It's A Pizza Party Freebie!

Come on over to my blog and find out what my class is trying persuade our principal to do for our second grade teachers......you may want to persuade your principal too!!!!!

You can also hear all about my Pizza Party unit and grab a freebie from the unit!

Come on over to PRECIOUS PERKS to get the goods!

February Fun & A Giveaway That Ends Tonight!!

February is right around the corner!  Check out these units to help you celebrate Groundhog Day, Friendship Week, Valentine's Day, and President's Day:

*free* groundhog day {printables}

TpT or Teacher's Notebook

best friends forever {a craftivity}

TpT or Teacher's Notebook

buggy for you {valentine's craftivities}

TpT or Teacher's Notebook

president's day {craftivites for washington & lincoln}

TpT or Teacher's Notebook

And don't forget to enter my 400 follower giveaway!  It ends tonight, at 8pm Eastern Time.  You could win a $15 gift card to Lakeshore Learning or Target.  Winners will be announced tonight!!

Pink Snow Science

Want to know how you can do a Science experiment or Science Fair project using this book....

and this Insta-Snow??

                                                     

Fly on over to The Teachers' Cauldron to see how to do this cool experiment!

Chinese New Year with Grandfather Tang

Today is Chinese New Year. I actually love teaching this holiday - all the activities that I usually do with it. One of my favorite things to do is in math; introducing geometry with this book....

Fly on over to <b><i><a href= http://theteacherscauldron.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinese-new-year-and-recipe.html >The Teachers' Cauldron</a></i></b> to see how I use this book to help celebrate the Chinese New year!!

RtI resources and Data you can USE!!!

I came across a new website to me and HAVE TO SHARE!! Yes, I 'm shouting.  Actually freaking out in a wonderful way.  easyCBM has made RtI instruction easy peasy lemon squeezy!  Oh. Yes. I. Did!  

My school transitions for RtI from 915-945am EVERY MORNING.  Since the entire school is moving at once, we have more success transferring kids to various classrooms that will meet their immediate needs.  Sounds easy right?  With more than 200 students on my grade level alone... easy it is not!  

I currently have tier two word reading, tier three comprehension, and tier three math.  Wowzers!  easyCBM is a one stop shop.  I've linked their screeenshots pages so that you can see all the wonderful tools this website provides..AND for FREE!  

In Florida, teachers are required to give FAIR (Florida Assessment in Reading) to all students.  This website has K-8: letter naming sounds, phoneme segmenting, word reading list, passage reading fluency, multiple choice reading comprehension, math number and operations, math geometry, math measurement, etc.  Various grade levels provide different support options and you have access to ALL.  Students can take the assessments online or on paper.  I used several assessments for a baseline this morning and input the scores this afternoon and received magnificent graphs.  Just what MRT would love to see!  

You HAVE to check this website out today!!  I signed up and had immediate access to files.  YEAH!!! By the way..PURE excited here..I'm not getting paid for this.  So stop reading my post and  go check it out.

Stop by TheWiseWittyTeacher to see what I'll be doing with Book Clubs this quarter.  You'll also be able to  get a freebie to go with it (picture below).  :)   You can even check out a VoiceThread to see my Book Club smart presentation by clicking here.   

  

Are You Ready for Some Football?

It looks like our local team is going to the Super Bowl!  Check out Elementary Matters to see how I'm celebrating!

Sally

Class Pics and New TPT uploads

Come on over to my blog to see what we've been up to this week in our adventures in matter and how-to writing! 

I've also uploaded some new products on my TPT store. Let me know what you think :)

- Abby

 

Cause and Effect and Polar Bear freebies

Head over to my blog to find a great story to use when teaching cause and effect. 

 

You will also find the patterns for making this polar bear cutie.

Rockin' Teacher Materials: Fantastic Facts Freebie & Fascinating?

Rockin' Teacher Materials: Fantastic Facts Freebie & Fascinating?: Have you starting doing your research yet? Gotta get ready...for the Common Core Standards...if you aren't already there! Just click the pic to grab this Freebie to help your little guys out!

Thanks!