Roll and Graph and a Freebie!

Happy Monday! The kiddos had off today and we had parent conferences. I have never had all of my conferences in one day before...but I LIKE it! 19 down...woohoo! It was nice to be in "adult mode" all day and not switching back and forth between "kid mode" and "adult mode". :) And let's be serious...who doesn't love lunch out in the real world and not the cafeteria??!! :)

This summer, I was swaying back and forth between Math Daily Five {which I did last year} and Debbie Diller's Math Work Stations. I decided to go with Work Stations and I am loving it! 
One of my Work Stations will be Data for the whole year.
 I plan to rotate between Roll and Graph activities and class graphs. 

Last week, I posted my newest Math unit...

Roll and Graph {FALL}. 

Click on the picture below to check it out!

It has 4 Roll and Graph activities:

I will be making sets for each season! 

I also promised you a math freebie! Since we are headed to the farm in a few weeks...here is a Roll and Graph {Farm} Freebie!

Click on the picture below to download from TpT for free! I always appreciate your feedback! 
Hope you can use it soon in your classroom! :)

Have a fun fall week!

Small Group Fun *Updated!

Happy October friends! I am super pumped for the cool weather headed our way in Bama...67?!? Yes, please! :)

I just started my reading small groups last week. So far, so good! I love how excited they are to come to the back table for the first time! HA! Sweet, sweet firsties! :)

The first thing I always do with my small groups is introduce the Alphabet Chart with my lower groups, and the Blend and Digraph Chart with my higher groups. I introduce one row at a time and echo read so they can hear the correct sounds. I use these all year long...eventually moving all of my groups to the Blend and Digraph chart. It only takes about 1 minute and I like that it signals the beginning of group time! I also put both of these charts in their Writing folder for added reinforcement. 

Click on the pictures to download an 
Alphabet Chart and a Blend and Digraph Chart for free!

A fun game we played last week is called Bananas! You can call it whatever you want...I went with Bananas to go with our jungle theme! ;)  I have flashcards of the all of the sight words introduced so far this school year and add more cards every week as more sight words are introduced. Right now, we have about 20 sight words. I also have 4 or 5 cards {more as more sight words are added} that say Bananas! To play the game, I put all the cards in a bucket. When the bucket gets to a child, they choose a card. If they can read the sight word, they keep the card. If they can't read it, they put it back in the bucket. If they get a card that says Bananas!, they have to put all of their cards in the discard pile. When the bucket is empty, the child with the most cards wins! We play a version of this game all the time...with phonics words too! :)

Click on the picture below to download 
Go Bananas for Sight Words {First Grade} for free!

 I am also loving these Roll and Read Fluency Phrases! They are such a great warm up or closing activity! It only takes 1 die and everyone can play in 3 - 4 minutes {or more if you have the time!} I like easy and fun small group activities all year long, but ESPECIALLY the first few weeks!

I just uploaded a Consonant Digraph version, as well as a Bundle Pack of all three sets {short vowels, long vowels, and consonant digraphs}. Click on the pics below to check it out!

I would LOVE to hear your favorite small group kick off activities!

Have a great week!!!

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!

Happy fall, y'all! While it is still 85 here in Alabama, the calendar says it is officially FALL! I have Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Wallflowers, soap, and candles from Bath and Body Works all around our house and I'm LOVING it! :)

I just finished the newest Old Lady unit, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! LOVE this cute book and I hope you like the unit!

Instead of giving the unit to 5 people, I decided to put the unit on sale for two days! It will be 20 % off - you can snag it for $2.80 through Tuesday, September 25.

The Hop, Frog, Hop! Short Vowel /o/ Word Work Giveaway Winners are:

Have a fun fall week! :)

Hop, Frog, Hop! Short Vowel /o/ Word Work

Happy Sunday, friends! Hope you had a fabulous weekend!
 I found these at Super Target today:

WHAAATTT???? OMG! I am pretty much obsessed with seasonal foods! How fun are these?!?

Here's what Bollman's Bunch will be up to this week:

Math: Five and Ten Relationships

Check out Sarah's super fun Fun-tastic Ten Frames unit. LOVE!

We will also be playing Tens Go Fish, an Investigations game. 

Phonics: Short Vowel /o/

We will be doing the frog hop this week! :) Check out my newest Word Work unit below!

Comment below WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS to enter the giveaway for my newest Word Work unit! I will email it to five people on Friday, September 21.

