Sweet little owls - a freebie for you and a giveaway!

I can't seem to stay away from owls. I know that they were ragin' big last year, but I had to do 'staches. This year I'm sticking with owls.

I tried really, really hard to not think school this summer, at least until August. I can't seem to stay away long, though. Once I was rolling with improving my spelling lessons I was hooked. I redesigned my CAFE board with the new owls I'm using. The CAFE menu is a Freebie, so feel free to grab it!

CAFE Owls

If you are looking for some sweet lil hoots to lighten up your letterhead, bulletin boards or anything else, check out these sweeties. They come in two sizes to fit your printing size needs!

The first ten people to "like" this blog, my facebook page and comment get these guys for FREE! 

Freebie Friday

I have a couple of Freebies I'm offering this week. Both are games that focus on First Grade Math CCSS. They are part of a larger practice kit, but work great on their own.

Short and sweet.  Happy Friday!

Classroom Hand Signals

I always love trying new things in the classroom, especially when it comes to behaviors and procedures. That is my "weakest link", so it's no wonder I'm always looking for the panacea that will forever solve my problems.

What I'm going to share with you didn't solve all my problems. It really is a cool system, though. I don't know how jiggy it would work with first graders, although I wish I had known about it when I taught my firsties. It works fantabuously with my Fab 4's!

Hand Signals.

Darn. I just realized how blurry this photo is. We'll just have to deal until I can shoot a better one.

My favorite of all the hand signals is the #1. How many times have you been interrupted by a wildly waving hand, and instead of the stellar thoughts you expect you get the "I have to go to the bathroom". Now I see that #1 sticking up and I know what it's all about. I can give a quick side whisper "You can go in 2 minutes, as soon as I'm done explaining the assignment". It's a beautiful thing. 

By the way, the #1 is in no way a reference to "#1", if you know what I mean. But it does help me remember what that signal means. 

These are FREE this week, so come and check them out!

Stop by later today to see who won the next two chunks in my 200 Follower Mega Giveaway! It's not too late to enter. 

St. Patrick's Fun Stuff!! *freebies!*

Rolling out the St. Patty's extravaganza!

First, an original story. This 2-up full color .pdf file features a St. Patty's Day story. The books print out 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 2-up to a page. It comes with a puppet making kit and a sequencing activity.

There are some companion files that go with the story. I couldn't get them all in one big .pdf. Darn file sizes!!

Lucky Goes Shopping - Gold Coin Math

Long and Short vowel sort coloring sheets

Making Words (ending -y)

Companion activities for the story