tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81924419112342394162024-03-14T03:08:35.771-07:00SUNdling's BRIGHT IdeasMarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-70846224899459167242013-07-16T18:27:00.000-07:002013-07-16T18:27:24.207-07:00Common Core Place Value Unit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mrs. LaSota has made this WONDERFUL unit on place value. This is perfect for the deeper understanding of the Common Core Standards. Go check it out <a href="http://lasotaslittlelearners.blogspot.com/2013/07/common-core-place-value-unit-simple.html">here</a> on her blog, or <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Common-Core-Place-Value-Unit-773965">here</a> at her TpT store!!<br />
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Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-56436346896368572072013-06-22T19:26:00.001-07:002013-06-22T19:26:29.363-07:00Liebster Blog Award<div style="text-align: center;">
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Thank you to <a href="http://firstgradeframeofmind.blogspot.com/2013/06/liebster-award.html#comment-form">First Grade Frame of Mind</a> for giving me the Liebster Award. I really want to work on posting more for the upcoming school year. I will be looking for blogs with less than 200 followers to give this award to.</div>
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Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-14617979652686820032013-06-22T19:11:00.001-07:002013-06-22T19:11:21.818-07:00Bloglovin<a href="<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/6548215/?claim=4nfscndah6r">Follow">http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/6548215/?claim=4nfscndah6r">Follow</a> my blog with Bloglovin</a>Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-53096536492470725262012-11-24T18:09:00.001-08:002012-11-24T18:09:29.749-08:00Newest blog I discovered...I just found this awesome blog tonight, <a href="http://gradeonereadingcorner.blogspot.ca/2012/11/fixed-and-giveaway.html">The Reading Corner</a>. I cannot believe I have not stumbled upon this blog sooner! Renee is having a giveaway for a "Making 5 and 10" packet. Go check it out!<br />
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Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-56200025717330527362012-11-04T17:07:00.001-08:002012-11-04T17:09:44.265-08:00Second Grade Common Core<br />
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<img height="240" src="http://corecommonstandards.com/images/second-grade-common-core-standards-workbook.png" width="320" />Second grade teachers have a wonderful resource for the common core standards! <a href="http://corecommonstandards.com/core-curriculum/second-grade-common-core-workbook-download/">Second Grade Common Core Workbook</a> is an awesome resource to have to use in the classroom. I
downloaded the preview and I am planning to use some of the worksheets that go along with the first grade CC standards! I cannot wait to go through the rest.... over 575 pages total! Go check
it out!Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-42673316112407807542012-09-27T17:52:00.002-07:002012-09-27T17:54:05.149-07:00First Grade Common Core<a href="http://corecommonstandards.com/images/first-grade-common-core-standards-workbook.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://corecommonstandards.com/images/first-grade-common-core-standards-workbook.png" width="200" /></a>Yay! First grade teachers have a wonderful resource for the common core standards! <a href="http://corecommonstandards.com/core-curriculum/first-grade-common-core-workbook/">First Grade Common Core</a> is an awesome resource to have to use in the classroom. I downloaded the preview and I am planning to use some of the worksheets next week! I cannot wait to go through the rest.... over 550 pages total! Go check it out!<br />
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Onto another topic, I just won an autographed copy of<u> Snow Day</u> by Lester Laminack from Kathy over at <a href="http://firstgradealacarte.blogspot.com/">First Grade a la Carte</a>! I absolutely LOVE her blog. Kathy is so creative! Thanks again Kathy for the opportunity to win this! Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-72580053080093859972012-02-04T13:26:00.000-08:002012-02-04T13:26:29.442-08:00Another post... breaking the rulesI wanted to thank Jenn from <a href="http://pirateslifeforus.blogspot.com/">A Pirate's Life for Us!</a> for giving me an award awhile ago. I am sorry that I didn't post about it earlier, but for some reason Blogger thought I was spamming and locked my account! Luckily, I got my blog back. <br />
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My son's favorite statue was the McDonald's Groundhog. It's holding french fries.<br />
