Sharing some activities

This week, we finished up some of our St. Patrick's Day writing activities. In first grade, we read this really cute story...

Then, we discussed some things we would wish for if a leprechaun granted us three wishes. Most of the children went with the usual stuff like an iPAD, new toys, a limo, and bacon, which is fine, but, this sweet little girl went a totally different route and her essay literally brought tears to my eyes. See for yourself!

Warms your heart, right?

You can grab an updated version of this writing activity here.

In kindergarten, my students made rainbow rhymes. It was a nice, simple activity that they really enjoyed. No patterns to trace, nothing to cut out. Just some writing and drawing.

I didn't help them with anything! They sounded out their own words and were very proud of their results. Click here to snag a copy of the rhyme.

In other news, I finished up my Pre-Primer and Primer Sentence Puzzles. Sentence Puzzles have become quite popular in my classroom. They are a fun way to practice reading, writing, spelling, conventions, and grammar. They include all of the pre-primer and primer words and are differentiated.

Click here and click on the download to get a free sentence puzzle!

One more day of school and then I'm officially on Spring Break! Tomorrow is Field Day for my students. For Field Day, each cluster of classes chooses a country to represent. We chose Italy and had these shirts printed up...

Aren't they cute? Biggs and DiMartino are the other two teachers in my cluster.

Go Team Italy!

Five for Friday

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to show off 5 pictures from the week that seemed to go on and on and on forever!

My blog turned one year old on March 11!

My sweet friend, Cristin, made this beautiful teacher plaque for me!

I had a giveaway for a free plaque or clipboard made by Cristin, and 

the lucky winner was Jen, from...

I love Cristin's Creations and I love Jen! 

My kindergartners started reading the cutest books, illustrated by a 5 year old! They are called Issy Books and I'm going to do an official blog review of them very soon! In the meantime, you can get more information about these precious books here!

How cute is this little kindergartner?! She is enjoying a fun beginning/ending sound game from the very talented Heidi!

Click here to see the other fun activities in this pack!

Here is another one of my stations this week. My kindergartners are learning how to write questions and to answer the questions, putting part of the question in their answer. They are doing a great job. The above sheet comes from this pack...

and, can be downloaded as a freebie, by clicking here and downloading the preview.

And, last, but not least, here is something fun I'm working on. They are sentence puzzles, using the Pre-Primer and Primer Dolch Words. All of the sentences use the Dolch Words over and over again, and contain a picture clue. These will also be differentiated, to allow for all of your students' abilities.

Well, I'm off to celebrate my sister's birthday!

Happy Birthday, Robin!

Happy Blogiversary to Me!

I can hardly believe that March 11 will be one year since I started my blogging adventure. 

It has been non-stop fun and excitement for me! I have made so many special friendships with tons of talented teachers from all over the world. I treasure each and every one of those friendships.

To help celebrate my blogiversary and to show you how much I appreciate all my followers, I have a very special offer for you. My dear friend Cristin, from

Cristin's Creations, is graciously donating a customized teacher plaque ($25.00 value) or clipboard ($20.00 value) to one of my lucky followers. She is just getting started in this venture and I assured her that every teacher would be thrilled to be able to customize their own teacher plaque or clipboard. I am so grateful to Cristin! Here is the beautiful plaque she made for me and two clipboards, as well. 

To sweeten the deal, and to show you all just how much I appreciate you sticking with me for this past year, I am throwing in one (non-bundled) item, of your choice, from my teaching store, for the winner. I just uploaded some fun, new items, too! Check out my sentence puzzles here!

Sentence puzzles are a wonderful activity to help young learners practice reading, writing, spelling, conventions, and grammar. Many of the sentence puzzles are fact based, making for even more meaningful learning!

My sentence puzzles are differentiated to accommodate all ability levels.

Click here to get a free St. Patrick's Day Sentence Puzzle. Just click on download preview and enjoy!

So, are you ready to enter my giveaway?

 Just enter using the rafflecopter below and leave me a comment letting me know which item you would like if you win. This giveaway won't last long, so, be sure to enter today!

Thanks for a great year and here's to many, many more!

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St. Patrick's Day Freebie

I'm linking up with Sharing Kindergarten! 

She's having a linky to share our St. Patrick's Day Products.

Here is an ABC Order freebie I made for you.

Enjoy!

In other news, I just finished a little Spring Time Grammar Pack. 

Just click here to see what is included!