Several of you have requested a SmartBoard attendance theme to coordinate with my jungle/safari themed items. I whipped up this Monkey theme and it turned out pretty cute! Students simply drag a bunch of bananas to their name to show they are at school. Monkeys with no bananas are students that are absent. This is…
I can’t believe this year is already coming to an end. Tomorrow is my last day with this year’s group of kiddos. 🙁 We have had many ups and downs this year but overall this is probably the best class I’ve had during my teaching career! I will really be sad to see them go….
I love celebrating Johnny Appleseed’s birthday in the classroom! It gives me a good reason to bring all sorts of apple goodies into the classroom! During the week that John Chapman’s birthday falls (September 26th) my students sample one different apple item each day. I usually do applesauce, cider, juice, pie, and different types of…
Back in the summer I posted a free math center that focuses on finding the number that comes between two numbers featuring cute rainforest animals. Finding numbers before, between, and after is a concept that my classes always seem to struggle with in the beginning of the year. I just finished the center for What Numbers…
The 50th day of school is rapidly approaching! (Okay…so I’ve still got like 20+ days to go but it’s getting closer!) I’ve been thinking about how to jazz up what I do on the 50th day. I put together a packet of 50th day of school activities. This is just a small sample of what’s…
What a busy week! I had a meeting on Monday, bus duty Tuesday, a full day of PD on Wednesday, and I’ve been working on a million things including three graduate class projects, adding apps to my iPad and two iPod touches I purchased for my classroom, and working on a big unit! Whew! I’m…