tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78751885251139206042024-03-13T05:13:35.608-07:00First Grade Gallery- Lessons for Little LearnersA blog for creative classroom ideas and lessons for K-2 teachers!Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-73451401515216320162015-02-02T14:56:00.000-08:002024-01-24T13:45:38.327-08:00Groundhog Day Activities for First Grade!<span style="font-size: large;">Hello First Grade Gallery friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm just checking in to say hi with a greeting for Groundhog Day! I'm still here! My first grade peeps, you know you always have a special place in my heart! Once upon a time, a few short years ago, there were very few blogs to be read. Now, every day it seems a new fantastic blog begins and well... I follow so many, it's hard to keep up with them all! Maybe you feel the same way. It's also hard to find the time to post here, there and everywhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you have fun celebrating Groundhog Day?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I used to love those special days with my firsties! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There's nothing like a holiday in first grade! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This little guy is a favorite project I do with my class every year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can make him with a bunch of circles and some rectangles for the teeth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Please stop by soon and say hello!</span><br />
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<br />Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-32247476966775022502014-09-18T19:01:00.000-07:002014-09-18T19:01:00.661-07:00Fall Sequencing Fun!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Happy (almost) Fall one and all! I've had lots of requests from my first grade teacher friends and SLPs for more sequencing sets so I thought I'd make a fun activity for a favorite Fall read aloud! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are new to sequencing sets, all you do is print the picture cards, ordinal number cards and number cards on cardstock and laminate them. They may be used as retelling sticks or placed in a pocket chart for center time or a whole-group activity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have displayed them on a whiteboard to rearrange as we read the story and also as a cut and paste onto construction paper sequencing activity. My second graders will use the writing pages to complete a written summary using transitional words and phrases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lucille Colandro's Old Lady... series of books are perfect for thematic units!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Because it's new, it will be just <span style="color: blue;">$1.50</span> for the next 24 hours! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of OLD LADIES...tomorrow is MY BIRTHDAY! Ha! Boy, those numbers are getting up there quickly! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a work day of course, so nothing special is planned, but I think a Starbucks run at lunch with my teamies is on the agenda and maybe dinner out if I'm not too beat from fun Friday hoopla!</span></div>
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Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-88259978423139702482014-05-29T18:14:00.000-07:002014-05-29T18:15:53.876-07:00 Saying Goodbye~End of the Year Poem for Parents Freebie!Ending the school year is bittersweet, especially when it means saying goodbye to the children and families we have grown so close to. Parents trust us to care for, nuture, inspire and protect their precious little ones. During the year, we help them to grow in every way. This sweet little poem is something I like to print on colored paper to send home on the last day inside my student's <a href="http://creativelessoncafe.blogspot.com/2014/05/end-of-year-projects-pizza-keepsake.html" target="_blank">keepsake boxes</a>!<br />
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It is sure to bring tears to your parents' eyes when they read it!</div>
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If you would like a copy, you can download it <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-LetterPoem-to-Parents-Freebie-1259996" target="_blank">here</a>! </div>
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For my teacher friends who start in a month other than September, or don't end in June, leave me a comment and I'll post a revision for you!</div>
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Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-70488151466219505622014-05-18T17:03:00.000-07:002014-05-18T17:06:03.423-07:00End of the Year Projects~ Keepsake Pizza Box and Memory Book!<span style="font-size: large;">Boy this year just flew by! I can't believe that next week we start our end of the year projects! I am sitting here this evening printing the pages I need to make our oh, so cute pizza boxes! This is a tradition of mine and I consider it and the contents inside (like a DVD of class photos) to be my gift to the students and families! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My mom did a lovely job coloring this example for the photo shoot, don't you think? She had fun making it! Mom comes in every year at this time (and weekly too) to help me. She assembles the boxes and passes out all of the children's treasures I have been saving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One project from each month and all sorts of goodies like pick sticks, cubby tags and other special items get sent home in the box. The kids have a blast looking through all of their crafts while remembering all of the fun themes we had throughout the year! The parents go crazy when they come home and absolutely LOVE the boxes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took a trip out this weekend to Gordon Food Service to pick up some small white boxes. I was happy to walk out of there with 50 boxes for $15.00! Local pizza places will often donate boxes too if you smile and tell them you are a teacher! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What else is in the box? When you lift the lid, there is a cute page of ABC's through the year. I type up some special things that we have done during the year that begin with that first letter. Inside is a sentence completion page about the year too. I always personalize a special poem for each child to include. All of those pages are in the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-Slices-of-My-Year-Pizza-Box-Craftivity-245728" target="_blank">Pizza Box Craftivity</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Presenting...<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-Memory-Book-Slices-of-My-Year-1247388" target="_blank">Slices of my Year Memory Book</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we look back at the year, we will use the brainstorming sheet that is included to generate some ideas for writing on each page of the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It looks good enough to eat! I printed mine in color, but there are black and white covers for the students to color too. Covers are created for Kindergarten, First, Second and Third Graders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This brand new item will be free for the next two hours! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Head over to my store and grab a copy to try out with your class! </span></div>
