Marshmallow Bunnies Math Center

Peeps!!!! I'm not much into candy anymore like I was as a kid, but I still love my marshmallow bunnies at Easter time!I could eat the whole package myself! They're definitely best a little stale. Give it a try~ poke a few holes in the wrapper and let them get nice and chewy before eating!

Anyway, I wanted to share some cuteness I just finished for spring and Easter time!

I thought it would be so cute to put the cards in a small Easter basket at the center! There is a recording sheet too for the students to write the four related facts in the fact family. I love these cute graphics from Maree Truelove. They look good enough to eat!

Whenever I have a new item, I randomly choose three and send it free in a few days, so leave me your email in the comments below and tell me what candy is your weakness! :)

Whatever your plans are tonight for St. Patty's Day, be safe and have fun!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sequencing Giveaway

Hello First Grade Gallery Friends! 
Last year, I blogged about all of the fun we had during reading month with our Laura Numeroff books and activities.This year, our grade level has chosen Eric Carle as our author to study during the month of March!

I just wanted to let you know that I have finished a fun little sequencing activity for the story every kid loves, The Very Hungry Caterpillar! The cards can be used at a literacy center or in a pocket chart for a whole-group activity. Even if you don't do an author study, it's a fun story to use in the spring with lessons on life cycles.

I found the cutest graphics for this! I hope you like it! :) Click on the picture to see it at my TPT shop!

As always, when I share a new item, I will randomly choose three to get it free! Just leave me a comment if you'd like it and include your email! 

Valentine Owls and a Giveaway

Hi Friends! I'm still here but have been posting at my new blog lately. :) 
A year ago, I posted a photo of a Valentine owl project I had made with my firsties and it turned out to be one of my all-time most popular posts! I just wanted to let you know that I have finally gotten around to making a packet for the project. I have a giveaway going on at my other blog~ Creative Lesson Cafe. I'd love to have you stop by to say hello! 

Click on the picture to see this item at my TPT shop. :)

What fun do you have planned for Valentine's Day? Whatever you do, have a hoot!:)

Silence for Sandy Hook Elementary

Holidays Around the World Smartboard Update and a Freebie

Hello First Grade Gallery Friends! It's been a long time since I posted here! Thought I would give the old blog an update with another update! I'm teaching second grade again and just love it! I have to say that I miss my firsties and all of the fun we had last year! I've enjoyed browsing through my old posts and reminiscing!

I just added some new cute to my Smartboard Holidays Around the World  file from last year. If you purchased it, head on over to my shop to grab the update! I think you'll like the new Thistle Girl graphics! I also had to double check to see that all of the links were still active for the holiday season and I'm glad I did because some were expired. Click on the picture to see it at my shop!

I'll send the file to the first three to comment and help you start the holiday tour! Just be sure to leave me your email!

If you're still out there friends and haven't forgotten about this little old blog, say hi! Miss you all! Some have made it over to my new blog. I'd love to see you there too!

Jeannine
Creative Lesson Cafe

I've Moved! Head on Over to My New Blog!

Hello Friends! 

My blog got a new makeover! I'd really  love to have you follow me at my new "home"! 

Please come visit my new Creative Lesson Cafe blog and check out my new design!

I'd love to know how you like it. I wanted something unique and totally me! 

Hope to see you soon! I'd love it if you could help to spread the word! Its a little lonely there right now! Thanks a bunch!

Jeannine

Thrifty Thursday Deals and Steals and a Freebie for One Lucky Winner!!

I just had to have this chair!

I've been on a shopping spree lately! The costs can really add up when setting up a new room! I've recently found some great deals I wanted to share with you on this thrifty Thursday!

Walmart offers free home delivery with a minimum purchase of 45 dollars on certain items. I found this zebra task chair and ordered it this morning! It was more than I wanted to spend at 59 dollars, but justified it with the free shipping and the convenience of having it delivered. Love, love, love this chair! I want one for home too!

Also at Walmart and quite a steal at 15 dollars each, hot pink bean bag chairs!

These plastic stacking trays and paper bins are in the Target dollar aisle. The stackers are the perfect size for task cards. I will keep my book club question cards in one of them, partner pairing cards in the second and my math word problem task cards in another.

I bought these baskets at the local dollar store for a dollar each. They are the perfect size for forward facing chapter books. I stocked up on these!

Poms are all the fashion right now, so I was happy to find these at Party Adventure. They are 16 inches and you get three for 10 dollars. Another wonderful blogger, sorry, I can't recall who it was...shared a tip for rounding the edges, which I plan to do. Everything you need like ribbon and wire is in here and the tissue already folded! I recently saw a site selling single poms for an outrageous amount per pom and charging shipping to boot. I had purchased a much more expensive kit from Martha Stewart and promptly marched it back to the store! There are lots of online tutorials out there to make your own in the event that you have a hard time finding the perfect colors. Party Adventure also had tissue flowers and matching banners.

Next on my list is to find a good deal on fabric for my enormous bulletin board wall and to locate some cheap but durable magazine bins for Ipick book boxes for Daily Five. If you know of any good places to get them, please let me know! I signed up for the Jo-Ann and Michael's coupon apps. They will come in handy!

I made a set of sight word shaker bottles with candies and sprinkles I had laying around the house that no one was about to eat. I only put in a few words for demonstration purposes because I can't get into the building to laminate them right now. 

My plan is to put only ten words at a time in there for a Word Work activity during Daily Five. With 220 words and 95 nouns, this center will last a long time! They're cuter and more colorful in person! The kids will love this! I'll have to tell them the candies are old or they fell on the floor! There's always one kiddo who will want to taste-test whenever we use candy manips!

You can get the set at my shop for only two dollars! I made the mini-slips for all Dolch words and a recording sheet. You get to do the fun part~ assemble the bottles!:) These are little Tropicana raspberry lemonade containers filled with Nerds, sprinkles and Skittles. Click on the first picture to see it at my TPT shop!

Since my last guessing game was so much fun, we'll have another go at it!

Once upon a time... a long, long time ago.... (hint, hint), I received a whole case of Nerds, which had just come out, as a birthday gift from a friend who knew how I used to love them so...

If you can be the first to guess how old I was, the shaker sight word center download is yours! I got this image off My Favorite Retro Candy Site! At the time, these were the only two flavors.

Leave me your email in the comment with your guess! :)

Off to visit another dollar store!