Units Galore! St. Patrick's Day and Literacy Circles!

Hi Bloggers (and visitors!),

It has literally been forever and a day since I have posted on here. In fact, I ::almost:: had to call Cindy to find out our log-in info! Sorry for my absence, but I've been living in Crazytown, USA these past few months!!

I found myself looking through some of my St. Patrick's Day stuff and couldn't find anything I was too impressed with so I sat down at the drawing board and decided I would make something myself. And Oh-Em-Gee what a task that was. I don't know how some people whip these units out like they're nothing, but after many laaaaaate nights, I finally have it done!

Here is a sneak peek at some of the components of this unit:

There are 43 more pages to this unit, so I promise you won't be disappointed! It's on sale in our TpT store right now, so what are you waiting for? Go snag it and be set for St. Patrick's Day! :-)

And while you're there, be sure to ALSO check out the new Literacy Circle for Primary Grades unit I've put together... (SEE! At least my absence was productive!) I've been wanting to start literacy circles in my classroom and I had a few resources to start with, but I'm very "A Type" and couldn't just use the jumble of stuff I had. So I did some research and made my own! My kids go cuuh-raaazy for these Lit Circle jobs so I'm sure yours will too!

Here's a peek at that one:

Check out our TpT store for the full version. I promise not to leave you all for so long anymore...I'm already in the works for a Spring/Easter themed unit as well and I know Cindy also has some new stuff she is working on, so don't give up on us! :-)

Leap Day Sale!

Did you hear about the huge sale going on with all of our bloggy friends!!!! We have decided to join and do our fist sale ever. So all of our items (ha! we only have like 15 or something) will be on sale 20% off on Wednesday February 29th. Thats in additions to the extra 10% off that TPT is offering using their coupon code. So just head on over to our TPT store by clicking on the link and shop away. I have my wish list ready :)

Teaminguptoteach SALE!

See you at the sale!

Cindy

Chinese New Year Freebie!

Hello everyone!

As you can see our blog has finally been fixed. Hooray!

Well this post is going to be a quick one but I really wanted to share something that I whipped up really quick in honor of Chinese New Year.

I wanted my students to compare and contrast our New Year celebrations to that of the Chinese New Year. I had a really old Venn Diagram so I decided to remake it and make it cuter to look at. Hope you can use it.

Just click on the image and get your freebie because you are all so awesome.

Cindy

Help!!!

First off I don't know what happened to our blog. Ever since the first of the year our graphics went crazy and I don't know how to fix it. If anyone out there knows please inform me because it looks horrible.

Well the real reason I am posting is because my class will soon start a rock unit and as I was looking through the Foss Kits they have some really boring things so I decided to jazz it up a little. I made my own Rock Unit and it is available on

TPT or on Teachers Notebook.

It includes two sorting pages, a KWHL, some writing material, some experiment pages, some teaching material, and a page for their Pet Rock. My students are really excited about having a pet rock this year. They are already discussing names and what they are going to do with them. I love how excited they are getting about rocks. Well if you are interested it is available at our stores just click on the image or on the links.

Cindy

We are still alive!

Hello everyone!

Sorry its been so long but most of you know how hectic this time of the year has been and if you teach in Las Vegas you know how crazy this year has been with all of the changes being made to our standards and gradebooks that don't align and all kinds of craziness.

I wont get into that because that is a whole different post. (YES, I know that was a very long sentence but as frustrated as I am about things going on I will not fix it. Ha!)

I would also like to announce that I am now 4 months pregnant so posting and having morning sickness or more like all day sickness was not happening. I am finally over the sickness and starting to enjoy.

Well enough excuses and sorry this post has nothing to do with teaching but I am on vacation and so my brain has checked out of school mode. Ha! I have so many things to share with you about school since I haven't posted in like forever.

So Anywho! This year I got an elf on the shelf for my son thanks to so many of you posting about it. My son has loved it. Everyday he wakes up and cant wait to look for him. He named his elf Jack. Jack has gotten into all kind of mischief at home. He decorated our tree with my sons underwear. He made rice angels, he tp'd my sons room, he drew a funny face on his picture, and my son has gotten a kick out of all of them. Check out some of the pictures!

Well as Christmas is fast approaching my son has really started asking questions about where Jack will go and how much he will miss him. I was really stumped on what to do since this is my first year doing this tradition so I went to my trusty site PINTEREST for some ideas. I found this really cute letter that the elf leaves the night before he goes away. I thought it would be perfect for my son. Hope you can all use it as well. Just click on the picture and get your copy.

I hope you guys have a great Christmas and an even better New Year. Thank you so much for being faithful followers. My New Year resolution is to make more time to post.

Sincerely,

Cindy

Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!

Wow! These few weeks have been very hectic. We have been working on apples, plants, Columbus's day, pumpkins, and we had to get ready for open house on top of that. It has been really hectic and I feel like I have neglected our poor little blog.

Well I wanted to share these really cute pumpkins my students did for open house. One of my teamates found a cute unit online where the students chose a favorite character and they transform their pumpkin into it. I am not going to lie I was a little worried at first because it was our first year doing it and I didn't know how many families would really get creative. I guess I was worried because all the first grade team was doing it and I was worried that my class would be looking like a hot mess. HA!

Well let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised. The students and parents did an awesome job. The pumpkins came out super cute and the students were able to write about their character so it was perfect for Open House. The whole first grade team had the pumpkins lining the hallway for Open House. It was a big hit with everyone. I do not know how many compliments we received from different families and teachers.

Here are a few pictures so that you can judge for yourself.

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Chicken Little

Fancy Nancy and Penguin (something? I forgot the title)

Thomas the Train, Oscar the Grouch and David

GERMS!

Hello Friends!

Well my class is studying germs next week. So as I was researching (or blogstalking) to see all the fabulous ideas my fellow bloggers have come up with I ran into Saylor's Log.

She has the cutest blog. She also did a really cute unit on Germs. I got some wonderful ideas from her site so if you haven't checked her out it is a must.

Well as I continued my research I found some more cute ideas all over the place so I decided to put them all together for you in a quick Germ Mini-Unit. So just click on the link and head on over to our Teachers Notebook for your freebie.

Hope you enjoy and I always appreciate comments!

Cindy