Insta-Inspired End of the Year!

It is crazy to think that we have less than 20 days left of this school year!  

It's time to think about those end of the year projects!  

This resource is a Writing activity that the kiddos can do to #latergram all of their favorite memories from the school year!  Print off as many pages as you want, and attach them to the cover page!  

I plan on starting this later this week.  I can't wait to see what the kiddos think!  

You can find it {HERE}!  

Another Math Resource!

Can you tell we're learning about 2-D shapes in my classroom??!
I've just added a 2-D Composite Shape Challenge resource to my TPT store! 

I needed a way for the kids to show me they understood composite shapes.  In each challenge, they will make something - another shape or an object.  Then they have to tell me how many of each pattern block they used.

For early finishers, there is an added challenge - make the same item in a different way!

You can find it {HERE}! 

Harbor Freight Teacher Finds!

My son wanted to go to Harbor Freight last night to look for some things for his dirt bike. 
I have gotten paint brushes for school there before, and could use some more, so I was happy to take him!  

I found paint brushes!  I found small, skinny brushes, (think water color brushes), that come in a 20 pack for only $1.99!  Check them out {HERE}.

I also bought some medium sized brushes that come in a 36 pack for $2.49!  Check them out {HERE}.

I am most excited about the 3-D dino puzzles I found for $1.99 each!  These are wooden puzzles that make a standing dinosaur when completed....for $2!!  I bought the triceratops, pterodactyl, stegosaurus and brontosaurus!  They didn't have a T-Rex in stock, but I found it {HERE} on their website.  

I added the puzzles to my steam bins this morning, but was a little worried they'd be too hard.

Well, one kiddo completed the pterodactyl like it was nothing!  The puzzles are actually larger than I was expecting too!  Definitely a win/win all around!

The Lorax & Earth Day!

I know I'm a day late for Earth Day but I didn't have school yesterday! :)

I generally read "The Lorax" during our Earth Day unit and the kiddos love it!  

At the end of the unit, I like to have the kiddso make a photo frame with a few truffula trees!  

You can find this activity in my TPT store {HERE}!

The trees above have colored cotton balls as truffula tufts.  Most years, I have the kids use tissue paper squares, wrapped around pencil erasers with a drop of glue.  

The pictures in the frames change from year to year.  Some years it's a picture of the kiddos with Lorax mustaches.  Some years it's the "Unless" quote from the story.  

Either way, the kids love making these!

My TeachersPayTeachers store!

I've decided to start sharing the resources I create with world! :)

I've started a TeachersPayTeachers.com store!  You can find me {HERE}.  I haven't added a ton just yet, but stay tuned!  I have big plans!!  

Be sure to check out my FREE 2-D Shape Memory game and leave me feedback!  

It's DINO time!

Spring means DINO time in first grade!  We put on a Living Dinosaur Museum for the kiddos' families and friends in May.  One of the projects displayed are Dino Fossils!

The kiddos are given an outline of a dinosaur on black paper.  My teammate made these outlines for another project, but they work great for these.  I made "skulls" to fit each dinosaur that are copied onto white paper.  Each kiddo is given a picture of their dinosaur's skeleton to use as a guide, as well as a LOT of q-tips!  

The end results are always adorable!

Everything in our classroom gets dino-fied this time of year!

The kids chuckle at this every time they walk by it!

Do you use Chatter Pix??

The STEM teacher in my building shared the app Chatter Pix with me and I LOVE it!!

With this app, you take a picture of something - a drawing, a person, an animal, anything - and bring it to life with audio!  

My first graders have made drawn teeth talk about dental heath.  Last week, the had 2-D shapes tell about their attributes! 

If you have not tried out this app, you need to!  The possibilities in the classroom are endless!!

TIME for an Egg Hunt!

In the spirit of Easter, and wrapping up our unit on time, I had the kids go on a time egg hunt!  I originally purchased {THIS} resource, but then realized it was too hard for my kiddos!  We only covered time to the hour and half hour.  So I just adapted it to make it work for us.  The idea is that the kids find a time on either a digital clock or analog clock.  They have to record the time they found the opposite way.  So if I found 6 o'clock on an analog clock, I'd record it digitally as 6:00.   

The kids loved the idea of going on an egg hunt!  

And I love when they are learning and don't realize it! ;)

PEEP round-up!

 I have been obsessed with all things PEEPS this Spring!  I couldn't pass up {THIS} super festive bulletin board idea from Coffee Fueled Classroom.   I copied the Peeps onto AstroBrights card stock and done!

Then I saw {THIS} science project and couldn't pass it up!!  Not only was it super interesting to see what happened, but the kids absolutely loved checking in on the Peeps each day!!

The icing on the cake was this adorable Peeps tee!  I got a ton of compliments on it from other teachers and the kiddos thought it was pretty cool too!  You can find similar shirts {HERE} and {HERE}.    

Have a wonderful Easter!! :)