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<br />Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-71986745865440510822014-05-17T05:24:00.000-07:002014-05-17T05:25:33.823-07:00Simple Science Experiment~ Dancing RaisinsWe had some good fizzy fun with our first "official" science experiment and introduction to our Being a Scientist unit! We dropped some raisins in Sprite and the magic of science excitement filled the room! Head on over to my <a href="http://creativelessoncafe.blogspot.com/2014/05/dancing-raisins-experiment-simple.html" target="_blank">Creative Lesson Cafe</a> blog to read all about our Dancing Raisins! This is a super simple and fun experiment that would be perfect for firsties!<br />
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I did this with my Second Graders to review time to five minute intervals, but you could easily modify this for your Firsties. The flower pattern is from Amy Lemons <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Its-About-Time-Telling-time-activities-199678" target="_blank">time unit</a>. I hope she doesn't mind, because I didn't see the new revision :), but I changed up the craft a bit to make it more of a math station activity to review for MAP testing.<br />
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First, I printed some <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Arrow-Clipart-Bundle-1171443" target="_blank">rainbow arrows</a> from Jen at Teaching in the Tongass to use as clock hand manipulatives. I also printed a sheet of digital <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Clock-Clipart-Analog-Digital-Clock-Parts-00-15-30-45-for-Every-Hour-1049147" target="_blank">clocks</a> from Teacher Gems.<br />
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I had some great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Rachel-Lynette/Category/Math-Task-Cards" target="_blank">task cards</a> from Rachel Lynette all copied and so I decided to do a scoot activity where each station required the students to model the time with the flower clocks and then use the recording sheet to write the correct answer. I am going to be working on additional sets of task cards because my class just loves to SCOOT! I'll let you know when they are ready!<br />
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Once we finished the scoot, whichever task card was on the student's desk was the one they had to show on the clock project. They glued down the clock hands and wrote in the digital time. The digital clock is glued to one leaf.<br />
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The kids had a fun time with telling time and now, we have a colorful May Flowers bulletin board!<br />
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<br />Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-20095593947379259332014-04-18T07:25:00.000-07:002014-04-18T07:25:04.500-07:00Life Cycles in the Classroom and a GiveawayHello First Grade Friends! Spring has finally sprung and it's time for me to begin some favorite science themes in the classroom! LIFE CYCLES!<br />
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I wanted to share some cute new items I've been working on that you may enjoy for your lessons and activities in the coming weeks like this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Life-Cycle-of-a-Butterfly-Flap-Book-Kidsrcute-1177627" target="_blank">butterfly flap book</a> project!<br />
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This PowerPoint would be a great introduction for your unit and will go along perfectly with the project! </div>
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I found some super photos of each stage I know your students would enjoy seeing!</div>
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I usually project my PowerPoints on the SMARTBoard so the class can get a better view not possible with a read aloud. </div>
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You can see more at my TPT store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Life-Cycle-of-a-Butterfly-A-PowerPoint-Lesson-222542" target="_blank">here</a>, or by clicking on any of the images, if you are interested.</div>
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I also added a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Frog-Life-Cycle-Flap-Book-Kidsrcute-1185177" target="_blank">flap book</a> for the life cycle of a frog.</div>
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There is a companion <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Life-Cycle-of-a-Frog-A-PowerPoint-Lesson-222050" target="_blank">PowerPoint for frogs</a> too!</div>
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If so, you might like this cute presentation as well!</div>
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For more ideas for spring, follow me on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lessoncafe/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>!</div>
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You can find more classroom photos, posts and social media links at my other blog~ <a href="http://creativelessoncafe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creative Lesson Cafe</a>!</div>
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Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-76578676890563064832014-03-02T18:36:00.000-08:002014-03-02T18:36:55.798-08:00Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Fan Freebies<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Today is officially Dr. Suess' Birthday and so to celebrate and kick off our March reading month festivities and Read Across America, I made this cute poster to display in our classroom window!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a Fan Freebie on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CreativeLessonCafe" target="_blank">Creative Lesson Cafe Facebook</a> page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click on the picture to grab a copy if you like! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From there find the Fan Freebie tab.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do miss the grins and groans serving up green eggs and ham to my kinders and getting gooey making Oobleck with my firsties!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Those were some great times! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I made a set of number cards for each of my students to use for various math activities and partner games. I like them better than a deck of playing cards because we don't have as many face to cards to take out and sometimes you just need a ZERO! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you like, you can download this <span style="color: #674ea7;">FREEBIE</span> set </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">from my dropbox</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> for your kiddos to use by clicking on the image! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For a cute and colorful set, I printed mine on colored cardstock and laminated them. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I store them in </span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: x-large;">library pockets</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> from </span><a href="http://www.creativeteaching.com/products/bw-collection-library-pockets" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Creative Teaching Press</a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and keep them in this cute box from the Target Dollar Spot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In just 15 minutes, we had a wonderful <span style="color: blue;">math review </span>and I learned so much about my each of my students and where they each were in their <span style="color: blue;">mathematical thinking and skill</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I made this fun center to help my kiddos who struggle with addition combinations to twenty. There is also a recording sheet for combinations to ten for little learners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Have the children help you count out ten or twenty marshmallows in small festive cups or a little plastic bowl. At the center, they take turns, shake the snowballs and spill them across the mat. Then, they count how many landed on the mat and how many were tossed off the mat and record the combinations on the chart included. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-74958964683257577032014-01-07T06:00:00.000-08:002014-01-07T06:00:07.507-08:00100th Day Activities for the Classroom and a Giveaway<span style="font-size: large;">Before you know it, we will be celebrating the 100th Day of school. It's a really big deal especially for Kindergartners and Firsties! My 100th Day packet of printables and activities has had a major makeover! I have expanded to set to include many new pages I think my class will love! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This item is perfect for a new teacher looking for ideas for your first 100th Day celebration! It has everything you need to plan your day with worksheets, writing pages, a poem, center activities and projects, a class snack, a 100th day photo prop, collections, awards and even has ready-made parent letters to send home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe you have had more 100's Days than you care to count, like me, and just want some more resources to add to the things you already do on the big day. You can check out the item and read more at my store by clicking on any of the pictures! The set is priced at a <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">discount</span> for a short time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can download a <span style="color: magenta;">freebie</span> coloring page from the set <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100th-Day-Coloring-Page-Freebie-968812" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ta Da! I was so excited to log in today to see that the talented Alicia at <a href="http://dreamlikemagic.com/" target="_blank">Dreamlike Magic</a> was able to finish the installation of my blog template! The other template I had was a freebie and just disappeared one day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have several blogs and did not want to spend a lot for a custom design since I already have one at <a href="http://creativelessoncafe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creative Lesson Cafe</a>. This beautiful flowery design is one of their premade templates. If you are on a budget but want a fresh new look, you should go check out the other designs she has to offer. They are all cute and colorful. Perfect for a teacher blog. </span><br />
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Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-31028980757921037252014-01-04T16:29:00.000-08:002014-01-05T06:33:26.724-08:00Arctic Animals PowerPoint<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Enough already!Another big blast of winter and an arctic air mass is heading our way. There may be a snow day on the first day back from break! Good grief! What do I do when a massive winter storm is approaching? After stocking up on groceries, filling up the tank and other responsible stuff, I finish a <span style="color: blue;">PowerPoint</span> about <span style="color: blue;">arctic animals</span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">January, especially in snowy states, is a great time of year for an arctic animals thematic unit. I plan to use this powerPoint as a "big book" to project onto the SMARTBoard as we go through our unit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I purchased some gorgeous photographs to include for 15 of the fascinating animals of the arctic circle. Each page contains some interesting facts and also describes the adaptations that make each of these creatures well-suited for the harsh environment in which they live.</span></div>
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Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-90962504071633822942013-12-01T18:00:00.000-08:002013-12-01T18:03:16.615-08:00Laura Numeroff Sequencing Sets and a Giveaway!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Hey, have you heard? Of course you have! It's the big two day sale we've all been waiting for at Teachers Pay Teachers! Check your wishlists and browse around a bit so you're ready to shop till you drop on Monday or Tuesday! </span><br />
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I've just finished up some new story sequencing activity sets you may want to check out! This one is to be used with Laura Numeroff's Moose/Muffin book. </span><br />
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<br />Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-210630767249807852013-11-17T13:20:00.000-08:002013-11-17T13:20:21.506-08:00A Thanksgiving Freebie for My FriendsHello first grade friends! It's been a while! I've been posting at my other blog, <a href="http://creativelessoncafe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creative Lesson Cafe</a>, lately and this one is so sadly neglected! Good grief, I need a new template! Now, that's an idea for my Christmas wish list! Hopefully you are following one or the other blog via Bloglovin by now!<br />
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I have been reminiscing about Thanksgiving plays, feasts and all of the fun times spent teaching first grade lately! You might want to look back at a few of my previous posts here to see photos and read more about our November festivities!<br />
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My second graders are learning about life long ago in our new unit. I made these anchor chart printables to add some pizzazz to them.<br />
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I also made this game of I Have... Who Has? for the holidays for little ones to practice reading seasonal words. I thought that this would be a fun thing to do for those few extra minutes on feast day or for a November center!</div>