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We went to the gift shop and I went wild! I bought shirts, coloring books, stamper, stickers, pencils, etc... I even bought this cute little Phil cookie cutter with Spicy Groundhog Cookie recipe. I also got a blank Phil template for my students to create their own statue which I did this year. They turned out great, but I forgot to take pictures. I am so forgetful!<br />
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At our school, the high school home economics class make the goundhog cookies for first grade. Then we make Goundhog sundaes! I cannot believe I forgot to take a picture of them! We put the goundhog cookie into a little cup of vanilla ice cream. Then, if a student wants his/her groundhog to have a shadow, we squirt chocolate syrup on the ice cream! The kids LOVED these! <br />
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Back to my summer trip. After the gift shop, we headed up to Gobbler's Knob. My son loved to be on stage pretending to be a member of the Inner Circle. He even peeked into Phil's burrow.<br />
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It was nice to show students my actual pictures to make it more real for them! I want to go back this summer and get to the other statues we didn't get to this past summer.Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-39618096926039574512011-12-30T18:58:00.000-08:002011-12-30T19:00:06.621-08:00Winner!I was a lucky winner of an AWESOME Math-Literacy Centers packet from <a href="http://ilove1stgrade.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I Love First Grade</span></a>. Check it out on her TpT store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Let-it-Snow-Math-and-Literacy-Centers-K-2">here</a>.Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-60013574657923593602011-11-25T20:08:00.000-08:002011-11-25T20:10:46.183-08:00Elf on the Shelf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ef59sIptdUw/TtBkaV8GgMI/AAAAAAAAADU/JP85j_uwpXI/s1600/101_3240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ef59sIptdUw/TtBkaV8GgMI/AAAAAAAAADU/JP85j_uwpXI/s320/101_3240.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
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I bought "The Elf on the Shelf" today and my six year old was excited. After I read the book to him and he understood what the elf does, he started to cry and told me to take it back to Target. (He doesn't want Santa to know how his behavior is at times.)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Jaxon went to bed, I googled "The Elf on the Shelf" and found a neat website with printables. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://christmas.organizedhome.com/printable/magic-elf">http://christmas.organizedhome.com/printable/magic-elf</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I printed off the passport and now Friendly is holding it for Jaxon to see in the morning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Below is an idea I saw off of <a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> today. I did it quickly just to see how it would turn out... not too bad in just 10 minutes. I don't like the two colors together, but those were the only colors my son had left. I did the handprints of my family, but I could see this being an art project in school. I thought the art teacher could trace handprints of students starting in kindergarten up through sixth grade (if your building goes to 6th) and in sixth grade, create this. If a student moves in, the teacher could just start with the handprints from when that student enters the school district. It would be a neat visual to see how your child has grown in elementary school. I am going to do this for my son who starts kindergarten in a couple of weeks.<br />
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Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-37648320953137589912011-08-10T19:41:00.000-07:002011-08-10T20:16:11.247-07:00What a week!It's been a crazy week so far. I have had professional development on technology on Monday, Tuesday, and today. I have more Thursday and Friday. I am enjoying it. I am learning so much that I can use in the classroom.<br />
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I have some classroom ideas I want to share, so hopefully this weekend I can get caught up on here.<br />
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I wanted to thank Cathy Irwin from <a href="http://mrsisclass.blogspot.com/">http://mrsisclass.blogspot.com/</a> for letting me know that I can add "gadgets" that allow different options for people to follow me. I still need to learn more about Blogger!<br />
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Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-1350666014559550382011-08-04T10:31:00.000-07:002011-08-04T10:34:41.323-07:00Shake A ________<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Using empty, clean egg cartons, you can make lots of educational games. I saw this in a book called, <span style="color: black;"><u>The complete book of activities, games, stories, props, recipes, and dances</u> ... <span class="addmd">By Pamela Byrne Schiller, Jackie Silberg </span></span>for numbers and animal sounds. </span><br />
