They also learned about the different branches of military, and the many different things we do in our country to observe Veteran's Day.We also talked about the significance of the poppy flower.  I had a few students in my class who had lots of knowledge to share about family members who served in the military. 

One of my students thinking about what to write.

I created this printable to write about Veteran's Day.  It's free on my tpt store, if you would like to use it for your class.

I always love to showcase our hard work on our hallway bulletin board.  I also created the letters for my title flag.  It's added in the same file as the printable above.

 We made this poppy flower out of tissue paper and hot glued a black bead in the middle. 

On a side note here is a picture of my lovely family.  They are so.stinking.cute!

Slant Box

Got my slant box today! Thanks so much Alissa Straus! ❤️ It!

Word Wall Words

Hey!  Just wanted to take a few moments to share with you my new tpt product.  It's word wall word cards, alphabet headers, & pendent word wall flags to title your new word wall area. Click 
Chevron Word Wall Words and it will take you directly.

 

 

Here is a picture of what they look like in my classroom.  I love the way it turned out!