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What fun do you have in the works for Thanksgiving? I've been busy Pinning loads of fun stuff! You might want to check out my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lessoncafe/thanksgiving/" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Pinterest board</a> for some cute crafts, party treats, printables and freebies!<br />
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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!<br />
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Anyway, I wanted to share some cuteness I just finished for spring and Easter time!<br />
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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!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">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!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">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.</span><br />
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<br />Ms. Moriconihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495910004224735243noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875188525113920604.post-51705175983556026862013-02-11T16:17:00.000-08:002013-02-11T16:17:38.668-08:00Valentine Owls and a Giveaway<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Friends! I'm still here but have been posting at my new blog lately. :) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">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~ <a href="http://creativelessoncafe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creative Lesson Cafe</a>. I'd love to have you stop by to say hello! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thing-a-ma-bobs, whatchamacallits, doodads..Yes! I'll call them Doodle Doodads and here they are!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It really bugs me to have empty, boring spaces in my documents. Sometimes a space is just too small for clipart, or the graphic clashes or distracts from the content or I can't seem to find the perfect image, or I don't have what I need in line art... so I made these little doodles for filler-uppers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I opened up a new clipart shop today at Teachers Notebook! I've got a lot of creating to do to post more items to my new and very empty-looking shop!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I sure would love to have you stop by to follow my new shop! I have no ratings, purchases or followers there and it's pretty lonely right now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a little friday freebie and preview for you all from my new Happy Shapes Graphics for Commercial Use! I think he would make a fine tissue box or graphic for a shapes poster! Just right click on the image and save to your computer! Credit is appreciated but not necessary for my blogger friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been working on some Common Core math activities and had a hard time finding kid-friendly graphics to use for charts and graphs so I made my own! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can grab a graph freebie at my Teachers Pay Teachers Shop. It will be free <span style="color: purple;">today only</span> for my fabulous followers and visitors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me know what you think. I'm not professional by any means, but I think they will work just fine for most of your documents!</span></div>
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My goal this summer was to work on new items for the classroom geared toward my move back to second grade and also to edit some of my earlier items to add new graphics and make them even cuter!</div>
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Here is my latest update for the Smartboard Gingerbread Man Activities! If you already purchased it, go back into your purchases to get the newest version! These are just a few of the slides. Click on the first picture to see it at my shop!</div>
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I'm spending money shopping for my new classroom like it were Christmas lately! I am leaving many of the things I have for the new teacher who is moving into my room and starting with a clean (and hopefully well-organized) slate. I have so much that I have collected and purchased over the last 20+ years and the thought of having to move it all is a little overwhelming! I've seriously considered hiring a moving company! I will have only two weeks to get it all done because my classroom is being used for summer school. I'm excited to share before and after pictures with you!</div>
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Here are some new items I found that are really great and will be a nice addition to my brights theme!</div>
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These book tubs look nice and sturdy. I found them at Really Good Stuff. I love that they allow the students to see the covers and are wide enough for picture books. Our school uses Accelerated Reader and my books are organized according to AR level, so I need many baskets. These are a little pricey, but will be worth the investment if they hold up for many years! I'm going with the yellow, but they come in a rainbow of colors.</div>
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My director chair is getting faded and it's time for a new one. I found this chair in yellow too! </div>
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My last chair was given to me as a gift from the class. On the seat canvas the children added their thumbprints with puffy paint and my room moms wrote each child's name on the chair with fabric markers. It was so cute! I'm going to decorate my new chair with colorful polka dot lettering and add my name to the top canvas. I found this one at Directors Chairs.com. Unfortunately it's out of stock at the moment. I guess I was not the only one who liked it!</div>
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I already have these sets and lots of other stuff from Really Good Stuff and I think it will all go very nicely together with my brights collection. </div>
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<span style="color: blue;">If you have not yet visited my shops, I have a matching rainbow behavior clip chart freebie there!</span></div>
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The colors in the Swirls and Curls set when printed are much brighter than they appear in the picture. I think it'll be a great match. Click on the picture to see it! I'm going to work on a rainbow set and see if I like that one better! </div>
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On another note- I sent off a folder yesterday with all of my design elements to Becca at Jumping Jax Designs. She is working on my new blog next week. I am really excited to see how she is able to put together the graphics, backgrounds and theme that I have chosen. She is awesome! It is totally custom and totally me! Counting the days for my blog like I'm waiting for Christmas too!</div>
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Have a fun weekend!</div>
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