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<h1 class="gb-volume-title" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">First, decide what topic you want your students to practice. I have made some for short vowel words (-ell, -ack, -op) and kindergarten sight words as a review. Simply write the math fact, letter, or word on the bottom of each egg whole. Then, using something small (penny, button, bead) place it in the carton, close, and shake. Students open up the carton, see where the small object landed, and they either have to solve the math fact, read the word, make up a word that rhymes, give the letter sound,etc... I created a recording sheet for my Shake a Word game. It is saved at school, so I cannot upload it now.</span></h1><div class="gb-volume-title" dir="ltr"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The picture below shows a Shake a Sight Word game. The words are kindergarten review words. When students read the sight word, they also say the word in a sentence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The way my family goes through eggs, I hope to expand my egg carton games for math. My students in the past have loved to play these games during centers. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--_GxrQJ7vFE/TjrVJO78XjI/AAAAAAAAACk/ePaxiCoRrsU/s1600/101_1240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--_GxrQJ7vFE/TjrVJO78XjI/AAAAAAAAACk/ePaxiCoRrsU/s320/101_1240.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-34856548294437370782011-08-02T15:08:00.000-07:002011-08-02T15:10:16.779-07:00I love clearance items!I was perusing around at the local Wal-Mart today and came across an aisle full of clearance items that the workers were just stocking! I found Lego sets originally $3.97 a piece for one dollar! I gobbled up 12 packs for my 5 year old son. He has a slight obsession with Legos. I don't mind because he is so creative with them! I also found Finger Bowling sets for 50 cents each. I grabbed 22 packs. <a href="http://pirateslifeforus.blogspot.com/">On A Pirate's Life For Us</a> blog, Jenn thought about making up an addition/subtraction game for her students. I am debating on whether to create a math game, put them in my prize box, or add it as part of a Christmas gift for each student.<br />
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I also bought 22 boxes of Cra-Z-Art crayons (24 count) for 19 cents a piece. <br />
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Great deals today!<br />
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I plan on posting some activities I have created for school on here soon. I hope to get more followers who may be able to use some of my creations!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fvg3Xlbe_cM/TjhzpkBzW2I/AAAAAAAAACY/gcTyEAfNS6M/s1600/101_1105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fvg3Xlbe_cM/TjhzpkBzW2I/AAAAAAAAACY/gcTyEAfNS6M/s320/101_1105.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192441911234239416.post-41590800012997137842011-07-29T14:38:00.000-07:002011-07-29T15:06:25.885-07:00Ohio AdventureYesterday my WONDERFUL husband asked me if I would like to go to Rogers, Ohio to a big flea market. (My husband does not like yard sales, flea markets, or thrift shops but he went for me!) I only found one school treasure there today. It is a set of hot air balloon lights. I have so many bulletin board ideas I could use with these balloons. <br />
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I then wanted to stop at a Dollar Tree on our way back home. The GPS showed the closest store was in Warren, OH. I found so many school treasures there!<br />
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I found crayon banks. My husband is going to drill little holes in each one and add hooks so I can hang them up in my classroom.<br />
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I also found little cones with the following sayings: Great Job!, Superstar!, Good Work!, and Way To Go! I may use them to place on desks of students who are on task and quiet. <br />
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I bought a wooden "Magic Wand" (which has so many possibilities), and 4 Clifford C.D.'s with music and coloring pages to print off. <br />
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And lastly, I bought some window clings (top) and bulletin board sets (bottom). All in all, it was a great day!<br />
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The first blog I started following was Mrs. Tabb's. You can see her blog <a href="http://anotherdayinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/">here</a>. She has some great ideas including a shoe unit for back to school. It looks amazing. <br />
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I have a lot of exploring/learning to do here, so I will post this and get busy!Marcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940692285035917715noreply@blogger.com1