Bossy AR & President's Day Freebies

I've been in such a rut planning my Reader's Workshop block.  There is just so much to squeeze in!  The last few weeks I definitely have fallen into handing out way more printables instead of creating engaging activities.

All of the sudden the creating bug hit me.  (On a Friday night!)  Our phonics skill for next week is r-controlled vowels, specifically /ar/ words.  We've all seen the pirate activities (and I'm still going to do a few of those), but a story about Karate Karmen popped into my head.

I also made an "I Have, Who Has?" game and a Word Hunt plus a few pages of printables.

Every time I add a new item to my store, it will be 50% off for the first 24 hours!  Right now Bossy /AR/ {Games, Posters, & Printables} is only $2!! It'll stay that way until I get up tomorrow morning.

Be sure to follow my TPT store, so you are notified when I add something new.  I'll also post on Instagram (user name: polkadotfirsties).

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How many of you have President's Day off?  I was so surprised to find that not all teachers have the day off tomorrow.  I'm sorry!!!  I'm already dreading the month of March because we don't get a single day off. 

A few years ago, I created an free Presidential ABC order.  Click the picture or link at the bottom of the picture to download.

Download.

I also made 3 Presidential posters and posted them for free in my TPT store.  They included George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama.

Five for Friday

I was excited to have one day off this week, but when I heard that some teachers had the ENTIRE week off I was super jealous! In all honesty, that one day of rest made a difference and I felt refreshed for the rest of the week.

1. I read Nicolas Spark's Safe Haven on Monday.  Has anyone seen the movie yet?

I have this thing about reading the book before seeing the movie. I thought the Hunger Games movie did an excellent job, but I was disappointed in A Time Traveler's Wife (my favorite book ever).

A few years ago, I read Charlotte's Web aloud to my students.  I talked to them about how books and movies about books can be different.  During testing week we watched the movie and one of my students asked me if Charlotte died in the movie.  I had completely forgotten that I had told the kids how the books and movies can be different and I responded "Seriously?" Then he reminded me what I had told him and I felt bad (and a little dumb), so I gave him a huge handful of beads (my class reward at the time) for outsmarting the teacher.

2. We learned about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

 

A little background on our George Washington craft: I had found an image on Pinterest of the craft I wanted to do and pre cut the faces and shirts.  When it came time to put everything together, I realized that I had no hat or cotton balls for George's hair. My solution was to put out a bunch of blue scrapbook paper and have the students make their own hat. One of George's hats may have turned into a birthday hat. I think they love scrapbook paper as much as I do!

For Abraham Lincoln, we completed Amy Lemons' free President's Day Pack.  I absolutely love any craftivity she makes and my students have the most fun with her things. I failed to take a picture!

3. We started two digit addition and I had the students explore the ten rods and ones for 5 minutes before the lesson. They wanted me to take pictures of their structures.

4. I finally learned how to upload documents to Google Docs and share them with you (thank you YouTube). I made three freebies this week and I hope to make many more!

5. I actually won a giveaway! Kristen from Ladybug's Teacher Files let me pick anything from her TPT store. I chose Kristen's Ready to Number Customizable Library Labels.

I organized my library a few years ago, but I really need to go through it and clean it out this summer. The labels are beautiful and I can't wait to add them to my classroom!

Kristen also has another blog called Haute Off the Printer that's solely dedicated to her products.

Speaking of giveaways, I hit a 100 followers this week and I'm in the mist of planning a giveaway to celebrate! Check back this weekend!

Presidential ABC Order

I hope you've been enjoying your weekend so far! I was so surprised to hear that some of you don't have the day off on Monday. To ease your pain a little, I created a free Presidential ABC order for you!

Click here to download.

Don't worry, I won't have too much fun sleeping in. That means I'll be sleeping to about 6am due to my internal alarm (and my dogs who like to wake me up). I'm actually plan on getting some work done on my car. The joys of being a responsible adult! Pray that it doesn't cost me too much. :)

Christina from Apples, Books, and Crayons is hosting a 100 follower giveaway. You can enter to win a copy of my Landform Posters (one of my biggest sellers in my TPT store).

Hop on over to Apples, Books, and Crayons to check it out!