Daily Five: Launching Read to Someone

When I saw the Sisters in Atlanta in August, they mentioned that they now launch Read to Someone last because it requires the most modeling and building of stamina. We decided to do Word Work before Read to Someone, and then add in Listen to Reading last. We are up to 17 minutes of stamina in Read to Self and 10 minutes of stamina in Work on Writing! AAAHHH! I just finished my first round of Fountas and Pinnell assessments and can't wait to meet with some reading groups this week to play some games!

Writing Workshop: Word Webs

We will creating Word Webs about fall, apples, and our school!
Click on the picture to download a Word Web from Google Docs.

Social Studies: Apples

Can't wait to make crockpot applesauce this week...YUM!!! We are also graphing our favorite color apple.  My favorite book this week is:

ALMOST done with newest The Old Lady unit! :) Only a few more days!!

Have a great week!!!

Cameo Creations

Hi friends! I know I am not the first person to say this, but I seriously love, love, love the Cameo!!! It is so much fun to craft with! I am obsessed with scalloped circles and the MTF Jumpin Jack font, so the Cameo and I are BFF's! 

I have had my Cameo since the spring...but let's be real..it didn't come out of the box until this summer! I wasn't really into decorating my classroom in April...since it all has to come down in May! I took her out of the package this summer and can't get enough!

My favorite things about the Cameo- 

*You can use any font installed on your computer
 {Hello - MTF Jumpin Jack, Doodle Tipsy, CK Handprint, 
Smiley Monster}

*Easy to use software

*20% educator discount

Here are some classroom crafts created with the Cameo-

Cubeical storage labels 
{Can't get ENOUGH of the scalloped circle!}

Banners
Good Work Spotted work display

Swinging Into First Grade bulletin board

Math Work Stations board

Do you remember when I wasn't sure if I wanted to do Daily 5 Math or Math Work Stations this summer??? Although I LOVE The Daily Five for reading, I really HEART Work Stations for math. Loving it so far...on day 15! :)

I made the Math banner, the work stations letters, and the number magnets with the Cameo! The scalloped lime green magnetic boards are from a gift boutique in Birmingham. One of my fave new additions to my room!

Math Work Station tubs

Math Work Station tubs were $3.50 a piece from Walmart. I try to avoid Walmart at all costs and only go in the summer to pick up hard to find school supplies. I am a Target girl at heart! ;)
The lids are a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of zebra scrapbook paper, a lime green polka dot scalloped circle, with pink numbers in Doodle Tipsy font! 

Coming up soon...
*There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves mini unit
*Fall Math unit
*a Math Work Station freebie!

Have a wonderful week! :)

Giveaway Winners and Coming Up

Thanks so much for your sweet comments! Vera, Lorajoelle, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Kayce, and Kinderkids...check your email! :)

As I sipped on my very first Pumpkin Spice latte of the season this afternoon, I got to thinking about fall! I HEART FALL! I am working on the There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves unit, as well as a fall math unit and a math work station freebie for you! :) I am also working on uploading the pics for my Cameo Creations post! 

Have a great week!!!

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books!

Happy Tuesday! LOVE 4 day weeks! Hope you had a fun Labor Day weekend! We were lake-ing it! So refreshed for a new week!

Thank you for your patience with my newest Old Lady unit! Denyse at Scrappin Doodles posted the graphics the week of preplanning and I just didn't get around to making the unit! Since it is late, it will be 20% off until Thursday, September 5. I left this unit for my sub last week! It is simple and fun! :)
AND...This book is only $1.00 in the Scholastic September SeeSaw catalog! Score!

Included in this unit:

~ Sequencing cards {color and black and white} and printable

~ Alphabetical order printable 

~ Swallow a Simile! writing printables

~Details, Details {2 can-have-are printables: book bags and books}

~ Rhyme Time word sort cards and printable

~ Roll and Graph math center activity

~ Book Bag Glyph {with printable pattern}

I will email this unit to 5 peeps on Friday. Just leave a comment with your email address to enter and I will randomly choose 5 winners! 

If you purchase the unit and win the giveaway, I will gladly email you another unit of your choice! :)

Also, I have fully caught up on emails. If you sent me an email in August, I just responded to you!

 My inbox is now empty!! :) Please let me know if you didn't hear from me!

Have a GREAT week, y'all!